Turn off auto screen-blanking?

1999-07-12 Thread Kevin Traas
Can anyone point me to an RTFM page ;-) on how to disable the auto-blanking feature? This is a cmd-line system only, no X. I'm assuming it's a kernel parameter somewhere TIA, Kevin

App, !getty on /dev/tty1?

1998-07-28 Thread Kevin Traas
running (vi ps auwx); however, nothing shows up on-screen. Any ideas? Any words-of-wisdom? Pointers to tfm are welcome. Regards, Kevin Traas -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Wintel CD burner apps to create Debian CDs?

1998-07-30 Thread Kevin Traas
quot;political" reasons has to remain with a Winbloze box, anyways) Regards, Kevin Traas -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: CD Creation in Windows

1998-08-04 Thread Kevin Traas
Dinesh, Adaptec DirectCD will not write images. You'll most likely need to get a commercial package such as Adaptec CD Creator Deluxe. (It's what I use to burn the images I create using mkisofs on my Linux box.) Regards, Kevin Traas -Original Message- From: Dinesh Nadaraj

non-US status? stable->bo

1998-08-06 Thread Kevin Traas
So, we're a few hours away from *two* weeks since hamm was officially released as Debian 2.0. **HOWEVER**, nonus.debian.org still has stable pointed to bo and hamm identified as frozen. Any ideas on when this will be updated? Also, incoming-non-US is pretty full of stuff, too Will t

Re: non-US status? stable->bo

1998-08-06 Thread Kevin Traas
>| So, we're a few hours away from *two* weeks since hamm was officially >| released as Debian 2.0. >| >| **HOWEVER**, nonus.debian.org still has stable pointed to bo and >| hamm identified as frozen. >| >| Any ideas on when this will be updated? > >Huh? Where are you looking? Same server

Re: Wintel CD burner apps to create Debian CDs?

1998-08-10 Thread Kevin Traas
>Thanks for the reply Sorry for the delay in response here, but >I've been _very_ busy... Well, I have Adaptec Easy CD Pro which can >write ISO image files to CD, but I thought _that_ wouldn't work >either because it doesn't support the Rock Ridge Extensions (read >from a previous post to deb

Re: Burning Debian CDs with Windows/NT software

1998-08-24 Thread Kevin Traas
>This is the second time I am posting this message, since I find it >really hard to believe that no one in this list was able to suggest a >solution. I will be really thankful if someone can help me with this >question: I'm not sure how you missed this because it's been an oft repeated question..

[Joke] Y2K Bug...

1998-09-22 Thread Kevin Traas
Check out the following:   http://www.thesitefights.com/wepatrol/mil_bug.gif   Regards, Kevin "The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor tolead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignoresthe fact that it was he, who by peddling second-rate tec

Netscape - can't locate libXt.so.6....

1998-05-14 Thread Kevin Traas
I installed Netscape 4.05 by downloading the tarball off the 'Net and then manually installing it. No problems there I've done this many times before without any problems. Only differences are: 1. This is a fresh "frozen" install. (Yesterday's updates) 2. This is my first install of

Re: Can't boot up from resc1440tecra.bin

1998-05-14 Thread Kevin Traas
Last night, I too verified that the Hamm Tecra disks are *not* working as advertised This includes both the April 11 and April 26 (just made available on Monday) versions I've got a Tecra 740. Bo disks worked fine. I finally got an install going by downloading base_20.tgz and other requi

Re: Netscape - can't locate libXt.so.6....

1998-05-14 Thread Kevin Traas
>> > Anyway, install went okay, but when trying to start Netscape, I get the >> > error mentioned in the subject line and Netscape dies >> >> You could do: >> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/X11R6/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> >> Or, what you really should do is configure you dynamic linker properly. >

Can't start X ! root

1998-05-18 Thread Kevin Traas
ot; or some such. Everything works perfectly when running as root - however, I'd rather not If you have any ideas, please let me know. Thanks, Kevin Traas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ping: "Operation not permitted"

1998-05-18 Thread Kevin Traas
It's a pretty basic box/config. No IP Masq, etc. `dmesg' doesn't show any problems. Neither do syslog, messages, etc. Any ideas? Regards, Kevin Traas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ping: "Operation not permitted"

1998-05-19 Thread Kevin Traas
t; this reason ping must be setuid root. Make sure that it is. > > Kevin Traas wrote: > > > I've just installed a new box running Debian 2.0 (hamm) and I'm having a > > slight problem. I can't get it working properly on the network (this is > > my fourth

FIXED - Can't start X ! root

1998-05-19 Thread Kevin Traas
n. xdm is generally > started at boot time also. This way X can be run as root conveniently, you > get a > nice, pretty login screen, and to top it off xdm will run the server with > authentication turned on. All in all it's the way to go. I'd be happy to help > you &g

SCSI Emulation for IDE ???

1998-05-22 Thread Kevin Traas
, Kevin Traas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I burned hamm on NT and now all the files end with ~1.

1998-05-25 Thread Kevin Traas
>I downloaded hamm at work and burned it on CD. >When I can home, and mounted the CD-ROM drive as iso9660, all the files >that are longer than 8 characters, ends with ~1. >I tried mounting the drive again as vfat (with or without -o loop) but it >said that it was not a block device. > >Is there a w

GREAT NEWS!!! Oracle 8 on Linux by 1999!

1998-07-22 Thread Kevin Traas
reat OS! For more information, check out the following PC Week article: http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0720/20morac.html Regards, Kevin Traas -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Burning my own CD under Windows

1998-07-23 Thread Kevin Traas
Linux from your mirror. (Not nearly as easy as it sounds.) By far your best option is to download the ISO images. Regards, Kevin Traas -Original Message- From: Curt E. Spann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, July 23, 1998 5:0

Diamon SupraSonic II

1999-02-17 Thread Kevin Traas
Is there anyone using this modem under Linux? This is their 2-modems-on-one-card product and I'm interested in channel bonding and saving some slots If you have any experience with this card under Linux, I'd really appreciate any comments you can give. Supra Tech Support has not been too hel

Std. Serial ports beyond 115K?

1999-02-24 Thread Kevin Traas
I want to connect an external ISDN to my system using the MB's standard serial ports.  However, everything's telling me I can only push 115K through these serial ports - far less than the theoretical max of an ISDN TA that does V.42bis.   Any comments/suggestions on "overclocking"  ;-)  bui

(Oops. Again with no HTML) Std. Serial ports beyond 115K?

1999-02-24 Thread Kevin Traas
I want to connect an external ISDN to my system using the MB's standard serial ports. However, everything's telling me I can only push 115K through these serial ports - far less than the theoretical max of an ISDN TA that does V.42bis. Any comments/suggestions on "overclocking" ;-) built-in ser

Re: Std. Serial ports beyond 115K?

1999-02-24 Thread Kevin Traas
Dimitri Patakidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Kevin Traas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 8:17 PMSubject: Re: Std. Serial ports beyond 115K?Hi there Kevin :)The best way to

Vote Linus for Person of the Century

1999-03-05 Thread Kevin Traas
Hey, Linus Torvalds isn't even in the top 20! Let's change that! ;-) >Time Magazine is allowing us to vote for Time Magazines >Person of the Century, which will be in their December 1999 issue. > To vote go to: >http://www.pathfinder.com/time/time100/toppersonmain.html Later, Kevin Kevin Tra

Analog Modem Channel Bonding

1998-12-23 Thread Kevin Traas
r ISA/PCI card? i.e. multi-port modems? Thanks for any help you can provide. Regards, Kevin Traas

SupraSonic II Dual Line Modem

1998-12-23 Thread Kevin Traas
Does anyone know if this modem works under Linux? Diamond's web site lists Win9x as requirement Is this WinModem crap or otherwise? If you have any experience with this board, your comments would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Kevin Oh, and. Happy Holidays!

Re: How to establish a semi-permanent dial-up connection?

1998-12-31 Thread Kevin Traas
l have to do is move the fetchmail line out of ip-up and into the new script created above. Hope this helps! Later, Kevin Traas Kevin Traas.vcf Description: Binary data

DEC 21143 Chipset

1999-01-19 Thread Kevin Traas
Can anyone tell me whether the 'tulip' driver supports the 21143 chipset? My card supplier (Kingston) has just switched from the 21140 to the 21143 and I've no idea what "problems" this might cause - if any. Regards, Kevin Traas Kevin Traas.vcf Description: Binary data

Debian 1.2 Mirror Available Anywhere?

1999-01-21 Thread Kevin Traas
Yeah I know this is old, but... I need smbfs for a system I'm working on here If you know where this might be located, please let me know. I'd be grateful. Regards, Kevin Traas Kevin Traas.vcf Description: Binary data

Re: Installation on Toshiba 330CDT laptop

1998-11-04 Thread Kevin Traas
>Hi everyone. I'm trying to install Debian on a Toshiba 330CDT laptop. I >have several years Unix use, but I've never tried to install Linux before. > >I'm installing from CD, but I can't even get past the first page. I get >the following: > boot: > Loading root.bin13. > Loading linu

Re: Linux mirror on a second hd

1998-12-02 Thread Kevin Traas
>I'm looking for a software utility to mirror my Linux hd on a second hd ? > >I've two 4.2 Go IDE HDs. The first one contain the linux root partition, >a second partition for data and the swap partition. The second is free to >use for backup. Simply use dd `man dd' for more info. Basica

Win95 Dialin Client Config

1998-02-26 Thread Kevin Traas
nux box to manage remote dialin users. Now, people are starting to ask why we're not using RAS instead? My thoughts are "because it only runs on NT" and "Microsoft made it"... ... but the people on my end aren't seeing these as good reasons TIA, Kevin Traas --

Re: Win95 Dialin Client Config

1998-02-27 Thread Kevin Traas
ly as mentioned above. The Win95 clients have the "Log onto Network" option checked and running "winipcfg" on them reveals that DNS, WINS, IP, Mask, Gw, etc. are all configured as expected. Any other suggestions? Regards, Kevin Traas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: New (hamm) afterstep info

1998-03-03 Thread Kevin Traas
ts from my end! Later, Kevin Traas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: afterstep

1998-03-04 Thread Kevin Traas
>I upgraded afterstep to 1.4, but I had to downgrade it back to 1.0, >cuz the new one did not get any of my old confs, and looked horrible! > >Did I do anything wrong? Yeah, you didn't configure it to your own tastes!Give it another try! The conf files and structure have totally changed betw

Getting NetBIOS Names

1998-03-06 Thread Kevin Traas
re's *got* to be an easier way. If you have any suggestions or clues or know of any docs, faqs, howtos that might help me out, please let me know. Much appreciated. Kevin Traas -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Telnet to the router

1998-03-20 Thread Kevin Traas
LY APPRECIATE HEARING THEM*** You can solve the problem by adding the ip and *any* hostname to /etc/hosts on the box you're connecting to. This wil allow the IP to be resolved (even if wrongly...). (This solution won't for my situation - thus my headline/cry-for-help above) L

Re: Reboot Cycle

1998-03-25 Thread Kevin Traas
ps Incidently, I'm writing you this message from a Tecra 720 that dual-boots Debian 1.3.x and Win95 (but I don't inhale!... my work requires it) Good luck! Regards, Kevin Traas -Original Message- From: Dave Caswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.

Re: Win95 as a terminal

1998-03-25 Thread Kevin Traas
this one, that I'm forced to use Win95) Regards, Kevin Traas -Original Message- From: Jens B. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linux admin at alv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 10:27 AM Subject: Re: Win95 as a terminal >Win

Re: freshmeat repository

1998-04-27 Thread Kevin Traas
>> >From freshmeat page: >> -- >> freshmeat RPM repository >> As you might already know, freshmeat tries to keep up with >> the latest software releases and builds RPM packages for >> them. All this work is done by Obituary, feel free to mail him >> questions or comments. A change invented

Re: Alternative to MS Frontpage web design?

1998-04-29 Thread Kevin Traas
vi? Later, Kevin -Original Message- From: Tristan Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debianlist Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 4:13 AM Subject: Alternative to MS Frontpage web design? >I'm not pleased. Not at all. I've used MS Frontpage 97 on WindowsNT for >quite a while for my web site,

DialD/PPPD Problem....

1998-04-21 Thread Kevin Traas
connect script would run successfully and diald would start pppd. However, right at this point, pppd would die with only an "exit" - rather than the usual, which is "ppp1...". I've tried connecting to my ISP using Minicom, CTRL-A, Q, Y, and then manually starting pppd and

Internal ISDN Support?

1998-05-02 Thread Kevin Traas
uch help at all - so, I'm turning to you. Anyway, I'm in Canada, so I need North American support. Oh, and don't want an external device - for reasons that I won't bore you with. Any ideas/pointers/help you can provide would be much appreciated. Later, Kevin Traas -- To UNSUBSCRI

HTML in e-mail

1998-05-02 Thread Kevin Traas
e-mail message with the new/custom header that defines the message as being in HTML format. (Just sending HTML code as the body of the message doesn't work - I've tried) Thanks for any help you can provide. Later, Kevin Traas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: HTML in e-mail

1998-05-02 Thread Kevin Traas
On Sat, 2 May 1998, George Bonser wrote: > On Sat, 2 May 1998, Kevin Traas wrote: > > > How do I send an e-mail message with the new/custom header that defines > > the message as being in HTML format. (Just sending HTML code as the body > > of the message d

Re: QPopper "warning"

1997-12-04 Thread Kevin Traas
so I've been ignoring it Oh, and the box is not used at the console - no monitor/kb even attached. Anyway, just thought I'd post and see if anyone had any comments Later, Kevin Traas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: questions: Non-internet connected IP Address default ???

1997-12-09 Thread Kevin Traas
>QUESTION: Is their a "generic" ip addressing scheme that should be used >within this company , since it is not connected in any way to the net. >Does it even matter? I guess I could use any address I want ... There's an RFC on this, but I can't quote the number at the moment This RFC defines

Re: questions: Non-internet connected IP Address default ???

1997-12-09 Thread Kevin Traas
it never gets beyond the Physical and Data OSI layers. Protocols work above that in the Network (IP) and Transport (TCP) layers Later, Kevin Traas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

smail to exim

1997-12-10 Thread Kevin Traas
uld be helpful. TIA, Kevin Traas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

/proc directory

1997-12-11 Thread Kevin Traas
Can anyone point me to docs/info on the /proc directory. Specifically, I'm looking at content format, field descriptions, etc. Thanks, Kevin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: CAT 5

1997-12-11 Thread Kevin Traas
tall the cable for me, I usually try to get the stats as part of a guarantee Later, Kevin Traas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Strange kernel Messages

1997-12-15 Thread Kevin Traas
Help!!! My system went down this morning and coming back up, I'm getting the following on my console, syslog, kern.log, debug, and messages file. It's filling up my logs, filling my drives, and creating all kinds of havoc. I haven't modified my kernel in any way and what shows below is all I'm g

Re: Stupid Question: bridgeing/routing

1997-12-18 Thread Kevin Traas
>I have a 486/66 8M with 4 ne2k clones in it. What does the bridging code >get me? Every machine on each of the subnets can see every other machine >right now with just the basic routing table? Is it a performance issue? Bridging provides you with a bunch of options and features 1. Allows y

Re: EQL - all traffic is via ppp1

1998-01-04 Thread Kevin Traas
>> > I have a fairly urgent need for load balancing two modems, but eql just >> > does not work for me. All the bits are in place but all traffic goes via >> > ppp1. >> > >> You must make sure that the hardware at the other end of the connection >> will also support load balancing (i.e. it must be

Lockups! - Please Help

1998-01-08 Thread Kevin Traas
y trying to get 2.0.33 built and try that - along with going back to 2.0.29 (I've still got the old kernel available). Any help/hints you can provide would be much appreciated. Regards, Kevin Traas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

FetchMail Problem

1998-02-06 Thread Kevin Traas
t;. Will FetchMail be able to handle multiple addresses in one header? (Of course, the answer to this one will determine whether 1) above works...) Thanks for any help/comments/info you can provide. Regards, Kevin Traas Technical Consultant Baan Business Systems http://www.baan-bbs.ca gifnRaHarfCjI.gif Description: GIF image

Re: What is the standard ethernet frame type?

1997-04-10 Thread Kevin Traas
t;normal". Netware 3.11 defaults to an 802.3 frame type, while all newer versions of Netware (3.12, 4.0x, 4.1x) default to 802.2. However, there's nothing stopping the Netware 3.11 Administrator from specifying an 802.2 frametype in the AUTOEXEC.NCF. (You could even bind both framet

Dial-in Config Problem

1997-04-16 Thread Kevin Traas
e. No user intervention. Is this possible? If so, any suggestions, etc.? TIA, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Dial-in Config Problem

1997-04-16 Thread Kevin Traas
> In your email to me, Kevin Traas, you wrote: > > > > I would like to offer both normal terminal and PPP connections on my > > dial-in modems for my end-users. If possible, I'd like it to be as > > automated as possible - i.e. No user intervention. > &

Multilink PPP vs. EQL

1997-04-17 Thread Kevin Traas
available on the Linux platform? TIA, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Debian Package Finder (DOH!)

1997-04-18 Thread Kevin Traas
why. Uh, I don't get a script not found, I get a server not found. Server is shown as //hanoi/pathname - it should read //hanoi.earthlight.co.nz/ Hope this helps, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Again - Multilink PPP vs. EQL

1997-04-18 Thread Kevin Traas
ortunately, I can't find any info on Multilink PPP in the HowTo's, etc. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? Or, is it not yet available on > the Linux platform? > > TIA, > > Kevin Traas > Systems Analyst > Edmondson Roper CA > http://www.eroper.b

Re: Again - Multilink PPP vs. EQL

1997-04-18 Thread Kevin Traas
he remote system, but I can't remember those steps and I don't have access to the Howto right now. Also, I'm sure there are others _much_ more knowledgeable about EQL than I am - I'm a true newbie in this area. Thanks for the help, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper

ISDN Support

1997-04-18 Thread Kevin Traas
A's supported by Linux? i.e. USR Sportster ISDN, Motorola Bitsurfer Pro, etc. TIA for your help, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: ISDN Support

1997-04-19 Thread Kevin Traas
r than 115,200bps? Do you connect at 64K or 128K or either? TIA, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: ISDN Support

1997-04-19 Thread Kevin Traas
6450 UART. I'll have to upgrade that, too. I wonder if I can drive a 16550 beyond 115,200 > Ascend Communications > is rumored to be writing a NetBSD driver for their ISDN card, so > maybe they'll do one for Linux?! Wouldn't it be nice? And much easier on all of u

Re: ISDN Support

1997-04-19 Thread Kevin Traas
pellcaster. > > Canada probably has a National ISDN protocol of it's own A. Don't you just love "standards"? Thanks for the info. Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

CSLIP / TCP/IP Guru Needed

1997-04-19 Thread Kevin Traas
do unnumbered CSLIP interfaces. Is this possible? If so, how do I do it? (Pointers to manual/docs gladly accepted) Do you have any suggestions for other alternatives on how to limit the bandwidth above? Cost _is_ an issue. TIA for your comments, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Rope

Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+ ISA

1997-04-22 Thread Kevin Traas
x27;s great now! Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

dpkg-ftp Error - Suggestions?

1997-04-25 Thread Kevin Traas
TP.pm line 405 FTP ERROR query/setup script returned error exit status 1. Press RETURN to continue. * * dftpVersion 2.2-1 dpkg-ftpVersion 1.4.8 dpkgVersion 1.4.0.6 If you need more info, please ask. Thanks, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA

Re: Downloading Debain

1997-04-25 Thread Kevin Traas
above is: /debian/stable/binary-i386/* Get the Packages file and go through that for info on what's available. Good luck, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: New Hard Disk

1997-04-30 Thread Kevin Traas
access them.) Once you know things are working, then unmount the new fs from /usr/lib, remove the existing structure, and then remount the fs. Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca > cd .. > mount -t ext2 /dev/newpartition /usr/lib > (Now chan

E-Mail Setup Question - new server

1997-04-30 Thread Kevin Traas
ts on vnet will have to exist on hicks before hicks will accept e-mail for those users, right? 2. What problems might I have with incoming mail? i.e. If a message was addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], then it's going to bounce because vnet no longer exists. What about mail addressed to [EMA

FTP problems

1997-05-05 Thread Kevin Traas
ecify a directory to list. i.e. ls . works just fine along with ls /pub , etc Any ideas? Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: NEED info concerning "US Robotics" modem

1997-05-05 Thread Kevin Traas
s under mgetty. They work great Terminal and PPP auto-sensing connections works like a charm and was really easy to get going. (Thanks to Tim Sailer and http://www.buoy.com/isp ) Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAIL

mgetty "auto-telnet" ??

1997-05-07 Thread Kevin Traas
unning on a 486 and a 16port Bocaboard (which I've used and am *very* happy with). So, to get down to my question: Do you have any idea on how to setup mgetty to automatically telnet an incoming connection to another system. (i.e. anyone connecting to ttyS31 should be automatically telnett

Re: Log-in prompt question

1997-05-09 Thread Kevin Traas
the following into your .bash_profile: PS1="\\h\\$ " Hope this helps, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Debian as a server.

1997-05-12 Thread Kevin Traas
Tim, Nils, Bruce, Shaya, Philippe, and all the rest I can't think of off the top of my head Thanks to all for your help. Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Debian as a server.

1997-05-20 Thread Kevin Traas
and you've still got the browser, e-mail, etc. to install & config I'm not a Windoze "lover"; however, each OS certainly has it's strengths (and weaknesses) and, I guess, if holding onto one particular OS is a religious/faith thing for people, then I'm one

Re: mgetty for PPP; Need help

1997-05-21 Thread Kevin Traas
om a client (your Win95 box) and see what happens on each screen. A big problem I once had that I first thought was forwarding was actually a routing problem. (I wasn't using IP_Masq.) ICMP (Pings) were coming in on eth0 and going out on the ppp0, but nothing was coming back. My ISP

Re: Unknown error when I plug cable into NE2000 NIC

1997-05-21 Thread Kevin Traas
K card under DOS? i.e. do you have any diagnostics software available? Send the output of "ifconfig". Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Unknown error when I plug cable into NE2000 NIC

1997-05-22 Thread Kevin Traas
suggestions and running any DOS-based NIC diagnostic software, I can't offer a lot of help with multiple NIC's because I've never had occasion to do it under Linux. Maybe someone else can offer more help. Later, Kevn Traas > On Wed, 21 May 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: > > >

Problem with telnetd ???

1997-05-22 Thread Kevin Traas
going to have to go onsite to fix it and I'd like to have a pretty good idea on what to look for before I get there. TIA for your help, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [E

Re: IP-Accounting HOWTO?

1997-05-23 Thread Kevin Traas
he file is about 500K per day - which gets "emptied" each night by my custom report script. Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: /home was DESTROYED last night.

1997-05-26 Thread Kevin Traas
warm feeling about using > : a system like this as a server right now. This is definitely unusual.... Have you tried running fsck? Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe"

Re: IP-Accounting HOWTO?

1997-05-26 Thread Kevin Traas
ddress. If true, then discard line, move to next Then, run your report script against the "massaged" data that only contains contact with outside world Of course, what I've done to get around this is to run IPX as my LAN protocol and only use IP for internet traffic. Then

Re: Multiple subnets on a single ethernet. Related to routes.

1997-05-27 Thread Kevin Traas
egment? The whole reason for subnetting is to split the same IP "class" across multiple segments. For routing, go with GateD and use OSPF or RIP II if you require routing. Otherwise, if possible, (i.e. you have few hosts, routers, and changes, etc.) just go with static routes. Less

Re: PPP Problem

1997-05-27 Thread Kevin Traas
better) HOWTO's. Go to http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html to find the HOWTO's and mini-HOWTO's. Good luck! Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe&quo

Re: Multiple subnets on a single ethernet. Related to routes.

1997-05-27 Thread Kevin Traas
or GateD help is the GateD mailing list (info at URL above). I have heard rumours of a RedHat GateD package (RPM format). If that is available, that might be an option for you (thanks to the Debian-based RPM package maintainer now available). Good luck! later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondso

Re: mgetty & ppp

1997-05-28 Thread Kevin Traas
omms.) How were you starting mgetty by hand? Same for ppp. Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Internal ISDN TA ??

1997-05-28 Thread Kevin Traas
ISDN TA such as the USR Sportster ISDN or Motorola Bitsurfer Pro Internal. My questions are: Do you know of any internal ISDN TA's that operate via the AT command set? Do either of the two internal examples above work this way? TIA for your help, Kevin Traas Systems Analys

Re: Internal ISDN TA ??

1997-05-28 Thread Kevin Traas
Then you just connect from an ethernet card and your Linux box > knows or cares nothing about ISDN. Free?! That's a good price! Unfortunately, in the "solution" I'm trying to put together, this won't do I need the ISDN card on the Linux box. Thanks for the reply. La

Re: mgetty & ppp

1997-05-28 Thread Kevin Traas
ke dailing to my isp using chat) anymore which is not > what the manual of mgetty suggests. This sounds like a device lock contention problem. Try using /dev/ttyS1 for incoming (i.e. mgetty) and use /dev/cua1 for outgoing (i.e. PPP). Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http

Re: New puter ...

1997-05-29 Thread Kevin Traas
> b/c Intel is putting the PPro out to pastor doesn't make it a bad I like that... ... I'm sure there are a lot of pastor's out there who'd love to get their hands on PPro's -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to

Re: Connecting to Novell network

1997-05-29 Thread Kevin Traas
age spoken on the telephone) The nice thing is that you can "speak" multiple "languages" at the same time on the same "telephone". i.e. You can configure TCP/IP (Linux default), IPX (Netware), and others to all work at the same time on the same ethernet interface. La

Re: mgetty & ppp

1997-05-30 Thread Kevin Traas
> On Wed, 28 May 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: > > > This sounds like a device lock contention problem. Try using > > /dev/ttyS1 for incoming (i.e. mgetty) and use /dev/cua1 for outgoing > > (i.e. PPP). > > NO! > > Don't use cua devices for anything. The

Re: mgetty & ppp

1997-05-30 Thread Kevin Traas
> On Wed, 28 May 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: > > > This sounds like a device lock contention problem. Try using > > /dev/ttyS1 for incoming (i.e. mgetty) and use /dev/cua1 for outgoing > > (i.e. PPP). > > NO! > > Don't use cua devices for anything. The

Re: Debian quality

1997-06-02 Thread Kevin Traas
he new mail client, text editor, daemon, or whatever was needed. The dselect/dpkg installation method is awesome! Kudos to all Debian developers, testers, users, and "GNU"! Thanks so much for a great product. Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://www.eroper.bc.ca -- T

1.2 to 1.3 Upgrade - was Debian quality

1997-06-02 Thread Kevin Traas
> I'm extremely happy with the way Debian 1.3, it's a huge improvement > over 1.2. I'm sure you'll like it too. :-) Is there a list of "improvements" / changes between 1.2.x and 1.3 available? Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper CA http://

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