I need help with installation....!!

1998-04-03 Thread Brandon
I get every thing goin except for the base diskettes then it say its unable to extract them, whats goin wrong??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Installing Debian Linux..

1998-04-04 Thread Brandon
Could someone tell me what the base1 3.tgz is for and what the base.bin files are for... i am just kinda getting into linux and wanted to know... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I need hellp installing debian....

1998-04-04 Thread Brandon
i got my diskettes (rawimage files) wrote to disk and i goto install base it says unable to extract i redownload and got a fresh diskette out of my newly bought box of disks and it says it still unable to extract..If it helps i am using packerd bell legend supreme with win95 and a 56k modem a z

Using Zoom 56k Modem Under Linux....

1998-04-05 Thread Brandon
can someone tell me how to use my Rockwell 56k Flex external modem under linux...from what i have seen it takes ethernet but not a regular dial-up modem like my modem..???thanx in advance.. : ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Modem Help Wanted....

1998-04-06 Thread Brandon
Can someone tell me howto use my and configure my 56k modem under linux?? its a Zoom 56k flexthanx in advance!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Modem Help!!!

1998-04-07 Thread Brandon
Is there a way i can use my Zoom 56k flex external port 2...under linux.?? I use somethin like a 27 pin to 9 pin cable... thanx in advance... Please also include what i need to configurewhat i need to change etc... my e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Modem Help Please!!!

1998-04-18 Thread Brandon
   Brandon at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: to automate the insmod

2004-12-12 Thread Brandon
If the above works for you, then all you need to do is add ne2k-pci to /etc/modules and it will be done automatically at boot. If there are any additional module dependencies that must be handled first, then you may need to become familiar with the modutils system (see /usr/share/doc/modutils). --

Re: Conversion PDF->WMF

2004-12-12 Thread Brandon
This is a good job for ImageMagick. I haven't used it to convert from PDF, or to convert to CGM/EMF/WMF. However, both such conversions are supported. I think it should be as simple as: $ convert myimage.pdf myimage.wmf --B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Promise SX6000 controller

2003-01-29 Thread Brandon High
Does anyone have an install boot disk that supports the SX6000? The card should support I20, but apparently this is broken for kernels < 2.4.20. Thanks -B -- Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] Epinions, Inc. Unix Sys

Re: Need RAID0 recommendations

2003-02-03 Thread Brandon High
00-2. The -4 can do RAID5 in hardware as well. The -2 is about $110, the -4 is about $250. Best of all, they're supported by the default Linux kernel. -B -- Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] Epinions, Inc. Unix System

Re: Debian + RAID hardware

2003-02-03 Thread Brandon High
main > thing I am concerned with is that it does RAID5 and is > supported by stable. We just put together a few 2U machines based on ASUS motherboards and 3ware 7500-8 controllers in SuperMicro SC822I 2U cases. The case is pretty good quality, and easy to work in. -B

Re: Other Unix'es

2003-02-10 Thread Brandon High
on the 6th. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/0413207&mode=nested&tid=130 -B -- Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] Epinions, Inc. Unix System Administrator The earth is like a tiny grain of sand, only much, much

Re: Using of RedHat drivers in Debian

2003-02-12 Thread Brandon High
;Other OS". If you're using kernel 2.4.20 or higher, it may detect the card as a I2O device and work. -B -- Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] Epinions, Inc. Unix System Administrator The world is a comedy to those

Re: Using of RedHat drivers in Debian

2003-02-13 Thread Brandon High
On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 22:04, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:37:34AM -0800, Brandon High wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 03:22, Vladimir Kozlov wrote: > > > We've just bought the Promise SX4000 ATA RAID card, but there sre no drivers for >Debian. > &

Re: Is this expected ssh behavior?

1998-07-30 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 01:32:24PM -0400, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > And you do set your path in the .bash_profile and can verify that it is > > being run? > > I do set the path, but it doesn't look like it is being run.

Re: Is this expected ssh behavior?

1998-07-31 Thread Brandon Mitchell
package: bash version: 2.01.1-3.1 On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > I do set the path, but it doesn't look like it is being run. (Other > > statements should print to the screen as an earlier example you ran > > showed.) "ssh hostname" does exec

Re: Is this expected ssh behavior?

1998-07-31 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Paulo J. da Silva e Silva wrote: > Brandon Mitchell writes: > > Dang, it does look like it's a debian problem. I'm guessing it's a > > problem with bash only taking the first arguement after -c and not > > handling the --login s

Re: Was the release of Debian 2.0 put on Linux Announce?

1998-08-03 Thread Brandon Mitchell
the next release number to 99 2) install windows 98 After all, they have a higher version number, so it must be a superior product. Moral of the story, version numbers are specific to the product, don't bother comparing. Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <

Re: help rescuing a crashed hard drive

1998-08-03 Thread Brandon Mitchell
a tape drive. Sorry, Brandon P.S. I've been through bad sounding harddrives before on a western digital replacement harddrive less than a week after I had the previous one replaced for bad blocks. --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing

Re: Was the release of Debian 2.0 put on Linux Announce?

1998-08-03 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote: > On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > Moral of the story, version numbers are specific to the product, don't > > bother comparing. > > Jeez, I never said I had trouble with it, only that it is confusing to &g

Re: Was the release of Debian 2.0 put on Linux Announce?

1998-08-03 Thread Brandon Mitchell
os field: if our product is good enough, people will use it. To see what marketing does to a product, look at ms products. Brandon (who still has a beta vcr in his bedroom) --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key

Re: Was the release of Debian 2.0 put on Linux Announce?

1998-08-04 Thread Brandon Mitchell
onitor (no need to turn on the computer, it's always on). Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijkstra probably hates me (Linu

Re: anyone got debian working on a thinkpad 770 ed

1998-08-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > has anyone got debian installed and working on a thinkpad 770 ed? Have you tried the tecra boot disks and the floppy=thinkpad options at the boot prompt? (No I don't use a thinkpad, I just know the two common problems.)

Re: update of message about debian on toshiba laptop

1998-08-07 Thread Brandon Mitchell
, you can mount the boot floppy as a dos disk) that tells you what kernel options are required. Perhaps you forgot one of these? > btw, do you know how to report bugs for the installation floppies? There is a package, something like boot floppies. Just look around for a little bit in the

Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)

1998-08-07 Thread Brandon Mitchell
I think this is in the readme as well. There is a script on the disk that you want to run, once you get the kernel in there, that does all the rdev commands. Make sure to mount the disk under /mnt or you'll have to modify the script. Brandon -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

debian Packages

1998-08-21 Thread Brandon Stewart
I am looking for a good site that has Debian packages. I am extremely new to the linux OS environment Brandon

Re: debian book

1998-08-29 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Zheng Wang wrote: > Hi, > Is there a published book about debian linux, or online material? Thanks. http://www.linuxpress.com/ Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: fing

Re: Why do most (all?) now require libc6: what to do??

1998-09-12 Thread Brandon Mitchell
pted utmp/wtmp files. Either get a cd or suffer with a long download. Basically, my advice is to do the upgrade or forget about programs in hamm. Best of luck, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP K

Re: I can,t seem to get out to the internet.

1998-09-14 Thread Brandon Mitchell
> I have my DNS numbers in the correct file as > nameserver 123.45.56.89 > nameserver 234.43.23.32 > > I cannot get my arena browser and lynx browser to goto websights. > also, I cannot ping any other websights. Sounds like your gateway isn't getting set for some reason

Re: Are there any Disk Managers compatible with Linux?

1998-09-23 Thread Brandon Mitchell
needed. (This is from experience a long time ago with another WD harddrive.) Good luck, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijk

Re: have anyone got dhcpcd working ?

1998-10-03 Thread Brandon Mitchell
y logs. Closest I come is a non-fatal netscape caused message: Sep 20 14:18:20 cnhobbes modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4 > So I wonder - did I miss something, or it is indeed broken? I can't really verify either. I can say that it works for me under my specific setup. HTH

Re: Upgrade specifics

1998-05-18 Thread Brandon Mitchell
one have any > suggestions? Use autoup.sh to upgrade (from the developer's corner of the website). Then, grab apt from project/experimental to finish the upgrade, it's very cool, eliminating the multiple passes through install/config/remove, and gives a status of the download (use the apt met

Re: first script executed

1998-05-20 Thread Brandon Mitchell
rc or .bash_profile. It destroys itself when started (copying a normal startup file over itself). I believe inittab is also modified so the root login isn't automatic anymore. You need to change this before you go into that initial boot, on the base disks themselves, or before the reboot on th

Re: Release Date Debian 2

1998-05-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
oretically possible, but I wouldn't bet any money on it. Want to help speed it up? Drop me a line, give me an idea of what you can do. I'll send you the current status of the project and a list areas that can be worked on, along with adding you to the testing mailing list. Brandon

Re: ftp install

1998-05-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
the 6(?) floppy set just in case. Note: apt rocks and the latest install disks are in Incoming (version 2.0.6). Brandon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ssh and talk.

1998-05-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
xterm screen I can't > talk to that person, is there a way to put a short message on that xterm > (or regular login screen)? The server is an ols SunOS. If they are as lazy as my school is about setting xhost and using xauth, you can just use xmessage to pop up a window. Brandon --

Re: [Offtopic] Linux Logo Q

1998-05-24 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sat, 23 May 1998, George Bonser wrote: > I once saw an animated .gif of Tux that looked exactly like the official > Tux except his eyes would "blink" at about 10-15 second intervals. http://www.resnet.wm.edu/~bhmit1/img/penguineyes.gif Brandon - Brandon Mitchell &

Re: SOLVED (partly) Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-26 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Also, listing the file in the list to the right (as you do with a *) may override the exclude flag. A test with ./* should explain things (sorry, I'm not at my box now). Brandon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Howto install libc6?

1998-05-29 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Tomas Petersson wrote: > Hello, I'm trying to install libc6, but dpkg won't let me, > it says that a lot of programs depend on libc5. > What to do??? Read the FAQ: http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Brandon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Q: How to get class String from libg++272 with Debian2.0

1998-05-29 Thread Brandon Mitchell
t; > stdc++-lib. I know that String _is_ in libg++-dev, but stdc++-dev and > > libg++-dev conflict which each other. I'd like to go back to g++ from GCC > > but I don't see it anywhere. > > > > Please, let me know if that's "a bug". ftp://llug.sep.bn

Re: Junk being written to wtmp by X

1998-06-15 Thread Brandon Mitchell
://master.debian.org/~branden/xsf.html Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kernel/sched.c)

Re: Holy Water in my system? Daemons keep dying . . .

1998-06-15 Thread Brandon Mitchell
> lpr 5.9-26 Fixed: ii lpr 5.9-27 BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system Or, just put a 2 second sleep between the kill and start in the /etc/init.d/lpd restart section. HTH, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Holy Water in my system? Daemons keep dying . . .

1998-06-16 Thread Brandon Mitchell
n a 2 second wait, and it will probably fail on a heavily-loaded system. However, it's enough to get the bug out of the release critical list, and to take a deap breath before working on the correct solution. OK? Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PR

Re: new install: bo or hamm?

1998-06-16 Thread Brandon Mitchell
fix the wtmp problem. If you can hold out until another set of base disks make it into incoming (llug.sep.bnl.gov), I would. Also, be sure to grab apt from project/experimental, it provides one heck of a method for dselect. Let me know if you have any problems, Brandon

Re: Mysterious frequent crashes at the same interval on three ma

1998-06-16 Thread Brandon Mitchell
em separately? Hmm... anything in the syslogs(/var/log)? Run a ps ax and see if there is a sleep running, perhaps anacron is going nuts? Is it a graceful shutdown? (Keep the replies to the list as I will be of little help.) Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <

Re: utmp/wtmp problems

1998-06-16 Thread Brandon Mitchell
am: xterm, happens when you logout. http://master.debian.org/~branden/xsf.html Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijkstra probably

Re: public mirrors of Incoming?

1998-06-17 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Pann McCuaig wrote: > Are there any other public mirrors of Incoming in the US? http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian/Incoming/ > I need pcmcia-modules for 2.0.34 to complete a test. Unfortunately I didn't see it in ther

Re: using dhcpcd's -c option

1998-06-23 Thread Brandon Mitchell
un/dhcpcd-eth0.pid` #start-stop-daemon --stop --verbose --exec $DAEMON ;; [...] I use the rude stop because dhcp will send out an ip release message, which means my ip will change, when killed normally. I also need the -r for my setup. HTH, Brandon

Re: Newbie Thinkpad question

1998-06-24 Thread Brandon Mitchell
#x27;m missing something. They are probably the hardest installation because it requires the tecra disks and sometimes the floppy=thinkpad option. Also, once some people have done it, we never hear from them again, so it makes to hard to know if they gave up on linux, or just decided to not

Re: getting pgp

1998-06-27 Thread Brandon Mitchell
;s all described in the /usr/doc/apt/guide* file. HTH, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in

Re: hamm upgrade/c++ libraries

1998-06-29 Thread Brandon Mitchell
you run the rest of the upgrade on your system (i.e. give dselect a run) and have you installed g++ (it split from gcc)? HTH, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://

Re: How to clear screen before login prompt

1998-06-29 Thread Brandon Mitchell
w.issue /etc/issue Note that I put a lot of returns before the clear so that I can - to see what happened before I got logged out. I simple change of vt's prevents someone else from doing this. This also prevents a cleared screen after a closed telnet, something I don'

Re: How to enable pop3?

1998-07-01 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Frank Jonischkies wrote: > I use qpoper, installed with dselect. The configuration will automatically > add a line in inetd.conf. I'd hold out for a few days. There is a remote root exploit that they are working on fixing on bugtraq right now I think. H

Re: Hard lock-up crashes, need some clues!

1998-07-06 Thread Brandon Mitchell
to it to see if that fixes the problem. Good luck, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kern

Re: Missing base14-x.bin files in /disks-i386/current dir

1998-07-06 Thread Brandon Mitchell
s a little confusing. The nice thing about the cd is that you can do a 0 floppy install by clicking on the install.bat if you have dos. Also, newer systems can boot from the cdrom, acheiving the same effect. HTH, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PRO

Re: problem compiling kernel 2.0.34 under Debian 1.3.1

1998-07-06 Thread Brandon Mitchell
ne of the problems that appears and then > never re-appears. There is a program for checking your memory (sorry, forgot the name, my memory is going bad :-). The sig 11 homepage may also be helpful: http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ HTH, Brandon --+-- Bra

Re: Weird crash with dhcpcd and X11

1998-07-07 Thread Brandon Mitchell
un either one alone and things are fine. But when I > start X, after dhcpcd, I see the X server spew stuff to the screen, > then the screen blanks, and SILENCE. No X, no hard disk activity, > nothing. Maybe a hardware problem. Check for irq conflicts w

Re: libc6 upgrade crash my machine!!!!!

1998-07-09 Thread Brandon Mitchell
upgrade libc6. HTH, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kernel/sched.c) -- Unsubsc

Re: [off topic] Slashdot announce 2.0beta2

1998-07-09 Thread Brandon Mitchell
freeze my > mirror) Why not date the betas? I think everyone knows what is happening when you do this, and they aren't left wondering when the heck beta2 came out when the name is 2.0-beta-1998-7-9. Just a thought, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell

Re: Pine 4.00 termcap(Pine in Debian?)

1998-07-09 Thread Brandon Mitchell
eve it prohibited distribution of modified binaries. HTH, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torval

Re: telnet and ftp login is slow between local machines

1998-07-11 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Make sure the machine names are in the /etc/hosts file (it may be trying to do a name lookup, how fast is nslookup for the machines). HTH, Brandon On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Keith Alen Vance wrote: > I have set up a little test network if I try and telnet or ftp into my > other Linux mach

Re: What is the change from /hamm/disk-i386/2.08 to /hamm/disk-i386/2.09

1998-07-16 Thread Brandon Mitchell
b Mainly bug fixes from what I heard. Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in

Re: apt problems

1998-07-16 Thread Brandon Mitchell
an-non-US/ unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/ #deb ftp://debian.crosslink.net/pub/debian/ frozen main contrib non-free HTH, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/de

Re: wu-ftpd-academ

1999-02-10 Thread Brandon Mitchell
There is a list of incoming mirrors in the developers corner (on the web site). My personal favorite is llug.sep.bnl.gov. Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.nws.net/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throug

Re: 96% packet loss on my network

1999-02-13 Thread Brandon Mitchell
o post the output of ifconfig. Good luck, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.nws.net/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throughout history, UNIX systems have regulary been broken into, beaten, | | brutalized, cor

Re: slink install messed up hamm partition

1999-02-14 Thread Brandon Mitchell
to > understand why this is happening. This has happened to me. Just add "serial" to /etc/modules. If you don't, serial is autoloaded whenever you need it, but with the default values. After a while, it is unloaded again, unless

Re: 96% packet loss on my network

1999-02-14 Thread Brandon Mitchell
ake sure nothing else is using that irq and that the card is really using that irq. Then do the same for the laptop. It means pulling out manuals, checking jumpers, using isapnptools, and loading/unloading kernel modules. I can't guarantee a hardware problem, but others on the list se

Re: 96% packet loss on my network

1999-02-14 Thread Brandon Mitchell
a class 5 for 100 base T. Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.nws.net/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throughout history, UNIX systems have regulary been broken into, beaten, | | brutalized, corrup

Re: Debian Logo *Idea* Contest! (Delay for painting contest required)

1999-02-18 Thread Brandon Mitchell
ing to draw them up before this contest is over. Our request to the gimp contest team was too vague and directionless. Without direction, all they can do is lots of different fonts and modifications of the word debian. Thanks for starting t

Re: Backups

1999-03-06 Thread Brandon Mitchell
I'd also add the result of dpkg --get-selections to a backup (redir the output to a file). Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.dhis.org/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throughout history, UNIX sy

Re: Hitting web site consistently dropped ppp connection?

1999-03-21 Thread Brandon Mitchell
etely implement the hayes standard. So it depends on who you ask as to if it's defective, the modem is working as it was designed by the manufacturer, but the manufacturer may have been better to pick a different design. Brandon +---

Re: tn3270

1999-03-25 Thread Brandon Mitchell
terested in it. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.dhis.org/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throughout history, UNIX systems have regularly been broken into, beaten, | | brutalized, corrupted, c

Re: Raid issues

1999-04-01 Thread Brandon Mitchell
kernel. I claim no more knowledge on the subject, so you may want to send a polite request to Martin. Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.dhis.org/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throughout history, UNIX s

Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation

1998-12-11 Thread Brandon Mitchell
nd want to build your own. How does bpowerd compare to the ups monitoring software that Best Power provides? Are there any advantages? Oh, to the original poster, go over the slashdot.org and search for ups. There was an ask slashdot question a while back. This lists archives should also ha

Re: Why sudo does it ?

1998-12-11 Thread Brandon Mitchell
er shaul is not allowed to execute "/sbin/reboot" as root on rakefet. I'm guessing that reboot != shutdown -r "now". Try running: sudo shutdown -r "now" HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAI

Re: rotating log files

1998-12-20 Thread Brandon Mitchell
fectly fine if I leave it on for a few years. Cron has other uses too, I like hourly chimes myself. HTH, Brandon

Re: Why does 16 bpp look the same as 24 bpp?

1998-12-20 Thread Brandon Mitchell
able to run lots of apps with lots of colors each. I.e. you can run 2^8 apps using 16 bit color each with 24 bit color. Dang, I need more than one meg on my card. HTH, Brandon

Re: Memory Problem

1998-12-20 Thread Brandon Mitchell
to prevent me from allocating dma buffers for my sound card. Next, check "ps aux" and see what is taking up lots of memory. Kill the offending program and see how that improves memory. I'm anxious to try a 2.1 kernel to see if memory handling has improved much, especially those dma buffers. HTH, Brandon

Re: Linux Newbie Questions.

1998-12-21 Thread Brandon Mitchell
They will download and install the packages that you ask for. Also, on your initial install, you can select entire groups of packages. HTH, Brandon

Re: Communicator Installation

1998-12-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
by using a database that is generated periodically. I.e. you can move the file and locate will still show it in the old location. Brandon

Re: 2.1.125 and lilo

1998-12-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
happen? Are there any other utility that touches the partition >table besides cfdisk? (lilo, for instance?) If the partition table has not >change but rather lilo:s view of it (through the 2.1.125 kernel), is it >possible to create a partition table that works both for 2.0 and 2.1? Woops, already answered that, at least if my guess is correct. Good luck, Brandon

Re: Custom kernel build question. Help !!

1998-12-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
er script there is (it will do some rdev stuff). I believe there is also a doc on the disk about what needs to be compiled into the kernel (loopback, filesystems, ramdisk, etc). HTH, Brandon

Re: Advansys SCSI & Iomega Jaz drives

1998-12-23 Thread Brandon Mitchell
I believe the previous solution was something like: mkdir jaz; mount /dev/sd? jaz With ? being where linux finds your drive. See the output of "dmesg" for more help. Brandon On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Kent West wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > &g

Re: to mirror or not to mirror

1998-12-27 Thread Brandon Mitchell
te some ad-hoc sh/perl thing, but i'd rather not > reinvent the wheel .. If you aren't saving a ftp site locally, maybe you should consider rsync. I use it nightly to backup a server at work to a secondary server. HTH, Brandon P.S. I think there is also rdist, but I remember needing more functionallity.

Re: xdm (slink)

1998-12-29 Thread Brandon Mitchell
rd (another bug, but this may be limited to Branden's beta build). HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |

Re: installing on cdrom-less box

1998-12-30 Thread Brandon Mitchell
ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov/pub/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/ Your cd will probably have a similar directory. Instructions are in the directory. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1

Re: pkgsel

1998-12-30 Thread Brandon Mitchell
l or none. Finally save the changes (will dpkg --set-selections remove things?), maybe even offer to run apt-get. Just my 5 cents (inflation) :-) Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | S

Re: Debian install failure on laptop. Please help ...

1998-12-30 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Images so laptops should be easier. Let me know how it goes as they are hot out of the oven (released yesterday) and I haven't heard any reports back from the other testers yet. (grab the 2.1.4 images) HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brand

Re: Debian install failure on laptop. Please help ...

1998-12-30 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Robert Alexander wrote: > Thank you very much Brandon. > Good to hear there is some hope ... > I tried your .gov site but despite having many 2.1.4 stuff the rescue > are only 2.1.3 ... probably will have to try in some more time ... > > BTW the .gov s

Re: Can't get full capacity of my disk!

1998-12-30 Thread Brandon Mitchell
dev/hdc" should work). It's not as pretty, but seems to work where cfdisk falls short. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |

Re: The Status Of Slink

1999-01-02 Thread Brandon Mitchell
;ve also heard the upgrade is going well, it just means downloading twice. Good luck, let me know if you have any problems, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to re

Re: xterm-debian info

1999-01-04 Thread Brandon Mitchell
The reasoning is at the bottom of http://master.debian.org/~branden/xsf.html HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
g installs lately to test slink and this is one of my regular steps. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter | On T

Re: Upgrading

1999-01-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Libc5 should still be installed (or can easily be reinstalled) after the upgrade. It should coexist with libc6 without any problems. Good luck, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, CUNO wrote: > Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > Multi part answer: > > 1) ttyS2 == COM 3 in dos/win > > 2) edit /etc/rc.boot/0setserial, disable autoprobing and set it manually > > 3) add "serial" to /etc/modules.conf so the modules and

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, CUNO wrote: > Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > What are the symptoms? Does the modem dial and connect to the isp? Run > > "plog -f" from another window or virtual terminal, run pon, and post what > > comes out of plog. > > > &g

Re: configuring serial port

1999-01-06 Thread Brandon Mitchell
out of the windows config. Good luck, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter | On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, CUNO wrote: >

Re: Slow system: problem isolated, need help with solution

1999-01-08 Thread Brandon Mitchell
e? Make sure your own host name (both short and long form) are in the /etc/hosts file. E.g.: 128.239.214.7 hobbes.resnet.wm.eduhobbes The loopback address may be better for you (127.0.0.1). I hope I'm right (for your sake), Brandon +---

Re: Slow system: problem isolated, need help with solution

1999-01-08 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:44:36 -0500 (EST), Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > >128.239.214.7 hobbes.resnet.wm.eduhobbes > > >The loopback address may be better for you (127.0.0.1). > > Isn't loopback always supposed

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