an --- gw --- hub pc1
| \--- pc2
| \-- pc3
|
| You might be able to find a switch not much more expense than a hub
| these days, but you should go with 100 Mb/s network (cables, network
| cards and hub/switch).
I'm having good experiences with the D-Link D
lines and corresponding mailcap lines
| > for postscript, tex, and M$ word!! (antiword).
|
| Could you send the ones for ps and tex, please?
For PS I would use ggv (GNOME Ghostview). I'd like to know how you
handle (La)TeX files without having the .aux .log and other temp stuff
laying around. Also, what do you use for M$Word?
-D
r yourself.
| I was tempted to look at balsa but the package is currently broken
| and downloading half of gnome always annoys me.
Balsa has a fairly nice GUI and can render HTML mail (and images,
IIRC) but it doesn't handle mailing lists (like mutt does) and I don't
think it can send HTML mail.
HTH,
-D
t left off next time (even mid file,
very cool!).
It is certainly feasible, especially if you don't mind spending a few
late nights (ie do the downloads after the point when no one calls).
-D
l set tw=70
When you are writing a mail, vim will set the textwidth to 70 and you
can have a different setting for other stuff (I usually use 80 for
code and plain text documents). The autocommand stuff is really cool.
-D
sed over internally so that you
don't need an external crossover cable.
HTH,
-D
mmend putting potato in sources.lst after woody. apt is smart
enough to get just the latest version of the packages. This way you
will get the new stuff that is in testing, but you won't lose stuff
that is in potato but not woody.
HTH,
-D
4.x. Is an apt-get install enough (and point grub at the
| > new image of course)? Where can I find an FM to R on this?
|
| linux/Documentation/Changes
I don't seem to have that on my system right now. Wouldn't that be a
part of the new package? How can I read the doc before I install the
package?
THanks,
-D
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 09:34:34PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
| On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 02:54:45AM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote:
| | On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 07:59:15PM -0400, dman wrote:
| | > I've just spent some time on kernel.org and elsewhere, but I can't
| | > find any FMs to R regardi
Did you also get the 2.4.? ppp? That is required when
you upgrade to a 2.4.* kernel. You can also try
setserial -g /dev/ttyS* and see what is listed as the
modem. It should be listed as UART 16550A if memory
serves me right.
Don
--- Jeremy Whetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a USR 5610A pc
I've tried the floppy disk install and I'm not having
any success. I've created two different sets of the
rescue and root disks. I can boot fine from the
rescue disk, but I'm asked for the root disk _twice_.
I start with rescue, it loads, then it asks for root,
I put it in, it runs for a while,
This is a good site:
http://www.linux-laptop.net/
--- "Timo \"Blazko\" Boewing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I plan to purchase a notebook that shall run debian
> GNU/Linux. My
> question: do I have to take care on special
> features? I do not expect to
> get all running, but I req
Go to your Device Manager and the select the + by the
modem then look at what it tell you about the modem.
Then select the modem then properities at the bottom
and see what it say for the port that its using and
the name.
Go to this url and see if your modem is listed there
and there is also a t
Paul,
I realize that I'm getting in late on this thread,
but if you go to this web page you should be able to
find the LTModem driver in the .deb version that you
want
http://www.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/heby/computer/ltmodem/
Don
--- Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am an exper
Deven,
You hit the nail on the head there... If Paul would
go to linmodems.org and look around there he would
probably find a .deb for his version of kernel and
then he wouldn't need the headers.
Don
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It appears to me that when you are trying to make
> this driver,
Markus,
If you open lilo.conf on the box that will not go to
sleep you will see a line in there called append=""
make it look like this append="apm=on" and then in the
terminal type lilo and that will make the change take
effect. The wake on lan pc will then shut down after
you tell it to.
I hop
Have a look at linmodems.org.
--- Naiara Nozella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is there already driver for the modem of
> manufacturer 3Com / USRobotics,
> of 56Kbps, type V.90 Winmodem, slot ISA and model
> number 5683 ?
>
>
>
>
>
> Naiara
>
>
>
_
I found that this url was a very informative source
for apt-get information
http://debian-br.sourceforge.net/docs/sgml/apt-howto-en/online/index.html
Don
--- Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Craig Dickson wrote:
>
> > will trillich wrote:
> >
> >
> >># dpkg -S apt-setup
> >>base-co
I had Potato 2.2r.2 installed on my system and did a
upgrade to testing. I changed the sources to testing
and did apt-get update. Then did a apt-get
dist-upgrade. About 270 programs downloaded and then
started to install. During the installation I kept
seeing the message Unable to (and I forget
I received the unknown command response,
I had to apt-get install xdm for that command to work.
Thanks in Advance
Don
--- Calvin Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> - Original Message -----
> From: "D. Hoyem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Monda
Do a apt-get install xmms after the install you need
to alow the user to use it, I do su, password then
adduser audio. Of cource I'm on a one
person system, so I'm not worried about the security.
--- David Frischknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know where I can get a
Have you tried apt-get --purge remove
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As has happened sometimes in the past, I've got a
> package that seems to be
> in "trouble," and I can't figure out what to do with
> it ... since it never
> -really- seems to get all the way installed. I'd
> like to
Hi,
I have a problem with dhclient losing it's ip after a while.
I have ipmasq setup and i think it's the culpret but I'm not sure of what
rule (and where) to add to allow dhcp to work properly on the external
(cable) interface.
The only way I can get dhclient to fix itself is to stop ipmasq, if
sday, February 27, 2002 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: dhclient losing it's ip after time...
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 01:16:58AM -0500, D. Clarke wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | I have a problem with dhclient losing it's ip after a while.
>
> Look in your syslog to see what dh-client
--- Mitch Headline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
I Have One Question How do i send e-mail in debian
> using Mutt?
>
I will assume you have your mail server set up since
you have not asked about it. Just his "s" on your
keyboard then enter the To address at the bottom of
your terminal window. P
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi,
> I using the latest version of woody and recent
> upgrade seems to have caused
> the Flash player to stop working. I've done trouble
> shoting, including
> installing the lastest verion of Netscape 6.2.1.
>
> bash-2.05a$ ls -al /usr/local/netscape/plugins/
> .
--- John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
Brian Nelson wrote:
>
> > Try adding the sources.list line:
> >
> > deb http://people.debian.org/~nidd/debian/
> unstable/
> >
> > and then apt-get install openoffice. That should
> work, if you're
> > running unstable anyway (and possibly woody, bu
--- "Bannerman, Israel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote: >
> To all:
>
> I just downloaded Star Office and I am trying to
> install the application.
>
> Before downloading the file I did:
>
> mkdir -m 0755 /usr/local/soffice
> chown me /usr/local/soffice
>
> I then downloaded the application to th
oads winows without any effort at all (unlike LILO).
I now have grub on my MBR and won't go back to use lilo.
-D
if the problem goes
away. If it does, live without the disks or get a bigger power
supply.
HTH,
-D
how
| silent later this week), and using an accoustically insulated case does
| silence lots more (but expensive).
nah, just shove the machine in an insulated box of some sort (not the
keyboard and monitor, of course)
;-)
-D
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 09:46:28PM +, Viktor Lakics wrote:
| On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 09:01:40PM -0500, D-Man wrote:
|
| I like grub too. But it's nor fair to compare an older version of
| lilo to a newcomer grub.
Maybe. I tried lilo first when installing linux on the company
ma
I did a apt-get wmppp.app and that downloaded ok but
gave me this message..Sorry, but the following
packages have unmet dependencies: wmppp.app:
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.97) but 2.1.3-17 is installed
Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. How do I resolve
this?
Thanks for your help
Don
Thanks Colin I installed the one for Potato and no moe
problems.
--- Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "D. Hoyem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I did a apt-get wmppp.app and that downloaded ok
> but gave me this
> >message..Sorry, but the foll
d has a maxtor
drive in his old 486 (Win95) and it has been there for over 2 years
without trouble.
-D
anywhere I can RTFM all of this?
Thanks,
-D
skless xterminals. Is hard or dangerous?
Would it be easier (or even possible) to use a floppy (or cd if I get
a burner; oh, yeah, one of the machines doesn't have a cdrom) to boot,
then grab / from the network?
-D
When I dial up to the net the modem connects but the
volume is so loud that I have to turn the speaker
down, but then I have to turn it up to hear any mp3's
etc..or get blasted out. As root I added atm0=off
above the line OK-AT-OK ATDT and that turns
off the speaker, but then it is hard to tell w
comes
with cups didn't seem to make a difference, and is probably made for
newer ljets)
BTW, Potato (my system) has CUPS 1.0.x
Thanks,
-D
hon is very OO while perl follows the more procedural traditions of
it's ancestors , sed awk sh and C. I think that python is much easier
to learn. If you are interested, there is a tutor list,
tutor@python.org, that is very helpful.
Hope this gives you some of the information you were looking for ;-),
-D
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 04:47:08PM +0200, Robert Voigt wrote:
|
add "apm=on" to the kernel's command line
So that's the trick! I've been meaning to look into this. It will
work just as well if you use grub (like I do). I'll verify it (and
enjoy it!) after I get home from work.
Thanks,
-D
I'll probably get the D-Link DSS8+ I found for for $70 (new). It is
an 8 port 10/100 switch. An 8-port 10Mbps hub is only $20 less. Also
a 5 port 10/100 switch is only $10 less.
Does anybody know anything about the D-Link DE-220PCT NIC? It is ISA
PnP, but I can't find any informa
t it's been a while) it is to the blackdown site.
-D
that when using X over ssh, ssh(d) makes a display (:10
and up) on the host machine that the X clients connect to. ssh then
reads from that connection and sends the data over the ssh connection
to the client, who then decrypts it and gives it to the real X server.
When you see connection to bilbo
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 06:32:29PM +0200, Alexis Roda wrote:
| D-Man wrote:
| >
| > Perl uses lots of operators and allows one to write code that is
| > _very_ compact, to the point of unreadability and unmaintainability
| > (IMO).
|
| You can write obfuscated programs with any la
nce it works the other way
around. What does 'xhost' say on each machine? Does it work if you
run 'xhost -' first (disables access restrictions and is a potential
security risk)?
-D
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:14:35PM +0400, Ilya Martynov wrote:
|
| D> | You can write obfuscated programs with any language, even with python.
| D> | The programmer should use the language (any language, not just perl or
| D> | python) resources judiciously to improve readabilit
ripting languages
(python, perl, tcl, rexx) require less LOC than traditional languages
(C, C++, java) (at least for most apps). )
| If you're serious about making unmaintainable code check out the following:
|
| http://mindprod.com/unmain.html
Cute.
-D
#x27;t do in python (besides stomp
over random sections of memory without first making a C extension to
do it for you) is indent badly. My coop job right now is doing java
work. I find it very frustrating/annoying at how much extra junk I
have to type just to make the thing compile.
-D
PS. If I
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 05:08:04PM -0300, Ivens Porto wrote:
| Anyone knows where i can get .debs of XFree86 4.0.2 and Gnome 1.2 to install
| on a Debian 2.2r2 (potato)?
sid.
Does anyone know when they will make it into woody (I'm mostly
interested in Gnome)?
-D
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:05:31AM +0200, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote:
| On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 03:45:31PM -0500, D-Man wrote:
|
| |Does anyone know when they will make it into woody (I'm mostly
| |interested in Gnome)?
|
| Hi...
|
| there is a thread on debian-devel, about gnome...
l for
you. You may even like it more than python, perl, C, etc, etc.
-D
(some say that LISP stands for Lots of Idiotic Stupid Parenthesis )
Well I can understand your frustration. I know that I
have installed Debian at least 12 times and I finally
have it to do what I want, but it took a lot of
reading to get here. I don't understand the pon thing
though cause on my initial installation I was able to
set up wvdial and it didn't have
Same subject different question. How do you shutdown
your system if it is FROZE, Ctrl+Alt+Del, nor the
system power button will not shut it down, the only
way that I know is to turn off the power strip. Is
there another way?
--- Ales Jerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello!
> Is there any combi
gt;
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: D. Hoyem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:57 AM
> > To: Ales Jerman; Debian List
> > Subject: Re: Shutdown
> >
> >
> > Same subject different question. How do you
what is happening. I would guess that you
> are sharing an IRQ with
> two devices that shouldn't be shared, i.e. your
> sound card and your NIC.
> Something along those lines. What might give you a
> hint is determining what
> you're doing when the hang occurs.
>
During installation did the installation program
identify your video card and set up x for you? If so
then to startx just type startx
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I have tried to install debian 2.2 r2 and got
> installed it up to text mode. I
> have tried to get the x-server going
replacement yesterday.
Now it boots! Yay! I haven't had it on for more than a couple
minutes, but I think you will be fine just sticking the heatsink (with
that sticky putty-like stuff on it) on the CPU.
Now it is time to find some docs on monitoring the temperature ...
-D
the C file
(just to make sure there wasn't a typo).
HTH,
-D
arned, not too long ago, that a Sun Solaris system does walk
through the runlevels until it reaches the destination level.
-D
Why not use apt-get install communicator ? That will
install Netscape 4.76 all required files.
--- Simmons-Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Debian Group,
>
> I am trying to get Netscape on my system. I have the
> installer on my system
> configured correctly with the archive file from the
nd it will return the package providing it.
HTH,
-D
eled '/' by grub because it doesn't know how any
os's mount the partitions. (/boot/grub can be on your windows
partition if you want it to be) The main restriction here is
the filesystem must be of a supported type (ext2 vfat minix and
others -- see grub documentation for more details)
HTH,
-D
I have been trying to get my Lexmark 5770 printer to work in debian for a few
weeks. It is the last piece of the debian puzzle and I am determined to figure
it out. The same printer works fine in SuSE 7.1 so I know I can do it.
I have the driver ( lex5700 ) loaded in both systems.
Question 1:
Hav
recommend switching to 'gdm' instead of 'xdm' as gdm is
more gnome friendly. I say that because the GNOME people made gdm and
it uses gtk like the rest of gnome.
HTH,
-D
with
various accents. In my .bashrc file I have :
export LESSCHARSET=iso8859
which properly displays accented characters. When I had nothing set
for LESSCHARSET, I got a warning on opening "binary" files and
people's names with accented (upper-ASCII) characters displayed as,
for example,with reverse video. (the hex value of the
character).
HTH,
-D
don't know what could possibly be wrong
When something doesn't work in Debian, it isn't particularly hard
to find information (ie howtos, etc) that explain how to get
information from the system to locate, and then solve the problem.
Debian is a great OS!
Thanks,
-D
27;\'' 'y' to 'ý'
| compose 'T' 'H' to 'Þ'
| compose 't' 'h' to 'þ'
| compose 's' 's' to 'ß'
| compose '"' 'y' to 'ÿ'
| compose 's' 'z' to 'ß'
| compose 'i' 'j' to 'ÿ'
Still looks fine here. Try
$ cp /etc/console-tools/default.kmap.gz /tmp
$ gunzip /tmp/default.kmap.gz
$ less /tmp/default.kmap
Perhaps zless doesn't use the same environment variables as less?
-D
d to
create a python/perl script to update mutt's address book from gcard's
address book. Full VCard support isn't necessary, just the names and
addresses.
My solution has been to have 2 MUAs -- one gui and one ncurses, until
I completely converted to mutt a few months back.
-D
to the list. I
actually enjoy helping (when I can), but don't be a whiner when the
system can't read your mind -- instead post all information you think
is relevant and be polite. :-)
-D
PS - (story of my introduction to computing : )
To begin with I am 20 years old, a 3rd year Soft
0x300
(or insmod wd io=0x300)
and seeing what it does/says.
Another option would be to put the hd into a newer machine and install
from there. I had to do this with that 486 because it couldn't boot
from the cd drive I borrowed (old bios) and DOS sucks (no cd driver to
let me use loadlin).
-D
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:59:02PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
| On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:07:02PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
| > I think that an introduction that is easy for inexperienced people to
| > start with would be a good thing. It should include references to
| > more detailed
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 04:18:08PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
| On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:59:02PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
|
| | wanna write up a vim intro at sourceForge.net/projects/newbiedoc/?
|
| Can I write it in LaTeX? I want to learn to use latex effectively.
I just took a quick look, and
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 03:47:10PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
| On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 04:18:08PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
| > On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:59:02PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
| > | i think vim is abominable, deplorable and inconsiderate. it uses
| > | modes for this, modes
What I did, as root adduser audio... That
will give the user permission to use audio ie wmms
Don
--- Pad Bambury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey all,
> so you've installed xmms, selected all the right
> options for your pc, do you then have to add users
> on
> to some list or modify permissions s
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 05:40:19PM +0200, Eugene van Zyl wrote:
| Hi,
|
| What mailing list software is availble under GPL that will expand the name of
Have you tried mailman?
You should be able to find it on the GNU site or the Python site.
-D
lmost certain to get some. If you
were to ask how to grow beautiful flowers in your garden you may or
may not get some responses, but if it is a debian-related question you
will most likely get a good explanation.
-D
n writing e-mail you must explicitly
include such hints to the readers. The lack of such punctuation in
your e-mail makes you sound very serious about it.
:-)
-D
(cc'd incase you already unsubscribed)
and putting wings on an elephant is?
| A:Who knows? The elephant *might* fly, heh, heh...
-D
them?
This sale ends tomorrow, but I don't _need_ to get a drive
immediately.
Thanks for the input,
-D
expensive. I
didn't watch many DVD's on my old machine that came with the drive (it
still had windo~1 which came with a software player/decoder).
Thanks for the info so far.
-D
uble resolving
| *.nasa.gov addresses, for some reason.
$ ping spaceflight.nasa.gov
PING spaceflight.wip.nasa.gov (38.201.67.7): 56 data bytes
-D
several things with route not really knowing what you are doing and
get it really messed up, rebooting will clear out all that changes
you made)
There is also a 'del' option for route. You can delete the route for
the school network and then add the route for the home network if you
don't reboot your machine.
-D
lowing line :
# used to make the From: header correct.
my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D-Man)
By using this I can explicitly make the 'From:' line be whatever I want.
It also works well when using ssmtp on win2k (cygwin) to send.
-D
t
would only be 'learning', not 'relearning', but how much other stuff
is radically different?)
Thanks,
-D
is
# in /etc/modutils, if you want a more in-depth explanation
# of /etc/modutils just ask
o include the line
alias eth0 tulip
This line says that when a program attempts to access 'eth0', send it
to the 'tulip' module.
Some other common cards :
l be added
| unto you." Matthew 6:33
-D
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:38:30AM +0200, Willi Dyck wrote:
| On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:35:26PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
| >
| > I see there are 2 HOWTOS for IP Masquerading and (correspondingly) 2
| > packages. Should I be looking at "ipmasq" or "ipchains"? How muc
k. I have an old 486sx here
with only 8MB RAM. It thrashes a lot. apt-get upgrade takes longer
to install the packages than to download them over a 33.6K modem!
Any ideas on where I can find some RAM for it? It only has 2 slots,
so I need to get some relatively large SIMMS.
-D
e is 'eth0'
o it uses the 'inet' protocol
o it has a static address (not dhcp)
o the address is 192.168.0.2
o the netmask is 255.255.255.0
There are other options that can be included with an interface. When
you write this file, the command
ifup eth0
will work, with no other cl args needed.
-D
info and explanations re firewalling and
masquerading.
-D
ounds rather high to me. I haven't actually bought a modem, all
the ones I have were given to me. If you want I can send you a
14.4Kb/s external US Robotics modem. The only cost will be shipping.
Otherwise you can probably find a used parts shop around and get one
there.
HTH,
-D
get the source from Intel's web site. I
know it works on a RH6.2 system.
Did you put 'alias eth1 tulip' in the modules files?
Do you have 'iface eth1 ...' in /etc/network/interfaces ?
HTH,
-D
Yes it can
Len
On Tuesday 17 April 2001 05:08 am, Joris Lambrecht wrote:
> i think it can, check out www.opera.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: csj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: zaterdag 14 april 2001 4:11
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: opera browser
>
> On Satur
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:38:30AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
| on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 11:31:09PM -0400, D-Man ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
| > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 06:11:14PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
| > | For starters, you have to find out whether or not you've got a WinMode
tself and how those
mechanisms work.
HTH,
-D
kage.
Why is it that kaffe didn't work for you? You might be able to get the
jdk for potato from the blackdown people. I have heard that IBM's jvm
is really good. jikes is a a good and fast compiler -- I use it at
work.
-D
Being a Debian newbie and running Potato2.2r on a PII
350 this is the course of action that I'm thinking of
taking to do a upgrade to Woody is it flawed?
1. Do a apt-get install on Adrin Bunk's .deb files
2. Do a apt-get install kernel 2.4.3 image and
headers.
Question...Once I do the kernel
I think a tip of the day would be great.. Whats one
more message when you get 50 to 100 anyway?
Don
--- "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:19:11PM -0500, will
> trillich wrote:
> >
> > something like
> >
> > Looking for apt-related commands? At your c
for potato, or where can I find an explanation of dpkg's
version of "rpm --rebuild ipchains-x.y.z.src.rpm"?
Thanks,
-D
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