Re: upgrade to slink

1998-12-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
irc.felk.cvut.cz > > > -- > 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: Upgrade to slink

1998-12-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
mes. Be careful, you'll need to manually > select packages like xterm and nfs-server since the former packgaes > were splitted. That should be 'apt-get dist-upgrade' and it works quite well (you will probably need to run dselect install more than once). Bob Bob Ni

Re: mounting W95 partitions

1998-12-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
on? I've tried /dev/hda1 and so on, and I've tried > combinations from /dev, but nothing works. What's the secret password? > > _ () _-- __() Ted Llewellyn > ) _-- / >/_--/__--- > (/ (/ > > > -- > Un

Re: Trying to compile a new kernel.

1998-12-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
ct > :lf=/var/log/lp-errs > :pl#66 > :pw#80 > :pc#150 > :mx#0 > :sh > > I haven't configured the printer on my machine yet, but I rather question > the lp1 default... Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: dosemu: lredir difficulties

1998-12-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
> define c_nice > define c_x > endif > endif > > - --- End /etc/dosemu/conf > > - --- Begin /etc/dosemu/users (modified conffile) > root c_all# root is allowed to do all weird things > shaul c_all # root is allowed to do all weird things > nobody guest # variable 'guest' is checked in /etc/dosemu.conf > # to allow only DEXE execution > guest guest # login guest treated as 'nobody' > all restricted# all other users have normal user restrictions > > - --- End /etc/dosemu/users > > - --- Begin /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first (modified conffile) > *** Contents not text *** > > - --- End /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first > > --- End of Forwarded Message > > > > > > > -- > 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: new kernel not installing

1999-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
nel-source-2.1.124. But I am not having trouble compiling > so I don't think this is a problem. I am not sure how to track down > what the problem is. Any advice or suggestions are appreciated. > Thanks > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAI

Re: News reading

1999-01-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
; http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ > EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ > > > -- > 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: 'time' protocol client/server for Debian?

1999-01-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
d netdate (both in netstd) are RFC868 clients and the RFC868 time server is built into inetd (which is in netbase). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

missing ncurses.h

1999-01-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
I just tried 'make menuconfig' to compile a kernel and found that my slink system no longer has an ncurses.h file (it was there a few weeks ago). There doesn't seem to be any ncurses-dev package in slink. Has this stuff moved to some other location? Bob -

Re: Apt and packages on hold

1999-01-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
Why doesn't it show libc6 and friends as well? I'd like > to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious. The reason is that libc6 has a recommends for timezone, not timezones (presumably it's just a typo) and this causes a conflict since timezone cannot be found in the pa

Re: Slink/Potatoe && libc6

1999-01-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
it. ;) The current slink version is 2.0.7-19981211-1 This appears as < 2.07u and should have been named differently to satisfy the dependency. Supposedly the version of locales which goes with this is broken. I would expect that if you wait a few (?) days, there will be a new version avail

Re: removing ^M from a text file

1999-01-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
hem. Can you > > suggest anything, please? > > > > please cc me as I'm not on this list ATM. > > > > -- > John Stevenson, Objective Alliance: www.oa.nl > "Its grip'd, its sorted.." > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe

Re: Slink problem - libc-doc depends on a duff version

1999-01-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
ac.uk/ > > > -- > 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: timezone

1999-01-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
lly named timezones (bug#31706 for libc6). This version of libc6 has been renamed to 2.0.7.1998121101 and now correctly recommends timezones (and is recognized by dselect as being > 2.07v-1.) Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: Kernel Compile

1999-01-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
source can be upgraded to compile with libc6. After all, this is a large part of what the Debian developers did to create 2.0, but it isn't necessarily easy. The fact the even the kernel won't compile would indicate that something broke in your upgrade process, but this is quite untypica

Re: TCP/IP Printing

1999-01-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
ou > just happen to know how to set up Linux to print in this configuration I > would very much appreciate any help you could offer. /usr/doc/SMB-HOWTO.gz (in the doc-linux-text package). Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
ow if it would affect bogomips, but it might be worth a try. Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: emergency disk/mounting files

1999-01-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
gt; >From 'man mount': The standard form of the mount command, is mount -t type device dir So you would use: mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb2 / This should give you read/write permissions, but you could also do: mount -t -o rw ext2 /dev/hdb2 / Bob Bob Nielse

Re: Debian/Caldera/RedHat

1999-01-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
e with a dial-up PPP connection. Most of the configuration helpers are text based instead of gui, but I see this as a plus, since I have some boxes without X-window installed. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMA

Re: current slink

1999-01-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html > or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > > -- > Cannot find public key 63196A05, signature not checked. > -END PGP DECRYPTED MESSAGE- > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail

pinepgp oddity

1999-01-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
quite viewable. I have pine-3.96M-1, pinepgp-3.96 and pgp-2.6.3a-5 on a slink/potato system. Does anyone else see this behavior or have a clue as to what might be broken? Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D

Missing packages files

1999-01-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
It seems that all the hamm and slink packages files, as well as those for contrib and non-free (but not main) in potato are currently missing on three mirrors I have checked today. Agggh! Bob

Re: Missing packages files

1999-01-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
is helps. > Paul > > On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > It seems that all the hamm and slink packages files, as well as those for > contrib and non-free (but not main) in potato are currently missing on > three mirrors I have checked today. > > Agggh! >

Re: Missing packages files

1999-01-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
It must have been a temporary glitch, the files are now available. Bob On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > It seems that all the hamm and slink packages files, as well as those for > contrib and non-free (but not main) in potato are currently missing on > three mirrors I hav

gpm question

1999-01-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
I recently upgraded a system from hamm to slink and then to potato and notice that gpm will only recognize the first 25 lines of my screen. I'm running SVGATextMode with a 80x30 screen. I seem to remember gpm working fine with this before. Is there something I missed? Bob ---- Bob Ni

Re: gpm question

1999-01-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > *- Bob Nielsen wrote about "gpm question" > > I recently upgraded a system from hamm to slink and then to potato and > > notice that gpm will only recognize the first 25 lines of my screen. > > > > I'm ru

Applying kernel patches

1999-01-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
e for the patch script? Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: No Password for Root

1999-01-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
> > Art > > > > > -- > > Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) > > http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ > > EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [E

Re: No Password for Root

1999-01-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Art Lemasters wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 01:39:11PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > Art, > > > > What does 'grep root /etc/passwd' show? > > It shows > > root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash Well, that would mean that root has

Re: Re-Partition Ext2?

1999-01-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
xt2 and without loosing data? Kind of a fips (DOS-util) > or the commercial tool Partition Magic? > > I just wanted to create another small linux partition for testing. > > Thanks and kind regards > > Frederick > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [E

Re: Help a newbie installing pine

1999-01-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
ng > the linux option, I get an error "ld cannot open -ltermcap: no such file > or directory." Please help if you know what I should do about this > error. Thanks. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Bo

Re: Can?t remove Kernel_Modules

1999-01-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
the kernel and one as a module)) - thats > why I try to compile my kernel with ppp "inside" but I simply can´t > prevent the module from being loaded... > Maybe some of you can help me !! > It could be that the kernel is trying to run ppp twice (??) I suspect that solvin

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
arry White [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: new kernel release

1999-01-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
Error 1 It compiled successfully when I substituted the pre9 version of sb_ess.c (I configured for a SB16, not ess). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: new kernel release

1999-01-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
I see that Documentation/CHANGES says that net-tools 1.49 is required. It says to use 'hostname -V' to determine the version, but this does not work. 'route -V' in both slink and potato that the net-tools version is 1.45. Is an upgrade needed here? B

Re: man missing ?

1999-01-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
e installation of additional packages (from a hard disk, mass quantities of floppies, cdrom or a network connection, including nfs and ppp.) This is the appropriate time to install man-db (the man page for dselect isn't particularly helpful anyway.) Bob Bob Nielsen Inte

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
to > linux-2.0.9.tar.gz 26-Jul-1996 00:00 5.7M These are before 2.0.36, although an ftp listing may show them later. > > and > > linux-2.1.0.tar.bz230-Sep-96 14:23 4.7M > . to ......

Re: Dselect reinstalls kernel

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
e main CD. > > Any ideas as to why this happened? > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at > http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/ma

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
/fonts/n021023l.pfb... (a bunch of numbers) 0 done. > ...Loading NimbusRomNo9L - Mediltal font from > /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts/n021024l.pbf... 2023936 708506 1329168 38317 0 > > <> > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Craig > > > -- > Uns

Re: GNOME?

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Jyrki Malinen wrote: > If KDE will be included to Debian, how about GNOME?? gnome is already included in slink and potato. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM4

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
ding sheets. I have a HP Deskjet 682C which doesn't > understand postscript. But lpr should feed it through the magicfilter and gs, which converts postscript to hpgl. What do you have in /etc/printcap? Bob > > On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 27 Jan

Re: Printer Setup

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > :df=/etc/filter.ps:\ > :tf=/etc/filter.pcl:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\ > :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\ > :pl#66:\ > :pw#80:\ > :pc#150:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh: > > > On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Bob

Re: Soundblaster 16 & Midi Problems...

1999-01-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
*** > > Can anyone help me out? > > For Reference: I'm using KMIDI (or KMID) either produces the same > results... And kernel 2.0.34 > > > Thanks, > Brant > > __ > Get Your Private, Fre

Re: Selective install using apt-method in dselect

1999-01-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
than later, but if you do it after they have some contents, be sure to copy the contents to the new location before deleting anything (this can get tricky, especially with directories containing system executables.) I really messed up my system badly once when trying this, but it was very educational. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
or future updates, the patch-kernel script now handles .bz2 patches. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Dselect reinstalls kernel

1999-01-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
/hamish.home.ml.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Printing with 2.2.1

1999-01-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
r/sbin/lpd The kernel was compiled with: CONFIG_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y CONFIG_PRINTER=y Is there something else which I missed? When I boot, I see four instances of SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument and one SIOCADDRT: File exists This system is running slink/potato. Bob -

Re: Printing with 2.2.1

1999-01-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
Yes, with no effect. Bob On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Jim Foltz wrote: > Did you try killing and restarting the lpd? > > On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 12:19:30PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > I'm having trouble printing with kernel 2.2.1 (also 2.2.0). I changed > > /etc/printcap

Re: Printing with 2.2.1

1999-01-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
gt; > On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 12:19:30PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > I'm having trouble printing with kernel 2.2.1 (also 2.2.0). I changed > > /etc/printcap to use /dev/lp0 instead of /dev/lp1. When I try to print, I > > get the message: > > > > jobs queue

Re: Newbie to debian, need network card installation help

1999-01-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
WTO/> or in the doc-linux-text debian package. You can also recompile the kernel and specify the driver, either as a module or built into the kernel. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh

Re: Communicator Package & 128 bit encription

1999-01-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
s up. The rest of the system is > fine, and I can kill the netscape proccess. However, using the full > communicator packages, this problem does not show up. > > Thanx > Paul Miller > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [E

Re: time$date

1999-01-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > G'day to all. i have a problem with my system's time and date i'm > using debian 2.0.36and my time is about 12hrs ahead of what it should > be! doesanyone know how to reset the time and date as star office and > cron jobs ate all out of sync t

Re: fatal server error!

1999-01-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
gt; > > I just upgraded to slink and now this message comes up. Any hints? > thanks > > rod > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

ethernet collisions

1999-01-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
overruns:0 frame:2424 TX packets:830 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:16 Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300 Any ideas? Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh

Re: ethernet collisions

1999-01-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
ince (I haven't rebooted either). Bob On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Heikki Vatiainen wrote: > Bob Nielsen wrote: > > I have a system running potato which suddenly started experiencing a large > > number of collisions on its ethernet port. It seems to work fine for a > > while and

Re: Solved: DOS and Win95 filesystem support

1999-01-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
; same problem. > > Ted Behling - Hilton Head Island, SC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://webmeister.ml.org > E-Commerce Specialist > Monarch Gifts: What People *Really* Want - http://mgifts.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > &g

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-02-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
installing 2.2.0. > > Those of you who have moved to 2.2.0---have you noticed serious > improvements in performance over the 2.0.xx kernels? > > Thanks, > > Jim > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >

Re: kernel 2.0.36 question update

1999-02-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
src directory, and issue this > command > > patch -p1 < your_decompressed_patch_file If you use the patch-kernel script it will handle bz2. Put the patch-2.2.1.bz2 file in /usr/src and issue: linux/scripts/patch-kernel Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Debian 2.1

1999-02-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
gs take time and it is difficult to prognosticate accurately when it will be released. Many of us are using it quite successfully, however. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Where is kernel 2.2.0?

1999-02-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
fromt he kernel source .tar.gz? > This can be done with make-kpkg, but this brings up a question: I see that the kernel's README file no longer mentions symlinks in /usr/include. Since the headers were put into libc6-dev instead of being linked to kernel-headers, what is the correct p

Re: minicom config

1999-02-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
-s option) will create this file with whatever configuration you have selected. The filenames and paths have nothing to do with the name or location of the configuration file. When in doubt, "man minicom" comes through. It's in there, quite a ways down. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Unviewable pgp-signed messages

1999-02-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
I keep getting this with all of the messages to the list from Steve Lamb: -- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 17:40:06 -0800 From: Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" Subject: Re: Goodbye, people! Resent-Date: 3 Feb 1999 01:37:49 - Resent-From: debian-user@

Re: Goodbye, people!/Digressing to time.

1999-02-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
rhaps you should try the > > chrony package from unstable. > > -- > > John Hasler > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > > Dancing Horse Hill > > Elmwood, WI > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

X woes (potato)

1999-02-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
-eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm' Since this message showed up before, I'm pretty sure it is unrelated to the problem. Does anyone know what I can do to troubleshoot and/or fix this? Bob Bob Nielsen

Re: X woes (potato)

1999-02-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Mike Merten wrote: > On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 09:32:47AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > After yesterdays X update to 3.3.2.3a-9 my system wanted to run xdm (I > > previously didn't use xdm). However, whenever I would log in, it would > > immediately

Re: Problem running Corel WP

1999-08-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
; > Good luck, > > Joe Bouchard > > > > -- > 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: vmware on debian

1999-08-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
e some help/hints on getting it to install cleanly. And > work. > > > -- > 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: vmware on debian

1999-08-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
x27;m not familiar > with the vmware Makefile so I can't tell for vmware) and you have to > do this: > cd /usr/include > mv linux linux.old > ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux . I believe you meant 'ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux linux'. > mv asm asm.old >

Re: miror package in potato

1999-08-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
;<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > NAME Oz Dror, Los Angeles, California > EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> > PHONE Fax (310) 474-3126 > >>>>>>>>&

Re: Login script!

1999-08-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
es the /home/rudy/script > file, and when ROOT logs on, it executes the /root/script file! > > Could anybody please give me some examples? > > Thanks in advance, > > Rudy > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: StarOffice

1999-08-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
'update-menus' and have it on the menu of your window manager. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Connect boxes

1999-08-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
t; command so that I can mount the root at box2 so I can access it at box1 > > Just like mapping network shares in windows, and just like SMBMount, but I > don't want to use SMBMount! > > Thanks, > > Rudy > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe?

Re: New Gateway computer.. can I install Debian on it?

1999-08-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
-- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > > > Chanop Silpa-Anan > > Australian National University.

Re: PPP connection.

1999-08-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
use the persist option in ppp, which will reconnect you if you do get disconnected. Some ISPs (like mine) have rules against running anything which is used just to keep the connection up if you are not actively using it, so you might run into a problem here. Bob -- Bob Ni

Re: Error of compilation of the kernel.

1999-08-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
ve installed "as" but not "as86". > > Thanks in advanced. > > Rafael Martín Candial. > [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: VMware for Debian

1999-08-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
my machine? I dont have normal Windows > here. -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: How set desktop/resolution for xwindows?

1999-08-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
on the screen without having to > scroll all over the place to see portions of the screen.... > > > -- > 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: Easy way to install potato?

1999-08-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
r pointing sources.list to the potato stuff? > > Is this right? Do a dist-upgrade instead of just an upgrade. You may have some problems with perl5.005 (or possibly not). Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL

Re: Testing a new kernel

1999-08-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
andwidth with this question, but as a newbie, I wanted to > make sure I learn the right way to do things. > > > > -- > Stanley J. Benes > Technology and Innovations Group > Motorola, Inc. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Kernel 2.0.37 does not recognize Second CPU

1999-08-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
; Potenciado por Ql/Linux http://www.qlsoft.cl > __ > > > -- > 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: How to boot to text mode?

1999-08-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
> straight to text mode to login rather than the graphical login? I know > in Suse its the /etc/rc.config > Any help appreciated thanks. Try removing the xdm package (dpkg -r xdm). You can then run X with the startx command, if desired. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet:

Re: Unable to click on links in Navigator 4.61

1999-08-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
> Colin. > > I normally have Java disabled and only enable it when I need it. I haven't > used Java in a long time in Netscape, so in my case it wasn't related to > that. Did you get the same error messages on the console at the time? > > Dan > > -- > Dan Everton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "Have you tried thinking like a shower?" > www.psynet.net/fada | KBHR's Chris in the Morning > > > -- > 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: Hylafax problems

1999-08-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
unq's job, and cron is used to start faxrunq > in the intervals I like. > > But I don't know how to install a cron job. > And I don't have the "cron job manual", so I have to download it. > I Hope when I have the manual and the cron job is installed, that I wil

Re: vmware on debian

1999-08-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
this message to them, although though they "officially" support only Red Hat, Suse and Caldera. Vmware works fine with Debian. Another point to mention: The vmnet module will not compile with the current gcc 2.95 in potato. Use gcc272 instead (change the CC = line in Makefile fro

Re: why no linuxconf package?

1999-08-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
eing considered for incorporation in unstable (check the debian-devel archives). I tried linuxconf about three years ago and it looked promising, but had a long way to go to be really useful. I expect it has advanced somewhat since then. Actually RH suffers from NIH and refuses to incorporate dpkg. B

Re: What's this about E-Mail support

1999-08-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
; promised services is "30 days of free E-Mail support". It said it in the ad > and it > says it on the manual but there's no E-Mail address listed anywhere. Then you should contact Linux Press and ask them. Actually, this mailing list will give you unlimite

Re: Netscape 4.61 - ???

1999-08-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
e current libc6 (and other libs) in potato. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Hylafax anyone?

1999-08-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
MDIR line in /etc/hylafax/spool.fax would be the correct solution. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: special device /dev/floppy0 does not exist

1999-08-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
es not exist > > I've tried /dev/MAKEDEV generic and MAKEFLOPPIES, but /dev/floppy0 still > doesn't exist. > > I'm continuing to read the man pages, but would appreciate some input. > -- > Regards, > Steve > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -

Re: Lock-up at CFDISK

1999-08-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
try going to a virtual console (alt-F2) and running fdisk instead of using cfdisk. It is often more robust. If this works, alt-F1 will return you to the installation script. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROT

Re: xf86setup q's

1999-08-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
o i make for these items in xf86setup? specifically, > what monitor card do i select and what mouse dev name do i select? i > learned the cd dev name by scrolling through the boot messages. but, i > don't think i can do that for the mouse dev name. Is it a serial or ps/2 (or ???) -- Bob

Re: Hewlett Packard Colorado 5Gb TAPE

1999-08-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
> is there any hope to run Hewlett Packard Colorado 5Gb TAPE under Debian > ? -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

X with kernel 2.2.12

1999-08-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
1-10. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: X with kernel 2.2.12 (solved)

1999-08-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
In looking further, I found that it didn't detect my video ram correctly and set it to 512k. Specifying 2048k in XF86Config cured the problem. On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 09:54:54AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > Has anyone else had trouble getting X to work with kernel 2.2.12. The > s

Re: make-kpkg and 2.2.12

1999-08-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
If you look at what's happening on your console after you invoke make-kpkg, you'll see that it performs a 'make dep'. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: make-kpkg and 2.2.12

1999-08-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
mends using epochs to avoid this: make-kpkg --revision=1:custom.1.0 kernel_image. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: How convert PC text to UNIX ascii

1999-08-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
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: libc6 upgrade

1999-08-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
; > -- > 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: Linux router and NetMeeting

1999-08-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
, you name it. But i > can't get Netmeeting to work. > > Any ideas ? > Thanks, > Carlos. > > > > > > > - > CARLOS SANTOS (ICQ: 21537583) > NETOSFERA: http://www.netosfera.pt > Tel(Phone): (+351 53 276998) > Fax

Re: problems with libc5 netscape in potato

1999-08-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
ould have been done automatically), they > are still not found. > > Has anybody experienced similar problems? > > Greetings, > > Christian > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen

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