Re: apt-get update fails with File not found (404)

2002-12-24 Thread bob parker
't do that after a successful update, it causes the entire upgrade to download again. It took 3 apt-get upgrade to get the entire list of packages down and then complete the upgrade. HTH Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fetchmail security problem and sarge

2002-12-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
There is a new Debian security advisory about fetchmail. Since sarge does not get security updates (why not??), I built a new package using unstable source. This is not installable, because fetchmail-common does not get built. Is there any way around this? Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Speaking of ntp, yes CD-R does mess with the clock!

2002-12-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 09:44:23AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, Rob Weir wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 06:36:22AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > > > On 24 Dec 2002, John Hasler wrote: > > > > > > > Bill Moseley writes: > > > > > I just don't think it unreasonable that th

Re: Fetchmail security problem and sarge

2002-12-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
I figured it out--fetchmail-common no longer exists with the newer version. Using --force-depends with dpkg got fetchmail to install. On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 09:18:00AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > There is a new Debian security advisory about fetchmail. Since sarge > does not get se

Re jigdo files for 3.0r1

2002-12-25 Thread bob parker
Anybody know where I can find the jigdo files for 3.0r1? Thanks Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: am I a sitting duck for fetchmail hole because can't upgrade?

2002-12-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
es and use dpkg-source). Version 6.2.0-2 does not depend on fetchmail-common. Bob On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 03:18:51AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Just curious, we see a security bulletin that fetchmail should be > upgraded to avoid a malformed hostname threat. > > I could wget the new fe

Webcam

2002-12-27 Thread bob parker
I have a usb webcam, it's branded 'Spirit WebCam DSC100' I can take up to 27 320 * 240 px photos at a time. What Linux software can I use to download the images to my hard drive. It came with software to do this in Wonders 98 but it really shits me having to boot that. Thanks

Re: Webcam

2002-12-27 Thread bob parker
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 00:29, Jens Gecius wrote: > bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have a usb webcam, it's branded 'Spirit WebCam DSC100' > > > > I can take up to 27 320 * 240 px photos at a time. > > > > What Linux software can I u

Re: Webcam

2002-12-27 Thread bob parker
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 06:09, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 06:03:04AM +1100, bob parker wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 00:29, Jens Gecius wrote: > > > bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I have a usb webcam, it's branded 'Spiri

Re: Webcam

2002-12-27 Thread bob parker
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 00:38, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 04:40, bob parker wrote: > > I have a usb webcam, it's branded 'Spirit WebCam DSC100' > > GPhoto2 and for X11 frontend, GTKam. GPhoto2 often (always?) provides > its own drivers to access an

Re: RealOne Player

2002-12-27 Thread bob parker
wrong version. I used Linux libc6 i386 from > > http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html > > - Richard. The version I have is dated May 10 2001 1247004 I use it to play files of type .rm successfully. It does play other types of video but I find mplayer better to use for those.

Re: Webcam

2002-12-27 Thread bob parker
ence to usbdevs on my system, not `'locate`, nor any trace in the dpkg list. I am running Woody and usbmgr. Any clues? Thanks Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Webcam

2002-12-28 Thread bob parker
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:49, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 21:49, bob parker wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 07:27, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > Sorry, but it looks like there isn't any support as yet for the imaging > > > chip, and possibly it is dis

Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT!

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
y NTP servers too?" ISP: "Uh, NTP? Uh, you are a customer of ours? Then sure. BTW, what is NTP?" Generally distribution infrastructure of NTP is similar to DNS and therefore I recommend using the same DNS machines for NTP machines. Bob msg21307/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Speaking of ntp, yes CD-R does mess with the clock!

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
nce the slew rate is limited to 0.5 ms/s, each second of adjustment requires an amortization interval of 2000 s. Thus an adjustment of many seconds can take hours or days to amortize. Bob msg21308/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: ntpdate tip -- hmm? [NEW TOPIC]

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
enial of service attack can result regardless. And it is really easy to avoid so it is viewed as a rudeness for someone to care so little. And rudeness begets rudeness. Better not to go there. Bob msg21309/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: SCSI emulation for IDE CD-writer

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
w to find it or see anything wrong with how I set > this up? Here are my instructions for setting up a CD-RW drive on Debian. Perhaps they will help. This sets up a very particular configuration. You will have to adapt it for your installation. Bob Setting up a CD-RW drive I am going to

Re: ntpdate tip -- hmm? [NEW TOPIC]

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-28 12:51:12 -0600]: > Bob Proulx writes: > > It would be great if ntpdate and ntp-simple both offered to do the very > > simple configuration of using the existing DNS servers as NTP servers > > I'm considering having chron

Re: Is this a locales error?

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
ictionary order, case ignored, punctuation ignored. Don't report that as a bug in sort or ls (like other people have done) if you do set it that way. Bob msg21343/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Can only login as root

2002-12-29 Thread Bob Underwood
ar situation on my son's box. Turns out his /home was filled. I helped him free up some space (as root), and then all worked well. In his case, it was a number of .wav files left around after burning some cd's. HTH. bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] beep after mucking around inside box

2002-12-29 Thread Bob Proulx
missing things. It won't boot but it should POST (power on self test) and that should give you a clue as to the problem. Then one by one plug in each of the components. Bob msg21470/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [OT] beep after mucking around inside box

2002-12-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-29 14:46:01 -0700]: > Then one by one plug in each of the components. Oops. I did not say but reading that later forces me to say TURN THE POWER OFF by UNPLUGGING THE POWER CORD before plugging in each component and trying to boot again. Don&#x

Re: Command for random? recursive?

2002-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
name '*.mpg' -print); do echo $RANDOM $file | sort -n | sed 's/^[0-9][0-9]* //' done) This does not handle newlines or spaces in the filenames. But it is easier to understand than the script that does. To handle those you have to use the zero terminated string options

Re: Creating a new user without a password

2002-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
above in one command. YMMV. adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'MYSQL User' mysql Bob msg21560/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Woody->FreeBSD box via null modem cable

2002-12-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
5 kbps data transfers. You could then use telnet, ssh, ftp, etc. A pair of cheap NICS and a crossover cable will offer better performance, however. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: old /lib/modules still there after purging kernel

2003-01-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 06:27:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > I long ago stopped using the older kernel, 2.2. However in > /lib/modules/ I see 2.2.20/ 2.2.20-idepci/ 2.4.18-k7/ . > What is the recommended way of cleaning up the older ones? Is the > user supposed to just rm -r? > -- > http://j

Re: Creating a new user without a password

2003-01-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-30 12:36:37 +]: > On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 02:44:55AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Curtis Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-29 23:34:44 -0800]: > > > groupadd mysql > > > useradd -g mysql mysql > > >

Re: Creating a new user without a password

2003-01-01 Thread Bob Proulx
are good. Read them. Ah, very good. I had missed that option when I had read the man pages previously. Bob msg21901/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Re jigdo files for 3.0r1

2003-01-03 Thread bob parker
On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 01:04, Johann Spies wrote: > On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 01:41:23AM +1100, bob parker wrote: > > Anybody know where I can find the jigdo files for 3.0r1? > > http://us.cdimage.debian.org/jigdo-area/current/jigdo/ > > Regards. > Johann Thanks Johann,

Re: [OT] Cleaning up the output of a multiple file rename (bash)

2003-01-03 Thread Bob Proulx
rriving at the same time this is even likely. Therefore I don't like it as much. Half baked idea: How about using 'mktemp'? If all you are looking for is a temporary filename then that command will provide unique names without this set of problems. By default in /tmp but you can alw

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Hilliard
_client writes the /etc/resolv.conf when it gets a lease from the dhcp_server. /etc/dhclient.conf may be configured to prepend or append additional domains to /etc/resolv.conf. See dhclient.conf (5). Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |

Re: IP firewalls

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
nd my NIDS. > Behind that is my NAT box which runs linux 2.2.x and ipchains. > > nate > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY

Re: console messages flit by too fast

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
Shift-PgUp? On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 01:57:17AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > I can't believe this is still not solved. I boot the system. I see > some ominous warnings. They scroll by so fast and are gone. > E.g. something about mtab. Ok, cd /var/log; grep mtab * */* > Nothing. > > You will ans

Re: Desperate for Mplayer apt sources

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 05:33:20PM +0800, Elijah wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install Mplayer 386 or 686 via synaptic but it seems I > don't have libvidencore0. I checked out libvidencore0's dependency and > it requires libc6. It doesn't seem to accept my current libc6 (currently > installed)

Re: how to rename multiple files

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Proulx
ver, if this is a command that is run frequently as I seem to recall the OP saying earlier in this thread then I would assume that it would not be possible to get up to ARG_MAX and would do the simpler for loop above. Bob msg22452/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to rename multiple files

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Proulx
ind, but useful > on other systems.) But '-maxdepth 1' is a GNU find extension and so this won't work on other systems. Bob msg22461/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Proulx
ve those are more complicated methods than the newbie would be expected to execute. Is there an easier way? I have not been able to find a way to, say, query dpkg's database for this information more directly. Thanks Bob msg22469/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Proulx
ir own network names for other things and would 'prepend' their own fake domain. This way they could print to their network printer 'inkjet.jones.home' without any problem of colliding with injet.dhcpserver-domain-at-isp.com. search jones.home dhcpserver-domain-at-isp.com This is all contrived but perhaps helps to explain things. Bob msg22472/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to rename multiple files

2003-01-05 Thread Bob Proulx
rry about the last command that exits versus the last command in the pipeline.] I have some scripts that can be cleaned up and simplified. Thanks again! Bob msg22544/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Strange Number Lock Behavior

2003-01-05 Thread Bob Hilliard
asiest is to hit number lock. 8:o) > > Take a look at /etc/console-tools/config. I use `setleds -D +num' from the console-tools package. I put a script in /etc/init.d to invoke this for all consoles. This is only for the console. For X you need numlockx, from the packa

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten

2003-01-05 Thread Bob Proulx
t the conf files. Similar to the 'rpm -qc' capability. Because I can't think of a way to improve the documentation sufficiently to cover this point. The raw data is immediately available in /var/lib/dpkg/info for the program to dump out in this case and so this would be a simple feature. Thanks Bob msg22546/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Help Configuring Sound

2003-01-05 Thread Bob Proulx
s a little bit of effort. But many people have found the standalone cd for booting a system useful for many things and so the effort would hopefully be worthwhile for you as well. http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html Bob msg22561/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: questions relating to the ls and grep command

2003-01-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Robert Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-08 15:49:00 +0100]: > Would someone kindly explain when to use the > "ls -d" command? This is explained in some detail here: http://www.gnu.org/software/fileutils/doc/faq/ Bob msg23040/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Making a DSL server?

2003-01-08 Thread Bob Proulx
system that will be > > installed in retail stores, that will have a DSL connection. You did not say, but will the end client location be purely clients? Or will they also be servers as well? If the system can be designed such that your retail locations can be pure clients only it will mean

Re: Debie Newbie

2003-01-09 Thread bob parker
ernel modules directory. I > hope that makes sense and, more importantly, I hope the above clarifies > a few things about starting out with Debian. It's always good to catch > bad habits such as using alien before they start. :) Good luck and > welcome to Debian. :) > > -Alex

Re: Making a DSL server

2003-01-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
BSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dual-boot redhat/debian

2003-01-09 Thread Bob Proulx
always triumph over intelligence and finesse. But it does allow you simultaneous use of both systems on the same hardware at the same time. Bob msg23197/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [apt] Disabling upgrade to insecure packages

2003-01-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:27:01PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 07:04:37PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > Well, if one could put on hold a particular version of a package > > (given by the user), it would be better than nothing. Is there a > > way to do this? > >

Re: md driver?

2003-01-10 Thread Bob Proulx
implement most device drivers as modules. apt-cache search kernel-image Updating from the bootstrapping kernel to a tuned kernel is slightly more complex than the typical package install. If seeing the md driver noise at boot is your only complaint then I would not upgrade. Bob msg23476/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: suggestions for a fast web browser?

2003-01-12 Thread bob parker
ve purchased it, you have continual banner adds in your > browser. Last time I used Opera ( 5.? and on 'doze ) F11 dispatched the banner ad to an inch or so above the top of the display area. F11 toggles it back again when you need to click the menus. These days I'm quite

Re: cloning my debian install onto my new hard disk?

2003-01-12 Thread Bob Hilliard
past, but have been too lazy to file a report. Because of this issue, I had to use "find / -xdev | cpio -vdump /mnt" for my last system copy. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way &l

Re: End and home key on bash in X-window not accepted

2003-01-13 Thread Bob Proulx
04699.html Good luck! Bob msg23916/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: apt-get remove exim .... wants to remove more?

2003-01-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 07:38:43PM +0100, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 18:54, Andy wrote: > > I want to install qmail to give it a test drive and thought it might be a good > > thing to remove exim. But look at all that will be removed below > > Why does Debian want to

Re: Emacs installed, why?

2003-01-15 Thread Bob Proulx
rmation. On first pass it would seem that almost any upgrade in unstable would want to upgrage at least one package and therefore it must just be missing from your post. I would look over that list of packages and see which of them is pulling in emacs20 and pushing out gnupg and other such dependencies. Bob msg24277/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: opera or other fast browser

2003-01-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 06:57:12PM +0100, Florian Sukup wrote: > Hi, > > I'm installing Debian on an old machine. Therefore, I need a fast browser. > > So, I thought Opera could be a good idea. But I can't find a package > including it (at least not bin/opera). > > Is there a debian package fo

Re: File rights

2003-01-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 10:15:46AM -0800, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > Can some kind soul please point me to the documention area(s) that will > let me understand file/directory rights per user? I've trying to use > WINE, and install some Windoze programs - and I can't get user access to > create the

Re: cron-apt: how can I configure the time it is started

2003-01-15 Thread Bob Proulx
11+12=23 hundred hours.) 32 23 * * *root test -x /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt I believe avoiding the default time is probably a Good Thing otherwise if everyone installed cron-apt there would be a huge impulse spike at the top of the hour. Bob msg24366/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Driver for Netgear PCI Ethernet board?

2003-01-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 03:32:27PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > Is there a driver available for the Netgear FA311 Ethernet board. If > so, where can I get it? For 2.4.x kernels, use the natsemi.o driver. Netgear provides driver source (fa31x.c) which will work with 2.2.x (it says for Red

Re: MOUSE won't function

2003-01-16 Thread Bob Proulx
ux. For PS/2 mice. But USB mice use /dev/input/mice. Bob msg24571/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Cannot run X - missing /dev/mouse

2003-01-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
Try changing Option "Protocol" "auto" to Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 07:29:54PM -0500, Andrew Pierce wrote: > I am still not getting a mouse in X. I tried this: > > cat /dev/mouse > > moved the mouse around, and got garbage characters on the screen. This > means

Re: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related careers/schooling?

2003-01-17 Thread Bob Proulx
NU Project software was then available to be ported to create a full system. Truly a dream come true. While on the job I have mostly been using commercial hpux systems. Currently I write EDA/CAD software for chip design. And I am always hacking on computer systems either at work or at home. Bob

apt-get failure

2003-01-18 Thread Bob Hilliard
e sharedbuffers cached Mem: 1030220 876292 153928 0 128236 488572 -/+ buffers/cache: 259484 770736 Swap: 2096624 02096624 What is the probable cause of this failure? Regards Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard

Re: Ethernet Adapter Configuration

2003-01-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 05:33:06PM -, Kevin Smith wrote: > Hi All, > > Well, Debian Linux 3.0r1 (powerpc) installed and working like a dream, well > just about anyway. ;) > > I'm trying to work out the ifconfig tool and how to assign more than 1 IP > address to the ethernet card. I have an I

Re: sendmail.cf problems

1999-06-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
. Should I just disable the line? Mine (as created by sendmailconfig on slink) has: # Maximum length of the sum of all headers O MaxHeadersLength=32768 Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh

Re: HELLO

1999-06-04 Thread Bob Brown
Hey, this is a good one {grin} . Why can't I think up a scam like this? - Original Message - From: some one <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 9:43 AM Subject: HELLO > DEAR SIR, > I WANT TO WRITE TO YOU ABOUT MY SELF WITH ALL THE FREEDOM, CAUSE I NEED A > HELP AND AN AD

Re: GPM 1.17.8-1/Midnite Commander problem

1999-06-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
ut and paste acted very strange. A reboot seemed to fix it. -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Setting software clock (gmt)

1999-06-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
al > fwiw); how would I do this? Is there a pre-setup way to account for > daylight savings time, or should I either do it manually or through cron? > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Repartition swap?

1999-06-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
ition (enlarging it in this case). Bob On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to repartition the swap space? I think I don't need that > much swap, and want to squeeze out some extra partition for filesystem. > The whole filesystem is on an extend

off topic

1999-06-07 Thread Bob Bernstein
http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/99jun/xuf000725.gif -- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "RMS's "curmudgeon-like" griping that he didn't like the term "Open Source" looke

Re: HylaFAX

1999-06-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
lso what ownerships to the files in /var/spool/fax have to have? In > SuSE (there it is working) they have uucp.uucp. On my system (potato) it is root.fax. > > I looked at the log files, but can't find an error-message. > > TIA > Thorsten > > > -- > Unsub

Many a problem

1999-06-10 Thread bob jones
Okay...I have many problems and have finally broken down and resorted to the outside world to help solve them... #1: My version of Enlightenment on the Debian 2.1 cd is really strange...I can't access the start menu (I had to run everything from command line) and esound doesn't work, even when I

Re: Navigator 4.08

1999-06-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
p instead. It worked for me. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Navigator 4.08

1999-06-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 01:22:12PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 03:37:18PM +, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > > > I'm using Navigator 4.08 quite happily, but the icons in the > > > toolba

Re: Package for Linux HOWTOs

1999-06-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
ohnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Unidentified subject!

1999-06-11 Thread bob jones
unsubscribe === Nik Reiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] witty quote coming soon _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: newbie: mounting Mitsumi cdrom problems

1999-06-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
d about the SCSI failed initialization msg, b/c my > HD is IDE and seems to work fine. The Mitsumi manual says nothing > about the interface card being SCSI or IDE. Did I leave out any other > relevant information? Oh yeah, I'm a Gemini. Oh. In that case ignore my advice

Re: PPP where for out thou?

1999-06-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
this address. > > > > > > > > > > == > ANDY BOTTMAN > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > == > > > > -- > 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: Where is /usr/bin/file?

1999-06-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
cility might have this information, on Debian's > > website. > > Very strange; I looked for the package on Debian's website, using the search > facility, and I can't find the package that owns /usr/bin/file. > I do have /usr/bin/file on my Potato system. It'

Re: Help!!

1999-06-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 06:36:28PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the difference between the i386 version and the others?? The different Debian versions are for different CPU architectures of the computer hardware. See http://www.debian.org/ports Bob -- Bob Niel

Re: Locating fdformat...

1999-06-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
ftformat has been replaced by superformat, which is in fdutils, along with setfdprm. This is the case for both slink and potato. Bob On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 12:29:45AM +0930, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > Where in potato are fdformat and setfdprm? They aren't in util-linux. > &g

Re: apt-get upgrade tries to replace my kernel-image

1999-06-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
put it on > hold? Or is there some other way that I can do it? The best way I've found around this is to use epochs when compiling my own kernel with make-kpkg: make-kpkg --revision=1:custom.1.0 kernel_image This is discussed in the kernel-package docs. Bob -- Bob Nielsen

Re: apt-get upgrade tries to replace my kernel-image

1999-06-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 06:31:40PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > The best way I've found around this is to use epochs when compiling my > > own kernel with make-kpkg: > > > > make-kpkg --revision=1:custom.1.0 kernel_image > >

Re: do I have to use Redhat?

1999-06-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
FYI, 2.0.37 has been released (also 2.2.10). Bob On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 11:13:38AM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Graham Seaman wrote: > > > > BTW, the 2.0.37-pre series supports these controllers. I suppose I should > > > get busy and build a set of

Re: ftp/telnet fails since upgrade

1999-06-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
er services you're > missing... > For the ftp problem, take a look at /etc/inetd.conf and see if the ftp line has been commented out. If so, remove the octothorpe (#). There might be more than one of these lines; you should only enable one. Bob -- Bob Nielsen

Re: difference between magicfilter and apsfilter

1999-06-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
lter is better for some printers, while apsfilter is better for others. I've had good results with both and am currently using magicfilter. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh

Re: Which FTAPE?

1999-06-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
f ftape (not recommended) or compile the kernel without ftape support and separately compile ftape-3.04d or the newer 4.0x version available from http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/ If you compile your own kernel, you should consider using the features of the Debian kernel-package pa

Re: fetchmail problem

1999-06-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
I had a similar problem with smail. I got around it by using specifying a MDA in .fetchmailrc. Bob On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 08:06:52AM -0400, Jason Greshes wrote: > > Hoping someone might know the answer to this... > > Last week I upgraded my 2.0 debian system up to 2.1. fetc

Re: Hoping for some help with this kernel error

1999-06-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
loaded > linux-2.2.10.tar.gz and everything worked. I've seen this before with Debian kernel-source packages, which sometimes have some of the bugfix patches already applied. I didn't have any trouble applying the 2.2.10 patch to 2.2.9 here. Bob

Re: hm

1999-06-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
Anyone > who made cd images of potato please contact me. I imagine we'll have debian-dvd some day soon. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: fetchmail problem

1999-06-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
Here's what I'm using in .fetchmailrc (it works for me, at least): poll proto pop3 user password mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d%T" limit 20 I've also gotten it to work with /usr/bin/formail as MDA. exim and smail are MTAs, not MDAs. hth, Bob On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 a

Re: RealPlayer G2 + potato

1999-06-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
it past the beta stage soon. -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: ppp connection and winmodem is supported

1999-06-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
21:59:17 debian kernel: PPP line discipline registered. > > one of debian documents winmodem is not supported by linux ppp. I use US > Robotics 56 K VoiceWin modem? is it true? Unfortunately yes. Winmodems will not work in Linux. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Inter

Re: upgrade vorm 1.3 to 2.1 ?

1999-06-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
and 2.1 beeing based on "libc6" - what > does it mean for upgrading?. > Could anybody give some suggestions? Look for a directory "upgrade-older-i386" on the CD. If it doesn't exist, take a look at /debian/dists/stable/main/upgrade-older-i386/README-upgrade at one of

Re: pop3

1999-06-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: New Install -- No Operation System found

1999-06-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
et a shell prompt) and had much better results. If your BIOS supports it, you should probably use LBA to get under 1024 cylinders. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Name of "Select and Install Profiles" program?

1999-06-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
ete. I have done subsequent installs the old way, by using dselect, although with the number of packages growing the way it is, this is probably a bit intimidating for a newbie. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

OPTi931 How-To, sort of...

1999-06-26 Thread Bob Bernstein
dlow module. To do this select one of the lowlevel sound devices in your kernel config. Comments, reflections, excoriations and emendations are cheerfully invited! -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==+

Re: I need some info/piece of mind before installing linux

1999-06-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
> Of course there's also wine, which keeps getting better, but still has a way to go. -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Allowing non-root users to start pppd.

1999-06-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
was wondering what would be the best way to > allow normal users to start the ppp connection? I hope this hasn't been > asked 6 million times. Thanks! -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh

Mysql

1999-06-26 Thread Bob Ruddy
I can't seem to find 'mysql-base' any where. The server also needs 'mysql-client' which needs 'libmysqlclient6'. I looked for this file on the packages.debian.org web page but came up empty handed. Anyway I hope someone can shed some light on my problems. Thanks. Bob

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