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
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) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PRO

Re: update of message about debian on toshiba laptop

1998-08-07 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > although i am not using a toshiba laptop, i am having similar problems > w/ getting a thinkpad 770 ed to work. > > i also had this rebooting problem initially. although i haven't > gotten the rescue disk to finish booting, making a zimage on anothe

Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)

1998-08-07 Thread Brandon Mitchell
> > Stupid question, but did you run all the appropriate rdev commands that > > the bootdisk kernel needs? (You can find them in the rdev.sh file on > > the rescue disk) > > not a stupid question at all! i've never successfully made a rescue > disk before so any tips and comments are greatly app

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
: route add default gw Best of 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 kernel/sched.c)

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
hod in dselect). Brandon - Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds" Phone: (757) 596-5550 --Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: first script executed

1998-05-20 Thread Brandon Mitchell
e installation. Brandon - Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds" Phone: (757) 596-5550 --Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

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
On Fri, 22 May 1998, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Fri, 22 May 1998 13:08:50 -0700, Richard Sevenich wrote: > > >I am considering a fresh install of hamm from the floppy base diskettes > >etc. Does this give me network access and ftp so I can then complete the > >installation with dselect's ftp method?

Re: ssh and talk.

1998-05-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sat, 23 May 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > I connect to my Uni. trough ssh, and it is great! Me too. > The only problem is that when I try to talk to someone I get:; > > Who are you? You have no entry in /etc/utmp! Aborting... This is a problem on the sun side according to my univers

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
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Rick Macdonald wrote: > This fails: > > tar --exclude=xxx -zcvf test.tar * > > But this works: > > tar --exclude=xxx -zcvf test.tar ./ > > Go figure. Have you compared absolute and relative path names? The shell expands * to a full path name. Also, listing the file in t

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] with a subject of "unsub

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

1998-05-29 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Fri, 29 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 02:31:29PM +0200, Waldemar ¯urowski wrote: > > First of all, I had to use EGCS g++, which uses stdc++2.8, as g++ from > > wasn't anymore in GCC package. It seems there isn't any String class in > > stdc++-lib. I know that Stri

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
e. 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) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

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
report the successful install. 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) --

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
;t like. 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) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: How to enable pop3?

1998-07-01 Thread Brandon Mitchell
TH, 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) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe

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
ith your ethernet card. 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) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

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 machine it takes

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
you have this line in your /etc/modules. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.nws.net/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throughout history, UNIX systems have regulary been broken into, beaten, | | brutalized, cor

Re: 96% packet loss on my network

1999-02-14 Thread Brandon Mitchell
em to agree that it's the first step. Good luck, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.nws.net/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throughout history, UNIX systems have regulary been broken into, beaten, | | brutaliz

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
his thread, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.nws.net/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throughout history, UNIX systems have regulary been broken into, beaten, | | brutalized, corrupted, commandeered, compromised, and illegally fscked. | |

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
ve a link (from me :-) Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |

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
On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Thomas Adams wrote: > Speaking of anacron: I used one of the preset configuration schemes > (Scientific Workstation) on one hamm machine and noticed that it has > both cron and anacron running. Isn't this kind of pointless? Not at all. Anacron runs when you boot up to see if

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

1998-12-20 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Rick Macdonald wrote: > I can't tell the difference between 16bpp and 24bpp 24 colour JPEG > files, viewed with xv. 24 color JPEG's or 24 _bit_ color JPEG's? You can get 2^24 colors with 24 bit color. > Can anybody explain this? I would have thought that 65K colours would >

Re: Memory Problem

1998-12-20 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I seem to be having a memory leak on my system, and I'm not sure how to > find out which program it is. Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions > on how to find it? First, try "free" to see how much you have, and especially, how much is being used

Re: Linux Newbie Questions.

1998-12-21 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Holdsworth, Ed wrote: > 1. What is the difference between X11 and Xfree86? Will either of these > be installed as part of the Debian Linux installation? Do I need to go > to the Xfree86 site and install it? I am assuming that the windowing > software typically reqires use o

Re: Communicator Installation

1998-12-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Kirk Hogenson wrote: > Can't think of anything else that could be wrong. If you can't > get it to work, maybe it would help to post the results of > "ls -l /root" so we can see what you've got. > > KTB wrote: > > > > such file or directory." I have used cd /tmp and verifie

Re: 2.1.125 and lilo

1998-12-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
I'll take a wild guess at this, although I've never seen the error message before, so be warned... On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Marten Berggren - LUB NetLab wrote: > I have been trying to install kernel 2.1.125 straight from the source into > my Debian 2.0-based system. Everything went fine when I first

Re: Custom kernel build question. Help !!

1998-12-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Mahesh Padmanabhan wrote: > My question is: > 1) How can I cleanly build a new kernel image (zImage) without affecting > the Debian installation on my PC ? Use the regular make commands (I think: make mrproper; make menuconfig; make depend; make zImage; But look at the docs t

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: > > > I am trying to

Re: to mirror or not to mirror

1998-12-27 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Marco Frattola wrote: > hi to all the list, > merry xmas and happy new year. Same to you. > one of the two server (call it the master) periodically receive new > files, scattered in many dirs. the second server (call it the slave) > has to catch up. they're connected via an

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
driving in today. Rome would be a nice change. Happy holidays, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |

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

Re: Keyboard and KDM

1999-01-08 Thread Brandon Mitchell
#x27;s a work, not a real fix. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | The above is a completely random sequence of bits, any relation to | | an actual message is purely accidental. |

kernel 2.2.0-pre3 and ppp

1999-01-09 Thread Brandon Mitchell
age version is 2.3.5-2. Are others having this problem? What should I upgrade (potato or the kernel)? TIA, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | The above is a completely random seque

Re: Xfree86 3.3.3 for next Debian release or sooner?

1999-01-09 Thread Brandon Mitchell
zen(slink), he will start working on 3.3.3 for unstable(potato). HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | The above is a completely random sequence of bits, any relation to | |

Re: Apt and packages on hold

1999-01-11 Thread Brandon Mitchell
bvious. libc6 and friends don't need to be updated / don't have a newer version, so apt isn't holding them back. It will be holding them back when a new version is available. At least that's my guess, Brandon +---

Re: Apt and packages on hold

1999-01-11 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Package: locales Version: 2.0.7-19981211-1 [ sent to the bug system, watch the cc's ] On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, James Dietrich wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 10:47:46AM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, James Dietrich wrote: > > > > > The foll

Re: libc6_2.0.7v

1999-01-11 Thread Brandon Mitchell
and I think he'll relize that it applies to his other packages as well. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter

Re: want help with sound card...

1999-01-12 Thread Brandon Mitchell
't move data to swap or free up cache to allocate a DMA buffer. It seems that you must have MemFree at a reasonable level. Try starting netscape (or another memory hog) and then exiting to push some stuff out to swap, then try the cat. Good luck, Brandon +---

Re: removing ^M from a text file

1999-01-12 Thread Brandon Mitchell
sed 's/^M//g' goodfile Replace badfile and goodfile appropriately. Generate the ^M in bash with HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to releas

Re: manually running cron

1999-01-13 Thread Brandon Mitchell
hange the default runlevel in /etc/inittab, and you can change the timeout and other things for the lilo prompt in /etc/lilo.conf. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |

Re: slink does not have lib6

1999-01-13 Thread Brandon Mitchell
+--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter | On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Krzysztof Adamski wrote: > I was trying to slink, but it seems that lib6 is miss

Re: LILO's now working(thanks!), BUT...

1999-01-14 Thread Brandon Mitchell
show up in your normal bios unless the scsi controller is built into the motherboard. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |

Re: Dynamic IP addressing

1999-01-17 Thread Brandon Mitchell
ame. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | The above is a completely random sequence of bits, any relation to | | an actual message is purely accidental. |

start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-17 Thread Brandon Mitchell
+--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | The above is a completely random sequence of bits, any relation to | | an actual message is purely accidental. |

Re: start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-17 Thread Brandon Mitchell
hvt didn't show up in any packages. TIA, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | The above is a completely random sequence of bits, any relation to | | an actual message is purely accidental. |

Re: start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-18 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Rob Mahurin wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 05:54:41PM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > There is a little program called switchvt... I hardly remember, but I > > > think > > > it was just a single C file. > > > > That

Re: oddlu corrupted file during slink upgrade

1999-01-18 Thread Brandon Mitchell
ently it should do the trick. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | The above is a completely random sequence of bits, any relation to | | an actual message is purely accidental. |

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