Nethack save files: was: angband save problems

1998-05-28 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
Nethack seems to have the same sort of problem. Is this perhaps a systematic error in debian's arrangement for games and other things that have to save data of this sort, or is there something we're missing? I seem to remember a big argument about where to keep certain kinds of 'variable-config-

mlockall() and pthreads together?

1999-08-17 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
I assume if I execute mlockall and then later create a bunch of threads, they come into existance without their memory locked into RAM? Anyone know for sure? Britton

is there a library to convert -u timeopt to struct tm?

1999-08-22 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
Does anyone know of such a library? I tried to look at the 'at' program for some functions to borrow, but the actual date parser appears to be done with bison or some such beast which I don't know, and I can't figure out what I would need from it exactly. Any ideas greatly appreciated. Britton

no way to make bookmark into info page in emacs?

1999-08-24 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
When I do C-x r m and type bison and return, I don't get anything (neither error messages nor other stuff), but when I try to jump to the bookmark I get bison nonexistent. Relocate "bison"? (y or n) If I choose to relocate it into the info page again, the problem persists. Is there any way to

bugs in latest ncftp package?

1998-04-28 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
When I do ncftp ftp.debian.org 2> error.log error.log looks like: Error: Unrecognized preference option "#". Error: Unrecognized preference option "#". Error: Unrecognized preference option "#". Error: Unrecognized preference option "[EMAIL PROTECTED](none)". Error: Unrecognized preference

Re: sendmail error

1998-04-28 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
I may be wrong about this, and it may not be at all helpful, but I think smail and sendmail are really the sSmail is invoked under a wide variety of names, which serve to isolate some of its major uses: receiving local mail, receiving remote mail, attempting delivery of unde- livered mail and dis

Re: found a great graphic card

1998-04-28 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
> while surfing the content of the jameco catalog (received it this > morning),i found a great deal on a VL-BUS graphic card,from the image,it > look like a a number 9 unit with an S3 chip,it's listed at around 45 bucks > for a 1 Mb combo (doesn't need more,i only have a 14 inch monitor),i'd > lik