Re: IMWheel help

"Peter" == Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > rob, i'm sure people will barf at what i'm about to say... i've > found imwheel to be a bad program. i had trouble with what got > "wheel focus". for example, if netscape worked with the wheel, then > my xterms wouldn't, and vice versa.

Re: telnet doesn't find localhost

:: Wayne Topa writes: Thanks for replying, Wayne. >> This is probably a known problem. I checked the BTS some time ago, >> and tehre was a bug filed against telnet, I guess... It couldn't >> resolve "localhost". > Just tried to telnet to localhost and it works fine (potato). Oh, I'm using woody

Re: /boot

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 08:34:28AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote: > you mean grub can use reiserfs with /boot? grub reads the filesystem so yes it does, you just need to install the stage1.5 for reiserfs. same with ext2 i think. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpJdQIGVG1Ma.pgp Des

Re: telnet doesn't find localhost

On 23-Oct-2000 Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > It was commented out, I enebled it, and still that didn't work. > > "lo" was already up before this. Telnet complains about a "Temporary > failure in name resolution" > > Anything else I could try? > Any other woody users having the same problem? I

Re: apts: something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http '

Hi; I have been bitten with this twice now, so I think that there is more than one issue here. The first time I had just restarted my cron updates after having shut them down as soon as the glib problem was reported on this listmail. I mailed the list on Oct 16,see thread"still cannot access DEbia

Re: apts: something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http '

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Russ Pitman wrote: > Postfix broke with a stuck mail queue, apt-get broke again and I have just > finished reinstalling potato on a separate drive to enable mail. > I reckon I will stay down here for mail until I can find out how to > repair woody 'cos there is a heap off ap

Re: ssh X forwarding error

On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 14:35:21 PDT, kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: >Question: is it possible to cobble out an X forward through port >forwarding, independently of the built-in X forwarding of SSH? Yes, it is. I did something like that a while ago: forward remote port 6002 to local port 6001, run the

NDS Corporate Edition for Linux - Looking for help

I'm not sure whether this is the right list to make this posting and if not any direction to the correct list would be appreciated. I'm currently a Debian user and love the purity of the distribution and especially apt-get. I'm working on a project to setup Debian servers to run NDS Corporate E

Re: isdn-problem

"Stephan Kiesel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On starting the system and the isdn services, my ippd0 > establishes a connection to my isp nameserver (IP-address:port 53) every 10 > minutes without any user activity. I have configuration files in /etc/isdn > but no idea which flag to set. Can anyb

Re: apts: something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http '

Jason, Will do later this evening, I'm a bit lost on bind tho. On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 12:05:13AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Russ Pitman wrote: > > > Postfix broke with a stuck mail queue, apt-get broke again and I have just > > finished reinstalling potato on a separ

Debian crashes: sw, hw or malicious hacker/virus problems?

Hello, dear debian fellows! Please forgive my paranoid anonymity, in view of the last section of this message. 1) My problem: I have happily used debian since 1995 (0.93R6 if I recall?). But since I installed 2.1 on my new PC at work, about a year ago, that machine undergoes about a crash per mo

libc6 2.1.95 --> crashes oracle

I post this regarding recent upgrade of libc6 on woody causes oracle 8.1.6 stops working...can't create new db's any points or suggest, are wellcome, jaume.

Re: isdn: what I've to do??

> On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 09:10:08AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > > > > > > I configure isdn with the prepared script that came with debian > > > isdnutils package and those that are generate by isdnconfig utilities > > > (and modified by hand). > > > > > > Now the problem is that the card do not

Re: Idea: Master Debian FAQ (newbie-centric)

On 23 Oct 2000, Bill Ramsey wrote: > I think an excellent format is what the Caldera users have done. They > have put together a "Step by Step" site which Caldera and others > mirror. > > http://linux.nf/stepbystep.htm > > It takes one or two dedicated people to hold it all together; and the > p

Re: fetchmail

On 22 Oct 2000, Ross Boylan wrote: > Some of these problems might be from the mail server, not the > fetchmail client. I know mail servers can do things like making a > complete copy of your spool file before + after processing. So there > can be quite a delay for them to get going. > Interesti

removing packages: apt-get <--> dpkg

Does someone know the difference between removing a package with dpkg and apt-get? -- Thomas Guettler Office: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.interface-business.de Private:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://yi.org/guettli

Re: (Psion) plptools compilation error

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Has anyone managed to compile plptools (unfortunately there's no > >Debian package)? I found no email address, and I couldn't even find > >out who's the author. > > Where can we get the source code? Sorry, it's

Re: telnet doesn't find localhost

> > Hello... > > > > This is probably a known problem. I checked the BTS some time ago, > > and tehre was a bug filed against telnet, I guess... It couldn't > > resolve "localhost". > > > > > > > > I am a bit confused. man 5 hosts didn't help... > > > > Any ideas? Do you have an al

Problem with /etc/fstab

Can anyone help me with fstab... ? I have 2 windows partitions, edited /etc/fstab and everything working, but I would like to only users from "fat" group can see /c-fat and d-fat/ (my mount points), maked: chown .fat c-fat/ chown .fat d-fat/ chmod 770 c-fat/ chmod 770 d-fat/ but mount overwrite p

Advice USB CD burner

Hello everybody ! I plan to buy a CD burner and I need it to be parallel or USB. Did someone install a good USB one on a Debian with 2.2.17 kernel ? Thanks in advance, Olivier.

Re: removing packages: apt-get <--> dpkg

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 12:09:41PM +0200, Thomas Guettler wrote: > Does someone know the difference between removing a package with > dpkg and apt-get? none (afaik), except that pre-invoke and post-invoke commands in /etc/apt/apt.conf are run when you use apt. this is useful if you keep /usr moun

Re: Problem with /etc/fstab

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 12:16:27PM +0200, Pawe? Kordys wrote: > Can anyone help me with fstab... ? > I have 2 windows partitions, edited /etc/fstab and everything working, but I > would like to only users from "fat" group can see /c-fat and d-fat/ (my > mount points), maked: > > chown .fat c-fat/

Missing library for FrontSucks "extensions"

I've got several users who insist on having FrontPage webs, so I've got the misfortune of having to install everything. When running the fp_install.sh script, it complains about a missing library, illustrated below [EMAIL PROTECTED]/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/bin$ ldd fpsrvadm.exe libc

Re: Master Debian FAQ (newbie-centric)

List, I think that this is a very good and also a great point for people who would like to try out Debian but think that is very hard to work out with, and install, also. If possible, count me in. I would also like to help. And, if there is also possible to set a specific help on the creation of t

Re: (Psion) plptools compilation error

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >Has anyone managed to compile plptools (unfortunately there's no >> >Debian package)? I found no email address, and I couldn't even find >> >out who's the author. >> >> Where can we get the source co

Re: Missing library for FrontSucks "extensions"

Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/bin$ ldd fpsrvadm.exe >libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0x40016000) >libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40043000) >libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 => not found >libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.

Re: /boot

Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > their own partitions, then make / 64MB or less, then it will fall > under the 1024 cyl mark. I have a / partition of about 100MB, which includes /boot. Is this a problem? Why do you say 64MB or less? Cheers, Mark. -- _/\___/~~\__

Re: /boot

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 08:28:52PM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > their own partitions, then make / 64MB or less, then it will fall > > under the 1024 cyl mark. > > I have a / partition of about 100MB, which includes /boot. Is this a > problem? Why d

fsplit

Dear community,   Does anyone know whether the fsplit utility is packaged? (fsplit splits binary or source files in more likable pieces).   Thanks. ---Danny LathouwersInterfaculty Reactor InstituteDelft University of TechnologyMekelweg 15, 2629 JB DelftThe Netherlands Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: apts: something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http '

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 06:05:32PM +1100, Russ Pitman wrote: > Jason, > Will do later this evening, I'm a bit lost on bind tho. > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 12:05:13AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > Hi Jason, back now. Well, changing /etc/resolv.conf seems to have partly fixed the problem. I ca

Unidentified subject!

Hi! Then I try to build glibc-2.1.95-1 from debian source packages I get error: #dpkg-buildpackage ... rm -f `find debian/glibc-doc -name '*~' -o -name '#*#'` rm -rf /usr/local/files/debian/src/glibc-2.1.95/i386-linux/glibc-doc mkdir --parents --mode=0755 /usr/local/files/debian/src/glibc-2.1.95/

Re: network config

On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 08:12:33PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > yup dhcp sucks, for potato configure your interfaces in > /etc/network/interfaces > > something like this: > > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.0.0 >

Re: Frustrated Windows user making switch

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 12:47:54AM -0400, William T Wilson wrote: > > Use the serial mouse driver. Both the Logitech and Microsoft drivers are > 'specialty' and not for use with ordinary mice even if they are made by > Logitech or Microsoft. If your mouse is really a PS/2 mouse (99% of > serial

Re: network config

On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 08:12:33PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > yup dhcp sucks, for potato configure your interfaces in > /etc/network/interfaces > > something like this: > > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.0.0 >

Re: telnet doesn't find localhost

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 03:20:47AM -0200, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > iface lo inet loopback > > It was commented out, I enebled it, and still that didn't work. I have a /etc/init.d/network script on my potato box with these commands: #! /bin/sh ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.

Re: Lucent "winmodem and Debian with an up to date Kernel

On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 02:10:46AM +0100, Jeff Green wrote: > A colleague has got some of our laptops which contain internal Lucent > winmodems working using DeadRat 6.2 I would much prefer him to use > Debian or Storm but the Lucent driver we can find is a binary only > affair found on http://www.

Re: removing packages: apt-get <--> dpkg

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 03:14:07AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > none (afaik), except that pre-invoke and post-invoke commands in > /etc/apt/apt.conf are run when you use apt. > > this is useful if you keep /usr mounted readonly and have pre/post > invoke commands to mount it read-write when nee

upgrading debconf error

Setting up debconf (0.4.02) ... Can't locate object method "value" via package "Debian::DebConf::Question" at /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 31. dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): how can I proced with shuch error ? thanks, jaume.

usb mouse

Good morning! I had no luck geting linux to recognize my mouse (at least partially I suspect because of some unique I/O and IRQ settings the people that built my system for me -- non-standard stuff). I've installed a USB mouse which works fine on the windows side of my system, HOW DO I GET LINUX

Re: how to upgrade from potato to woody

I'm upgrading from potato to woody. I already did the following steps: 1) Downloaded Woody packages (just like libstdc++2.10, kde2...), and installed it to run under potato. 2) Downloaded Woody Kernel-Source test5, and built bzImage, so I use loadlin do boot it with a dos menu. In the dos menu, I

Debian and Red Hat togheter

Another question (It's half off-topic, I know): I'm installing Red Hat. Is there anyone that has 2 different linux OS's in the same machine, and was able to optimize disk space? Say, symlink a few directories (/home, for example) from one installation to another? It would not only optimize disk sp

Re: Missing library for FrontSucks "extensions"

Very obvious indeed... Especially when a guy has never used RedHack to know what libraries were in 6.1. I'd have to guess that's where the name came from. Thanks! On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Colin Watson wrote: > Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]/usr/local/frontpage/version4.

DB2

I have downloaded DB2 for Linux from IBM. I am on version 2.0.38. Has anyone tried to install this trial DB2 on Debian yet?? Will it work with 2.0.38 or do I need to upgrade?? If upgrading is necessary, can someone point me to a simple set of instructions. If I upgrade, will I likely lose some

Re: Debian and Red Hat togheter

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Another question (It's half off-topic, I know): > I'm installing Red Hat. Is there anyone that has 2 different linux OS's in > the same machine, and was able to optimize disk space? Say, symlink a few > directories (/home, for example) from one installation to another?

Eterm

Someones with uses Eterm knows how can a set new pixmaps for backgroud in Eterm?? Ex.: I like the pixmaps debian.jpg a want to pixmap debian.jpg is randowling set like all other images in Eterm. Someone knows how can i do that? Atenciosamente, . ,,$,Alberto Pereira ;$

Re: usb mouse

([<> On 23 Oct 2000, some witty mortal wrote: <>]) > I've installed a USB mouse which works fine on the windows side of my > system, HOW DO I GET LINUX AND X TO RECOGNIZE MY USB MOUSE (and other > USB devices as far as that goes). You will have to get the kernel patches from http://www.linux-usb

A font missing?

Hello. Recently I installed a Potato. Generally I'm happy with it. But: Some java-related apps use such a big font (lucida sans 16 or 17), that doesn't fit into the widgets (or the widgets into the window). E.g. the java applets in netscape, and appletviewer, and hotjava. I think it lacks a font,

Re: network config

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 09:16:57AM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > Hmm. I just looked in /etc/init.d, and there's a network script that sets > up the loopback connection: > > #! /bin/sh > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > route add -net 127.0.0.0 > > I see an entry in /etc/network/interfaces

Help: gv not reading *.gz files?

Hi, I have no trouble reading *ps.gz files using hghostview and gv under Mandrake, but loading ghostview and gsfonts under Debian I find myself unable to open *.gz ending files. I have to uncompress them to read. Any thoughts? Maybe a default config Mandrake used but Debian doesn't? Thanks, Jona

Re: IMWheel help

I notice in your config that you don't have gpm being used as a repeater device (I.E. the -R option). That won't work will it? I've always had to make gpm repeat and have X use /dev/gpmdata in order to make gpm and X work correctly with the mouse. How can you get gpm and X to both work without t

Re: network config

Ethan Benson wrote: > yup dhcp sucks, for potato configure your interfaces in > /etc/network/interfaces > Does this relate to the current deb2.2 distribution? Robert

a whole bunch of questions

When trying to start emacs out of a xterm with su permissions the system complaines: MINI:/home/rland# emacs Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0. Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.

Re: (Psion) plptools compilation error

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >Has anyone managed to compile plptools (unfortunately there's no > >> >Debian package)? I found no email address, and I couldn't even find > >> >out w

upgrade; change from unstable to specific distribution?

I added unstable to my apt/sources.list, but want to restrict so that I am upgrading to the current new distribution only (I needed a specific package), and not always the b-leading edge. Can I just chane from unstable to "woody" in teh list? Thanks, Gregory Guthrie --

Re: inetd in netbase package

-> My question is why inetd is part of netbase. I would like to have a system -> that don't run inetd but I would like to be able to use the other commands -> that are part of netbase, like telnet (out from the machine), traceroute -> etc. Well,personally I want to havce inetd services but I wandt

Re: broken woody

debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: d> after a "apt-get dist-upgrade" my system (woody) seems quite d> broken. Yup, it happens.If this is a problem for you, don't run a distribution that advertises itself as "unstable". Or, even better, find the problem and file appropriate bug reports. --

Re: a whole bunch of questions

robert_wilhelm_land scripsit: > >The error recommends to use "xhost" - but this seems to be a GUI app >and therefore dies for the same reasons as previously launching emacs. >How can I help myself, would running xhost fruit in a working GUI when >changing to su? Hi, no. xhost ISN'T a GUI applic

upgrading debian with an aol connection

could somebody tell me how i could upgrade debian 2.2 trough an aol connection with windows ; downloading first the files to the hd and dselect with the file option ? .~.Linux : le meilleur moyen de faire fonctionner ses neurones /V\ // \\ Linux : the best therapy there is

Re: IMWheel help

I realize that the mouse won't work in both gpm and X (without the repeat function) in many cases, but it does for me so I haven't really questioned it (!) /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/psaux, of course. I have a problem with gpm occasionally not working correctly, but '/etc/init.d/gpm restart'

Re: a whole bunch of questions

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 06:10:01PM +0200, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: > The error recommends to use "xhost" - but this seems to be a GUI app > and therefore dies for the same reasons as previously launching emacs. > How can I help myself, would running xhost fruit in a working GUI when > changing

deb package documentation

Folks - Where can I get a copy of the documentation included in a .deb package (ipmasq specifically). I haven't installed debian yet, and I'm currently sitting on an NT box at the office. Is this available on-line, or do I have to get it from the package? Is there an NT based tool that will open

Re: IMWheel help

I use: gpm: mouse type imps2 coming off /dev/psaux, repeat type "raw" x windows: mouse type imps2 coming off /dev/gpm I never have to restart gpm. The only time I have a problem is when interrupts are missed for unrelated reasons; that sends the mouse driver into a funny mode, from which you ca

Conexion a internet

Hola, me llamo roberto y os escribi un e-mail el otro dia. Mi pregunta era y sigue siendo la siguiente: como me puedo conectar a internet con Linux? Tengo instalada la Debian 2.2 potato, un modem zoltrix externo 56k y pentium 200 MMX. Lo intenté con el wvdial y parece que conecta ya que

Kernel-image 2.2.17 and disk write pauses

I'm using the 2.2.17 kernel-image on a system. The whole system seems to pause briefly when commiting data to the IDE hard drive. This has never happened with my own kernel builds, however I can't see any relevant differences in the configuration. I just tried this on another system and I see a si

Re: upgrading debconf error

Jaume Teixi wrote: > Setting up debconf (0.4.02) ... > Can't locate object method "value" via package > "Debian::DebConf::Question" at /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 31. > > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): > > how can I proced with shuch error ? This is fixes in debconf 0.4.

Re: (Psion) plptools compilation error

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: >> The code then compiles fine - well, there are a few warnings >> (two-digit years - I can only hope this is just something that the Psion >> link protocol requires), but nothing fatal. > >Now I get: > >Making all in plpftp >make[1

kmail (kde2) and exim

Hi, I'm trying to use kmail from kde2 as MUA but it's not relating well with exim. Whenever I try to send an email, after set mail smtp host and port, exim complains about DATA being sent before RCPT TO. The exact message is: Response: 503 Valid RCPT TO must preced DATA

Apt-Get troubles

I have just installed debian with the minimum install option. I was in the process of using apt-get to install blackbox (my favorite windowmanager ) when I had some depend problems I let apt-get download the depends and finished the install. The problem I am having is now when I use apt-get I get

Re: telnet doesn't find localhost

:: Michael P Soulier writes: > I have a /etc/init.d/network script on my potato box with these commands: > #! /bin/sh > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > route add -net 127.0.0.0 Hm, I did socrates:/home/jeronimo# ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 socrates:/home/jeronimo# route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0

Re: telnet doesn't find localhost

:: Christoph Simon writes: >> > Hello... >> > >> > This is probably a known problem. I checked the BTS some time ago, >> > and tehre was a bug filed against telnet, I guess... It couldn't >> > resolve "localhost". > Do you have an alias for localhost, something like > 127.0.0.1 localh

Re: fsplit

on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 02:36:17PM +0200, Danny Lathouwers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dear community, > > Does anyone know whether the fsplit utility is packaged? > (fsplit splits binary or source files in more likable pieces). $ apropos split returns, among others, split: $ man spli

Re: DB2

on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 08:37:42AM -0500, Cavaiani, Don ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have downloaded DB2 for Linux from IBM. I am on version 2.0.38. Has > anyone tried to install this trial DB2 on Debian yet?? Will it work with > 2.0.38 or do I need to upgrade?? > > If upgrading is necessary

Re: Help: gv not reading *.gz files?

on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 05:12:51PM +0200, Jonathan Gift ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I have no trouble reading *ps.gz files using hghostview and gv under > Mandrake, but loading ghostview and gsfonts under Debian I find myself > unable to open *.gz ending files. I have to uncompress them

Re: deb package documentation

on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 10:19:58AM -0700, Stephen nyc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Folks - > > Where can I get a copy of the documentation included > in a .deb package (ipmasq specifically). What exactly do you mean? Do you want a description of the .deb file format, or the contents of a specifi

duplicating setup machine

What are the easy ways to duplicate an existing setup debian machine to other machines? John Chambers

Re: Conexion a internet

Shortly: Thinks connects to isp with Debian 2.2 potato, modem zoltrix external 56k, pentium 200 ,wvdial. Netscape does not go beyond "looking" If you want wide help, write in English -si quieres amplia ayuda, escribe en ingles-. ROBERTOCALVENTE wrote: > Hola, me llamo roberto y os escribi un

Re: Debian and Red Hat togheter

Yes, I have Slackware and Debian on the same system. The only things I share are the swap partition, /opt and an unusual partition I use called /archive which holds my software archives, downloads, html, music, graphics, and shared data files. I tried to share /home, but gave up because of th

Re: Idea: Master Debian FAQ (newbie-centric)

On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 02:22:35PM -0500, William Jensen wrote: > As a newcomer to Debian I, like many since I've joined this list, ask typical > newbie questions about the some basic things. > Each one of those topics probably has a handful of "how do I" associated with > it that a very new use

Re: deb package documentation

I'm actually looking for the installation and configuration documentation in the package ipmasq.deb. I want to have it read and noted before I even try to install debian and set it up. - Steve --- kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 10:19:58AM -0700, Stephen > nyc ([EMAIL PROTEC

backup/restore partitions

Hi, I'd like to backup a partition (and restore). How to do that? I think using the 'cp' or the 'dd' programs. I'd like to create (if possible compressed file) from a partition ( like /dev/hda1 ) and if I need restore from this big file. If it possible I'd like to store this on a floppy disk( o

Re: Conexion a internet

> Hola, me llamo roberto y os escribi un e-mail el otro dia. Mi pregunta > era y sigue siendo la siguiente: Hola también. No sé si te has dado cuenta, pero en esta lista la mayoría no habla español. Así puedes tener algun problema esperando una respuesta. Pero aqui voy a intentar ayudarte. > com

Re: telnet doesn't find localhost

> > I remember having had a similar problema (long time ago), and since > > then I always give a local address to ``mybox.mynet'', which is > > different from 127.0.0.1 > > What do you mean? How did you do that? (Or, where can I find some more > info about it?) 127.0.0.1 localhost 1

Re: how to upgrade from potato to woody

Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Iain Georgeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I notice I don't have potato-proposed-updates in my sources.list. What > > can I expect to find in it? > lynx http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/potato-proposed-updates > There are (important) updates for

Re: telnet doesn't find localhost

> :: Michael P Soulier writes: > > > I have a /etc/init.d/network script on my potato box with these > > commands: > > > #! /bin/sh > > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > > route add -net 127.0.0.0 > > Hm, I did > > socrates:/home/jeronimo# ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > socrates:/home/jeronimo# route add

RE: PCMCIA issues installing potato on an old laptop

On 22-Oct-2000 Damon Muller wrote: > Hi gang, > > I have an old 486 laptop, an NEC UltraLite VERSA, with 8m of RAM. Up > until today I'd been happily running bo (I think, a few releases ago > anyway) on it, mainly using it as a dumb terminal so I can lay in bed > and read my email. For a while I'

Re: I need a specific for AC/DC Adaptor for VD56SM modem

on Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 08:38:26PM +0200, Tommaso Finizio ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I need a specific for AC/DC Adaptor for VD56SM modem: > output voltage and current I'd suggest going to the manufacturer for hardware and/or specs. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evang

Re: deb package documentation

on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 11:42:05AM -0700, Stephen nyc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > --- kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 10:19:58AM -0700, Stephen > > nyc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Folks - > > > > > > Where can I get a copy of the documentation > > included > > > in a

Re: backup/restore partitions

on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 08:38:01PM +0200, Dr . Michael Koltai ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to backup a partition (and restore). How to do that? > I think using the 'cp' or the 'dd' programs. I'd like to create (if > possible compressed file) from a partition ( like /dev/hda1 ) a

where is old (3.2) Xfree86?

I have just inherited an old Thinkpad 365xd which I think has a DSTN display. From searching the net, it looks like only xfree86 3.2 works with that display. Does anyone know where I can find a .deb of 3.2? Thanks, dar -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Schiller

Re: Idea: Master Debian FAQ (newbie-centric)

On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 14:22:35 -0500 William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If your interested in this project or have suggestions please feel free to > contact me on the list here or privately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] It would > be a shame to let all the talent that people on this list have stor

Re: where is old (3.2) Xfree86?

"David A. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have just inherited an old Thinkpad 365xd which I think has a DSTN >display. From searching the net, it looks like only xfree86 3.2 works >with that display. Does anyone know where I can find a .deb of 3.2? Wow. Well, in theory you can try the sour

Re: duplicating setup machine

Subject: duplicating setup machine Date: Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 02:14:38PM -0400 In reply to:John Chambers Quoting John Chambers([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > What are the easy ways to duplicate an existing > setup debian machine to other machines? > dpkg --get-selections > packages th

Re: Help: gv not reading *.gz files?

"Jonathan Gift" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have no trouble reading *ps.gz files using hghostview and gv under >Mandrake, but loading ghostview and gsfonts under Debian I find myself >unable to open *.gz ending files. I have to uncompress them to read. Any >thoughts? Maybe a default config Mandra

Wine

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew what happened to the wine.sym file in the woody version of WINE. Is there any way to generate this file, and if so could you please tell me how. Thanks in advance - Rab (PS, could you please cc me because I am not on the list, thanks) -- Robert Lazzurs

Re: Mail not configured. Best mail program?

I did an apt-get upgrade today.. it upgraded sylpheed so I think it's on the regular US sites now.. if not I'll send the deb to you.. JP On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Can you please indicate the site, or may be email it to me? Are the docs > included? > Thanks, > Antonio. > >

Re: Conexion a internet

Alo amigo, yo soy Brasiliano, entonces no sei hablar espñol mucho bien, mas si "portuñol". Tu tienes problemas com DNS entente editar el arquivo /etc/resolv.conf e coloca: nameserver 000.000.000.000 canbeando 000.000.000.000 pelo IP de su ISP o entente instalar el pacote "named"

Mysql error

hello all my mysql server keeps telling me: Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...failed. I've tried to uninstall, reinstall... I remade all my http system to try to fix it... looking inside the logs I found that it is not finding file "host.ISM". What can I do to fix it? thanx -- ---

Re: a whole bunch of questions

* "robert" == robert wilhelm land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: robert> When trying to start emacs out of a xterm with su permissions the robert> system complaines: robert> MINI:/home/rland# emacs robert> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server This is OK. You don't have permission to open wid

Spanish language install disks?

I have been looking for a Spanish-language set of install disks; i get the impression from the Spanish installation instructions that such an install set exists, but i can't seem to find it anywhere. Is there something i'm missing? Some site i haven't seen yet? Any pointers would be appreciated

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