cron sh ?

2003-03-17 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hello, I have a cron script and a line: ... wget ... -O ~/Base$(data +%H%M).gif and I get the error /bin/sh: -c: line1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)' /bin/sh: -c: line2: syntax error: unexpected end of file I am guessing that because I am running bash via cron that I am missing

Re: cron sh ?

2003-03-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Thanks everyone for their reply. Cron is treating the "%" as newlines and adding a backslash before each "%" solves the problem. It does not appear that tick marks are necessary. ... wget ... -O ~/Base$(data +\%H\%M).gif > > I have a cron script and a line: > > > and I get the error > > /

image backup utility

2002-10-04 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am looking for an imaging backup utility. Linux really isn't a problem but I have win2000 on hda2. I need something that will create the image on hdb2 and that I can simply copy back to hda2 and boot from if need be. Will partimage do this? I don't use win2000 much (games mostly and now work

refreshing wmaker screen

2002-10-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am grabbing images from NWS and putting them on my desktop background. Is there a command I can insert in .xinitrc or somewhere else that will refresh (restart in the menu) the screen so that it will update the images every 30 minutes or so? Lance I am using wmaker as my window manager --

sending email w/perl

2002-10-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a script where I am searching ebay to get results and email these to myself. The filehandle is FILE but everytime I try to insert FILE into the $smtp it prints "FILE" and not the contents of file. What is the fix for this? use WWW::Search; open(FILE,">eltonjohn.txt"); print FILE "Results

recording sound from dsp

2002-10-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Following a thread I read last month I wanted to try and record a radio broadcast I received from the internet. I tried: trplayer http://www.kera.org/broadcast.ram | rawrec test.raw and then sox -t sw -r 44100 -c 2 test.raw test.wav I don't get any sound although the file appears large enough to

Re: recording sound from dsp

2002-10-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
The problem with vsound is when I set it up in a cron script. If I normally record 650M using vsound and I set it up with cron it will record for 1 hour but then when it outputs the file it never completely outputs the whole file. It will stop at 350M or 450M or something. Never the entire 650M.

looping ogg123 file

2002-10-22 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Any ideas on how to create a loop with ogg123 so that I can play the same sound file over and over again? Maybe play it only 3 times? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: refreshing wmaker screen

2002-10-24 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 08:18:56PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > I am grabbing images from NWS and putting > > them on my desktop background. Is there > > a command I can insert in .xinitrc or somewhere > > else that will refresh (restart in the menu) > >

programs to run at X startup

2002-10-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have some programs I wish to run when X starts up. I tried putting these in my .xinitrc but I guess that is the wrong place since they are not being run. Where do I need to put these? I would rather not put them in autostart because I want them to be run no matter which window manager I am

Re: programs to run at X startup

2002-10-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
t; > On Fri Oct 25, 2002 at 06:15:52PM -0500, the boisterous > Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote to me: > > Does it matter if I am running a startup manager like > > KDM? > > I'm not aware of this, but maybe man Xsession will give you some hints.

html as background

2002-11-01 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Anyone know if there is a way to put an htnl page as a background in a window manager (windowmaker)? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: html as background

2002-11-02 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
> > Hello Lance, > > On Nov 2, Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | Anyone know if there is a way to put an htnl page > | as a background in a window manager (windowmaker)? > > Hmmm. Load it in a web browser, print to file, convert the ps to a

removing lines from a file

2002-11-02 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I know this has come up before but what is the best way to remove lines 5-10 and lines 16-20 from a file using the console and a batch file? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

restart command in wmaker

2002-11-02 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
There is a menu item under exit/restart in wmaker that I use a lot. Does anyone know what the actual command this is using? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

sys time ?

2002-11-03 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
My time gets set through nptdate at startup. Time is fine in Linux but if I boot into Win2000 the time is 6hr off (CST). What do I need to do so that time is correct in both systems? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

dhelp "don't have permission to access dir"

2002-11-05 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
When I type dhelp or try to access localhost/doc/HTML/index.html I get an error saying I do not have permission to access doc/HTML/index.html on this server. This happens even if I am root. How do I fix this? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

setting HOME in shell script

2002-11-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a script located in ~/bin/map/ that runs fine when start it manually but when I set it up in a cron job it wants to run from "~" so that a couple of things don't work because they are in ~/bin/map and not in ~. Can I "set HOME = ~/bin/map" so that it only applies to this shell and not global

restarting all services

2002-11-08 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
How can I restart all services without rebooting? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

bash/cron help

2002-11-14 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am having a problem with this script. It works fine if I run it from a command line. If I try and run it from cron the images that are in ~/bin/Weathermap/images that get embedded during html2ps do not get embedded. Also, unless I specify the path the working dir appears to be /home/lance and n

calendar formats

2002-11-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Anyone know if there is a way to create a calendar file where one can imply "Every other Thursday" or "Once every other Wednesday"? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: calendar formats

2002-11-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
> > Anyone know if there is a way to create a calendar file where one > > can imply "Every other Thursday" or "Once every other Wednesday"? > > In what program? Generally, you could do it in nearly anything by > making a cyclic or repeating event which repeats every 2 weeks > starting on a Thursd

lost cursor w/fbi

2002-11-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Whenever I use fbi or fbgs in a console I lose my cursor. Anyone else have this problem? How do I get the cursor back? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lost cursor w/fbi

2002-11-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
> > Whenever I use fbi or fbgs in a console > > I lose my cursor. Anyone else have this > > problem? How do I get the cursor back? > > > > Lance > > What do you mean - while the image is still on the screen, or after you > return to the command line? > -- Firstly, I am running from a console

Re: lost cursor w/fbi

2002-11-22 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
> On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 08:35, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > > > Whenever I use fbi or fbgs in a console > > > > I lose my cursor. Anyone else have this > > > > problem? How do I get the cursor back? > > > > > > > > Lance > > &

hosts.deny specific domains

2002-11-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a home network and I have been having certain IP's probe my samba ports. I want to deny all access to these IP's. Would I put some sort of commands in my hosts.deny file? If so, what? Any other recommendations? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Promise Raid onboard howto install

2002-12-06 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Anyone know the steps to installing drivers so I can use the Promise Raid 20265/20276 Controller on my motherboard. I am using kernel 2.4.18 with devfs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lilo hangs @ 'L'

2002-12-09 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
When booting my system lilo hangs at 'L'. I can boot from the floppy fine. This occurs when booting from the harddrive only. No error code just 'L' How do i fix? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lilo hangs @ 'L'

2002-12-09 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
> A better solution of course would be to simply > reinstall Lilo reinstall Lilo? Do you mean simply type lilo at the prompt or apt-get reinstall install lilo? > to the MBR - it will boot '95 just fine, but try the > above if > you don't want to go that route. > > As well as this: > > On my

KVM locks tty

2002-12-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a kvm switch and every time I am in a console and switch back and forth it locks up the console. I have to be on tty8 or in X for the switch in work. In X, a switch to another computer and back will screw up the mouse and I have to go to a tty and back into X for the mouse to work properly

surfraw

2002-12-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Anyone setup surfraw? I am wondering how I can set it up so that the output is dumped to the screen instead of opening a browser, if possible? I search "google chili" and surfraw opens "links" with the results. I would prefer results to scroll the screen like "dict chili". Will surfraw do this

jigdo iso bootable?

2003-01-03 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I just created an ISO with jigdo-lite. Are jigdo created iso's bootable? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lilo append ?

2003-01-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have finally got my promise ATA drivers working but I have to manually append the ide addresses at the boot prompt. I have tried using the append in lilo.conf but it does not work. # Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go # here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `ker

lilo append ?

2003-01-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am trying to append ATA addresses to lilo.conf, but to no avail. # Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go # here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in # the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory. # append="ide1=0xbc00,0xbc002,18" # Boot up Linu

md driver?

2003-01-09 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
During boot I keep getting: md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 md: could not lock [dev 08:01], zero-size? Marking faulty. What is this? If I determine I don't need it how do I remove it in the kernel? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

PAM messages

2003-01-09 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I keep getting messages like: PAM_unix[982]: (cron) session closed for user lance on my console. How do I stop this? lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

boot problems

2003-01-11 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I can boot from a floppy but not from the HD. The boot process stops at "L" with no error. I have tried adding "Linear" to lilo.conf and I have also run liloconfig. Any suggestion? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: boot problems

2003-01-12 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
#lba32 linear boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda1 install=/boot/boot-menu.b map=/boot/map delay=20 prompt timeout=150 vga=normal default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only image=/vmlinuz.old label=Linux-2.4.14 read-only optional # /etc/fstab: static file s

Can start Xserver as user

1999-06-10 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Just recently as lost be ability to start an Xwindow as a user. Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: server must be running with root permissions. You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm. We strongly advise against making the server SUID root! X connection to :0.0 broken (expl

Re: Can't start Xserver as user

1999-06-10 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
> On Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 07:26:34PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > Just recently as lost be ability to start an Xwindow as a user. > > > > Fatal server error: > > xf86OpenConsole: server must be running with root permissions. You should > > be using > &

More on Can't start Xserver as user

1999-06-10 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 07:26:34PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > Just recently as lost be ability to start an Xwindow as a user. > > > > Fatal server error: > > xf86OpenConsole: server must be running with ro

Recursively changes rights for directories only?

1999-06-14 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
As root I moved a directory structure. So that any user could read/write files I recursively changed modes for all files and directories to rw (i.e. chmod 666 *). Dumb me, eh? I now need to recursively change all directories only to xr instead of rw. What is an easy and quick way to do thi

procmailrc file suspicious?

1999-07-03 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I had a directory named '~' the other day and tried to delete it. Needless to say it started to delete my home directory. Now when I use fetchmail and it tries to read my .procmailrc it tells me it is a suspicious file and won't read it. Anyone know what is going on here? My rights are set

suspicious .procmailrc revisited

1999-07-03 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a bash command to reach my ISP alias getmail="fetchmail -m '/usr/bin/procmail -f - ' " /home/lance/.procmailrc is 'owner = lance' 'group = lance' given rwx rwx and other given read-only rights here is the error I get reading message 1 of 1 (746 octets) proc

2 Emacs Questions

1999-02-09 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
How do I search and replace 'hard-returns' or 'line-breaks'? I searched dejanews and the only thing I could find was to use C-q 'Enter' 'Enter' with Alt-Shift %, but when I try this I get 'No search patterns found'. Thanks Lance

A.out or ELF

1999-02-10 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
When downloading tar files how can I determine whether my system needs A.out type files or ELF type files? I have a cirrux 686 chip if that helps any? Lance

Removeing N lines from a file

1999-02-11 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
How can I use gawk or some other program to remove a number of lines from a text file. Initially, I only need to delete the top 10 lines from a file but it might be useful to know how to delete lines from any part of the file. The top 10 lines from each of these files vary in what they may contai

Help with lilo.conf and booting

1999-02-13 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am trying to setup my system to run a zipdrive and printer using kernel2.2.0. I have installed ppa directly into the kernel and it was suggested that I add the lines to append below. Dmesg gives me the message below. Any suggestions on getting printer and/or zip support on boot? I have the fo

Odd Mutt Behavior

1999-02-17 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a directory structure that looks something like this: MAIL Psycholoquy Trash OPERATING SYSTEMS Debian OS2 STATISTICS S-News Stat-L I have mutt setup to open in MAIL and I can switch folders, most of the time. I can go into the OPERATING SYSTEMS subdirectory and

Auto Login at Boot?

1999-02-21 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
IN trying to find out if there was a way to automatically login during boot or to login to different terminals at boot I ran across this program. Not being a C programmer I don't really understand what is happening in this program. It looks as if a password can be accepted as an argument but in th

Proxy Setup for Netscape and Junkbuster

1999-02-21 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
What should my port be set to in Netscape when running Junkbuster? In the FAQ it says 8000 and in the Manual it says 5865? When I run either one of these I keep getting error messages in Netscape that Network connection is refused by server! Lance

Junkbuster and Mail Problems

1999-02-24 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
So I set the http proxy to localhost with a port of 5865 and the security proxy to localhost with a port of 5865. I am able to surf around but now I cannot retrieve mail through Netscape unless I reset the proxy back to Automatic detection. What's up with this? Anyone know? Lance

Help with Procmail configuration

1999-02-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am running fetchmail and procmail to get my mail off of a ppp. I am a single user and I wish for my mail to go into a global directory I setup for mail '/Mail.and.New/Mail/Inbox'. In the procmailrc I setup the following variables: MAILDIR = /Mail.and.News/Mail LOGFILE = _logfile VERBOSE = yes

NOte on PRocmail Configuration

1999-02-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I meant to say that everything keeps going to backup while nothing is going into Inbox or the filters Lance

Help w Xemacs and hscroll-mode

1999-03-05 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have hscroll-mode in emacs but don't appear to have it in Xemacs 20.4. What happened to this mode and how do I get it back into Xemacs 20.4? also, when I start emacs the first time I type a character I get an error 'while opening UMTP file: no such file or directory' but if I scroll down a

Using Procmail - mail won't deliver to Default

1999-03-05 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
in .procmailrc SHELL = /bin/sh MAILDIR =$HOME/Mail LOGFILE =$HOME/_logfile VERBOSE = yes LOGABSTRACT = no PATH = /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin/mh DEFAULT=Inbox #ORGMAIL=/var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME but mail does not go to Inbox. I have also trie

Exim configuration

1999-03-05 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
What do I need to add to exim.conf to be able to send mail. I have a PPP connection to a provider and use fetchmail to get mail but I cannot send mail except through netscape. In /var/log/exim/mainlog.01 SMTP error from remote mailer after Mail From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=2522: host smtp-gw0

mutt-Netscape and nmh

1999-03-06 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have been using Netscape and more recently mutt to download and read mail. I installed nmh so that I could 'burst' digests apart but it doesn't seem that nmh and netscape/mutt folders are compatible. Is this a correct assumption? If I use 'folders' nmh lists my folder directories but doesn't l

MH folders, grepmail, and procmail

1999-03-10 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am a single user connecting through a remote POP host. I use fetchmail -m 'procmail -f -' to retrieve my mail. How do I get procmail to deliver mail to my MH folders? The procmailex file suggests using rvcstore but the current distribution of nmh does not appear to have this file. How can I

dvisvga and resolution problems

1999-03-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I ran trying to setup dvisvga to get 800x600 resolution but all that it will allow me is 320x200. I have a matrox millinium card and I am currently running libsvga on my console so I know I have the capabilities. Everytime I try to set the mode by dvisvga -d800x600 I get the following error

Re: Kernel Panic SOLVED Questions concerning incident

1999-03-31 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I went into OS2 and used e2fsck on the partition and fixed the structure. I now have two questions regarding this incident: Why didn't Linux fix the file system at boot? Why did I have to do it from OS2? When I booted back into Linux I got /dev/hda5 reached maximal mount count, check forced

Where can I find ps and top

1999-03-31 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I seem to have lost the 'ps' and 'top' commands. What package contains these files? Lance

Can't connect to display :0?

1999-04-01 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I was trying to run a setup program in X. I logged in as su and ran the script. This was the error message. The Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server error is the same message I get when I try to run rvplayer. What does the error mean and how do I fix it? Spawning X setup utility for

Addressbook problems

1998-12-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am learning to use 'addressbook'. It is supposed to work in either X11 or text mode. It works in X11 but when I try to use it from a command prompt I get the follownig error message: application-specific initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable can't read "tk

How do I set up process on login?

1998-12-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a script file that I want to run whenever someone logs in. It reads an anniversaru file and lists any anniversarys for the month. If I put 'exec anniversary' in the .bashrc or .bash_profile file the script will run but then the login process stops and goes back to "login: ". How do I set

Problems with Pine (set term?)

1998-12-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
When I try and start Pine and get an error Terminal type 'linux' us unknown Does anyone know what this error message is telling me and how can I fix it. The reason I am using Pine is because I wish to have a command-line mail reader that will connect to the same Inbox and folder directory that N

Problems identifying libXmHTML.so.1.1

1999-02-06 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Everytime I try installing a file (tar or deb) I get an error message ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmHTML.so.1.1 and ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/libhttp.so.0.1 but I checked and both of these files are in the directory. So, why will they not be re

Zip detection in Kernel2.2.0 Problems

1999-02-06 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
When loading the kernel I get ppa: Version2.03 (for Linux 2.2.0) Warning - no ppa compatible devices found. My zipdrive is connected to my parallel port with the printer connected to the zipdrive. I have had the zip for around 3 years so I do not believe it is one of the newer types (plus my cab

How to find files by text/subdirectories

1999-02-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
What is the easiest way to locates files (say HTML) by text in their documents? 4DOS ffind is essentially what I am trying to do. Is there a way to pipe 'find'? Or do I need to use gawk? When I tried using gawk it would not allow me to search multiple directories. I find never used gawk before

How to put parport before printer at boot?

1999-08-13 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I was reading a HOWTO the other day on Zips and it was mentioned that if the printer is loaded before parport (or ppa, I don't remember which) that parport will say that the port is busy and won't recognize the Zipdrive. I believe this is happening when I boot so I was wondering how I change th

bash and parameters

1999-08-14 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
When I create a shell script how do I pass parameters to it? For example, if I want to create a directory based on a name I pass to the program with a shell script called mkmine the command would look like "mkmine Mydir" and this would create a directory called "Mydir" would the script simply

SCSI Zip help - Dmesg meaning?

1999-08-16 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am trying to get a Iomega SCSI Zip working on my system. I installed scsi support and compiled the kernel. I am new to SCSI cards and don't know anything about them. When I boot I get the following messages: aha152x: processing commandline: ok aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 contr

How do I mount SCSI Tape Drive?

1999-08-21 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I finally got my SCSI card to work (interrupt conflicts with network card!). Now I need to figure out how to mount the tape drive. proc gives me this: cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 Vendor: CONNER Model: CTT8000-SRev: 1.17 Type: Seq

SCSI Tape Problem Solved

1999-08-21 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Problem solved. Silly me, I loaded the Tape driver as a module. Once I loaded the module I found out the tape drive was in /dev/st0 Lance

Home Network Setup Help

1999-08-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I installed my Debian system as a single user PC but now want to configure this machine as a Server for a Network. I realized very quickly that the slackware book I have that describes setting up a network is a little different than the debian system I have installed. Where can I find any inf

HD full, 50% yesterday

1999-08-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am being told that my hardrive is full. Yesterday it was only 50% of capacity. The last time I was on the computer I had "screen" with "emacs" open, and TCD. I have not downloading any other information. Any suggestions on what I can check out to figure out how my harddrive reached this ca

timidity help-libncurses.so.2.0 not found

1999-09-03 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I just used apt-get to download timidity but when I try to run timidity it tells me: timidity: can't load library 'libncurses.so.2.0' I looked in /usr/lib and found libncurses.so but no libncurses.so.2.0. What can I try so that timidity will work. Lance

DNS and IP MASQ

1999-09-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a server that dials into the internet with a client attached on a home network. My IP MASQ is working and the client can connect to the internet, but only using IP Addresses. The client cannot connect using domain names. So , the connection is 10.254.2.2 --eth0---> 10.254.2.1p

.emacs setup question

1999-09-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am trying to get emacs to open dvi2tty in console and tkdvi in X. The syntax I saw was: (setq tex-dvi-view-command (if (eq window-system 'x) "tkdvi" "dvi2tty * ")) but this does not seem to work. How do I modify this so that different viewer will be used depening on whether I am

Re: .emacs setup question

1999-09-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Sorry, I assumed that someone had already set this up and would know what stupid thing I missed without me having to go into any extra details. In the console when I type Ctrl-C Ctrl-C (Default View) RET View Command: dvi2tty -q -w 132 foo In X Ctrl-C Ctrl-C (Default View) RET View Command:

keymap error when closing X

1999-10-02 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I get the following when closing Xwindows. What does this mean? How do I fix it? System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfr

no /dev/dsp

1999-10-02 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I keep getting an error that there is no /dev/dsp whenever I exit from Xwindows. This error is associated with Esound. I also get the error when trying to start ViaVoice. I have a Sound Blaster PNP16. What is dsp? Is there a way I can get the device /dsp on my system. Lance

Error in kernel compile

1999-05-12 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am using kpkg to compile (or trying to compile) kernel 2.2.5. I have used this before with success but I am currently having problems and am wondering if someone can help me figure out where to start on fixing this error. ../../gcc/haifa-sched.c:6749: Internal compiler error in function sched

HP LJ 6P setup?

1999-05-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am trying to useg magicfilter with an HP Laserjet 6pse. It does not seem that magicfilter has a filter for a 6P. Can someone tell me how to set this up? I am assuming that all I need to type is lpr 'file' to print a file. Does this also apply to postscript files? i.e. lpr file.ps? Thanks

Knews Question

1999-10-09 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a dialup PPP provider. Everytime I open up Knews it wants to go to my provider and retrieve the entire news file (or at least I guess this is what it does). I already have a .newsrc-new1.ibm.net file in my home directory that Netscape and GNUS uses. Is there a way to have Knews use th

X and backspace (sometimes)

1999-10-13 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have somewhat of an odd problem. In X some apps have a backspace capacity such as Xemacs and Gnome-terminal while others do not (Netscape, xterm). What might be causing this and what can I do to solve this problem? Lance

no /dev/dsp Continued

1999-10-13 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Maybe I should rephrase the question here. I have sound to some extent. I can play *.wav files and CD's from tcd. A couple of apps will not work though. Timidity gives me an error of 'no /dev/dsp' and IBM's ViaVoice gives me the same error. I have performed a MAKEDEV /dev/audio in the /dev di

IP Masq question

1999-10-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am trying to setup IP MASQ on a home network. I am running Potato. I have the server which we will call C1 and one client which we will call C2. I have setup C1 for caching DNS. I have also setup C1 for IP Masquarading. I am having problems getting C2 to connect to the internet using name

creating ttyS5?

1999-11-11 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I just purchased a pci-modem from Actiontec that uses a Lucent chip and on the box it says it is compatible with Linux. I have to create a ttyS4 (com 5) I have done a /dev/MAKEDEV ttyS4 and this appears to create the file. I then try to setserial /dev/ttyS4 uart 16550A port 0xd800 irq 5 but I

Printing Problems

1998-10-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have been trying to follow the Printing-HOWTO instructions, but to no avail. In my printcap I have lp :sd:/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :mx#0\ :lp=/dev/lp1:\ :sh: (I don't have a filter yet, I am just trying to get something out of the printer) When I type 'lp test' I get an error message: transf

RE: Still having Printer Problems

1998-10-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
OK, this is how my printcap looks. I still get the insidious message 'transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed' What could be causing this? OR, what can I change in my printcap that mught get my printer working. It is an HP660C but I would think I could still get garbage out of it by typing 'lp test'?

Still having Printer Problems

1998-11-05 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
In my attempt to isolate why I can't print I came across a potential problem. When I installed Linux I had a parallel port Zip Drive attached to my printer port. If I type 'mount /dev/sda Zip' I am able to mount the zip drive. Since my printer is connected to the Zip drive I was wondering if t

Re:Re: Still having Printer Problems

1998-11-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Installable modules, eh? A feature I was not aware of. The modules I have installed are 'serial', 'hpfs', and 'vfat'. I know to type 'insmod' to install a module. How do I either install the module to print or uninstall the module supporting the Zip drive so that I can print. I am using kernal

Kernel Too Big Error?

1998-11-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am trying to compile 2.1.127. I have tried make zImage and I get an error that System is too big. Using bzImage the kernel compiles but is 1.5 M and when I run lilo to remap I get the error that the system is too big. What can I do to correct this? I am compiling sound and various other modules

xfig and meta key

1998-12-06 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a two button mouse and in xfig I am supposed to be able to simulate the middle button of a three button mouse by pressing the meta key and the right mouse button at the same time. This does not seem to work but in emacs I can use the alt key as as meta so it does not appear to be that my me

Graphic Libs for WindowMaker 0.20.1

1998-12-06 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have WindowMaker 0.20.1. I cannot get the theme jpeg's to come up and I get 'unsupported image' message when I try to open a theme. What graghic libraries to I need to get the jpeg backgrounds to come up? Lance

script to search ebay?

2002-09-01 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
not search. It just goes to the search page? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people fo

dual processor website/howto

2002-09-17 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Can someone point me to a website that covers advantages/disadvantages of a dual processor machine over a single processor machine, especially in linux? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

running ntpdate as user

2002-09-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Anyone know what I need to change in order to run ntpdate as a user without using su sudo ...? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

devfs changing group id for device

2002-09-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
How do I change the group ID for a device with devfs? Right now my scanner is on: crwx--1 root root 21, 1 Dec 31 1969 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target5/lun0/generic I have to go in and chmod 777 to run the scanner as a user. I would like to set the device up as crwxrwx--- and chan

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