Re: /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm?

in my 2.2.10 kernel source. You can probably use symlinks all the time, but you should read /usr/doc/libc6-dev/FAQ.Debian.gz to understand the rationale as to why the headers are packaged this way. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ A

Re: (vmware) /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm?

I just looked in vmware-distrib and there ISN'T any Makefile (?). It looks like install.pl handles it (somehow, it's beyond my grasp of perl). Bob On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 06:00:50PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What I've done is put my kernel source's

Re: Boot Floppy

gt; > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Archive 150MB Tape Drive

load some modules. Assuming that that this uses the floppy tape interface and the card is an accelerator card, take a look at the ftape web page: http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/ Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet:

X won't start

(errno 3): Server error. I have no idea what caused this. /etc/X11/XF86Config hasn't changed and ran fine for a couple of years. I reinstalled the old kernel and it made no difference. I'm running potato, kernel 2.2.10 on a K6-2/350 with 64 MB ram. It's a generic video

Re: X won't start

On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 03:35:58AM -0500, Michael Merten wrote: > On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 12:15:01AM -0700, G. Crimp wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 09:14:14PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > [snip] > > > > > (**) FontPath set to > > > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/f

Re: X 3.3.3.1

On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 07:51:53AM -0500, jason wrote: > Where can i get all the debs i need to make the big switch?? like maybe a > server to add to my apt config deb http://ftp.netgod.net/ x/ -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ A

Re: bz2 format

"unzip" form this format? -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: X won't start

Well, the problem occured after yesterday's potato update and went away after today's update (whew!). I can't find anything in the changelog which would explain it. Oh well, that's why it's called "unstable". Bob On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 06:56:35AM -0700,

Re: What's compiled into the kernel?

d in /boot/config-. If not, .config should be in /usr/src/linux. Also, anything compiled as a module should show up in /lib/modules/. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Serious install problems - please help urgently

he 2 cd problemn but I just don't know. HELP. Try it without the leading slash (debian/dists/...) Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Brave New Perl

You need to put liblocal-gettext-perl on hold. Bob On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 08:03:35PM -0500, Brad wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote: > > > I tried to do a dselect update on my potato box today. New Perl debs caused > > a > > lot of trouble. >

Re: Hylafax problems

ng message (my modem is on ttyS0, I've changed sendfax) > /dev/ttyS0..OK > /usr/sbin/sendfax: not a class 2/2.0 fax modem. > > What does it mean, class 2/2.0 fax modem. > I have a internal Trust Communicator 56K fax modem ! This sounds like /etc/hylafax/config.ttyS0 is misconfigured. Did you successfully run faxaddmodem? Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: E-mail for dummies - part 2

-line? (The purchasing > of a notebook is still in the pipeline, so printing will have to do for now > :-) If you have a postscript printer (or gs), man -t fetchmail | lpr -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRne

The vexed 2-CD problem...

tserial and some others. Could I have by hook and crook managed to find a way around the 2-CD-Conundrum without even knowing? -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "RMS's "curmud

Re[2]: The vexed 2-CD problem...

rogress been made on the two-cd thing? Do they work now? -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "RMS's "curmudgeon-like" griping that he didn't like the term "

Re: printing from WP8

What I did was to select a PostScript driver (one of the laserwriters) and print to lp. It works fine with magicfilter. Bob On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 12:23:19PM -0500, Kelly Corbin wrote: > I've searched through the archives, and can't find a solution to my > particular proble

Re: Netscape .debs conflict with perl5.004?

I agree wholeheartedly. It is probably safest at this point to do upgrades with 'apt-get upgrade' rather than with dselect. Or run 'apt-get update' and see what packages it intends to keep back, say no, go to dselect and put those packages on hold. Bob On Tue, Jul 06, 1999

Re: Alternastive to using squid

have internet access via this machine? A proxy server is probably not for you in that case. Have you looked at IP masquerading? Take a look at the IP-Masquerade mini-HOWTO. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EM

Re: Fax

ver tried mgetty+sendfax, but hylafax (you need both the client and server packages) works fine with class 1 fax modems. I also tried efax, but couldn't get it to work (probably because of modem incompatibility). Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: I need help

Ricardo "Domínguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi my name is Ricardo Dominguez Ezquerro, and i work in Anahuac Universityin > Mexico City, but i have 2 problems, the first one: > > I need install Linux at Sparcstation 4 but in all pages exist the sofware > for PC, but for Sparc nothing. >

need monitor specs.

et them up for X. If anyone either has the correct XF86Config entries or a reference to where I can find the specs, I would appreciate the information. The monitors are: IBM 8512-001 Samsung CVL-4951 TIA, Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRne

help: setting up dial-in mail server

ction died as soon as the POP server died, so that much is good. :-/ I'm hoping someone has already gotten Eudora to talk to a Debian box. If not some advice on what I'm doing wrong with either approach would be very well! Thanks for the help!!

Re: help: setting up dial-in mail server

On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 02:00:07AM -0400, Carl Mummert wrote: > Why not just set their shell to /bin/false or some such. Thanks. I'll give it a try. bob

Re: KDE

they can supply apt-friendly .deb packages on their site. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: KDE

I got it from there several months ago but when I went back to look for any updates, the kde stuff was gone. I guess I should try again. Thamks. Bob On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 08:55:38PM +, Bradley Bell wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 0

Re: Instalation decisions

bad. Debian has more stuff packaged than anybody else, so the need is typically less. Non-packaged software should go in /usr/local to keep it separate from the rest, so things don't break when you upgrade, etc. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: vmware

new svga driver (you do not use the driver for your video card -- thing virtual. I'm getting 1024x768 full screen and it works fine. There are many technical support pages on the vmware web site. They also have some news groups that I have found helpful. Bob -- Bob Nielsen

Re: Slink, 2.2.10 and printing

Perchance did you not change your /etc/printcap to point to /dev/lp0 instead of /dev/lp1? Bob On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 03:54:04PM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > So I decided to take the plunge and install a 2.2.x kernel (2.2.10), > under slink. Everything works fine, except for print

Re: Network setup.

> couldn't get mick to route to the internet for addresses other than > 192.168.01 and 192.168.02. Not sure what you mean by that last sentence, since you say you are *not* connecting mack to the internet. Off the top of my head I wonder if you had 'defaultroute' set as a ppp o

Re: sndconfig.rpm to .deb question

s: sndconfig-0.33-1.i386.rpm. This on a potato level Debian system... -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "RMS's "curmudgeon-like" griping that he didn't like the te

Re[2]: sndconfig.rpm to .deb question

so what did you do, or does sndconfig run anyway? Yes, I got that error. (I had forgotten about that.) I did an alien rpm->deb with the newt-0.40-9.i386.rpm and installed the resultant deb. -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duc

Re: Sendmail and Hostname

Marshal Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I have > 127.0.0.1ullocalhost Try 127.0.0.1 localhost u1 The format is: ip hostname nickname -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode

Re: fetchmail woes

er chown 0710 I get > > rhino:~# ls -al .fetchmailrc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 164 Jul 12 15:51 .fetchmailrc > > What am I doing wrong? chmod, not chown -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re[2]: Sendmail and Hostname

so: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost u1 -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "RMS's "curmudgeon-like" griping that he didn't like the term "Open So

Re[2]: sndconfig.rpm to .deb question

how to edit isapnp.conf after I had created it with pnpdump. That's what sndconfig did for me, so if you use pnpdump, then maybe you could ask around for help with editing the isapnp.conf file. This all assumes that whatever support your card needs has been built into the kernel and/o

Re: XFree86 & G200

ion of XFree86 and > recompiling it, is there another way? (someone already creating a .deb > to use...) XF86 3.3.3.1 is available for slink. Point /etc/apt/sources.list to: deb http://ftp.netgod.net/ x/ -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: potato and dselect issues

, etc. I guess we occasionally need a reminder why there are warnings about running unstable. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Potato upgrade and Perl warnings...

bian list I subscribe to. I am using Potato and regularly upgrade using > unstable. I will do as you suggest and leave it a few days. Using 'apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade' appears to be safer than upgrading with dselect. The offending packages are held back and netscape, etc.,

Re: Nics that don't work?

. However, I had to install the Win95 driver three times before Win95 recognized one and tried three different cards that Win98 recognized (one incorrectly) but wouldn't talk to. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

'Inverse' chmod?

Is there a command that will do (so to speak) the inverse of chmod, i.e. if given the name of a file return its current permissions in octal? -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "

Re[2]: 'Inverse' chmod?

at($1))[2] & 0x1ff)' Needless to add I know as much about shell scripts as Hillary does about New York. -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "RMS's "curmudgeon-like"

Re[2]: 'Inverse' chmod?

Thanks to all for the rapid-fire primer in perl. Come to think it, I now know _more_ about Perl than Hillary knows about New York! -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "RMS's "

Re: Sendmail questions (almost there!) Followup

host.domain is the FQDN of the host I want to relay for. After doing this it works for me. Bob On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 04:01:22PM -0600, Mike Patterson wrote: > > Richard A Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > : 1) Make sure /etc/resolv.conf is setup correctly > :if you can't do

Re: Potato upgrade and Perl warnings...

On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 05:08:47PM -0500, Michael Merten wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 05:15:29PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > => > > => Using 'apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade' appears to be sa

Re: Travan TR-3 tape drive woes

Taper has been alternately stable and broken for some time now. I've been using tob on both slink and potato with good results for a few years. Bob On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 03:22:43PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > AFAIK the taper in slink has been segfaulting on quite a few people. I

Re: multiple boot? win98, winNT, linux?

- > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/sparc/release-notes/ch-installing

ED] Do not send replies or cc's to me.] Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USAPGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re[2]: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines

will buy a copy of Welsh and Kaufman's _Running Linux_ and keep it either next to the keyboard or at least on the coffee table in front of the TV so they can browse it during commercials while viewing their favorite wrestling program or whutever. Great job on your Newbie Help Guide! -- Bob Berns

Re[2]: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines

Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The crys for help with no information, are really annoying. No. What is annoying is that despite the fact that several times in this thread the point has been made that quoting a message in full is wrong, you continue to do it. -- Bob

Out of memory when upgrading package

there anything I should do at this point? Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

removing badly-broken package

Can someone please point me in the right direction? tia, Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: older deb packages

Slink is libc6 (with support for libc5 available). 1.2.0 is libc5 (possibly some libc4, I forget). I'd recommend you either use ftp or get a more recent CD. I also recommend you use the apt method with dselect (which supports both ftp and http). Bob On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 12:43:25AM

Re: .tgz? How do I go about extracting them?

gzip to tar etc. ? The later versions of tar support the -z option, so you don't need to use piping: tar xvzf filename.tar.gz tar xvzf filename.tgz both work. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Rearranging partitions

I'd recommend moving /usr/lib, since it is the largest other than /usr/local, which you already have on a separate partition. Possibly /usr/share would be a good choice, as I think it will grow substantially when the FHS is fully adopted. Bob On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 09:57:51AM +,

Re: debian vs redhat

n spite of this, Debian has many more packages. hth, Bob On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 07:21:30PM -0400, Steve Stancliff wrote: > Hi all, > > I use Debian at home. At work we are gradually switching from Windows to > Linux, > and a redhat > system (6 machines) has been running for

debian-user@lists.debian.org

tried connecting with netscape.com by ftp, and was refused. At this > point I refer you to my previous e-mail. > Use ftp.netscape.com instead. -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Corel Wordperfect nightmare

> Yes, you need libc5. You can get it from the oldlibs/ directory. It won't > bugger > ya' up. you may > as well get xpm4.7 while you're there. Start from there and see if that > takes care > of the rest of the > problems. While you're at it, als

Re: maxalbert: How big IS it?

and has 50% compression, the untarred archive would be 30 MB. 15 + 30 = 45; 45 > 40 If you have a lot of space on some other partition, create a directory there, mv the archive to that directory, rm -rf /tmp, and symlink it to the larger space. > > P.S. Does netscape require X11? Yes Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,

xkeycaps will let you redifine any of the keys. Bob On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 03:39:17PM -0700, Oz Dror wrote: > On xterm I have to type crtl-h to generate the backspace character > > the backspace character defaults to the delete character > > how can I change this default. &

Re: Where to get pine package ?

y the way. Bob On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 09:36:51PM +0800, Liu Chung Him wrote: > Dear All, > > Is there anyone know where to download pine ? I cannot find this in my > archive. > > Thank you very much ! > > Wilson > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s

Re: apt-get error

installed. The new version of makedev should be available in tomorrow's update (or check #debian on irc for where you can get it). Bob On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 03:09:10AM -, Pollywog wrote: > I am getting the following error when I do 'apt-get upgrade': > > Err >

Re: Linux freezing up

ks in this case to kill X. Otherwise navigator has been pretty stable for me, unlike some others. Bob On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 09:06:32AM -, Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > I am using Netscape glibc 4.61 right now, quite unstable (window closing > stuff). I have the lastests gnome using a

Re: qpoper?

Are you trying to install a hamm package on a bo system? Bob On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Mikhali Mifsud wrote: > > > If I want pop access I (think) I have to install qpoper. When I try > and install it it complains libc6 and libgdbmg1 is not installed. I > checked stable/binary b

Re: qpoper?

m and the instructions in the URLs mentioned above give three different methods of accomplishing the upgrade with minimal risk. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com

Re: Filter for printer Canon bjc-4100..............

50 pages) that I went back to my HP DJ520 (which is somewhat better, but still not great in that respect). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen --

Re: upgrading form lib5 to lib6

slink was much easier, since the libc5 to libc6 transition has been the biggest obstacle here. On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Mario Filipe wrote: > > On 22-Jul-98 Bob Nielsen wrote: > > 3. Install apt and run 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. The bo version of apt may > > be found at

secure lynx?

Has anyone made a Debian package of lynx with encryption (weak or strong)? I don't see anything like this on us or non-us mirrors. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh

Re: How do I mount a FAT32 partition?

kernel to 2.0.34 or 2.0.35. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Nedit, Revisited...

available, so have I stumbled onto a glibc compatibility problem there? (I ask because I used the binaries from that site for a long time in bo with no problems.) TIA, as usual, for any light shed on these matters. At least we're not talking about the dress.

Re: Debian 2.0 upgrade didn't work

gt; > Note: order here is important. Package files are scanned in order so > later distributions will override earlier ones. > > So put stable before unstable. > > Enter space seperated list of distributions to get > [hamm/hamm]: dists/stable > > Ente

Re: WYSIWYG Word Processor

use it otherwise, you will have to purchase it from either StarDivision or Caldera. I've tried both. IMHO, the display is a bit better with version 3.0 (however I prefer WordPerfect, which is $$). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Using 2.1.x kernels with hamm/slink

I have a mixed hamm/slink system which works fine with 2.0.35. I have tried running 2.1.112 and 2.1.114 and can't get pppd to start. Typing (as root) '/etc/init.d/ppp start' doesn't give any error message, but it doesn't run. Is there something different required for

Re[2]: Nedit, Revisited...

Oh dear. I see I replied to Ed only, and missed sending a copy to the list. >>>>> Forwarded message from Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Ed! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a warning in the message box under dselect for Nedit that > points

Re: using make config

in order to compile a new kernel. You can get this as a Debian package if you wish. Also you should consider using kernel-package which will compile the kernel and create a kernel-image package which you can then install. You will still need to us ipfwadm (in the netbase Debian package). B

Re: using make config

under > dselect? kernel-source is in devel (2.0.33, 2.0.34 and 2.0.35 are available). You will need dpkg-ftp, but I don't think you need dpkg-perl. Adding the apt package from slink will give you the option of the apt method as well, which can get packages by either ft

Re: wmaker 0.14.1 autostart file location.

> > you'll find it at: > > ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/beta/compiled/linux/debs/ Also, wmaker_0.17.5-2 is in slink Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: DNSs failure, (resolv.conf?) continued

roblem > (it doesn't work). > It looks to me like a syntax error. Try changing your resolv.conf from this: domain.tht.net nameserver = 209.47.145.2 nameserver = 209.47.145.3 to this: domain tht.net nameserver 209.47.145.2 nameserver 209.47.145.3 Bob Bob Nielsen I

Re: CLUE: [Fwd: WordPerfect 8 for Linux Prerelease]]

better, however--no errors with ghostscript). Hopefully they'll come out with Quattro Pro one of these days. Bob On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > The one thing this doesn't mention is it hasa time limit and then it > expires. Just to save some people a 30mb download... &g

Re: Boot debian from DOS

vmlinuz) file somewhere on the DOS partition. Here's what I have (I don't normally use loadlin, but it is quicker than rebooting after I have used DOS or Win95): d:\loadlin\loadlin d:\loadlin\bzimage root=/dev/hda6 ro Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PRO

Re: No Backspace in X

I had a similar problem (only in netscape). I installed xkeycaps and defined backspace there, which fixed it. Bob On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Matthew Myers wrote: > I am having trouble with my backspace key in X. It acts as the delete key > rather than the backspace, deleting characters aft

Re: Installing new Netscape, remove old.

are installed, you should probably just delete them unless the new versions puts them in the same place, in which case they will be overwritten and you won't need to do anything. Bob On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Keith wrote: > I am downloading the strong encrypted Communicator, I was wondering

dual boot hardware problem

am concerned that it might not work, based on this boot hang. Any thoughts or theories that might help would be appreciated. --- Bob McGowan i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com

RE: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos

his should NOT be done to binary (data) files since it will destroy the structure expectd by whatever probram made the file. If you do not have the two utilities I can supply you with some alternatives (assuming you have sed and tr available). --- Bob McGowan i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com

RE: dual boot hardware problem

b may also need fixing. Is there anything else that needs changing? Thanks again, --- Bob McGowan i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com > -Original Message- > From: Nathan E Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 17, 1998 8:55 AM > To: Bob McGowan

RE: win98/hamm dual boot problem

ils may or may not be useful but the over all discussion is very good. Hope this helps ;-) --- Bob McGowan i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com

RE: freeing space on /usr?

edure will work. As to "appropriate" things, nothing other than trying to avoid directory structures with lots of symlinks comes to mind. --- Bob McGowan i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com > -Original Message- > From: Mike Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Fr

Score: Smail 1, Bob 0

ay, I've lost the list's most recent mail, so a thousand pardons if I'm asking something that's just been dealt with! Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I.

Re: Score: Smail 1, Bob 0

n _my_ system. That leaves the pesky 'questionable operand' message, and the rdate problem, for now. --- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I.

ping: sendto: Operation not permitted

ent brain tumor slowly robbing me of what little sanity I have left! Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I.

Re: ping: sendto: Operation not permitted

AUTOFW' option. Does anybody have a kernel config for 2.0.34 that produces a working ip masq? Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone ever seen the Subject: line's message before? > > I just compiled 2.0.34 to get ip masqing going, and I appear in the proce

Re[2]: ping: sendto: Operation not permitted

e of is that I've entered the policy rules correctly! -D 0.0.0.0 *without* the '/0' on the end won't work no matter how much hair I tear out! I need a vacation. Mebbe go to the Vinyard and talk to Bill about my 'private problems', huh? Thanks again, Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I.

Re: Nedit bug

r of the Deb nedit package, who very graciously and promptly helped me out with this same problem recently. Due to my precocious Altzheimers, and recent hard drive demise, I can't retreive the info you need. --- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I.

RE: set clock to GMT?

software clock. If your hardware clock is going off by hours, I would tend to suspect the hardware clock itself (the chip or its power supply). Then you would want to use the hardware clock to periodically update your system software clock. --- Bob McGowan i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com

rdate still not working

tput. I see I have this xntp thing on this machine, so I ran /etc/init.d/xntp3 stop and sure enough it's stopped, at least according to ps -aux. As you can see from the time stamp on this message, I really to set the clock on this thing! --- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I.

Re: Nedit bug

On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Akop Pogosian wrote: > If anyone knows how to fix this little problem, please let me know. The package that needs upgrading is lesstifg. I found that lesstifg_0.85.3-1.deb did the trick. --- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I.

rdate still not working (fwd)

chine, so I ran /etc/init.d/xntp3 stop and sure enough it's stopped, at least according to ps -aux. --- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I.

Re: rdate still not working (fwd)

I'm no expert on this, but I recall that rdate and ntp use different formats. Perhaps the servers you are trying only support NTP. You might try another one, such as 'rdate time.nist.gov'. On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > Here's what I get every ti

Re: rdate still not working (fwd)

Bingo! On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > I'm no expert on this, but I recall that rdate and ntp use different > formats. I've never taken the time, obviously, to look into it. Running bo I was happy to just use 'rdate tycho.usno.navy.mil'. That doesn'

Re: rdate still not working (fwd)

On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Bingo! > > On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > I'm no expert on this, but I recall that rdate and ntp use different > > formats. > > I've never taken the time, obviously, to look into it. Run

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