Rebuilding unstable packages

1999-09-18 Thread Salman Ahmed
I downloaded Eterm from unstable (after first getting all the other prerequisites from unstable eg glibc2.2, etc.) and now this unstable version of Eterm seg faults - surprise, surprise!! I read on this list a while ago a way to build the .deb package for an application from its sources which sup

Re: Question of Firewall & Mail Servers

1999-09-18 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 09:15:46AM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 14:11, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > > I am working on adding a debian slink linux system as a fire wall to my > > existing company network. When finished, we will have an ISDN router > > connected to the lin

Bind Problem : Another kind of idea !

1999-09-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
Hi all, I've seen that bind will become a problem in its future releases, so, I'm now thinking that the non-US division is really stupid ! Why not syncing non-US and main ?? Only because this policy forbit it ? So, let's change it ! I think the last US export restriction laws would arrange that

Re: Bind Problem : Another kind of idea !

1999-09-18 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 09:44:54PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: > Hi all, > I've seen that bind will become a problem in its future releases, > so, I'm now thinking that the non-US division is really stupid ! > Why not syncing non-US and main ?? Only because this > policy forbit it ? > So, let's

Re: anyone using sblive under kernel 2.2.12

1999-09-18 Thread Seth R Arnold
Wim, nice thought, but if you can hexedit while using a text-to-speech program, I will be VERY impressed. I bet Jim would LOVE to do it himself. As for me, I haven't got 2.2.x, nor do I have the sblive, nor do I have the module. Sorry Jim. On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 06:29:19AM -0700, Wim Kerkhoff wr

Re: Rebuilding unstable packages

1999-09-18 Thread Erik Hovland
> Anyone know how this might be accomplished ? I really want to use > the new version of Eterm from unstable so I am hoping there is > a way to rebuild the .deb package from its sources using the > libs installed on my system currently. Cehck out the FAQ for this good info: http://www.debian.org/d

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

1999-09-18 Thread Robert Vollmert
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 01:45:55AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > If you have a recent potato system, with timezone files in > /usr/share/zoneinfo, could you please run the script and let me know if > it gives WRONG results for you. If it does, please tell me your timezone > and offset (date '+%Z

Kppp

1999-09-18 Thread Eber de Castro Diniz
The I execute kppp, it shows the following message after connect: ppp died unexpectly Does anyone know how to fix it?

Re: Kppp

1999-09-18 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 07:16:20PM -0300, Eber de Castro Diniz wrote: > The I execute kppp, it shows the following message after connect: > ppp died unexpectly > Does anyone know how to fix it? Check you system logs /var/log/messages /var/log/ppp.log and /var/log/syslog for more information on why

Re: PPP for non-root users

1999-09-18 Thread John Hasler
Salman Ahmed writes: > How do I enable non-root users to use PPP (via pon/poff) ? Add the users to the 'dip' group. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can;

Re: anyone using sblive under kernel 2.2.12

1999-09-18 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
I don't think I am following you. My suggestion was just what somebody else posted to the list a few days ago, you don't even need a hex editor to do that; vi or whatever should do the trick. What do you mean by text-to-speech program? That Jim is blind and using text-to-speech to 'see' what he

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

1999-09-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
Robert Vollmert wrote: >With /bin/sh -> /bin/ash, I get the following error: > >guess.datestyle: 25: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") > >It works fine with bash. It seems the opening brace on > >case "$x" in ( SystemV | posix | right ) > ^ >is

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

1999-09-18 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 06:36:47PM +0200, Robert Vollmert wrote: > With /bin/sh -> /bin/ash, I get the following error: > > guess.datestyle: 25: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") > > It works fine with bash. It seems the opening brace on > > case "$x" in ( SystemV | posix |

Re: PPP for non-root users

1999-09-18 Thread Joe Bouchard
> > How do I enable non-root users to use PPP (via pon/poff) ? > > adduser username dip Thanks from me too! I've been doing "sudo pon" for a long time, but had just resigned myself to it... This mailing list really is the greatest source of information. -- Thank you, Joe Bouchard Powered

libqt.so and kde prob

1999-09-18 Thread Micha Feigin
I tried to upgrade kde from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 I also upgrade qt1g in the process. The problem is that after the upgrade kde wont start with an error: kcontrol:error in loading shared libraries: libqt.so.1: cannot open share object file: No such file or directory kwmsound:error in loading shared librar

Re: What is required for Kernel 2.2.12 ?

1999-09-18 Thread Keith Harbaugh
On Sat, 1999-09-18 14:57:50 -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Can someone tell me exactly what packages I will need to > run the 2.2.x kernel ? I know that I will need some packages > from unstable but that's ok. > > Here is what my /etc/apt/sources.lists looks like right > now : > > # Use for a

Configuring the E

1999-09-18 Thread Greg & Heather Vence
Hey all, I've got X apparantly working on the Viper 770. Now I need a wm and would like to use E. To double check, my latest probe of the startx is below. After that I get a message saying it can't find a wm or term emulator. I've got the econfigedit package installed but don't know where and t

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

1999-09-18 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 03:58:02AM -0300, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > Here's a revised version of the script taking into account all comments > > so far. > I guess Argentina isn't the only country that uses the SQL format. There > must be some others too. It would be great to find a source for t

Re: Dying services due to low memory?

1999-09-18 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 15:21:28 -0400 (EDT), William T Wilson wrote: >On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > >> modules or overclocked CPUs.) Memory usage is permanently about 99%, swap >> usage only a few percent. But obviously processes are dying because they > >Then you are not running o

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

1999-09-18 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
> > > Here's a revised version of the script taking into account all comments > > > so far. > > I guess Argentina isn't the only country that uses the SQL format. There > > must be some others too. It would be great to find a source for this > > information > > Hmm... the question is why we d

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