Re: startx Fails

k, just got the new X from NetGod... > > > > > > > > > > startx fails with the following message: > > > > > > > > > > System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w > > > > > 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 >

Re: more info on cfdisk problem

voice: (970) 898-7906 > Software Design Engr fax: (970) 898-3684 > Hewlett-Packard Co. > > > -- > 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: WordPerfect Trouble

oldlibs/xpm4.7 > > $ apt-get install xpm4g xpm4.7 Actually WordPerfect only requires the libc5 version, xpm4.7. It also requires libc5 and xlib6, so you should install them also. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: How to reset time information

gt; Mark Wagnon ) Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ > Chula Vista, CA ( /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) www.debian.org _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Niels

Re: How to reset time information

Yeah, WordPerfect 7 seems to use UTC, since if I use the date function after 5 p.m., it shows the following day. Oh, well. On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 11:14:09PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > I'm not familiar with 'netscape time' but

Re: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?

sions of packages than the stable version (such as X 3.3.4). You can also find newer versions of Debian slink (stable) packages in proposed-updates or at places like (put this in /etc/apt/sources.listg): deb http://ftp.netgod.net/ x/ You will find X 3.3.3 here, for instance. Bob -- Bob Nielsen

Re: Problem of installing Word Perfect 8

(Runme), it shows me that it > cannot find the libXpm.4.s0 . I have checked that the libXpm.4.so is in > /usr/X11P6/lib. What is the problem ?? > > Thanks ! > > Wilson > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >

Re: Reading Word format files?

s on..." - Edward Fitzgerald (Rubaiat of Omar Khayyam) > > > -- > 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: Xfree86 3.3.3 or 3.3.4 or 3.3.5

b sources, dselect will choose to update to newer versions of any packages you have. This is desireable. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: qpopper

; pop3. > > It says something like a maillock error, and the /var/spool/mail/pop > directory actually contains the mentioned files but all of them are of > size 0. > > Any suggestions?... > > > Thanks. > > L. > > > -- > Unsubscr

Re: How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?

g package? There's mswordview, but that converts Word files to html. > > On the other hand, is there any program to edit and generate Microsoft > Word files under Linux? abiword Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ A

Re: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?

et!?) boot > > disks, so I have no idea what is on them. It's just a little suggestion, > > I guess. > > > > Cheers, > > > > damon > > > > -- > > Damon Muller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) / It's not a sense of humor. > > * Criminologist / It's a sense of irony > > * Webmeister / disguised as one. > > * Linux Geek / - Bruce Sterling$ > > > > > > -- > > 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: Upgrading XFree86

X packages at http://www.debian.org/~branden/ and then run dselect? > > Thanks for any help. I'm almost there with a fully functional Debian. > > -Dave > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen

Re: Upgrading XFree86

g > the Potato option... You might want to try getting the xserver binary from ftp.xfree86.org and using it with your 3.3.3 installation. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Can't install gnome-apt and console-apt

Ciao! Enrico > > -- > GPG public key available on finger -l [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: Reading Word format files?

, 1999 at 09:30:04AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > Abiword (at least the version in potato) seems to handle this just fine > > (also .rtf). > > In reaction to this message I have downloaded the potato source and > compiled i

Re: Console screen blanking time ?

Fax:937-253-7513 >Home: 937-253-6260 (anytime) > > > > -- > 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: blackbox, plus a few..

document about exim and fetchmail, but lost the > url. I just got the smail deb. > > once I get mail, and netscape, I'll have no more reason to borrow a computer! smail is probably easier to configure than exim, but not as powerful. I use smail on one of my system

Re: Error when building custom kernel

e: *** [build] Error 2 > > What is going on? I tried making a new kernel the traditional way, with make > clean, make dep, and make zImage, but I get the same error. At any rate, I > get no new image file. Any help? -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuc

Re: General kernel questions

Dave > > > -- > 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: Need help compiling VMWare modules.

headers "should", "did", and > "now" work (That was MOST confusing by the > way) and I still can't figure out how to get the damn things to compile! > > Any help would be most appreciated! > > Jon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > &g

Re: Need help compiling VMWare modules.

99 at 09:26:45PM -0500, Jon Marler wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 06:05:56PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > Which version of vmware are you trying to install? Some of them do not > > like gcc 2.95. I changed the CC= line in the Makefile to use gcc272 > > when I a proble

Re: Netscape

cape and Acrobat to segfault. It was an update to ldso which caused the problem with Friday's update and was fixed in Saturday's update. -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: tofrodos

- fromdos. > > thanx > > > > -- > 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+DOS network

rd, which is in my machine! > > > > What do I wrong? Why can't it identify the emulated Card? > > Someone know the answares? > > Ah, for this you will probably have to ask the nice people at vmware.. :( -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: ncftp in potato?

ato/unstable? > > In slink there was a 3.0.0 beta14, and as far as I know there is a beta18 out. > > Sigh, please dont say ncftp gone commercial? > > /Marcus > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Niel

Java kills netscape

ago and I wonder if something may have changed. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: dselect unstable problem SOLVED

gt; or what ever ftp server you use > > and remove all the information about aleph > save the file go to dselect sjip update and go to select, install and so on > and it works (for me at least :-) Or correct the spelling of "optionnal" to "optional" for aleph and aleph-doc. -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: make-kpkg questions

I've >never really liked "vmlinuz" anyway)? > > -- > \\// > peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ > - and God said: nohup make World >& World.log & > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen

Re: Problems with printing

gt; to fix that? You need to run your text through a filter. The printing HOWTOs explain this. The short answer is to install either magicfilter or apsfilter (and probably gs, a2ps, etc.) -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PR

Re: make-kpkg and apt-get updates

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

Re: make-kpkg and apt-get updates

d to adding the epoch to this. The kernel-package README file suggests using a number higher than one, by the way, unlike my example. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Why was gs-aladdin removed as "recommends" from magicfilter?

magicfilter 1.2-29 changed Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) | gs-aladdin to Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) Isn't this carrying the free/non-free argument a bit far? Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRn

Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as "recommends" from magicfilter?

On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 6 Apr, Bob Nielsen wrote about "Why was gs-aladdin removed as > "recommends" from magicfilter?" > > magicfilter 1.2-29 changed > > > > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) | gs-aladdin > >

Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as "recommends" from magicfilter?

;Depends" or > > =>"Recommends" relationship on a non-main package), > > If that is the reason then I think this either a bug in the policy or > a misinterpretation of it. It does not "require" it because the > recommends is on "

Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as "recommends" from magicfilter?

On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 7 Apr, Bob Nielsen wrote about "Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as > "recommends" from magicfilter?" > > On 7 Apr 1999, Jan Vroonhof wrote: > > > >> Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >

Re: LILO not working in new install

lso not too familiar with the boot structure of debian. > Slackware doesn't have boot.b or most of the other files in the /boot dir. > > Thanx > -igor > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Bob Nielsen

Re: What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?

xed number of years (maybe three but I don't > remember) > > > I use gs-aladdin because it has/had some driver that I needed. Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: setting up DNS

xnewbie.com (just an example), and have it point to my > machine (silver168). The ADSL provider provides me with a static IP, so I > figured this'd be possible (plus a friend of mine with the same setup did > it)... A CNAME record would handle this. I don't think

Re: POP3 Server in LAN?

the permissions for /var/spool/pop be, or is there > > something else I'm doing wrong? drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 1024 Jan 25 16:03 pop qpopper created this with the right permissions. /etc/inetd.conf should specify that qpopper is run by root, so you shouldn'

Re: Any way to convert Word 7 files?

worth the amount of disk space it would > take (I like vim/latex). WP8 works for me with 2.2.5 (although it acts a bit funny with certain window managers, like icewm-gnome). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Any way to convert Word 7 files?

d a lot of my office-related problems when I was > running RedHat. You probably have the lib6c version in xpm4g. You need to install the libc5 version in xpm4.7 (also the libc5 packages libc5 and xlib6). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: ftp has stopped working

on refused > > This has survived through a reboot. Can anyone give me a hint? Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Any way to convert Word 7 files?

(I just downloaded and heven't tried to install > yet), but WP needs libc5 (from what I read so far). If he only had > libc6 installed then he'd have a problem. > > By the way - is there an install package (like for Netscape), or > should I just install into /user/local. Al

Re: kernel 2.2.5 symlinks

t; *** Life is not fair. But the root password helps. *** > > > -- > 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: printing problem

pt file > Or is there something else going on. > Any idea > Mans Joling > > > > -- > 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: Continuing saga...

even have my modem > there? Is wvdial the thing I need to be using anyway? Com 1 = ttyS0 (could it be perhaps a Winmodem) If so, you're out of luck. > > Problem #2, I have a Canon BJ4300. Where do I even begin to get support for > this? Install magicfilter and choose the bjc600 (l

Re: installing packages -- alternatives to dselect?

to get them ready to > work? They all get retrieved first, then installed. Sometimes you have to run install more than once, although this is rare with the apt method in dselect. After the packages are installed, they are ready for use. Bob Bob Nielsen Int

Re: Pine question

her than pine will allow you to configure the From: entry. You might be able to do something in the configuration of your MTA, but I think that will only affect the envelope header, not the message header. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: PS/AUX

> YEP! probably a good time to upgrade to 2.2.5 :-) It's too late for that: $ uname -a Linux bob 2.2.6 #1 Fri Apr 16 19:57:45 MST 1999 i586 unknown Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Debian 2.1

m hamm). I suspect that the multi-cd process needs a bit of refining. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: [off topic] new apt ?

sn't apt a command-line tool though? If not, how does one run it with > a GUI? apt-get is command line. Try gnome-apt. I can't get it (or a lot of other gnome apps) to run currently, but that's the beauty of unstable. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL

Re: RPM on Debian

On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > Urban Gabor wrote: > > someone has mentioned in these lists that installing alien packages from > > .rpm can be dangerous. I'd like to know more about it, so please write > > some pro's and con's. > > Installing alien packages from rpm can be dangerous if t

Re: Realplayer wrapper for 2.2?

elusional or does this wrapper exist, and if so, where can I find > it? > > TIA > > -Dano > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: Oscilloscope for Linux

low > someone to use a sound card as an oscilloscope? > > Thanks, > Sean McIlwain > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucso

Re: Installing Compaq Qoftpaq After Linux

On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Alec Smith wrote: > The BIOS for Compaq machines is a seperate partition. You'll have to blank > out the drive so its got no partitions, install the SoftPaq, then > reinstall your OS stuff, being careful not to wipe out the Compaq stuff. > > Now you know why I'll never buy Co

Re: Netscape libXpm.so.4 error

> ll > > Is there anything I'm forgetting? That's a typical symptom of having a libc5 version of netscape on a libc6 system, however that should be the right directory. Do you have the libc6 package xpm4g (which contains /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4) installed

Re: Screen Blanker

d the answer to this. > > I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? I couldn't find it either, but created /etc/init.d/local (and ran update-rc.d) for stuff like this. You should use the full path: '/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0' Bob Bob Nielsen Intern

Re: Inetd not started

hasn't been started. Is this standard Debian policy for security > reasons? > > Either way is the normal way of starting it up? It should be started by /etc/init.d/netbase, which is a symlink from the /etc/rc*.d directories. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PRO

Re: RedHat need not apply

and Caldera is that Caldera had roots at Novell and Corel purchased WordPerfect from Novell. OOTH, I thought that the netwinder uses RedHat as it o/s. Maybe Corel has seen the light. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMA

Re: RedHat need not apply

I expect this will mean that the next update to WordPerfect will be as a .deb file Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Where is telnet, ftp?

On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 02:54:51PM +0530, XRDLAB wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded my hamm system (Debian 2.0) to slink (Debian 2.1) using the > cd's from Linux Central. Everything went well. I am having some problems > with the system after upgrading which seem strange. > > 1. After upgrading, I cann

Re: uppgrading packages to unstable versions

dselect it sayes a lot of packages will be > removed and asks if I understand that it's bad... > > How do I unmark all packages marked for uninstallation? I would recommend the following: 1. Use 'apt-get install' to install the needed packages plus any dependencies. 2. R

Re: Upgrading

nnection to a remote site. If you think upgrading Red Hat is easy, Debian is even easier: apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: SSHD newbie question

have to > call it from rc3.d but not real sure how to proceed. I installed the Debian ssh package and the installation process took care of everything. It installs a script in /etc/init.d which is linked to /etc/rc*.d and starts sshd. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Interne

Re: How unstable is unstable?

uld be greatly appreciated. > > > > --- > Regards, > Christian Dysthe > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe > ICQ 3945810 > Date: 22-Apr-99 > Time: 18:06:29 > This message was sent by XFmail > Powered by Debian

Re: What are the Bogomips for a P166?

MMX is giving 447.?? Bogomips. The Pentium and Pentium MMX cannot be compared directly (or any other different chip families, for that matter). Actually, both look about right. According to the BogoMips mini-HOWTO: Intel Pentium clock * 0.40 Pentium MMX clock * 2

Re: removing old kernel packages

es.dep is in /lib/modules/2.0.36. any other reasons why dpkg tries to The /lib/modules/2.0.34 directory is not created by installation of kernel-source-2.0.34, but by installation of the modules, so dpkg is unaware of it. If you have removed 2.0.34 from your system, it is safe to remove /lib/modul

Re: Favorite WP/Office software...

On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 07:45:30AM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Sami Dalouche wrote: > > > > I tried WP too but i don't like it because it's toolkit is motif... > > It's slow, not free (WP is not too, but it's not a reason) and buggy. > > Will WP convert their office suite into gnome or KDE ? > >

Re: timezones and potato

rom unstable. The functions and data formerly in timezones are now contained in the potato version of libc6. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Linux & packet collisions

anks!! > > btw, i run a linux-based ISP and i dont have this problem there(3 linux > servers, 10Mbit each) > > nate > > > -- > 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: Network newbie

* Phone: (801) 378-2029 * > * http://www.et.byu.edu/~kerrr* Fax: (801) 378-4449 * > ** > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >

Re: man-to-text filter

plain text? > > e.g: > $ man man | magic-filter > $ magic-bin /usr/man/man8/man.8 > $ man --magic-switch man > > Thank you. > > Marc Mongeon > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen

Re: X works, but no mouse?

/usr/src/linux/.config, you should have: CONFIG_MOUSE=y CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Slink Upgrage Via Telnet

7;s not necessary to use a CD for either an upgrade or a new installation. For those without flat-rate telephone service or a fast internet connection it is probably a good choice, however. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: How do I upgrade slink->potato using apt-get?

to unstable and using 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Recommendation for best Linux book

On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 01:26:52PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > copies of my latest efforts. The book is called "Linux Volume 1: ac to > > > zcat, the basics" > > > > acat? What happened to ? :-) > > > > -- > > see shy jo

Re: Loadlin and new kernels

file from /boot to your dos partition as "linux". Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Downgrading potato -> slink

system, if not > counting this 'slight' inconvenience. > > (please reply to me directly as I currently cannot > access this list) > > /Henri Bergius, Webmaster > Stonesoft Corp. > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

Re: Via chipset problems

ng fine (which is more than I can say for Windows 95--there's a patch, but only for OSR2). > Who do I report it to? > Is there a kernel group? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM4

Re: Via chipset problems

gt; I had similar problems .. but when i disabled the VIA support > nb after that . > so the problem is with via driver . > Don't know whos work is it .. but i hope someone will do > something about this BUG asap. What are the symptoms of this? I just recompi

Re: Bad author when using pine

tead of > > Clyde Wilson > > Any ideas? -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Help with apt

tc/apt/sources.list 2, Run 'apt-get update' 3. Run 'apt-get install ' 4. Comment out the unstable entry in sources.list 5. Run 'apt-get update' Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Kernel 2.2.5 and make-kpkg

n the directory above the one you compiled from (if /usr/src/linux, then look for the .deb in /usr/src). Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: where can I get hamm packages?

le/main/upgrade-2.0-i386. If you can't find it there, mount the CD and try 'find /cdrom -name apt_0.1.8.tar.gz'. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Compiling non-debian source

Note however, > that a deb package of the kernel sources exists in slink (maybe > potato?). If you use make-kpkg (in kernel-package) to compile the kernel, it will create a .deb file which can then be installed with dpkg. Other source packages can be debianized of course, but it usually

Re: installing word perfect 8 - can't open libXt.so.6

a 486dx2 > the instelation said that it needs a 2.0.16 kernel with X11R5 WordPerfect is built with libc5. You need to install the following libc5 packages: xlib6, libc5, xpm4.7 Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL

Re: Where is gnulibc2.1?

stable. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: timzones and libc6 in the unstable branch

to folks, what do I do? Upgrade to the potato libc6, which includes timezones. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Packages.gz

this? Will I have to wait until a Potato CD is released or should I forget > about dselect and stick with apt? Why not use the apt method with dselect and get the advantages of both. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [

Re: Mouse problems

7;m doing it off floppies. I > have a 3 button Logitech Mouseman...does anyone know a way I can install it? > Thanks. If it's a serial mouse, you don't need to do anything with the installation. Just run XF86Setup and choose the corresponding pointer device. Bob --

Re: How do I load CDRom driver?

7;. Typically you mount it to /cdrom, 'mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /cdrom'. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Partitioning hard disk

hdb2 250MB > > where hda is the 116MB disk and hdb is the 258MB disk. > Will the above configuration work..and can I split /usr across 2 > partitions or will X complain? You cannot mount two partitions to the same mount point. I'd recommend something like:

Re: small problems after installing potato

numbering (see /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz). If you use: make-kpkg --revision=1:custom.1.0 kernel-image you can avoid this in the future. Putting it on hold works, however. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: icewm-gnome config files

ike when I don't understand stuff > that should be pretty simple. Anyway thanks again for the help > icewm and icewm-gnome will put the Debian menu system in its menu under "Programs", so you can use update-menus. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Trouble with Debian kernel build

ckages, and I have never built a kernel under Debian. Hmmm, I thought that the installation did that, but I haven't an installed kernel-source package to check. If you have kernel-source, you don't need the kernel-headers (with hamm you did). Bob -- Bob Nielsen

Re: mount drive through internet?

You will need to set it up on the remote computer for NFS. On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 02:28:22PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > Is it posible, and how to mount a remote drive through the net? > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/nul

Re: What is SCI UNIX?

d for and might the driver be compatible with > Linux? > > Hans > > P.S. I haven't compiled a new kernel with NE2000 support yet. I was just > wondering. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Ni

Re: apt-get: no more telnet

when I want to do a telnet: > > Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx... > Connected to host.somewhere. > Escape character is '^]'. > Connection closed by foreign host. Telnet and telnetd are now separate packages. The upgrade notes mentioned this. If you install them, telnet should be

Re: wmware on Debian

discounted to $75 until mid-July and they still offer a 30-day free trial evaluation license. You need to re-run the install script when upgrading kernels, since it installs some modules. I'm running potato/kernel 2.2.9 and am about to dump my Win95 partition and mount /home in that space. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

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