On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 20:40, Mike Werner wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 11:46:45PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Is this to be a dial-up router? If so, I'd say to look at:
> > > http://mpsdr.unx.nu/MINI/
> > > This thing runs off of a single 3.5" floppy - doesn't even use the
> >
On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 21:57, Attila Csosz wrote:
> How could I create a new bootdisk like created the debian installer after the
> installation? I think it is not enough 'dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0' only
> because I see some syslinux related files.
The easiest way to do this is to boot your res
On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 12:27, Lane Lester wrote:
>
> But I still need to know how large to make my replacement boot partition
> below 1024 cyl.
I've routinely made a 32MB /boot for years, but noticed that I never
came close to using that space, so I've recently started making them
8MB. Of course
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 17:15, Kent West wrote:
> I'm just now getting around to playing with my
> PalmPilot III on Linux. I seem to be able to do
> everything if I do it as root, but if I try as a
> normal user I get permission errors. Does anyone
> know what permissions need to be changed where t
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 17:31, Kent West wrote:
> If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the
> dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the
> /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the
# adduser westk dialout
is much easier. :->
> dialout line. However, I then have to log out (and
>
quick answer:
1) dpkg --purge
2) make sure you have a pointer in /etc/apt/sources.list to a current
mirror
3) apt-get update
4) apt-get install
I notice in the text below that you're trying to install/configure some
-1 packages, and there came a problem with those packages once they
were mor
On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 09:31, Sandy Shapiro wrote:
> I have Debian 2.1 (Slink).
>
> I downloaded Wordperfect 8 for Linux (guilg00.gz).
>
> During the install I get numerous error messages. It seems to be looking
> for subdirectories that don't exist on my system, and the program won't
> run.
>
Are there any telnet clients available other than the one that comes in
the telnet package?
I'm running
ii telnet 0.12-4slink.1 The telnet client.
ii telnetd 0.12-4slink.1 The telnet server.
and according to the telnet man page
BUGS
The source code is not
I recently upgraded MySQL from www.netgod.net/x/ and now my DBI stuff
doesn't work. Here are the relevant (I think) packages:
ii libmysqlclient6 3.22.25-1 mysql database client library
ii libmysqlclient6 3.22.25-1 mysql database development files
ii mysql-client3.22.22-2 mysq
On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 16:35, Shao Zhang wrote:
> I would like to know if it is possible:
>
> to run two different web servers on the same physical
> machine binded to two different ip addresses, both of
> them using port 80
>
>
> We have a
On my slink system if I (as root) _remove_ the 13-character encrypted
password for a user from /etc/shadow (/etc/passwd if shadow passwords
aren't enabled) then that user can log in with _no_ password (not even
asked).
BTW, this is the standard way to recover, with a rescue floppy, from the
"Oh, S
On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 08:31, Wacek Gocki wrote:
> I want to update my server running with hamm to slink ...
> What's the safest way to do this ?
> I'd prefer not to use dselect, just update necessary
> libraries and installed software.
I've got a fairly sketchy but also fairly complete (if t
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 22:17, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Then buy a CyberPower instead. Much cheaper. I picked up a 1500 VA
> CyberPower for US$99. It runs my computer for an hour!
Vendor, anyone?
Thanks.
Pann
--
geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~.
On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 10:28, Ron Farrer wrote:
> What is wrong with '# rdate tock.usno.navy.mil'?? It always
> gives an error: "rdate: Could not read data: No such file or directory"
> or "rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection timed out".
>
> Any ideas?
Use a host that supports rdate?
$
On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 13:08, Ron Farrer wrote:
> Pann McCuaig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > Use a host that supports rdate?
> >
> > $ /usr/sbin/rdate -p time.nist.gov
> > Wed Dec 22 12:19:23 1999
>
> I'd love to:
>
> # /usr/sbin/rdate -p time
On Fri, Dec 24, 1999 at 09:59, Paul Huygen wrote:
> Brian Lavender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Here is the error I get:
> > [..]
> > I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!
> >
> > Is there supposed to be a latex.fmt somewhere on my system?
> >
> Yes, there is. You can generate one using
# ping time.nist.gov
PING time.nist.gov (192.43.244.18): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.43.244.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=85.3 ms
64 bytes from 192.43.244.18: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=92.2 ms
--- time.nist.gov ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip
On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 11:51, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 08:35:10AM -0800, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> > # ping time.nist.gov
> > PING time.nist.gov (192.43.244.18): 56 data bytes
> > 64 bytes from 192.43.244.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=85.3 ms
> > 64 bytes f
On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 09:14, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 11:51, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 08:35:10AM -0800, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> > > # rdate -p time.nist.gov
> > > rdate: Could not read data: No such file or directory
> >
On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 19:16, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> Does anybody know if yahoo messenger (java version) works fine in UNIX?
> Is there any other instant messenger such as ICQ, or ATT I am here for
> Linux?
The Java version of Yahoo Messenger works for me. Debian slink, Kernel
2.0.36, Netsca
Here is my $HOME/.jnewsrc.time:
NEWGROUPS 1000102 173956 GMT
Looks like there's a 100 where a 2000 ought to be.
Cheers,
Pann
--
geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~.
The Choice /V\
http://www.ourmanpann
On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 22:09, Colin Watson wrote:
> Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Here is my $HOME/.jnewsrc.time:
> >
> >NEWGROUPS 1000102 173956 GMT
> >
> >Looks like there's a 100 where a 2000 ought to be.
>
> See:
>
>
On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 13:05, Joey Hess wrote:
> Joey Hess wrote:
> > I have just uploaded slrn 0.9.5.3-5 for stable, which fixes this bug. You
> > can get it temporarily at ...
>
> Er I meant to say at http://va.debian.org/~joeyh/slrn_0.9.5.3-5_i386.deb
>
> > Pann, Jim please download that and
On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 19:41, Brian Servis wrote:
>
> To get a list of all available fonts run the command xlsfonts(in the
> xbase-clients package).
>
> To get an interactive selection of all available fonts runt he command
> xfontsel(in the xcontrib package).
Wow. Thanks for the pointers.
Had
There was one more pass. You can (or at least could) get it from the
same place.
$ dpkg -l | grep slrn
ii slrn0.9.5.3-6 threaded news reader (fast for slow links)
On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 11:18, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 03 Jan 2000, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> > On Mo
Believe it or not, this is a date (not Y2K) related problem. Install the
newer tetex package(s) from proposed-updates.
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 13:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I don't think I've ever seen this before. Having replaced the dying
> hard disk, I've done a clean install of slink.
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 16:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Pann proposed,
>
> > Believe it or not, this is a date (not Y2K) related problem. Install the
> > newer tetex package(s) from proposed-updates.
>
> We have a winner :) Wow.
>
> Do you happen to know how they got a non-y2k date bug in? I
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 16:30, Bart Szyszka wrote:
> Is there any program that'll allow me to open QuarkXpress
> files (layout doesn't need to be exact, I just need to be able
> to select and copy the text) in Linux or convert them to a
> format that Linux can read?
I believe SSC, Inc., the publi
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 22:47, Frank Preut wrote:
> hello everyone,
>
> could someone please tell me where i can find portmap, that is,
> which package contains it (i can't find a package named portmap)?? as much
> as i can see i don't need it, and i would like to get rid of it (if that
> is
On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 13:21, Todd V . Rovito wrote:
> I have just installed Debian for the first time, and
> am very impressed with it. The ispell program seems to
> be missing the hash tables. I did "apt-get install ispell"
> to install ispell. Does anyone know where I can find the
> hash tab
On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 23:52, Neil Walsh wrote:
> Hey all,
> I have this P75 with 500MB HD and 16Mb RAM just sitting there
> doing nothing (unwanted present from friend) so I'm going to install
> Debian on it.
>
> I was wondering has anyone managed to install debian on such a spec
> machine with
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 03:17, will trillich wrote:
> at the risk of exposing another 'religious' issue--
>
> let's say you have a static IP 12.34.56.78 and a public domain
> name 'mydomain.org' attached to it.
>
> now you add a private internal lan using 192.168.*.* so your
> spouse and kids can
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 11:30, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:41:14AM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
> > I'm using Netscape 4.7 but the spelling feature is turned off. This is
> > a real problem for me because I spell like an eight year old. I've got
> > ispell installed and
eed to modify?
FWIW, these lines are from /home/pann/.slrnrc (potato)
hostname "ourmanpann.com"
set username "pann"
set realname "Pann McCuaig"
set replyto "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
You might want to look at
/etc/news/slrn.rc
and
/usr/share/doc/slrn/
Hello all,
Owing to personal and family considerations I will be relocating to the
East coast in the near future. As a result my current position will be
open. The announcement is at
http://www.defender.org/geekjob.html
Linux geek required, anti-Microsoft bigots need not apply.
FWIW, I've reall
On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 13:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i know sendmail a lot but not postfix very well. on a few machines
> i am running postfix because it seems easy to get it to bind to
> only 1 or 2 of the interfaces on the system, i don't want a smtp
> running on all interfaces.
>
> but i
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 13:16, Brandon High wrote:
> Joseph Dane wrote:
> > * netscape and pine don't (can't?) share addressbooks, so they either
> >get out of sync, or require more attention than one would like to
> >offer them
>
> Probably the ugliest point. You could over engineer it a
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 04:36, Ethan Benson wrote:
> in short i think sharing /boot across distributions is a bad idea, too
> many distributions are too broken in fscking things up in /boot for it
> to work very well.
That may be a little too harsh. I agree that sharing /boot directly is a
Bad
Feel free to point me at a FM to R.
I have an iso image of 2.2r2 binary 1, built using the pseudo-image kit.
Q: Can I loop mount this puppy and use rsync to convert it to 2.2r3
binary 1?
Seems like it should be do-able, and minimize bandwidth hogging.
Cheers,
Pann
--
geek by nature, Linux
I'm having a problem booting my firewall box from a syslinux floppy. It
boots the same kernel from the HD under lilo just fine. I know that this
worked once upon a time using kernel 2.2.17, but it's not working now
with kernel 2.2.19, and (he sheepishly adds) I seem to have misplaced
the .config I
-only driver on primary interface
[*]Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support
(no intervening options selected)
--- Additional Block Devices
But why, he asks?
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:33, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> I'm having a problem booting my firewall box from a syslinux floppy. It
> boo
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 11:42, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> IRQ3. I guess that's one benefit of an external. They
> can't be PnP, can they ??
Yup. My USR 56K external is recognized as P'n'P by Windoze if it's on
when I boot into that OS (sic).
Cheers,
Pann
--
geek by nature, Linux by choice
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