Re: Looking for hamm DISKS

1998-03-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
c5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO: (ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/doc/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt). This will describe the upgrade process. An easier way to actually perform the upgrade is to use the autoup.sh script at: http://www.taz.net.au/autoup/autoup/ Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EM

Re: printer/fax/copier recommendations?

1998-03-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
use it is to make a copy of one of the other filters (I used the bj200) and change the two lines containing "-sDEVICE=bj200" to "-sDEVICE=bjc600". I named this bjc600-filter and now it shows up on the list when running magicfilterconfig. Bob Bob Nielsen

Re: Non-Free Software

1998-03-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
d). deity/apt (or whatever is the name du jour) will do it more slickly. Remember that there are packages in non-free having licenses which do not permit inclusion in the CD-ROM. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ftape question

1998-04-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
> residue count = 0 > file number = 0 > block number = -1 > gstat = 100 Perhaps he meant 'ftmt status'. ftmt is included with ftape-3.04d and has some enhanced commands. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
It doesn't seem to like the rvplayer plugin, but the ump midi plug-in works fine. Otherwise, it looks like NS4.04. The "N" logo is replaced by the word "animated", which is animated (?). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: disk partition problem

1998-04-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
ch for all the hidden/system files before running defrag and changing their attributes. After defragging, I changed them back. You don't need to worry about io.sys or msdos.sys, as they occur at the beginning of the partition. Most likely the files needing change will

Re: cross compiling from linux to dos

1998-04-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
for a different > operating system?? You might try djgpp, which is more gcc-like than the Borland products. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen

Re: Edit Program

1998-04-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
y text, even to a different virtual console. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: Edit Program

1998-04-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Pete Poff wrote: > > > Is there a edit program that I can use without X-WIN that will allow > > me to copy and paste? If so, where can i find it. > > Pine will (for some reason it appears to have been remo

Re: Linux On NPR

1998-04-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
... > > Am I missing something? Try clicking on the file /usr/doc/rvplayer/examples/welcome.rm with Netscape. This works for me (both rvplayer and netscape 3 installed using the .deb installer packages). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: Where/how can I get Staroffice?

1998-04-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
netscape won't install because it says it needs a .tar.gz file not a > deb file with netscape in. What do I do? The deb file is an installer only. Get the tar.gz file and put it in /tmp, like above. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: Linux On NPR

1998-04-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > Bob Nielsen writes: > > >> I'd suppose that the simple fact that you click on a ".ram" file, > >> Netscape was supposed to call rvplayer, much the same way that with a > >> ".

Re: Linux On NPR

1998-04-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > Bob Nielsen writes: > > > On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > >> Bob Nielsen writes: > >> > >> I did and all the binary garbage appeared in the netscape screen. No > >> real

Re: Staroffice: Nice links but no banana

1998-04-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
there. That's annoying, because you can't get it on CD can you? You can get StarOffice-3.1 on a CD from Caldera: www.caldera.com. I don't know if they offer version 4.0. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: Moving Files

1998-04-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
ype which are not being moved. You can find all the hidden files with 'dir /a:h /s' Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Grep... in Debian 2.0

1998-04-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
ing? Have I been using this the wrong way before? It worked > fine that way before Upgrade to the latest, 2.1-8. It's fixed. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

Re: Dselect fails?

1998-04-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
t; packages myself.. but it would be nice. :) Use "dists/frozen/main dists/frozen/contrib dists/frozen/non-free". It works fine for me. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Upgrading to hamm

1998-04-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
have run 2.0.33. All systems running 2.0.32 are > fine. There are none of the problems that Red Hat has been having with > its 5.0 release. And some 2.0.33 systems (mine at least) are quite stable with hamm. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: why debian?

1998-04-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
d a CD-ROM, you can install Debian without any floppies. On the other hand if you have a non-standard CD-ROM Red Hat is almost impossible to install. Also, unless things have changed since 4.1 (the last RH version I used) version upgrades are almost as painful as a new installation, which is defin

ficticious login

1998-04-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
Occassionally running 'who' shows something like: nielsen ttyp1Apr 15 08:49 (:0.0) There have been no network logins, however. What would cause this indication? Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL

Re: ficticious login

1998-04-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On 15 Apr 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: >Occassionally running 'who' shows something like: > >nielsen ttyp1Apr 15 08:49 (:0.0) > >There have been no network logins, however. What would cause this >indication? > > Running an xterm.

Re: ficticious login

1998-04-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
? > > > > Running an xterm. Strange...removing the xterm killed the listing with 'w' but it's still there with 'who' (even after exiting x altogether). Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PR

wine problem

1998-04-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
request: 741 Current serial number in output stream: 742 I get an identical message no matter which Windows application I try to run with wine. Any ideas? Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: HP LaserJet 6Lse and Linux???

1998-04-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
uch as > WinPrinter or Windows ONLY. > > Hope someone has an answer It should work with ghostscript, using one or more of the following drivers which exist in gs-aladdin 5.0: ljet4 lj4dith lj5mono lj5gray Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: HP890c supported by gs?

1998-04-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
on about this driver is available from http://bonk.ethz.ch/. The sources are available from http://bonk.ethz.ch/software.html. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ww

Re: StarOffice

1998-04-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
do was to click on the 'file type' button and select excel. It didn't preserve the column width format, so I had to adjust that in Star Calc itself (StarOffice-3.1). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: StarOffice

1998-04-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
e listed both 'MS Excel' and 'Excel File'. 'Excel File' worked for me; 'MS Excel' did not. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: StarOffice

1998-04-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, Bob Hilliard wrote: > Hi, > > Does it list 'Lotus', 'Lotus123', '123', 'WK?', or anything else > that appear to be a Lotus file type? Yes it does. Nothing about Quattro Pro however, in case anybody is about to

Re: wu-ftpd-academ package disables itself

1998-04-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
confused, I know it works for me so I checked and found two entries in /etc/inetd.conf. The commented line has /usr/sbin/ftpd.in and the uncommented line has /usr/sbin/ftpd which is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/ftpd, which is a symlink to /usr/sbin/wu-ftpd-academ. hth, Bob Bob Nielse

e2fslibsg conflicts with e2fsprogs (hamm)

1998-04-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
Dselect won't install e2fslibsg because of a conflict with e2fsprogs, but it won't remove e2fsprogs because it is an essential package. How do I resolve this dilemma? Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL

Re: PPP problem using hamm

1998-04-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
pppd[129] Exit > > any suggestions? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL

/dev/ttyS0 permissions

1998-04-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
I have /dev/ttyS0 shown as belonging to group dialout and have added my username to the dialout group, but I get cannot open /dev/ttyS0: Permission denied errors with both minicom and efax. I'd rather not run these as root. Did I miss something? Bob ---- Bob Ni

Re: /dev/ttyS0 permissions

1998-04-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
and perhaps by other events. > > I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! heh > > Sounds like a bug to file against pppd if not already there, yes? > Yes, it had 640 permissions. Sounds like a bug to me also. Thanks to all who responded for the suggestions. Bob Bob Nielsen

Re: no popclient?

1998-04-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
-->8 > Richard Shepherd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 8<--->8 > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] &g

Re: Debian Linux and W95 coexist?

1998-05-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
so handles FAT32 and includes a good boot manager for dual booting linux/win95, although this can also be done with LILO, which is on the debian cd-rom. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: StarOffice 4.0 *.deb

1998-05-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
views. I haven't > > actually used it yet. In fact, I've never used any office suite tools, > > but I wanted something natvie to look at the odd Word doc. > > > > -- > > ...RickM... Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: StarOffice 4.0 *.deb

1998-05-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
roblems later and reinstalled hamm. This time I installed 3.0. However it looks like the 4.0 installer is no longer in the hamm distribution (??) Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

conflicting hamm packages: mc, e2fslibsg and e2fsprogs

1998-05-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
ed). mc still seems to work with e2fsprogs installed, however, but dselect still wants to install e2fslibsg although it cannot do so. Should I try forcing either the installation of e2fslibsg or the removal of e2fsprogs? Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tu

Re: conflicting hamm packages: mc, e2fslibsg and e2fsprogs

1998-05-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On 3 May 1998, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > midnight commander now requires e2fsligsg, but when I tried installing > > that, it won't install because of a conflict with e2fsprogs. The packages > > file says it confli

Re: Creating small router systems

1998-05-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
uld be a different disk position, different procesor (Pentium > vs. 486) > > We tried #2, and had some odd problems, unsure of the origin. > Thanks for any comments or suggestions. I've done 1) by mounting the CDROM on another linux box and it went quite smoothly. I wou

Re: Debian 1.31

1998-05-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
anager (with Linux as the default), but have batch files in my Win95 and DOS 6.2 partitions so I can easily use loadlin to get back to Linux, including an icon on the Win95 screen to call up the batch file (I need to change it to the penguin one of these days). Bob Bob Nielsen

Re: loadlin problem

1998-05-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
but not the linux one. If I ask it to list all > partitions, it shows the ext2 Linux partition, but the mount initialized > partion doesn't list it. ?? Here's what I use: d:\loadlin\loadlin d:\loadlin\bzimage root=/dev/hda6 ro This works exactly the same as booting from a flop

Re: Sound card support

1998-05-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
ve to recompile your kernel. Install the kernel source and look at /drivers/sound/Readme.cards. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
dos. rm -rf Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: XF86Setup not finding where Xfree86 is installed

1998-05-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
2lib.tgz > X332upd.tgz > X332man.tgz > X332set.tgz > X332upd.tgz Since the linux version of tar supports gzip compression, it would be easier to use 'tar xzf filename.tgz'. Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet

Re: Debian 1.3.1 - Netscape 4.05

1998-05-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
-- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EM

Re: Ink Jet Printers

1997-12-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
Color 600 > > These printers aren't listed as either compatible > or non-compatible in the hardware compatibility > HOWTO.Is anyone using either of these printers > or know if they work with Debian? > > The HP uses HP PCL level 3 language. > The Epson u

Re: HELP!!!!!!

1997-12-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
-rom? I was able to do an ftp install that way by mounting the cd-rom on my desktop and ftping from that. Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUB

Re: staroffice & libc5

1997-12-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
nimum of libc5-5.4.38 > is > necessary. Debian seems to stop at .33. I think the requirement is : 5.4.4. In anycase, it works fine for me with 5.4.33. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: staroffice & libc5

1997-12-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > Bob Nielsen wrote, > > > I think the requirement is : 5.4.4. In anycase, it works fine for me with > > 5.4.33. > > The next magic question, is are you using hamm or bo, and should it make a > difference? I'm us

Re: Yamaha sound card

1997-12-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
und/Readme.cards. It gives some methods to access PnP sound cards. You should compile your kernel with "Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support". Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FAT32 To FAT16

1997-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, B-Stu wrote: > How Do I Convert My Hard Drive For FAT32 To Fat16? > The only way I know of is with the commercial program Partition Magic ver. 3.0 (or later). Otherwise, I suppose you could back it up, reformat as FAT16 and restore. Bob ---- Bob N

Re: radio link

1997-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
ain more info about these? The WaveLAN products are supported in Linux. See www.wavelan.com for more information. They have a model which uses an external antenna and claim 30 km range and 2 Mbit/sec data rates. Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: XF86Setup get error

1997-12-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
Since there has been a lot of discussion on this, I have a basic question: What package contains XF86Setup? The man page is in xbase, but that is all. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: XF86Setup get error

1997-12-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
16 server (I use xserver-svga)? Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [

Re: Colours with Lynx

1997-12-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
> I must have specified years ago. > I have (in /etc/lynx.cfg, NOT /usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg--posibly this is debian-specific): STARTFILE:file://localhost/~/lynx_bookmarks.html You can use whatever you want as a default, of course. Bob Bob Nielsen Int

Re: smail config for an ISP with PPP+SMTP+POP3 - How to do?

1997-12-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
l with debian, but I'm > not sure, which of the five standard smail options I should choose. > Pick "1" here. You will probably want to use a 'smarthost' (your ISP) when the question comes up during the smailconfig process. Bob Bob Nie

Re: paths and su

1997-12-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
ull path I set for root) but then the shell has no knowledge > of the value of DISPLAY. It is a pain to have to set the DISPLAY > variable each time I want to run an X program... Could it possibly be that the environment when you su is set by /root/.bashrc rather than /root/bash_profile? Bob

Re: can?t use FIPS on windows 95

1997-12-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
and I have a pure windows 95 FAT32... > >So the question is: > >How can I shrink my only one partition ! even if it is a windows 95 > one. > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What does 'bo' stand for?

1997-12-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
Debian > > > distribution tree? Binary Something? > > > > Bo is a character from the film 'Toy Story'. > > And what about "hamm"? Didn't see explanations for either in the FAQ -- > would that be a good addition? Hamm is another character (a pigg

Re: WordProcessor + SoundCard + ZIP & PRINTING

1997-12-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
imilar). The adresses: I/O: _220_ (can > be 230, 240 or 260, IRQ: _7_ (can be 3,5,7), DMA:_1_ > (can be 1,5, (7)). What does 'cat /dev/sndstat' report? Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I need help.

1997-12-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
> By the same, > Does someone know where can i get a 'Windows or Dos to Linux' Manual, it > can be very helpfull. I agree that it would be useful for the beginner, but haven't seen one. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: PPP Connection Works, Can't Surf...

1997-12-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
erver. > > And to further confuse the subject, Debian is working normally on the > network. It can DNS, ftp, http.. you name it, to anywhere, intra and > Internet... > > Any ideas?? You need to configure the networking on the Win95 computer to use the Debian computer as a gate

Re: Help with Mail Questions...

1998-01-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
t and send any queued messages (assuming the mail host isn't reachable until you cause a connection to be made, like a ppp dial-up, etc). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X and text consoles - switching back & forth?

1998-01-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
dows. > > Does anyone here know how to make this work? I've seen it working, > although it was on a Red Hat system, so I know it's at least > theoretically possible. Use Alt-F7 (or Ctrl-Alt-F7) to get back to the X screen. Bob Bob Nielsen Inter

Re: WordProcessor + SoundCard + ZIP & PRINTING

1998-01-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
ponse, either. I'm using a SB16 card and /dev/sndstat doesn't show any midi device either, but playmidi works (poorly) with this setup. There seem to be many missing voices. Timidity, which converts the .mid files to .wav format and uses GUS patch files, sounds much better on my hardw

RE: Install debian with serial port as console?

1998-01-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Larry Owens wrote: > Some PC's have an option in BIOS setup to allow the keyboard error to be > skipped. I'll attach a keyboard if necessary to avoid the error. There are some "keyboard eliminators" available, but they cost more than a cheap k

Re: sliplogin problem

1998-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
to log in from one to the other with telnet, using the normal bash login shell. It worked practically the same as with an ethernet connection, except slower, of course (I was running at 115.2 kb with 16550As on both serial ports. Another possibility would be to use plip, but with ne2000 clones

Re: "Networking" Windows 95 And Debain

1998-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
| > +-+ > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > Bob Niels

Re: !!!!I am not linux smart.!!!!Please Help

1998-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Greg Cox wrote: > Ok, now it says "System Lacks PPP Kernel Support. Either you: 1) Compiled your kernel without selecting ppp in the configuration process; or 2) Compiled with ppp but have not yet run /sbin/lilo to select that kernel when booting. Bob ---- Bob

Re: Open Sound System (commercial version) and Debian

1998-01-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
or of either approach, but IMHO there should be consistency between the various flavors of Linux in matters like this. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.c

Re: PPP problem

1998-01-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
to activate the PPP daemon ? Are you invoking PPP as root? This came up quite recently and does actually not necessarily indicate a problem with the kernel, but possibly with permissions. On the other hand, possibly PPP support has not been compiled into your kernel. You can check /usr/src

Re: HELP! Netscape under hamm??

1998-01-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
addition to libc6. You can have more than one (except for -dev, but in that case you can also have the altdev). Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UN

Re: Libc5 / Libc6

1998-01-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
, but still have a few problems). The other would be to compile and install the software in a "relatively safe" directory such as /usr/local. Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wordperfect with debian?

1998-01-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
fine, but I get a sheet of ghostscript errors after the pring job (ghostscript 3.0.3 didn't do this however). Somehow the beta expired after only a week instead of the ninety days it was supposed to last, so I didn't give it much of a workout. It seemed to operate just like the Win95

Re: FTape

1998-01-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
e > with this kernel? I am running 2.0.33 with ftape-3.04d, but I compiled both myself from source (ftape in /usr/local). I also used ftape-3.04d with 2.0.32 with no problems, however (also compiled from source.) No problems. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [E

errors in hamm upgrade

1998-01-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
age from pine, I get: [Error sending: 501 HELO requires a valid host name as operand: 'localhost' ] I have 'localhost' configured as the smtp server in pine, which used to send the message through smail and then to my ISP as smarthost. This worked in bo. Has some

Re: errors in hamm upgrade

1998-01-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
Thanks, that fixed it. On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Adam Klein wrote: > On Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 10:29:41PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > 2. When trying to send a message from pine, I get: > > [Error sending: 501 HELO requires a valid host name as operand: > > 'localhost

Re: Tape Back-ups Was: Ftape

1998-01-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
--Rob > > PS.. My appologies to the maintainer of ftape Christian Meder as this > is not meant to be a flame and/or complaint against him or Ftape. I will > say that the documentation and the webpages are very well done. --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: errors in hamm upgrade

1998-01-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
in the smail docs I found a mention that pine is somewhat broken and that the fix for this is to use: smtp_hello_broken_allow=127* Note: running smailconfig resets this, so you will need to re-edit the file after running this. Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson

Java kills Netscape 4.04.

1998-01-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
I installed Netscape 4.04 using the .deb wrapper and it went great. However, when I access a page with java script, netscape dies. I remember there being a similar problem with older versions of netscape. Is there a fix for this with 4.x? Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet

Re: Off-line newsreader

1998-01-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
e time down You should take a look at slrn. I haven't used it off-line, but it looks like it can support that with slrnpull to grab articles. Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: fdformat

1998-01-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
? Use superformat in the fdutils package, instead. Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wor

Re: superformat having problems allocating memory?

1998-01-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
the 5.2pl4-2 fdutils package installed, a 2.0.33 kernel, and > libc6 version 2.0.6-3 on a hamm system. > > Other programs don't seem to have problems with memory allocation. > FWIW, I don't get this error (same packages installed). --- Bob Nielsen

Re: where is it?

1998-01-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
will tell you how and what files you need to download to get started. You will need to download several files from that directory and put them on floppy disks using rawrite2. These will configure your hard drive and install enough of a Linux system for you to do the remainde

Re: Parallel linux<->linux?

1998-01-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
TO/mini/PLIP.gz 2) Compile your kernel with PLIP support: CONFIG_PLIP=y Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MA

Re: debians /etc/rc.local?????

1998-01-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
c.d on it and it was then linked to the appropriate rc?.d location. Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING L

Re: question on using lpr

1998-01-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
tly, mount /floppy as a normal user also works, although i've never > tried it. You will need to have it in /etc/fstab with a user option to do this. Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian keeps mail where?

1998-01-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
Does > the user setup system not automaticly create this file, or am I using the > wrong one? The file should be created when mail is actually received for a user. --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: Win95 and Linux: Was: Verified Re: Unidentified subject!

1998-02-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
efore I'd > > give up win95. The list goes on :) > > Actually all of that list is possible, with the possible exception > of M$Word... StarOffice's swriter is somewhat Word-like and will import MSWord .doc files. Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAI

Re: www.lsl.com and debian

1998-02-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
I think there is an email link somewhere on their web site. Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LI

Re: Win95 and Linux: Was: Verified Re: Unidentified subject!

1998-02-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, David E. Scott wrote: > Bob Nielsen wrote: > > StarOffice's swriter is somewhat Word-like and will import MSWord .doc > > files. > > Bob, > Thanks for that info - it's always useful to know a prospective package > is "compati

Re: following hamm upgrade dselect can't find Packages file

1998-02-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
-- > http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscri

Re: kernel-panic !!!

1998-02-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
b on a primary partition (hda1) and Linux on a logical partition > (hda5 and hda6) > LILO in MBR > Award PnP PCI-Bios v. 4.51PG 1996 > > Some Debian informations : > > gcc-2.7.2.1-3 > libc4-4.6.27-15 > libc5-5.4.17-1 > libc5-dev-5.4.17-1 > libc5

Re: StarOffice

1998-02-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
here can I get this? > > -- > Rob > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > ---

Re: Ghostscript

1998-02-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
ormation for my > > printers? > > If you install lpr and magicfilter you should not have to bother with > this. Are there any plans to upgrade magicfilter to include all of the printer drivers supported in gs? I was able to edit a few files to change drivers, but still haven't f

Re: StarOffice and Debian.

1998-02-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
ion 4.0 by hand with no ill effects. Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: system state

1998-02-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
Cook, Engineering Branch > WSR-88D Operational Support Facility > (405)366-6520 x4237 > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Renaming a directory..

1998-02-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
hank you > Bruno > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
es one print a pdf from ghostscript? The docs for the package, > like the great majority of free software, seem to be written as a > memory aid for the programmer who created it and are nearly > incomprehensible to mere users like me. Use pdf2ps, included in the gs-aladdin p

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