linux paritition error

1999-04-21 Thread Emil Soleyman-Zomalan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I had a spare DOS partition lying around gathering dust and so I wanted to partition to linux's ext2. Thw first thing I did was to launch fdisk and delete the old partition (since I don't need those files). I then added the a lin

Debian on old SPARC

1999-04-21 Thread Max
We have a few old SPARCstations (1 and 1+) around here that I'd like to convert to Debian and essentially use them as glorified X terminals. The major problem is that each one only has 127 MB of hard drive space. So, is it possible to install some minimum version of Debian that would include all

Re: index.bt being left all over the place

1999-04-21 Thread Jens Ritter
Andrew Waltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi folks, > > I'm having a minor problem with man. It leaves a file index.bt in the > current directory. If I remove the file and then run man again it is > replaced with a new file that diff says is different than the first (even > if the man file I r

Re: Security in Linux

1999-04-21 Thread Jens Ritter
eferen1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am now involved in a research project at SFCC in Spokane, WA for a = > computer science class, and have taken on the project of security in = > operating systems. What I am doing is researching the security problems = > in Windows NT and Linux. If any one

Re: dependencies

1999-04-21 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 20 Apr, Branden Robinson wrote about "Re: dependencies" > On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 10:00:58AM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: >> #!/bin/sh >> # findlibpkg: Find the libs that a executable depends on and what >> # package they are in. >> # >> # usage: findlibpkg >> >> LIST=`ldd $1

Re: Debian on old SPARC

1999-04-21 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 05:29:47PM -0700, Max wrote: > We have a few old SPARCstations (1 and 1+) around here that I'd like > to convert to Debian and essentially use them as glorified X > terminals. The major problem is that each one only has 127 MB of hard > drive space. So, is it possible to i

Re: Debian on old SPARC

1999-04-21 Thread Dan Brosemer
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 05:29:47PM -0700, Max wrote: > We have a few old SPARCstations (1 and 1+) around here that I'd like > to convert to Debian and essentially use them as glorified X > terminals. The major problem is that each one only has 127 MB of hard > drive space. So, is it possible to i

Re: kde

1999-04-21 Thread Shao Zhang
In your .xsession just put something like this: case $DISPLAY in :1) kde;; :0) fvwm esac ktb wrote: > Paul Winkler wrote: > > > > I recently installed Kde 1.1 on Debian 2.1. I did it this way; > > > > 1. Install the qt library version 1.42 -2 from the debian site > >

Burn the Official Debian CD

1999-04-21 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, I have got the official debian 2.1 and would like to make a copy of it. I am wondering if I need any special software in order to make them still bootable. Since the machine where the burner connected has got Windoze, I have got no idea how to do this. Thx for any help in advance. Sha

Re: mod_perl breaks apache in potato?

1999-04-21 Thread Brad
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Chris Runge wrote: > I'm using the latest apache and mod_perl in potato. Before activating > mod_perl apache works properly in pulling down default pages. For > example, accessing http://localhost/ pulls down the index.html page. > After activating mod_perl the same URL gener

Re: Linear option in lilo.conf

1999-04-21 Thread Arcady Genkin
Brian Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How do I add the linear option to lilo.conf? A seperate line? An option on > one of the other lines? > > Here's how my lilo.conf file looks as is: > boot=/dev/hda1 > root-/dev/hda1 > install=boot/map > vga=normal > delay=20 Here. > image=/vmlinuz >

Re: WOL ethernet

1999-04-21 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Good idea. I didn't think of that. But I have 2 Debian boxes and only one Windows box (with the WOL adapter). I'm not even sure what kind of software I would need in Windows to generate this packet. Guess I'll start there and find a Windows program that will do it and then sniff it to see what t

Re: S.M.A.R.T Support?

1999-04-21 Thread James M. Mastros
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 01:27:34AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My harddisk has the S.M.A.R.T feature, Would someone mind telling me > whether or not linux harddisk driver support it? My kernel version is > 2.0.36. I don't know if 2.0.36 does, but 2.2.x does. If you have not upgraded yet, it'

Re: hard drive test

1999-04-21 Thread James M . Mastros
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 08:33:51PM +0200, Pere Camps wrote: > I need a hardware-intesive testing program for hard drives. One of > my drives has just blown, and I want to try to figure out what has > happened. You could try: 1) Compiling the kernel with "make -j" (I think you need to change t

Re: talkd doesn't work

1999-04-21 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "MCV" == M C Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MCV> I just updated things to potato, and now talkd doesn't work - I MCV> runnign in.talkd and in.ntalkd doesn't stop me getting "no talk MCV> daemon on pick.sel.cam.ac.uk" errors. Where should the talk MCV> daemons be started? Just to be sure:

libungif3g conflicts giflib3g...

1999-04-21 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
However, both are necessary at the same time to run Enlightenment. How do I resolve this? When I apt-get install enlightenment it says it depends on giflib3g, when I run apt-get -f install nothing happens, running apt-get install giflib3g uninstalls libungif3g. Simply downloading either .deb and

Re: #! (was: Re: Running a script from /etc/ip-up.d)

1999-04-21 Thread John Hasler
Bruce Sass writes: > Jed picks up on "#!/bin/sh" and starts syntax highlighting, "#! /bin/sh" > results in a plain text editing session. That's a bug in jed. Emacs gets it right. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: LLS: Debian/Redhat Alliance

1999-04-21 Thread John Hasler
RickM writes: > Sorry, I don't recognize the author's name. Is this an official Debian > initiative? No. It isn't even an unofficial one. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

problem in the installation?

1999-04-21 Thread ying shang
Hi, When I installed the debian on a Dell 266 PC, I met a problem releated to the SCSI. The following is the messages on the screen: .. md driver 0.36.0 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 (scsi0) found at PCI 19/0 (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBS (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code ... 419

Re: Star Office 5 & Potato/Glibc2.1??

1999-04-21 Thread Robbie Huffman
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 15:11:40 CST, wrote: > Hello, > I was the one who posted the original message for help with this. > After reading your message, I played around with the "soffice" wrapper that > calls soffice.bin. Here's how I got mine to work... > > 1) I got the libc deb from slink. > 2) I ma

Re: Burn the Official Debian CD

1999-04-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:06:17 +, Shao Zhang wrote: >I have got the official debian 2.1 and would like to make a copy of >it. I am wondering if I need any special >software in order to make them still bootable. Since the machine where >the burner connected has got Windoze, I have got no idea

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file size limit on sparc

1999-04-21 Thread Graham Ashton
very quick question - am I right in thinking that if I install slink on a sparc I won't be limited to 2GB files as I am on a 32bit intel box? -- Graham

Re: talkd doesn't work

1999-04-21 Thread Tony Crawford
> MCV> runnign in.talkd and in.ntalkd doesn't stop me getting "no talk > MCV> daemon on pick.sel.cam.ac.uk" errors. Where should the talk > MCV> daemons be started? Mine comes up on "mesg y". You could put that in your profile I guess. Tony -- -- Tony Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Phone:

gpm es X

1999-04-21 Thread Urban Gabor
Hi, I've read somewhere that XConfig uses gpm_config, newertheless the two programs might clash. More info pls.. Gabor Urban --- Lufthansa Systems Hungaria KfT mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : (36)-1-431-2949 Fax :(36)-1-431-2977 I am not a cat to play with the mouse.

Screen Blanker

1999-04-21 Thread Nidge Jones
Real dumb stupid silly question.. Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot ! I guess it's set with "setterm -blank" - but where. I have snooped about all over the place trying find the answer to this. I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? Thanks in advance. --

Re: linux paritition error

1999-04-21 Thread homega
Emil Soleyman-Zomalan dixit: ~> ~> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. ~> Syncing disks. ~> Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy ~> Reboot your system to ensure the partition tabl

Cannot mount root after crash

1999-04-21 Thread Frank Bloos
I am running Debian 2.0 on a Pentium 200. After I tried to leave KDE by using its Shutdown menu, the system crashed and I had to finally reset the computer. Now, Linux crashes during boot (root is on /dev/hda4) with the message: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly I started the Mini-She

OSPF & kernel 2.2.x

1999-04-21 Thread Guido Bozzetto
Well, I've upgraded a Debian 2.1 (Slink) host on the kernel serie 2.2.x. After kernel upgrade the OSPF don't work. To use OSPF I've on host the debian package gated 3.5.8-2 but this don't work, the error message is (on /var/log/gated.log): Apr 21 11:23:39 trace_on: Tracing to "/var/log/g

Netscape Probs on Slink

1999-04-21 Thread Peter Weiss
Hello Debianers, another Slink problem: Starting Netscape 4.07 Communicator shows up the licence-window and freezes short after. The prozess runs, hangs, no output, it does not consume much cpu time (Kernel is 2.2.4). Any hints? TIA -- Peter Log: $ /usr/X11R6/bin/

per-user hdimage in dosemu

1999-04-21 Thread Joeri van Ruth
Hello, I would like to set up dosemu in such a way that every user can have his own hdimage, or some subdirectory of his homedirectory that will be mounted through lsredir IF IT EXISTS. I just tried redefining $_hdimage in one users .dosrc, but that didn't work. Xdos just said 'ERROR:' and igno

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Re: Cannot mount root after crash

1999-04-21 Thread Etienne Grossmann
Hello, could you send your /etc/fstab file (if you can bring your machine to the network), or the line(s) in it concerning /dev/hda4 ? Etienne

Problem with taper

1999-04-21 Thread D.L.Whiteley \(Dave\)
Last week I upgraded one of our machines from hamm to slink. Today I discovered that its cron taper backup had been failing due to "incorrect preference file format" Is this a random glitch or are the two events related. If so, then other taper users should be warned! Dave Whiteley __ Dave Whi

Re: Installing slink from a Zip drive

1999-04-21 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, David Wright wrote: > One of the nice things about installing hamm was that I could do it with > one floppy and a zip drive. So I was really looking forward to putting > slink on a couple of new boxes which are, as far as possible, MS-free. > > So I partitioned a disk, got to

Http (lynx, apt-get) fails; ftp ok

1999-04-21 Thread Duncan Sands
For some time now (i.e. even before upgrading to slink), I have been having problems with http. Example: when given an address, Lynx reports that it is unable to connect; apt-get is also unable to connect. Netscape works fine though. I can ftp (for example with apt-get) without problems. In fact

Re: Screen Blanker

1999-04-21 Thread ktb
Nidge Jones wrote: > > Real dumb stupid silly question.. > > Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot ! > > I guess it's set with "setterm -blank" - but where. I have snooped about all > over the place trying find the answer to this. > > I want to disable mine (-blank 0)

Inetd not started

1999-04-21 Thread Paul Sargent
Hi, I'm new to Debian, so this may be a question that I'm only asking because I'm not familiar with the Debian way, but I've just installed slink onto a machine and although inetd is on the system, it hasn't been started. Is this standard Debian policy for security reasons? Either way is the

RE: IDEA:Offical Debian Support Team?

1999-04-21 Thread Jonathan Guthrie
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Madel, Kurt wrote: > I believe that support for Debian is very important and is something that > should be investigated. However, I believe that it may be difficult to > combat an over-commercialized distribution if you start pushing for > professional 24X7 commercial support

GTK probs again

1999-04-21 Thread M.C. Vernon
Hi all, Having solved my previous problems, I'm having problems with g_print - it always blocks. The following code compiles fine, but when the button is pressed, the thing just hangs, and has to be kill -9ed. Any ideas? compiled with gcc hello.c -o hello `gtk-config --cflags --lib` Mat

Linux

1999-04-21 Thread Alicia Petersen
I am looking for a list of what files I need to download for Linux. I see many different vendor's, and FTP sights, but I am having a problem finding a list of the files I need. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks A. M. Petersen _ Do You Y

Re: Inetd not started

1999-04-21 Thread shaleh
> > Hi, > > I'm new to Debian, so this may be a question that I'm only asking because > I'm not familiar with the Debian way, but > I've just installed slink onto a machine and although inetd is on the > system, it hasn't been started. Is this standard Debian policy for security > reasons? >

Re: Linux

1999-04-21 Thread shaleh
> > I am looking for a list of what files I need to download for Linux. I > see many different vendor's, and FTP sights, but I am having a problem > finding a list of the files I need. > Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks > > A. M. Petersen > To install Debian, go to our homepage at www.d

Re: Linux

1999-04-21 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Honestly, use the link below to get started. It is by far the best way to go. The instructions include links to all the relevant disks. http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/install.html This link assumes you are installing on a computer with an x86 (Intel, AMD, Cyrix) processor. Hope tha

Lotus Notes apps???

1999-04-21 Thread John Gay
I know this is slightly off topic, but. . . I was recently asked by one of the top men in our network division if I knew of any apps to work with Lotus Notes. We use Lotus Notes 4.5 here for basic E-Mail and other functions. I'm no Linux Guru, I'm just a newbie, but I've been pushing Linux here f

Re: Screen Blanker

1999-04-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Nidge Jones wrote: > > Real dumb stupid silly question.. > > Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot ! > > I guess it's set with "setterm -blank" - but where. I have snooped about all > over the place trying find the answer to this. > > I want to d

Re: Inetd not started

1999-04-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Paul Sargent wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to Debian, so this may be a question that I'm only asking because > I'm not familiar with the Debian way, but > I've just installed slink onto a machine and although inetd is on the > system, it hasn't been started. Is this standard D

Re: Resizing ext2 filesystems

1999-04-21 Thread Pete Templin
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Max wrote: > I have a problem in that I'm quickly running out of space in /usr but > I have tons of space left in /home. Here's what df shows: > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 497667 35357436608 7% /

Re: Problem with taper

1999-04-21 Thread John C. Ellingboe
D.L.Whiteley (Dave) wrote: > > Last week I upgraded one of our machines from hamm to slink. Today I > discovered that its cron taper backup had been failing due to > "incorrect preference file format" > > Is this a random glitch or are the two events related. If so, then > other taper users shoul

Re: Burn the Official Debian CD

1999-04-21 Thread Remco van de Meent
Shao Zhang wrote: > I have got the official debian 2.1 and would like to make a copy of > it. I am wondering if I need any special > software in order to make them still bootable. Since the machine where > the burner connected has got Windoze, I have got no idea how to do this. > > Thx for

Re: Security in Linux

1999-04-21 Thread eferen1
Thanks to all who responded to my request. I'm sure I will find what I'm looking for there. Ed. - Original Message - From: Jens Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 00:32 Subject: Re: Security in Linux > eferen1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am now invol

Exim allowing external mail...

1999-04-21 Thread Matt Garman
How do I configure exim to allow mail from non-local hosts? It seems as though my current (mostly default) exim setup will not allow me to receive mail from anywhere other than my domain, uiuc.edu. I currently have all my mail sent to my University email account, then fetchmail from there. But

qpopper: What does -ERR maillock: /var/spool/pop/username.pop mean

1999-04-21 Thread Nils Rennebarth
I receive these messages in my syslog when debugging is turned on, and the user don't get their mail with pop-3, with the same error message. Telnetting to pop-3 port gives the same message and the session is ended after the USER and PASS commands. I just newly installed qpopper on this machine. W

Potato

1999-04-21 Thread Madel, Kurt
Hello, For those of you using Potato, I was wondering how unstable it is. I have a Zip Plus drive and know that it is naturally supported by the 2.2.X kernel, so would like to move to a 2.2.X distribution as soon as possible and would like to use Debian because I believe in freedom. Thanks Kurt

Re: [Debian]: Deutsche Manpages

1999-04-21 Thread John Goerzen
Kurt, Entschuldigen Sie bitte meine Grammatik. Ich spreche nur ein bisschen Deutsch. Wenn Sie Debian 2.1 haben, koennen Sie dies tun: Zuerst installieren Sie die Pakete "manpages-de" und "manpages-de-dev". Dann schreiben Sie: export LANG=de_DE Jetzt koennen Sie schreiben, zum Beispiel: man

Re: Potato

1999-04-21 Thread Jeff Noxon
At least 99% of Slink works with 2.2.x kernels. I have several machines running kernels 2.2.5/2.2.6 on Slink. I'm running Potato on one machine, and at the moment it is stable, but that will change from time to time during the course of the development cycle. Unless you want to deal with the occ

Re: Potato

1999-04-21 Thread Richard Harran
You can upgrade the kernel without changing from slink to potato. I asked about upgrading to kernel 2.2.x and recieved the following information from Graham Ashton: quote " I've been running 2.2.6 here without any problems on all my boxes. 2.2.4 was also free from problems for me

Re: Potato

1999-04-21 Thread Dan Brosemer
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Madel, Kurt wrote: > Hello, > > For those of you using Potato, I was wondering how unstable it is. I have a > Zip Plus drive and know that it is naturally supported by the 2.2.X kernel, > so would like to move to a 2.2.X distribution as soon as possible and would > like to

ddd segfaults - help

1999-04-21 Thread Micha Feigin
Hi I'm trying to start ddd or xxgdb in order to debug c/c++ programs I tried versions 3.1.3-2 3.1.3-1 and the slink version. on the potato and up version I get a message, oops you found a bug in the program and then segfault every time i try to start it. It starts loading (gives the image saying th

Need help with: BUS ERROR in ldconfig during Debian 2.0 -> 2.1 upgrade

1999-04-21 Thread moore . louis
I've been struggling with a 2.0 to 2.1 upgrade, and I need help. I used: apt-get update then: apt-get --download-only to retrieve the packages followed by: apt-get -f dist-upgrade to install. It ended with an error and I retried the command. several times. The problem is that I get a number

Re: Potato

1999-04-21 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 11:16:47 -0400, Dan Brosemer wrote: > That said, potato has been fairly stable for me at work. The only thing > that I have a beef with is DDD doesn't run well here (segfaults) but it > runs beautifully at home. I have attributed this to the glibc2 vs. > glibc2.1 differenc

Screen Blanker

1999-04-21 Thread Kenneth Scharf
> >Real dumb stupid silly question.. > >Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker >parameter at boot ! > >I guess it's set with "setterm -blank" - but where. I >have snooped >about all >over the place trying find the answer to this. > >I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? > >Thanks in

Re: ddd segfaults - help

1999-04-21 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 08:38:55 -0700, Micha Feigin wrote: > I'm trying to start ddd or xxgdb in order to debug c/c++ programs I tried > versions 3.1.3-2 3.1.3-1 and the slink version. We're now at 3.1.4-3, but 3.1.3-2 and up should work on potato. > on the potato and up version I get a message,

Re: ddd segfaults - help

1999-04-21 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I'm trying to start ddd or xxgdb in order to debug c/c++ programs | I tried versions 3.1.3-2 3.1.3-1 and the slink version. | on the potato and up version I get a message, oops you found a bug in | the program | and then segfault every time i try to start

RedHat need not apply

1999-04-21 Thread Madel, Kurt
It seems that Debian will have its very own commercial pimp in Corel. Of course that doesn't mean that anyone on the Debian development team has to do any tricks for the big wigs at Corel. And, I wouldn't suspect that KDE would be included as part of the Official Debian until QT is put under the

[SOLVED] Re: qpopper: What does -ERR maillock: /var/spool/pop/username.pop mean

1999-04-21 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 04:58:18PM +0200, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > I receive these messages in my syslog when debugging is turned on, and the > user don't get their mail with pop-3, with the same error message. > Telnetting to pop-3 port gives the same message and the session is ended > after the U

SMC etherpower II 9432BTX ethernet card

1999-04-21 Thread rob
Hello ! I have problems with the card mentioned above. The driver for SMC etherpower II cards (I guess it's epic100) does not work. Please someone tell me if there is a LINUX driver for it or not. I would appreciate any help. Thanks Robert

Re: Lotus Notes apps???

1999-04-21 Thread homega
John Gay dixit: ~> ~> he had a look at Lotus' site, and they say that work is in progress. ~> I was just wondering if anyone knew of anything that could be used. I had a look at Lotus site yesterday (hoping they might have plans to release Lotus 123 for Linux), but saw no indication whatsoever.

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LS-120 vs floppy

1999-04-21 Thread harsh
My system has an LS-120 instead of a floppy. How can I install LILO on the LS-120, /dev/hdc. Also the resuce disk I have, which is how I currently boot into linux vs NT was made on another box with a floppy, I have not been able to make a bootable rescue disk in the LS120. The hardware HOWTO says

Installing Debian On a laptop with a Zip Plus drive

1999-04-21 Thread Madel, Kurt
I was wondering if anyone has tried this. I have a 486/33 laptop with 4 megs of RAM and would like to put Debian on it. I don't have anyway of connecting the laptop to a cd-rom, but I do have a Zip Plus drive (so I need the imm patch that is included as part of the 2.2.x kernel). The laptop has a

Help!!!

1999-04-21 Thread ying shang
Hi, When I installed the debian on a Dell 266 PC, I met a problem releated to the SCSI. The following is the messages on the screen: .. md driver 0.36.0 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 (scsi0) found at PCI 19/0 (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBS (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code ... 419

Problem running scripts in ip-up.d

1999-04-21 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hi, I am using Xisp to connect to my ISP. I have made two scripts I want to run when I am connected, and I thought they would be if I put them in ip-up.d I have tested both scripts by running them "manually", and they work fine, but they do not seem to be run when I connect, at least they aren't

Re: RedHat need not apply

1999-04-21 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "MK" == Madel, Kurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MK> It seems that Debian will have its very own commercial pimp in MK> Corel. We will work with them for the benefit of both sides. Debian will stay independent as before. MK> Corel mentions Open Source Software, but not Free Software. Do MK>

Re: RedHat need not apply

1999-04-21 Thread Jack A Walker
I thought caldera was corel's attempt to commercialize linux. This seems like quite a change for corel. I wonder what, if anything, it means for caldera. To: "Debian-User \(E-mail\)" cc:(bcc: Jack A Walker/BII) Subject: RedHat need not apply It seems that Debian will have its ve

Re: SMC etherpower II 9432BTX ethernet card

1999-04-21 Thread Dan Brosemer
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, rob wrote: > Hello ! > I have problems with the card mentioned above. The driver for SMC > etherpower II cards (I guess it's epic100) does not work. Please someone > tell me if there is a LINUX driver for it or not. I would appreciate any > help. > Thanks Please post more in

Re: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive.

1999-04-21 Thread robbie
Hi On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 09:38:30PM +0800, Hans van den Boogert wrote: > 2) Use a null modem cable to connect to a desktop and piggy back ride on > that systems CD-ROM. > Q: I don't know if the Linux base system supports null modem connections. > Anybody any idea? Yes, it does. I have just inst

Re: LS-120 vs floppy

1999-04-21 Thread David Wright
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > My system has an LS-120 instead of a floppy. How can I install LILO on the > LS-120, /dev/hdc. Also the resuce disk I have, which is how I currently boot > into linux vs NT was made on another box with a floppy, I have not been > able to make a boot

Re: Problem running scripts in ip-up.d

1999-04-21 Thread dlr
Christian - ip-up has to be executable, not just a script. Possibly this is your problem. See http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/FAQ/PPP-FAQ-7.html#ss7.11 Good luck, David Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:36:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Christian Dysthe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, I am using Xisp to conne

Re: RedHat need not apply

1999-04-21 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Madel, Kurt wrote: > And, I wouldn't suspect that KDE would be included as part of the Official > Debian until QT is put under the GPL, not something that is very close to > it. Corel mentions Open Source Software, but not Free Software. D

Re: Re: Installing slink from a Zip drive

1999-04-21 Thread David Wright
Quoting Santiago Vila Doncel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, David Wright wrote: > > The problem is that the ppa driver required to make the ZIP drive to work > is now out of the kernel (i.e. as a module). > > [ This is a difference between Debian 2.0 and Debian 2.1 that I discovered

sendmail: why do text maps not work?

1999-04-21 Thread Nils Rennebarth
Running sendmailconfig, and answering yes to the Mailertable question creates and entry like this: FEATURE(mailertable, `text /etc/mail/mailertable')dnl which doesn't work. FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable')dnl however does work, if the maps are there and made with makemap.

Strange emacs from SunOS

1999-04-21 Thread Debian Mail
I work on a Debian 2.0 machine. When I logon to a SunOS thingy (uname -s gives: SunOS owl 5.5 Generic sun4c sparc SUNW,Sun_4_75), setenv DISPLAY to my screen and start emacs (Version 19.25.1) I get a window which has double the size it should have. If I type a character, I get a space immediately a

Re: Installing Debian On a laptop with a Zip Plus drive

1999-04-21 Thread Bruce Sass
With only 4M RAM you will have problems with the system being very slow (lots of swapping going on). Installing ash and linking it to /bin/sh helps a lot, as does replacing getty with mingetty. You may also want to look at replacing bash with something smaller. X recommends 8M+, it may run in 4,

Re: Sendmail - aliases problem

1999-04-21 Thread Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven
Thanks, I have tried this fake domain. newaliases is much quicker indeed. However, the warning message still exists. Any idea what the problem coud be? Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > These timeouts are likely due to sendmail trying to resolve domain names > (specifically, names which can't be > reso

R: Help!!!

1999-04-21 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
>When I installed the debian on a Dell 266 PC, I met a problem >releated to the SCSI > >Then it stoped. Any idea? Yes. i've encoutered a similar problem with my Ncr53c810. the problem is located in your "generic" kernel. you need a specific one compiled for your machine. You may solve your probl

Re: Help!!!

1999-04-21 Thread Kent West
At 12:27 PM 4/21/1999 -0500, ying shang wrote: >Hi, > >When I installed the debian on a Dell 266 PC, I met a problem releated >to the SCSI. The following is the messages on the screen: > >.. >md driver 0.36.0 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 >(scsi0) found at PCI 19/0 >(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7,

No apache logs since upgrade to slink

1999-04-21 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Apache no longer logs hits since I upgraded to slink. I have not changed /etc/apache/httpd.conf and it contains the lines: LoadModule config_log_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_log_config.so ErrorLog /var/log/apache/error.log TransferLog /var/log/apache/access.log Files are there, but empty:

LS-120 vs floppy

1999-04-21 Thread Kenneth Scharf
>My system has an LS-120 instead of a floppy. How can I >install LILO on >the >LS-120, /dev/hdc. Also the resuce disk I have, which >is how I currently >boot >into linux vs NT was made on another box with a >floppy, I have not been >able to make a bootable rescue disk in the LS120. The >hardware

Re: x-no-archive

1999-04-21 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 01:59:44PM +0100, Shaun Lipscombe wrote: > why is my header ignored, and my mail to this group is archived on > dejanews? Whatever gateway propagates the list as muc.lists.debian.user (informatik.tu-muenchen.de I think) appears to strip out all headers it doesn't know abou

Can't play a wav

1999-04-21 Thread Jason Dawe
Can anyone help me? I recompiled a 2.0.36 Kernel to include SB 16 support. When the system boots it tells me sound init. complete, and there are no signs of errors. Here are some of the responses I get to certain commands: cat testsound.wav | /dev/audio bash: /dev/audio: permission denied (I'm ro

Re: Help!!!

1999-04-21 Thread Kent West
At 02:17 PM 4/21/1999 -0500, Kent West wrote: >At 12:27 PM 4/21/1999 -0500, ying shang wrote: >>Hi, >> >>When I installed the debian on a Dell 266 PC, I met a problem releated >>to the SCSI. The following is the messages on the screen: >> >>.. >>md driver 0.36.0 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 >>(scsi

ok, this is annying the hell outta me...

1999-04-21 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Does *ANYONE* know of a way to turn off the default X server permanently? - -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. - --

Re: RedHat need not apply

1999-04-21 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Jack A Walker wrote: > I thought caldera was corel's attempt to commercialize linux. This seems > like quite a change for corel. I wonder what, if anything, it means for > caldera. Caldera is a completely different company. They have next to nothing to do with Corel. (I kn

Re: Help on auto mount and sound

1999-04-21 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Brian Schramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need to know how to change the timeout on the automount system for > Slink. It is set WAY TO LONG. use the --timeout parameter, like in my /etc/auto.master: # Sample auto.master file # Format of this file: # mountpoint map options # For details of t

Re: Potato

1999-04-21 Thread James M. Mastros
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 11:01:25AM -0400, Madel, Kurt wrote: > For those of you using Potato, I was wondering how unstable it is. I have a > Zip Plus drive and know that it is naturally supported by the 2.2.X kernel, > so would like to move to a 2.2.X distribution as soon as possible and would >

-lX11

1999-04-21 Thread Pierfrancesco Caci
I'm trying to compile a program that has -lX11 in the compiler options, but the compiler doesn't filnd the relevant library. What shall I put in place of the plain X11? Pf -- --- Pierfrancesco Caci | mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: ok, this is annying the hell outta me...

1999-04-21 Thread Alec Smith
As in xdm starting when you first boot Debian? Just remove /etc/init.d/xdm On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Does *ANYONE* know of a way to turn off the default X server permanently? > > - -- > Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest,

Re: ok, this is annying the hell outta me...

1999-04-21 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:00:00 -0400 (EDT), Alec Smith wrote: >As in xdm starting when you first boot Debian? Just remove /etc/init.d/xdm >> Does *ANYONE* know of a way to turn off the default X server permanently? Geez, I am upset. I forgot a work.

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