DNS conflicts telnet

I had installed GNU Debian Linux 2.1 as a DNS server, but I´m having problems with telnet. I configured the machine accept telnet requisitions, I have telnetd installed in the machine, but the problem is, when I have named running, and try to connect remotely in the machine using telnet, I don´t r

Re: Lap link app

Dear On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 10:23:04AM -0700, Carl Winbäck wrote: > Is there any laplink app for UNIX, so I can transfer files > with my parallel cable? There is. It is called PLIP and it must be implemented in kernel, compiled or as module. You can make ethernet-like network by using the PLIP p

Re: Has Corel been violating the GPL for approx 6 months?

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Spinfire Magenta wrote: > No one has ever tested the GPL in court, and its difficult to figure > what the possible outcome of an actual court case would be. Nobody has been willing to risk it. So apparently most corporate lawyers feel that the likelihood of it being enforcea

Re: Pine with Color

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 11:59:42PM +0900, Jack Morgan wrote: > > > > I just installed Pine and like it a lot better than Mutt. But Mutt can view > > mail in many different colors. How do the same in Pine? > > Thanks > > You can't. > It is possible to u

Re: Mouse stopped working in X

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, John Reinke wrote: > I've converted my Corel distribution to Debian potato. Although I had a > few problems, most things seem to be fine, except my mouse now longer works > in X. It doesn't work with any of the X servers, including within > XF86Setup. It used to work before,

Moderate this up: Re: Has Corel been violating the GPL for approx 6 months?

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 09:44:50AM -0700, brian moore wrote: > On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 06:12:35AM +, Mr Smith wrote: > > Has former copies of the Corel LinuxOS Open Circulation > > CD-ROM violated the General Public License? > > > > This seems like a straight forward question but one that > >

Re: Tin or SLRN

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 07:58:09AM -0400, Christopher Mosley wrote: > > Just used slrn for a short time and was impressed.. I'd like opinions on > slrn especially from people who have used tin. Is there any great advantage > in using tin? Use what works. I started with tin, and like it. The

sawmill + gnome?

Hello; I am trying to get sawmill to work correctly with gnome. Previously I was using windowmaker. For right now I just want to know what I am _supposed_ to have in these boxes inside gnomecc: Name: - I just put "Sawmill/Sawfish" Command: - '/usr/bin/sawmill' is what I have or do I need some

Re: DNS conflicts telnet

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 03:12:19PM -0300, Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Junior wrote: > I had installed GNU Debian Linux 2.1 as a DNS server, but I´m having > problems with telnet. I configured the machine accept telnet requisitions, > I have telnetd installed in the machine, but the problem is, when

Re: Java compiler and Java Virtual Machine

Goeman Stefan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Does anybody know where I can find a good Java compiler and Java Virtual >Machine for Debian/Linux? Install the packages jdk1.1 and jdk1.1-dev to get Sun's JDK 1.1. There are also some free solutions packaged in Debian: jikes is a pretty nice Java compil

FVWM warning eats 90% of CPU power

Hi, I have fvwm 2.2.4-2 installed on potato system. One user have a strange process FvwmCommandS running all the time and consuming all of CPU power. In the "ps axf" output it's process number 1833 Why is that? 1745 ?S 0:00 \_ -:0 1795 ?S 0:00 \_

Re: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 07:09:23PM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > $ ./netscape-installer > ./netscape-installer-bin: error in loading shared libraries: > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > directory > > Is there a Debian package that provides this v

RE: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

Any answers to this problem please send them too to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have the same problem. Thanks!! -Original Message- From: Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 6:09 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

sound card

hello, I've tried unsuccessfully to get my Aureal sound card (8810 chipset) to work. When I attempt to install the drivers I get the following error: make install AUCHIP=AU8810 make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/au88xx-1.0.5' mv -f /etc/modules.conf /etc/modules.conf.old gawk -f mod_conf /etc

debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang

debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog I get this when apt-get installing stuff. 'Sup yall? I've got slang1: Package: slang1 Status: install ok installed Section: base Version: 1.3.9-1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1) -chris

Re: debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang

What's the output of: $ ls -l /lib/libslang.so.1 And make sure that the file being pointed to is intact. Krzys Majewski wrote: > > debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang > debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog > > I get this when apt-get installing stuff. 'Sup yall? I've got slang1:

Re: HP OpenMail

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 11:40:44PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote: > I downloaded the files the other day, and have just begun the process of > trying to install this on our Debian server. I've only had time to get to > the stage of converting the rpm's to .tgz files and extracting the files > to a t

Re: debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang

Krzys Majewski wrote: > debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang > debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog > > I get this when apt-get installing stuff. 'Sup yall? I've got slang1: If I remember correctly, you need to install libterm-stool-perl -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow t

installing on 2nd harddisk

Hi All, I got a question about the installation-process: my server (i386) currently has 2 harddisk in it: 15Gb (hda) 3.2Gb (hdc) Because of disk-space and easy-ness, i want to re-install debian on hdc, but want a very small down-time. Ideally only hardware-switching the disks. This means I have t

scsi aic7xxx problem

dear debian users, I'm having trouble with the above controler kernel 2.2.14 and two scsi-units one is a fujitsu external MO-drive the other is a internal tape-drive. Both are seen correctly on the scsi-card bios during startup. THe linux-kernel sees them correct as well but then times-out on both

please read this everyone

Hello everyone, thanks for taking the time to read this. I'm a new user of debian and I seem to be having troubles. I'm running ypbind on a mac (running debian-68k 2.2) and I cannot get it to bind to my nis server (I've had no problems with any of the other computers I have set up). When I run

Re: IO permission problem

Ok, I fixed the permissions, currently I have: -rwsr-xr-x1 root root 872936 AUG 11 12:57 /usr/local/bin/qw-client-svga In this way I'm able to start the program. But a problem still exists. This way my mouse don't detected. I got the message on the screen after quiting: 'No mouse fo

RE: sound card

On 11-Aug-2000 cam wrote: > hello, > > I've tried unsuccessfully to get my Aureal sound card (8810 chipset) to > work. When I attempt to install the drivers I get the following error: > > make install AUCHIP=AU8810 > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/au88xx-1.0.5' > mv -f /etc/modules.conf

Re: Pine with Color

Hm, I just set up my pine to use use-term-colors and the thing that sucks about it is the green is too dark. Normally all my xterms are -bg black -fg green, but pine's green is not as good as X's green. Can I change this somewhere? -chris On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 1

Re: [Quake-user] Re: IO permission problem

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 10:02:34PM +0200, Attila Csosz wrote: > Ok, I fixed the permissions, currently I have: > -rwsr-xr-x1 root root 872936 AUG 11 12:57 > /usr/local/bin/qw-client-svga > In this way I'm able to start the program. > > But a problem still exists. This way my mouse d

Anyone using nwclient on Debian?

Hi all! I've been running a Debian machine (now Woody) on a mainly Novell NW network (now at version 5.1) for about a year, using ncpfs to mount volumes on the NW servers. I tried installing Caldera's client, but had trouble with dependencies (although it seemed that all the necessary packages wer

Re: Pine with Color

> > I just installed Pine and like it a lot better than Mutt. But Mutt can view > > mail in many different colors. How do the same in Pine? > > Thanks > > You can't. Depends on what you want to do with colors and what version of pine you're using. If you are using pine 4.21 you can specify color

VMware and bridged networking

Hi there, is there anyone using VMware under NT 4.0? I've successfully installed Debian 2.1r4 as a guest OS under VMware running in NT 4.0. It was very easy, I didn't have ANY problems whatsoever. HOWEVER I can't get the networking stuff running. The AMC PCnet adapter is being found, I *can* p

Re: please read this everyone

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 04:07:31PM -0400, James Waterhouse wrote: I'd strongly suggest a different and more descriptive subject line. Your email looks like spam to the casual reader. You don't want everyone to read it, you want people with specific interest and knowledge in 68K debian installs.

Re: installing on 2nd harddisk

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 10:01:33PM +0200, Taco IJsselmuiden wrote: > Hi All, > > I got a question about the installation-process: > my server (i386) currently has 2 harddisk in it: > 15Gb (hda) > 3.2Gb (hdc) > > Because of disk-space and easy-ness, i want to re-install debian on hdc, > but want a

Re: sawmill + gnome?

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 11:55:31AM -0700, Ron Farrer wrote: > > Hello; > > I am trying to get sawmill to work correctly with gnome. Previously I > was using windowmaker. > > For right now I just want to know what I am _supposed_ to have in these > boxes inside gnomecc: > > Name: - I just put "

Re: scsi aic7xxx problem

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 10:02:44PM +0200, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > dear debian users, > I'm having trouble with the above controler kernel 2.2.14 and two > scsi-units > one is a fujitsu external MO-drive the other is a internal tape-drive. > Both are seen correctly on the scsi-card bios

Re: VMware and bridged networking

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > Hi there, > > is there anyone using VMware under NT 4.0? I just installed it yesterday. > I've successfully installed Debian 2.1r4 as a guest OS under VMware running > in NT 4.0. It was very easy, I didn't have ANY problems whatsoever. I used pot

Re: scsi aic7xxx problem

Is the SCSI card sharing an irq with anything (worst would be the mouse or network card) ? Don't let it! Jeff kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 10:02:44PM +0200, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > > dear debian users, > > I'm having trouble with the above controler kernel

Re: Debian ISO

HTML file from http://ftp.fsn.hu/ftp/pub/CDROM-Images/debian/current/i386/ Copy this to your Browser: http://ftp.fsn.hu/ftp/pub/CDROM-Images/debian/current/i386/ and you will see this: listing: {HYPERLINK "/"}{HYPERLINK "/ftp/"}{HYPERLINK "/ftp/pub/"}{HYPERLINK "/ftp/pub/CDROM-Images/"}{HYPERLIN

Kernel build problems 2.2.17 - No modversion.h

After completing successfully a full install of the Debian 2.2.17 product with optional kernel packages I am unable to locate the modversions.h header file. Could somebody please tell me what package this little gem is tucked away in.

RE: sawmill + gnome?

> -Original Message- > From: Ron Farrer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 8:56 PM > To: Debian User > Subject: sawmill + gnome? > > Hello; > > I am trying to get sawmill to work correctly with gnome. Previously I > was using windowmaker. For me, it was sufficient

Re: VMware and bridged networking

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:26:57 -0600 (MDT), Rick Macdonald wrote: [...] >> In case it matters I'm using 192.168.0.* addresses for my LAN. "Forwarding" >> in NT is enabled. The VMware virtual ethernet adapter under NT has an IP >> address of 192.168.230.1. Is that ok? I'm not sure how the whole e

Re: sawmill + gnome?

Christian Pernegger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > For me, it was sufficient too install the package "sawmill-gnome". It > should set everything up for you and insert the correct entry in the > wm configuration. Hmm maybe the problem is elsewhere? $ dpkg -s sawmill-gnome Package: sawmill-gnome St

RE: sawmill + gnome?

> -Original Message- > From: Ron Farrer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 12:12 AM > To: Christian Pernegger > Cc: Debian User > Subject: Re: sawmill + gnome? > > > Christian Pernegger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > For me, it was sufficient too install the pa

Re: VMware and bridged networking

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:26:57 -0600 (MDT), Rick Macdonald wrote: > > [...] > >> In case it matters I'm using 192.168.0.* addresses for my LAN. > "Forwarding" > >> in NT is enabled. The VMware virtual ethernet adapter under NT has an IP > >> address

Re: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

Thomas J. Hamman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > $ ./netscape-installer > > ./netscape-installer-bin: error in loading shared libraries: > > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > > directory > > > > Is there a Debian package that provides this version of libstdc++

Re: Kernel build problems 2.2.17 - No modversion.h

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 03:00:39PM -0700, Keith Goettert wrote: > After completing successfully a full install of the Debian 2.2.17 product > with optional kernel packages I am unable to locate the modversions.h header > file. Could somebody please tell me what package this little gem is tucked >

[OT] full-duplex sound recording?

Anyone doing full-duplex sound recording under linux? I've got a sb awe64 isa/pnp which supposedly supports full-duplex operation (playing and recording at the same time), but I have no idea how to make it work. I've tried about half a zillion sound recording tools, from Slab (which is really aw

Re: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 11:21:45PM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Now the installer runs, but netscape-installer-bin crashes, apparently > as soon as it tries to download something: Let me give you an advice: use Mozilla and not Netscape 6 prX. Sure, they use the same source base, but Netsc

Re: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

André Dahlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Now the installer runs, but netscape-installer-bin crashes, apparently > > as soon as it tries to download something: > Use the real deal, use Mozilla: > > http://www.mozilla.org > > Try the nightly M18 builds if you're brave, they have some mighty impre

dpkg/dselect/deity user manual(s) ???

Where do I get a hold of "user manuals" for these packages? If formal manual information is on the web, I didn't locate it. Thanks for the pointer(s). I'll be using the packages not only to install Linux but also to implement a product installation within our product (for use by the customer for

Re: sawmill + gnome?

Christian Pernegger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > You could try to purge sawmill-gnome & then install it again. > > (BTW sawmill is session-managed) I could but it is a FRESH install that I did last night. I have never had sawmill/sawfish installed before... Thanks, Ron -- Email:

Re: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 12:00:42AM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Perhaps you can tell me how to use HTTPS with Mozilla. Yes I can. Go to the below webpage and install PSM. http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/psm/psm-mozilla/index.html It's the same software that Netscape 4.7 uses for th

Re: Debian ISO

For all my ISO images I go to ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/pub/ISO/ They have heaps of ISO images there. Cheers Geoff A Real Newbie Geoff New Zealand

Re: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

André writes: > Use the real deal, use Mozilla: I would, if it didn't always segfault. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

amd athlon

Are there any issues with using the athlon processor on debian 2.1? I thought I read something about needing to use 2.2 i'm about to install debian, and searched their website, and wanted to get started correctly. Thanks, Daniel

Re: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 06:55:49PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > I would, if it didn't always segfault. Have you tried any of the recent milestones, or even better the recent nightly builds? I haven't yet managed to crash my M18 builds... Also make sure to nuke your .mozilla directory when upgradi

Re: Kernel build problems 2.2.17 - No modversion.h

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 03:00:39PM -0700, Keith Goettert wrote: > > After completing successfully a full install of the Debian 2.2.17 product > with optional kernel packages I am unable to locate the modversions.h header > file. Could somebody please tell me what package this little gem is tucked

Re: amd athlon

I don't think it will work with 2.1 Use potato, or a potato based distro like Libranet. Tal On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 17:10:08 -0700, Daniel Gebhardt said: > Are there any issues with using the athlon processor on debian 2.1? > I thought I read something about needing to use 2.2 > > i'm abou

dselect shows all packages to be removed?

Suddenly...dselect now shows all packages pending removal...this is dangerous...Can I make dselect somehow correct itself? -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: x-windows 4.0.1

On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 08:04:24PM -0700, Sean Champ wrote: > hello. > > I tried a search in the debian mailing-lists about this, and on > irc.debian.org , > but wasn't finding anything. > > has anyone tried alien'ing the x-windows 4.0.1 binaries? > > ( the current standard x-w dist. is breakin

grub problem: cannot read from drive

I have grub on mbr of /dev/hda. I have a new harddrive at /dev/hdc with Debian. I have an older, 200meg hard drive at /dev/hdb. I am trying to install Debian onto /dev/hdb1. I have done so, but I cannot get grub to boot it. When I am at grub command line, I type this: kernel (hd1,0)/ Then if

Re: grub problem: cannot read from drive

I'm no grub expert (only started using it recently), but in the menu file I have something like: title Linux Foo root (hd0,2) kernel --type=biglinux /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 I don't know if specifying the "root" filesystem and the "--type=biglinux" (for bzImage) will help. I recall having problems

update-alt. window mangrs

I have installed 2 window manager debian packages (sawfish,afterstep) and one from source (blackbox) now when I go update my window manager via update-alternatives --config, it can only see the debian packages...how do I add the third one there? and I am also curious...accdg to the man pages up

proper permissions for /usr/src/linux

What are the best permissions for this directory. I only ask because I noticed that on my home machine, they were as follows: drwxr-xr-x 15 1046 telnetd 4096 Aug 6 23:04 linux And at work, they were like this: drwxr-xr-x 15 1026 user 2048 Jul 9 20:19 linux Any sugges

Re: update-alt. window mangrs

Dear On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 01:58:00AM +, john smith wrote: > I have installed 2 window manager debian packages (sawfish,afterstep) and > one from source (blackbox) now when I go update my window manager via > update-alternatives --config, it can only see the debian packages...how do I > a

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Re: Has Corel been violating the GPL for approx 6 months?

this post is slightly off-topic, so if you are tiring of this thread, stop reading now. i tend to think that legal action is a little extreme, especially since the GPL has yet to be defended in a serious legal battle. (although i think there is one pending...i seem to remember something on sla

Re: Has Corel been violating the GPL for approx 6 months?

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Aaron Olson wrote: ignati >i do, however, think that Corel needs to clean up their act a bit with ignati >respect to GNU/Linux and open source software in general. at a recent ignati >ingram-micro trade show in halifax, nova scotia, canada, corel's "booth ignati >bunnies"

Re: Netscape 6 PR2 with Debian 2.2

OK, I've been using M17 for the last hour and it hasn't crashed, not even with the JavaScript on www.bigbrother2000.com. I'm downloading the lasted nightly build, just for joillies. But what about plugins? Can I get the streaming RealPlayer plugin to work? ...RickM...

Re: Anyone using nwclient on Debian?

Hi, Aidan, As I understand, Novell's client doesn't provide any administration functionality. I've never used it (or Caldera, for that matter), but I think they provide much the same functionality as ncpfs. Now, Caldera also includes software that will let Linux act as a bindery server, with a

Re: amd athlon

Actually, it's just the kernel that comes with the 2.1 installation CD or floppy images. Believe me, I just bought the CD, and it wouldn't install on my Athlon system. I'd suggest installing 2.2 (potato). John On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Tal Danzig wrote: > I don't think it will work with 2.1 > > Use

diald problems

Hello I'm running diald on this DEbian box and got it to work quite well , but then after a bit more mucking around I managed to stop it working :/ Basically the PAP authentication doens' twork. I get the followin ug 12 11:01:35 router chat[8281]: -- got it Aug 12 11:01:35 router chat[828

Re: diald problems

ahh Found out what the problem is I needed to have the correct /etc/hosts entries! Ones that were consistent with my /etc/hostname! Joe On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Joseph P Turner wrote: > > Hello I'm running diald on this DEbian box and got it to work quite well , > but then after a bit more m

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