How should I modify the /etc/init.d/boot file?

c/init.d? Will these packages install properly after my modifications? 3. Would this be of sufficient general interest to warrant a real bug report and have the swap setup moved to its own file in /etc/init.d? Any suggestions? -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: fetchmail and smail

t. It is the MTA that puts that incoming mail in the spool directory (usually /var/spool/mail/$USER.). -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Long FAT filenames and Linux ?

/dev/hda2 on /usr type ext2 (rw) /dev/hdb4 on /home type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda1 on /dos/c type vfat (rw) /dev/hda4 on /dos/d type vfat (rw) /dev/hdb1 on /dos/e type vfat (rw) /dev/hdb2 on /dos/f type vfat (rw) -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FR

Re: XFree86 and Threads...

ANT. There's information about X and threads in the book > "Programmers Supplement for Release 6", another one of those "X" > books. >From what I understand, just recompiling X won't give you anything. You would have to rewrite parts of it (probably very big chunks

Migrating from Slackware to Debian?

recommended way of going about this business? -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Why Debian?

system; in particular, I'd like good migration paths for major changes in the Linux architecture as a whole (libc to glibc, kernel 2.0 to 2.1, etc.). Would you advise to get Debian under these assumptions? -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST:

Which kernel is in 1.3.1?

this one, though). So, will I get what I need with Debian 1.3.1? If not, would you advise to get something different? -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Which Debian bundle should I get?

OK, I'm almost ready to go for Debian 1.3.1. I would like to get a CD bundle with more stuff in it (like ftp sites archives). Who sells such a beast? I need delivery to the LA area. -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

database with ODBC support?

for which I can't exactly > find the ODBC driver. You should also take a look at GNU SQL. It should be somewhere at www.gnu.org or //prep.ai.mit.edu/gnu. > Hamish -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Threads information, book recommendation.

ryption munitions Serbian > hydrazine urea nitric acid amonium nitrate fuel oil ROTFL -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

sendmail v/s smail

e damned if I ever understand the sendmail.cf file. Is smail any better? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each package? Why would I switch from sendmail to smail? -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscri

Off-line news spool?

e leafnode send/receive news the next time I connect to my ISP? Would I need any special support or permissions with my ISP to use leafnode? Any pointers to TFMs, FAQs, etc.? Thanks in advance. -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word &q

disk activities on a notebook..

ry do you have? If it is less than 16 MB, then X is going to swap a lot. That could explain it. -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

I can handle the task. Also, if nobody is taking care of Linux Threads (a kernel-level multi-threading package), I'll tackle that too, since ACE works best on Linux when built atop lxthreads instead of Provenzano (MIT) pthreads. -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FRO

Modem doesn't reset anymore

Dialup IP Protocol Driver version 3.3.7o-uri (8 Feb 96) Written by Fred N. van Kempen, MicroWalt Corporation. DIP: name=gonzo home=/tmp host=newton.nowhere.cl IP=0.0.0.0 prot=SLIP MTU=296 Modem set to "HAYES". DIP [0 ]> reset >> reset DIP [0 ]> quit >>

Re: restarting daemons

for the "kill" system call is a misnomer from old times. Also, if no signal is specified, kill sends a SIGTERM signal to the process(es), whose default action is to (surprise) terminate the process; that explains (in part) the name "kill". -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTE

Re: restarting daemons

On Aug 15, 1997, at 21:25, George Bonser wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote: > > Just to make things clear, kill doesn't stop anything; it's purpose in > > life is to send a given signal to a given process. When you do a > > > >

HELP: formatting the hard drive

ure you have everything you need on that bootable MS DOG floppy: 1. System (IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, whatnot) 2. fdisk 3. format 4. a text editor 5. drivers fro your hardware (CD-ROM?) 6. anything you deem necessary Then, install MS DOG or Winblows 95. Pity on you. -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL

Re: HELP: formatting the hard drive

drive and issue the following command: fdisk /MBR to obliterate the Linux MBR and place a copy of MS DOG's version on it. > Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro (LA672) -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe&q

Knowing what to update on my Debian system?

e way, the CDs I got from Cheapbytes have the following printed on them: "Official" Debian 1.3 1 "Official" Debian 1.3 2 Have I been ripped off? Is this the latest 1.3.1 CD, or an older version? How could I check? > Bruce -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: update-menus failed?

nus") { system "/usr/bin/update-menus"; } ## local variables: ## tab-width: 8 ## end: == End of Excerpt === So, it looks like there is nothing in that script seemingly wrong. > Thanks, > joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Au contraire, thank you. -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Which PGP should I get?

Should I get pgp-us or pgp-i? I'm living in Chile, if that makes any difference. >From the looks of it, I'd say pgp-i, but just want to make sure... -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe&qu

Misconfigured ftp site?

files...(for corrupt/old/partial) Do you want to install the files fetched [y]: etc Notice the path names in the "getting" messages. Why does it want to download "debian-non-US/blah..." when it already changed its working directory to "/pub/debian-non-US"? I

Re: Undefined reference to '...'

one file (as in point (2) above); this way, you avoid multiple definitions just because you instantiate two templates of the same class with different type parameters on two separate files. Hope this helps. -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

Re: Undefined reference to '...'

s. This is an interesting workaround; alas, it is non-portable. > Jason -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

[OFF TOPIC] was: Segfault in free()...C++

ell, "remarks" are just that: comments the compiler has regarding some non-standard, perhaps non-portable and not-so-secure assumptions you MAY have made in your code. Nothing more, nothing less. They can be safely ignored for the greatest part. > E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [OFF TOPIC] was: Segfault in free()...C++

o spot any real problems; the 'remark' level is where they put all these additional checks that, in my experience, are useless and sometimes plain wrong. If you feel more comfortable wading through all of the remarks, just go ahead. YMMV. > Eric Meijer -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMA

Re: Prompt in Bash

ut if your terminal doesn't support ANSI co > > #We must encase the ANSI codes in \[ and \] or else bash will have line lengt > #problems. \e is a pretty form of the raw escape sequence > PS1="\\[\\e[1;31m\\]\\h\\[\\e[0m\\]\\$ \\u [\\[\\e[1;34m\\]\\w\\[\\e[0m\\]] " --

Re: Prompt in Bash

this, the title bar showed the full path, without replacing $HOME with a '~' character. I got rid of the "eval", and things were fine. > else > export PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\n\!\$ ' > fi > fi > > if [ "${BASH_INITIALIZED}&q

Backing up entire machine.

h/to/backup; tar zcf - .) | rcp machine2:/safe/path > Chris Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .