Re: Debian2.0 and tetex

Graham Pople ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > There is a version of tetex-base 0.9 to go with the available version of > tetex-bin 0.9. It's somewhere on Debian's FTP server, here: > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/tex/ > Just right-click on the tetex-base0.9 directory, and se

Spreadsheets and siag

Has anyone had any experience with siag (Scheme in a Grid)? I have looked at the web page (http://www.edu.stockholm.se/siag/) and it looks pretty good. But it would be nice to get some feedback from people who have actually used it! How good is it and how does it compare to other spreadsheets?

Mirroring hamm from different sites - timestamp.txt?

I want to mirror hamm on my machine at home, but because the site I was mirroring from died, I am now mirroring from a different site. The problem is that mirroring doesn't seem to neccessarily keep the same time stamp for some reason (to do with timezones), hence if I switch to another site with

How to find fastest mirror.

I want to know which site to mirror debian from and want to choose the fastest naturally. I have pinged different sites to find which has the fastest return times. But this method may not be the best, because some sites may slow down significantly when the load is increased. Is there any better

Re: Telnet Proxy anyone?

> On Tue, Apr 21, 1998 at 04:39:23PM +1200, Richard L Shepherd wrote: > > Has anyone heard of a telnet-proxy package (especially for linux and > > Debian of course)? > > > > We have some people who have (and want to keep) their subnet blocked > > for offsite access (so they do all their WWW brows

Can't find bo->hamm upgrade instructions.

Hi, I am currently running a bo system, but want to upgrade to hamm. I think I have read that upgrading to hamm requires special care and involves taking special steps. I was under the impression that there existed documentation that would explain all this, however I have searched a debian mirr

Where is font "-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"?

When I try to run either fr (filerunner) or tkman, it comes up with similar messages, both complaining about the lack of the font: "-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*" It works fine on my machine at home, and as far as I can tell, they both have the same fonts installed. So, what

pppd complains link isn't 8-bit clean!

Hi, A friend and I have been having problems getting ppp to work on his laptop. Everything works with the chat script until just after ppp is engaged. Then it complains as follows. pppd Serial connection established Using interface ppp0 Connect:ppp0 <-> /dev/ttyS1 LCP: timeout sending Config-R

How are .Xdefaults files handled under Debian?

Hi, I added the line: xterm.scrollBar:true In a .Xdefaults file to turn on scrollbars automatically on xterms, but X seemed to ignore this. How does Debian deal with Xdefaults? And where can I read about these things? Thanks, Mark. _/\___/~~\___

Re: Where is "-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"?

I didn't receive any reply to the following. Does nobody know? On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > > When I try to run either fr (filerunner) or tkman, it comes up with > similar messages, both complaining about the lack of the font: > > "-Adobe-Helve

Re: How are .Xdefaults files handled under Debian?

On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, bleach wrote: > Shouldn't it be: xterm*scrollBar:true (on) Maybe. I was copying another file. How did you find out about the correct format? > > On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I added the line: > > > > xterm.scrollBar:

Existant Font isn't found!

I am trying to run a number of programs like filerunner and tkman, but get errors like: font "-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*" doesn't exist However this font _does_ exist as can be seen when I execute the command: $ find /usr/lib/X11/fonts \( -name fonts.dir -o -name fonts.al

Re: Existant Font isn't found!

On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Daniel Martin wrote: > On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > > > I am trying to run a number of programs like filerunner and tkman, but get > > errors like: > > > > font "-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*&

PCMCIA modem is silent

My friend's Toshiba laptop has a PCMCIA modem card. When it is dialing the number, you can't hear it - it doesn't make any sound. I've tried lots of things like atm1, atm2, checking for interrupt conflicts, but nothing seems to work. I've even tried borrowing someone else's modem card and tryi

Re: PCMCIA modem is silent

> > My friend's Toshiba laptop has a PCMCIA modem card. When it is > > dialing the number, you can't hear it - it doesn't make any sound. > > Toshiba laptops have a hotkey combination to control the audio output. > On my 610CT it is fn/f-4. You might want to make sure that the speaker > hasn'

Spreadsheets

Hi, Two questions: 1. Is the spreadsheet wingz available for debian - I couldn't find it. Or is there a spreadsheet which allows the importation of wingz files? 2. Which spreadsheet to people recommend? Thanks, Mark. _/\___/~~\__

Mysteriously Unsubscribed

Hi, Either this list has gone suddenly silent since about the 10th of December, or I have been mysteriously unsubscribed from debian-user-digest. I suspect the latter and have just sent off an email to be subscribed again. This isn't the first time it has happened, and last time I was unsubscri

Next release of Debian - when?

When is Debian 1.4 coming out officially? I thought Debian was now working on roughly a three month cycle time for new releases - are we giving up on this strategy? Cheers, Mark. _/\___/~~\ /~~\_/~~\__/~~\

debian-user-digest not working???

Hi, I haven't received any debian-user digests now since about 9th or 10th of December! Does this mean there is some problem with the mailing of the digests? I tried resubscribing to the list just in case I had been accidently unsubscribed, but I still haven't received anything! Cheers, Mark.

Re: emacs, X, and Alt key

> I used dselect's FTP mode to install emacs-19.34, X, and AfterStep. > My problem is that *neither* `Alt' key is being interpreted as `Meta' > by emacs. AfterStep's `Alt-Tab' combination works well enough to switch > between windows. > > I much prefer `Alt-x' to `Esc-x' as a means of entering a

Re: emacs, X, and Alt key

I, like Thomas Vaughan, have been having problems getting emacs to recognise the Alt key under X. (The system is a Toshiba laptop.) Daniel Martin wrote: > What is the result of the following commands: > xmodmap > xmodmap -pke | grep -E '64|11[356]' Here are the results: $ xmodmap xmodmap: up

Re: emacs, X, and Alt key--SOLVED!

On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: > Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I, like Thomas Vaughan, have been having problems getting emacs to > > recognise the Alt key under X. (The system is a Toshiba laptop.) > > The `problem' is tha

RPM and dpkg merger

Why don't we merge the two package management systems? It would be in Linux's best interest in the long term to have a single packaging standard. Is this feasible? - Mar

No nfs, no boot

other machine, but the thing which worried me most was the fact that the attempt to nfs mount didn't timeout. Which means that my system is entirely dependent on the other system in order to boot. Why is this so? Thanks.

Would Debian tell a fib?

know where it is? Or is there now a new way of finding out what the flags mean? Thanks. ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" -

Homer has the ppp blues :-(

p root 5764 0.2 3.2 888 480 a1 S 12:07 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd conn root 5894 0.0 1.9 896 288 p3 S 12:13 0:00 grep ppp - Mark Ph

Do teTeX packages work well?

? Thanks for your help. Mark. - Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed

Re: Homer has the ppp blues :-(

On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Mark Phillips wrote: > > As I already explained, pppd has a nasty habit of thinking the link is > > dead when it isn't really. With the old setup, the "persist" option > > simply told pppd to renegotiate "

Re: Do teTeX packages work well?

fully about how to get the best possible TeX distribution. I think for a lot of people, having a great TeX distribution would be a major selling point for the distribution. At the moment, Debian's TeX direction seems a little confused. -

Re: Homer has the ppp blues :-(

and basically how a modem works. I really don't have a clear picture at the moment. Thanks. - Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"

Re: Do teTeX packages work well?

Paul Seelig writes: > Mark Phillips writes: > > > I think it is in Debian's interest to think carefully about how to get > > the best possible TeX distribution. I think for a lot of people, having > > a great TeX distribution would be a major selling point for

ioctl: Invalid argument

Hi, I am trying to set my system clock, but get the error: /sbin/clock -u -w ioctl: Invalid argument Any ideas about what's wrong? Thanks. - Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROT

/sbin/clock not ticking

When I try and set the CMOS clock I get the following error: # /sbin/clock -u -w ioctl: Invalid argument I would be most grateful if someone could tell me why it doesn't work. Thanks. - Mark Phi

Re: /sbin/clock not ticking

o.5.4.23", O_RDONLY) = 3 I don't know whether this would have anything to do with it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. - Mark Phillips

Upgrading 1.2 -> 1.3

ct can't handle missing files even if they're not needed? Any way to get around the problem. Debian is so big now that a solution needs to be found, other wise I will have tremendous problems installing Debian. Thanks in advance for your help, ----

Can't deinstall package

rid of it? Thanks, ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-

plog doesn't work anymore under 1.3

Any ideas? - Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" -

[PPP] pon and plog not working

Hi, A friend of mine has installed debian on his laptop. I tried running pon. It runs without complaining, but doesn't do anything much. The modem doesn't make any of the usual noises associated with an attempt to connect. When I do plog, it comes up blank. When I do a ps, it seems that pon h

Compiling kernel "rm -rf asm linux scsi"?

Hi, I am trying to compile the kernel. The README says I should make sure "/usr/include/asm, /usr/include/linux, and /usr/include/scsi directories are just symlinks to the kernel sources". They are not, so should I do a "rm -rf asm linux scsi" as they suggest? Does this interfere with dpkg man

Re: [PPP] pon and plog not working

On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > A friend of mine has installed debian on his laptop. I tried running pon. > > It runs without complaining, but doesn't do anything much. The modem > > doesn't make any o

Re: [PPP] pon and plog not working

On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Jeff Gunter wrote: > Silly question: can he use the modem at all? Is he using a pcmcia modem or > hooking up to a serial port? Some pcmcia configs have trouble w/ interrupt > conflicts... I'm not sure if he can use the modem at all. I'll see if I can find out. He is usin

Re: [PPP] pon and plog not working (fwd)

Hi, Well I don't know why, but plog has suddenly started to work. At least we now have a clue as to why pon isn't working. It comes up with the following: Oct 21 22:36:51 genoa pppd[239]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 Oct 21 22:36:51 genoa pppd[239]: tcgetattr: I/O error Oct 21 22:36:51 ge

Laptop modem in need of psychiatric help.

Hi, A friend has been having trouble with his modem. It is a pcmcia card modem for his Toshiba laptop. Upon installing debian, we decided to try and get pon working. After setting up the scripts, we ran pon. We couldn't hear any sound of dialing from the modem, and running plog displayed noth

/proc/interrupts - conflicts?

Can you tell, just by looking at /proc/interrupts, whether there is an interrupt conflict? In particular, how does it work for pcmcia cards for a laptop? Thanks, Mark. _/\___/~~\ /~~\_/~~\__/~~\__M

Where is /etc/hosts in Debian?

Hi, I can't find a /etc/hosts file in the Debian distribution. When I go dpkg --search etc/hosts it doesn't find it. Does Debian have this file? The lack of it has cause problems for a friend. He wrote: > Whenever I have PCMCIA cards running on my (Toshiba) laptop it is > impossib

Re: Where is /etc/hosts in Debian?

On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Adam Shand wrote: > > I can't find a /etc/hosts file in the Debian distribution. When I go > > > > dpkg --search etc/hosts > > > > it doesn't find it. Does Debian have this file? > > Yep Debian does have it and it is called /etc/hosts . If it doesn't exist > just cre

ALT key in X for Emacs

Hi, The ALT key works under emacs when in console mode. But it doesn't work under X. Is there any reason for this? How can I fix it? Perhaps I need to use xmodmap? I heard something about a userfriendly version of this. Does anyone know what it's called? Thanks, Mark. _/\___/~~~

Re: Can't deinstall package

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Christian Hudon wrote: > On Jun 16, Mark Phillips wrote > > > > I have a package "kernel-source-1.99.7" which for some reason is half > > installed. When I try to deinstall it I get this: > [snip] > > > > How do I get rid

Re: Can't deinstall package

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Christian Hudon wrote: > On Jun 18, Mark Phillips wrote > > > > Thanks for the advice. I gave it a go and came up with: > > > > # dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq kernel-source-1.99.7 > > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --

Re: plog doesn't work anymore under 1.3

On 16 Jun 1997, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: > >>>>> "MP" == Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > MP> Hi, > > MP> I had a look at /var/log/ppp.log and it is empty. It seems like > MP> this file is no longer written to??? >

Re: Can't deinstall package

urce-1.99.7.postrm Thanks for your help, ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" --

Installing Debian Problem: can't see parallel port CD

ebian user. However if he can't get Debian working soon, I suspect he will go for another distribution. Thanks, Mark. ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They to

Matlab for Debian?

Can you get Matlab for Debian? Someone told me that Matlab is only supported by RedHat. Does anyone know? Thanks. - Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me

Installing Debian and PCMCIA

ckage installed - as part of base? Thanks, ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ...

Re: Installing Debian Problem: can't see parallel port CD

Anyway, thanks for your reply and tip about reading the SCSI-HOWTO. ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pcmcia-modules_2.0.29 won't install !!

t included in the bo distribution. Hence I am stuck. Anybody know where pcmcia-cs_2.9.5-2 is? Or know of a solution? Thanks. Mark. ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Th

laptop install problem - pcmcia-eth card can't access internet

directory /lib/modules/2.0.29/pcmcia not found. What do I need to do to get a laptop with a pcmcia ethernet card, connected to the network. Thanks, ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pcmcia modules problem

fine some aliases in /etc/modules.conf as > well. What do you mean here by defining "some aliases in /etc/modules.conf"? Thanks for your help. ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROT

source missing for pcmcia-modules

Am I mistaken or is the source for the two pcmcia-modules packages missing in the source directory of bo? First the modules package doesn't work properly, now I can't even get the source to compile it myself!

Toshiba laptop install: can't get X or mouse to work

m to work. Any ideas? Thanks. - Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" ---

Where can I download Netscape from?

hanks. - Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

/dev/cua1 not there! -- so can't use modem

particular, what device should my friend use for his modem? Thanks. - Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and

Where can I get libtermcap.so.2 ?

I did a dpkg --search libtermcap.so.2 and it couldn't find it. Does that mean that it doesn't exist anywhere in the debian distribution? Does anyone know where I can get it from? Thanks. - Mark Phill

PCMCIA packages cause X problems and emacs problems

im to try? Thanks, Mark. ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

emacs doesn't use AUC TeX

I have installed the auctex package, but when I use emacs to edit a file with a .tex ending, AUC TeX is not invoked. Why isn't it working? Thanks. - Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROT

Problem installing auctex -- clash with site-start.el

s to have fixed the problem, but there should be a better fix. ----- Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They told me I was gullible ...

PCMCIA problems with Debian 1.3

x27;t have gcc etc on the laptop to do the compiling). In this case the best thing to do is to create the pcmcia-modules package on another debian machine and copy it across. Hope this helps, Mark. - Mar

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

this list is a difficult one. We need better methods of handling it, but we must be careful that in doing so we don't damage the usefulness of the list. The proposal I've outlined above is the best I could come up with after thinking about the problem. Cheers, Mark. ---

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

to help out." If we have separate lists, we are in danger of losing this. Those who have the "community spirit" would be likely to subscribe to all the lists anyway - so where is the gain? Maybe I'm wrong on this last point, but its a concern I have. And maybe I'm right?

Re: A little consideration, please?

for the great work he has done and to let him know that it is appreciated, even if it doesn't always seem that way. Once again, thanks and keep it up, Mark Phillips. _/\___/~~\ /~~\_/~~\__/~~\_

Re: Linux in Wired

> Absolutely. Linux also needs marketing, marketing, and more marketing. > I can only think of one business need that Linux based systems don't > support - OCR. Everything else is available. What about something like Pagemaker? We have xfig, but it really doesn't do the same thing. Pagemaker

Re: Linux in Wired

> Speaking as some-one whose always worked in the Commercial (ie > Corporate) sphere (and not trying to flame), you miss the subtle but > key problem with free software in a corporate environment > > ...There's no-one to scream-at/sue/blame if something doesn't work. > > Arse covering will

Problems with gtkpod 0.88.1

t sure what the problem is or how to fix it. Any suggestions you might have will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Mark Phillips -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Where is Netscape package?

I have been looking for the netscape package under rex but can't find it. Where is it? Thanks, Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Blackout kills harddisk - owner pleads for help!

d greatly appreciate suggestions on what I should do. Thanks in advance, Mark Phillips. P.S. I should explain that hda1 is an 850 M hard drive which contains my debian system. hdb1 is a dos partition. hdb2 is my swap partition. hdb3 is a spare ext2 partition I use for storing bits and pieces (ie

Re: Blackout kills harddisk

ting lilo.conf. I already have "boot=/dev/hda". I reran lilo after having been able to boot again thanks to your help above. Now things seem to be working again. It seems strange though that a blackout should cause this problem. Thanks again for your help. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTE

Beautiful Backups

hanks for your help, Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can't install netscape (using dpkg)

been made available purely as a courtesy, so please do not send them questions about Linux. . This installer package has been placed in the public domain! Any ideas? Thanks, Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscrib

dselect installation fails

cking replacement libc5 ... Setting up libc5 (5.4.13-1) ... dpkg: cannot see how to satisfy pre-dependency: perl pre-depends on libdl1 dpkg: cannot satisfy pre-dependencies for perl (wanted due to perl) installation script returned error exit status 1. Press RETURN to continue. Cheers, Mark Phillips. ([

Installing libdl1 (ldso)

am not familiar with using dpkg, and because I think ldso is probably a package I cannot afford to make a mistake with, I am hesitant to go ahead. Is this the right thing to do? Do I need to do a dpkg --purge to remove the earlier version of ldso first? Thanks for your help, Mark Phillips. ([

Verifying that download was successful?

f doing it? Thanks, Mark Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

ftp-ing

your help, Mark Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Debian 1.1beta problems

e or directory man: warning:/usr/man/man2/create-module.2 bad symlink or ROFF '.so' request ... ... ... and more messages like this Well that's enough problems for now. Thanks in advance for your help. Mark Phillips.

man dpkg

Is it true that there is not manual entry for dpkg or dselect?! My system doesn't think there is. How do I find out more about dpkg - the /usr/doc directory doesn't seem to have anything terribly clear. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: man dpkg

> man man No manual entry for man Why doesn't man find any man pages? Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

whatever's there will have control. I created my own .xsession, but still got an xterm. It seems that _both_ /etc/X11/Xsession and ~/.xsession get run - is this right? Does this mean that the only way to stop the xterm automatically coming up is to edit /etc/X11/Xsession? Thanks for your help, Mark Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

3 Questions

d:0 overruns:0 Does anything here seem wrong? I can't work out why it doesn't work as I compared it with my slackware system (which does work) and can't see any significant differences. Thank's in advance for your help. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: 3 Questions

en pppd dies prematurely like I mention above (in which case I want to restart pppd rather than resetting the modem.) Thanks again for your help - I appreciate it. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

rlogin localhost

what is the relationship between a machine name and IP addresses? As I understand it, a single machine may have more than one IP address if it is on several networks, and yet often the machine name is an alias for one of these addresses - I'm a bit confused about the role of the machin

Re: 3 Questions

>On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> No - I checked, plus I even removed .cshrc and the problem remained. >> The strange thing is that TERM is set okay for xterms, but not for >> linux consoles. Could there be a bug in tcsh? > >Maybe - do this on a running

Re: 3 Questions

>On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> >Maybe - do this on a running tcsh whose pid is xxx: >> > >> >cat /proc/xxx/environ | xargs -0n1 | grep '^TERM=' >> > >> >to see what tcsh was passed as the TERM. It should be the same in

minimal nfs

can access the filesystem of the system with the debian packages on it? Thanks, Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

PPP link kills routing table

at the same time? I could with my old slackware system. Thank's for your help, Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) P.S. I'm not convinced it is a problem with the ethernet network because I think (but am not sure) that I may have previously had a debian system working with

Re: PPP link kills routing table

>>>>>> On Tue, 18 Jun 1996 17:52:53 +1000, Mark Phillips >>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Mark> I tried establishing a ppp link and found it didn't work. To > Mark> find out what was going on, I ran route and got: [...] > &

gpm and X mouse conflicts

Hi, When I try to run startx, it dies complaining that: Fatal server error: Cannot open mouse (Device or resource busy) I then kill gpm and startx works fine. How can I get both to work together? I could do this under slackware. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: PPP link kills routing table

rt ppp from that end (that's how I know the other side's ppp protocol is kicking in). I then exit minicom (C-a q) and run "pppd -d -detach /dev/cua1 &" on my machine. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: PPP link kills routing table

removed. Besides my ethernet card uses interrupt 5 whereas my modem uses interrupt 3. No one seems to be able to help me with my PPP problems. Though I am thankful to those who have tried. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: PPP Problems

>Mark, >I had a problem making connections to my ISP a few months ago and >eventually added the 'silent' option to /etc/ppp/options. Connections >improved considerably. You might give it a try. Sadly, it doesn't help. Thank's for trying though. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Minicom Signal 11

slackware. Any ideas? Anyone seen this before? Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: gpm and X mouse conflicts

ngle- open limitation. ..." But my mouse is a normal, MouseSystems compatible, serial mouse. Surely I shouldn't have to use the -R option? I didn't have to under slackware. Thanks, Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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