Subject: Re: New windows
Date: Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 08:35:44AM +0100
In reply to:Anthony Campbell
Quoting Anthony Campbell([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On 22 Jun 1999, Revenant wrote:
> > Well, this seems like the ideal opportunity for me to advertise my
> > ignorance:
> >
> > What exa
Subject: No menuconfig!?
Date: Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 07:54:15PM +1000
In reply to:Revenant
Quoting Revenant([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I'm wanting to rebuild the kernel, but when I try to "make menuconfig"
> I get an error like "no rule for menuconfig". "make config" likewise
> doesn'
- Forwarded message from Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:02:36 -0400
From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New windows
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: vpn(?) and firewall
Date: Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 11:21:43AM -0500
In reply to:Gregory Merchan
Quoting Gregory Merchan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I'd like to use my old 486 box as a firewall.
>
> Here are my questions:
>
> 1) It's a 33MHz with 8Mb RAM, can it do the job? There
Subject: vim backup files
Date: Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 06:19:17PM -0400
In reply to:Alec Smith
Quoting Alec Smith([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> When I use VIM, I get a backup file with ~ at the end. How do I go about
> stopping VIM from creating these backups on a system-wide basis?
>
>
Subject: Re: A stylistic question?
Date: Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 05:38:10PM +0930
In reply to:Michael Talbot-Wilson
Quoting Michael Talbot-Wilson([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Hi. I finally worked out how to do the Linux equivalent of batch files
> > (scripts) and was wondering if there
Subject: Re: ftping through a router
Date: Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 09:09:05AM -0500
In reply to:Robert Rati
Quoting Robert Rati([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> That's exactly the case, ans setting the ftp client to passive mode
> worked. I use ipchains to set the firewall rules thusly:
>
>
Subject: "Quick" boot from floppy?
Date: Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 02:44:04PM -0600
In reply to:Rick Macdonald
Quoting Rick Macdonald([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> I've always used lilo, but I installed slink on a friends PC and for now
> he's using a boot floppy (to not interfere with his
Subject: Re: [LINUX] How to change the boot logo
Date: Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 08:24:17PM +0200
In reply to:Sami Dalouche
Quoting Sami Dalouche([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 09:12:49AM +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote:
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I just recompiled my kernel
Subject: File Attributes in /var
Date: Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 07:43:00AM +0200
In reply to:Klaus Pieper
Quoting Klaus Pieper([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
>
> After moving the /var directory to another partition using tar cfSp - *
> | ( cd /mnt && tar xfSpv - ) I got problems because
Subject: Re: dselect and vi
Date: Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 12:58:36AM +
In reply to:Dan
Quoting Dan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> First of all, thank you for your concern. I don't have apt installed
> apparently. I am running slink. I am convinced it has something to do with
> my scree
Subject: Telnet - Connection to host lost
Date: Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 07:54:44AM +0100
In reply to:Patrick Kirk
Quoting Patrick Kirk([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi all,
>
> When I try to telnet into my newly installed debian server, I get a message
> "Connection to host lost".
>
> Sam
Subject: Re: Thanks
Date: Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 04:46:15PM +0200
In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Max,
>
> IMO your problem with the installation CD´s can have one of two causes :
>
> 1. There is something in your already installed li
Subject: Re: Just my opinion
Date: Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 07:06:45PM -0500
In reply to:Brian Servis
Quoting Brian Servis([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> *- On 6 Jul, Ed Cogburn wrote about "Re: Just my opinion"
> > Ipswitch wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Brad wrote:
> >>
> >> > > th
Subject: Bind
Date: Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 05:00:21PM -0400
In reply to:Brian Schramm
Quoting Brian Schramm([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I am using one machine to run Debian 2.1. I do not have a network but I want
> bind to handle caching of DNS inquires. I am doing this so I can use th
Subject: where do i find crypt ?
Date: Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 10:23:54AM +0800
In reply to:Chad A. Adlawan
Quoting Chad A. Adlawan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> hello all,
> ive been trying to compile cops and crack but i keep on getting this error :
>
> /tmp/ccc00945: In function `try'
Subject: need monitor specs.
Date: Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 05:29:07PM -0700
In reply to:Bob Nielsen
Quoting Bob Nielsen([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> My SVGA monitor is rapidly losing all contrast (I expect it is about to
> fail). I have two older SVGA monitors and I'd like to be able to u
Subject: Slink, 2.2.10 and printing
Date: Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 03:54:04PM -0600
In reply to:Gary L. Hennigan
Quoting Gary L. Hennigan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> So I decided to take the plunge and install a 2.2.x kernel (2.2.10),
> under slink. Everything works fine, except for printi
Subject: Wierd subject names in mutt
Date: Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 04:44:27PM +0100
In reply to:Patrick Kirk
Quoting Patrick Kirk([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi all,
>
> I keep finding my inbox full of subjects like A** and I suspect it started
> when I put lists debian-user in my .mutt
Subject: modules - where to load them
Date: Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 10:17:41PM +1000
In reply to:Jason Carley
Quoting Jason Carley([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering whether there was a standard convention for which file to use
> for
> module loading. I am not sure
Subject: Procmail and Pine
Date: Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 10:26:22PM -0700
In reply to:Mark Wagnon
Quoting Mark Wagnon([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get procmail to sort my messages into several folders under
> ~/mail. Right now they're all in my inbox and it's hel
Subject: Re: Segmentation fault - apt-get again
Date: Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 09:33:16AM +0100
In reply to:Patrick Kirk
Quoting Patrick Kirk([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Shao asked...
> >
> > what does ldd /usr/bin/apt-get return??
> > >
> enterprise:/home/patrick# ldd /usr/bin/apt-get
>
Subject: Re: 'Inverse' chmod?
Date: Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 01:20:15PM -0400
In reply to:William T Wilson
Quoting William T Wilson([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Marc Mongeon wrote:
>
> > This also works, and might be a little more readable(?)
> >
> > eval "perl -e 'pr
Subject: Re: Mail prgs (exim)
Date: Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 10:27:41AM -0400
In reply to:Sera Hill
Quoting Sera Hill([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Well, I'm not sure how the config works for exim. When it asks me for
> information, I'm not sure just *what* it's asking me for? Like the loc
Subject: Sort of a Debian question
Date: Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 12:39:04AM -0500
In reply to:John Foster
Quoting John Foster([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> OK please hold the laughter, this is serious business..
> I need a recepie book template or data base to use on my Debian Linux
> b
Subject: Re: samba password changes after potato upgrade
Date: Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 05:10:07PM -0700
In reply to:Doug Thistlethwaite
Quoting Doug Thistlethwaite([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Humm. I was using 2.0.36 with slink and it worked fine. I will checkout the
> kernel upgrade an
Subject: Bootup logo
Date: Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 10:25:51AM +1000
In reply to:Gareth
Quoting Gareth([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> G'day all,
> I have heard its possible to display the linux logo on the
> screen at startup, does anyone know where I can find out HOWTO do
> this?
>
I
Subject: Remove cronjob is safe?
Date: Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 12:30:32PM +0200
In reply to:andreas pålsson
Quoting andreas pålsson([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hello.
>
> My logfiles are filled by the line "/USR/SBIN/CRON[7637]: (root) CMD
> (test -f /proc/modules && /sbin/rmmod -a)".
>
Subject: Re: problem with .xsession
Date: Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 04:56:52AM -0400
In reply to:Buddha Buck
Quoting Buddha Buck([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I recently made the switch from fvwm to enlightenment as my default window
> > manager.
> >
> > Currently,
Subject: why so much hate?
Date: Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 10:09:40AM -0400
In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> hi.
> from Altag.
> I can't figure out why Dselect package
> ,loving debian so strong, is so antiquate and
> really unfriendly.
>
ist, anyway.
Regards
Wayne
> -Original Message-
> From: Wayne Topa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 11:02 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bootup logo
>
>
>
> Subject: Bootup logo
> Date: Mon, Jul 19, 1
Subject: Re: samba password changes after potato upgrade
Date: Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 11:19:16PM -0700
In reply to:Doug Thistlethwaite
Quoting Doug Thistlethwaite([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> One more thing about Samba. Does anyone know why the distribution does not
> have all
> of the
Debian-user
I was looking in my mail dir today and noticed my debian-user folder
exceeds 4 Meg for this month. In reviewing the question and answers
for the last few days, it seems like there is a lot of wasted
bandwidth.
I wondered if there were Guide Lines set up for asking for answers
t
Subject: How to know latest way of doing things?
Date: Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 01:37:14PM -0400
In reply to:Ben Cranston
Quoting Ben Cranston([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Re: the recent exchange on how to add a new userid to a Linux system:
>
> Patrick Kirk wrote:
>
> > Thanks. I didn't
gic the
> whole darn thing works. In my case, I also had to swap the IP numbers of
> the NICs to prove that one that appeared to be fine when I typed ifconfig
> was in fact broken. Getting support with answers like this is what makes
> debian-user great. Thanks again to all those w
Subject: Re: why so much hate?
Date: Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 02:39:08PM -0500
In reply to:John Foster
Quoting John Foster([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Wayne Topa wrote:
I didn't write that! I answered it but damm well didn't say that!
Wayne
> >
> >
Subject: cron, crontab, etc.
Date: Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 01:07:09PM +0100
In reply to:Patrick Kirk
Quoting Patrick Kirk([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi all,
>
> I want to schedule a command to run updatebd every 6 hours. The man pages
> for cron and crontab don't have any useful info o
Subject: Re: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines
Date: Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 10:18:17PM +0200
In reply to:Colin Marquardt
Quoting Colin Marquardt([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> * Stephan Engelke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > the most common problem I have encountered when suggesting Lin
Subject: [Fwd: Lynx Problems]
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 06:19:05PM +1000
In reply to:Doug Young
Quoting Doug Young([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> using netscape with all the known but unsolved crashes and bus errors i
> feel like
> workin with m$ software...
>
> The difference is Netsca
Subject: Re: cron, crontab, etc.
Date: Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 10:12:39AM -0400
In reply to:Wayne Topa
Quoting Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Subject: cron, crontab, etc.
> Date: Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 01:07:09PM +0100
>
> In reply to:Patrick Ki
Subject: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists
Date: Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 10:00:45PM -0500
In reply to:Stephen Pitts
Quoting Stephen Pitts([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> If you wish to start a new thread on the list,
> PLEASE send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> DO NOT just reply to
Subject: How to remove portmap deamon
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 09:10:25AM -0700
In reply to:Rick Salvador
Quoting Rick Salvador([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> How can I disable the portmap deamon? I see it in /inet.d/netbase but when
> I comment out the portmap lines and restart, networ
Subject: Re: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 12:07:16PM -0500
In reply to:John Foster
Quoting John Foster([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Has anyone ever set up something like the AstaLaVista search engine for
> debian users. For those of you who are unfamiliar
Subject: Re: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines (ITP)
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 12:10:09PM -0400
In reply to:Michael Stenner
Quoting Michael Stenner([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 03:58:22PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> > If anyone has a few links that they think e
Subject: FAQ for ipchains?
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 10:12:17AM -0700
In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>
>
> I've checked my system and debian.org (did not seem to find anything
> helpful so far)
>
Subject: 3Com 509B Ethernet card working in Windows but not in Linux
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 08:32:39PM +0200
In reply to:Fredrik Jonsson
Quoting Fredrik Jonsson([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
>
> According to the Hardware-HOWTO Linux should support the 3Com 509B
> Ethernet car
Subject: Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 05:12:22PM -0400
In reply to:William T Wilson
Quoting William T Wilson([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Wayne Topa wrote:
>
> > I just did an informal survey on which maile
Subject: music notation software for Linux
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 05:04:03PM -0500
In reply to:Benjamin E Frame
Quoting Benjamin E Frame([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
>
> Does anyone know of any decen music notation software for Linux??? I'm
> looking for something with a good GUI
Subject: Re: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 10:30:49PM +0200
In reply to:Martin Bialasinski
Quoting Martin Bialasinski([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> >> "Wayne" == Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Wayne>
Subject: Re: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines
Date: Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 01:09:26AM +0200
In reply to:Martin Bialasinski
Quoting Martin Bialasinski([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Hi,
>
> this is my proposal for a posting, it got longer than intended, but it
> is a good one, I believ
Subject: [Fwd: Lynx Problems]
Date: Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 10:36:05AM +1000
In reply to:Doug Young
Quoting Doug Young([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Those who have been pondering my Lynx problems might care to comment on
> this message I received from a guy who answered a post elsewhere. If
Subject: Re[2]: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines
Date: Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 12:47:35AM -0400
In reply to:Bob Bernstein
Quoting Bob Bernstein([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> No. What is annoying is that despite the fact that several times in this
> thread the point has been made that quoti
Subject: Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists
Date: Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 09:30:20AM -0500
In reply to:Keith G. Murphy
Quoting Keith G. Murphy([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I've also noticed that Netscape (which I use) never sets 'In-Reply-To:'
> at all; it only sets 'References:'.
Subject: Occasional Error
Date: Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 12:30:22PM -0600
In reply to:Cheshire
Quoting Cheshire([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> far as I can tell, it isn't running. At least I haven't gone out of my
> way to run it, and ps isn't identifying an exim operation. I don't find
> any
Subject: Re: cron, crontab, etc. [CORRECTION]
Date: Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 02:49:10PM -0300
In reply to:Daniel Ruoso
Quoting Daniel Ruoso([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> actually the most eficient will be:
>
> 0 */6 * * * etc...
>
> Daniel Ruoso
You right, of course, Daniel.
Subject: Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists
Date: Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 12:43:37AM +
In reply to:Lee Elliott
Quoting Lee Elliott([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On 22-Jul-99, you wrote:
>
> >> An observation from this Newbie may be related:
>
> Sorry to have peeved you, I do
Subject: Re: cron, crontab, etc. [CORRECTION]
Date: Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 04:22:03PM -0400
In reply to:Wayne Topa
Quoting Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Subject: Re: cron, crontab, etc. [CORRECTION]
> Date: Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 02:49:10PM -0300
>
Subject: Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists
Date: Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 12:36:06AM -0700
In reply to:Mark Wagnon
Quoting Mark Wagnon([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Mark Brown wrote:
> To check that I'm not unknowingly sending long lines, how does
> this look? Messed up threads and
Subject: upgrade to latest Windomaker files under slink?
Date: Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 11:49:46PM -0700
In reply to:Francis J. Bruening
Quoting Francis J. Bruening([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Is it possible to modify my sources.list somehow to know about the stuff in
> potato so I can p
Subject: How to share swap partition across 2 linux installs?
Date: Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 11:46:01PM -0700
In reply to:Francis J. Bruening
Quoting Francis J. Bruening([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> However, when I try to boot into Debian, (my last boot up was from SuSE) I
> get the msg
>
Subject: Re: How to share swap partition across 2 linux installs?
Date: Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 11:26:02PM +1000
In reply to:Andrew White
Quoting Andrew White([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> In addition to this, Is there any problems sharing the same /home between 2
> distros.
>
Not for th
Subject: Re: How to share swap partition across 2 linux installs?
Date: Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 12:27:41PM -0500
In reply to:Brian Servis
Quoting Brian Servis([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Quoting Andrew White([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >
> >> In addition to this, Is there any problems sharin
Subject: RE: bash scripting
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 06:03:35PM +1000
In reply to:Carley, Jason Australia"
Quoting Carley, Jason Australia"([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> >The kindest thing you can do for anyone in difficulty is to persuade him
> >that he really does need to study t
Subject: sound config with 2.2.10 in slink environment
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 12:57:26AM -0400
In reply to:Damir J. Naden
Quoting Damir J. Naden([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I have enosniq soundscape elite ISA card, which worked under 2.0.36, after I
> have made a script at boot-up
Subject: LILO problems with new HD
Date: Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 09:48:08PM -0700
In reply to:Lev Lvovsky
Quoting Lev Lvovsky([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hello,
>
> I've recently discovered problems with the drive that had the /boot and
> /home partitions of my Debian box, so I decided
Subject: Re: LILO problems with new HD
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 01:21:46AM -0700
In reply to:Lev Lvovsky
Quoting Lev Lvovsky([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> hehe, sorry, I post under the assumption that ppl's balls are in working
> order ;-D.
>
> /boot is hda1...there are three partitio
Subject: System woes..unkillable processes and more!
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 10:10:23AM -0500
In reply to:Stephen Pitts
Quoting Stephen Pitts([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I've had intermittant problems with one of my
> Debian systems. It's running potato and
> the 2.2.10 kernel-image
Subject: Mutt dependency on an MTA
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 02:55:48PM +
In reply to: Kaa "
Quoting Kaa "([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I have qmail running as an MTA on my potato system. I think I didn't get it
> as a .deb (probably because there isn't one? I am not sure), and j
Subject: basic info (so this newbie can quit bugging you pros)
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 02:55:06PM -0700
In reply to:pplaw
Quoting pplaw([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> hello d-community,
>
> i can at least boot d-linux (so, i get some "credit," right?).
Yes you do.
>
[ snip help re
Subject: Flaming Debian Newbies
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:08:21PM +
In reply to:Lee Elliott
Quoting Lee Elliott([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hello,
>
> Having said that, when I followed the instructions (from Debian.org) for
> installing slink on my platform and finally got it
Subject: understanding netstat output
Date: Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 01:14:02PM +0800
In reply to:Chad A. Adlawan
Quoting Chad A. Adlawan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> hello all,
>
> can someone please tell me what they all mean ? or maybe direct me to docs
> that i could read so that i
Subject: Re: Networking ~ peer to peer
Date: Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 06:47:58AM +
In reply to:Walter Logeman
Quoting Walter Logeman([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Martin, John, all
>
> Naming my machine was easy, I called it psy. The domain name for
> the network was harder... as t
Subject: Re: Flaming Debian Newbies
Date: Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 08:38:52AM -0500
In reply to:Nathan E Norman
Quoting Nathan E Norman([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
>
> : Since many people who are slightly familiar with any form of unix will
Subject: minimum delay & maximum throughout
Date: Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 11:03:28AM +0300
In reply to:Halis Osman Erkan
Quoting Halis Osman Erkan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> I want to learn more about
>
> minimum delay
> maximum throughput
>
> in ftp and telnet
>
> there would be a
Sorry to bother the list. Testing if I can send mail with exim, yet!
--
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the
only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.
-- Wernher von Braun
___
Wayne
Subject: Re: Qmail to Exim woes
Date: Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 09:58:20PM +0200
In reply to:Johann Spies
Quoting Johann Spies([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> > So my questions are :
> > Is the eximconfig script setting exim up for anyone el
Subject: Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely
Date: Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 07:21:36PM +0100
In reply to:Helge Hafting
Quoting Helge Hafting([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> you wrote:
> > Graham Ashton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > On Tuesday 02 March, Mark Phill
Subject: Re: bitchx (sucks!)
Date: Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 01:30:33PM -0800
In reply to:Steve Lamb
Quoting Steve Lamb([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 19:53:26 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Sorry about that (), but
Subject: RE: what is module net-pf-5 ?
Date: Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 09:48:39PM -
In reply to:Pollywog
Quoting Pollywog([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> On 08-Mar-99 Shaleh wrote:
> >
> > On 08-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote:
> >> What is module net-pf-5 ? I keep getting modprobe errors about
Subject: Re: bitchx (sucks!)
Date: Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 01:45:18PM -0600
In reply to:steven walsh
Quoting steven walsh([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> BitchX suffers from it's own unique form of feature creep. Use
> IRCII with a nice
Subject: Re: NLS charset error
Date: Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 10:22:46PM -0600
In reply to:Craig T. Hancock
Quoting Craig T. Hancock([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> What it means is that you don't have the iso8859-1 filesystem install you
> have to
> configure that option in your kernel under
Subject: Kernel 2.2.3
Date: Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 09:20:04PM -0600
In reply to:Faton Useni
Quoting Faton Useni([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> When i updated slink from kernel 2.0.36 to 2.2.1 i got a kernel source package
> from the debian ftp site. It was a debian package. I read that ther
Subject: Re: network help
Date: Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 04:30:30PM +
In reply to:G. Kapetanios
Quoting G. Kapetanios([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
>
> Following your suggestion I pinged my gateway by IP rsther than name.
> The thing hang after printing a line. So maybe what you say a
I have some small scripts that keep a log file of notes. The
searchlog feature uses awk. Now that I have decided to move my
operating from the Slackware box that the scripts work in to debian,
the scripts no longer work.
Doing some research I found that the boxes have different versions
of
Subject: Floppy Drive Problem.
Date: Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 09:23:24AM -0500
In reply to:Person, Roderick
Quoting Person, Roderick([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hey guys,
>
> The first question of the day for me has to due with Debian and Floppy
> drives. When I first installed debian, I
Subject: Re: Awk scripts & Debian awk version
Date: Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 01:25:15PM -0600
In reply to:Stephen Pitts
Quoting Stephen Pitts([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 01:48:57PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
> >
> > I have some small scripts t
Subject: lilo
Date: Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 06:51:33PM +1100
In reply to:Shao Zhang
Quoting Shao Zhang([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
> I have got a 4.3GB harddisk, and due to that, lilo cannot see my
> kernel which is stored outside 1024 cylinders.
> The following is my configuratio
Check the www.debian.org mailing list page. I believe there has been a new
mailing list started just to handle laptops.
HTH
Subject: Debian on IBM thinkpad 380XD
Date: Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 01:35:45PM -0600
In reply to:Brian Morgan
Quoting Brian Morgan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> A
Subject: Kernel 2.2.1 question.
Date: Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 12:56:23PM -0500
In reply to:Person, Roderick
Quoting Person, Roderick([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I compiled this kernel and I noticed that the vmlinuz image was not set as
> executable. So I chmod so it would be and I got a k
Subject: Hardware woes/make-kpkg
Date: Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 07:37:26AM +0100
In reply to:Michael Bonetsmueller
Quoting Michael Bonetsmueller([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
>
> I can't find make-kpkg (neither locate nor dpkg -S finds anything),
> and so I compiled the kernel using the
>
Subject: Re: help me to undertand GMT time
Date: Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 04:14:18PM -0500
In reply to:Colin Telmer
Quoting Colin Telmer([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Jonathan Guthrie wrote:
>
> > > Midnight is hours; there is no 2400 hours - after 23:59:59 it
Subject: missing lsof
Date: Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 06:25:13PM +0100
In reply to:Matus fantomas Uhlar
Quoting Matus fantomas Uhlar([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hello,
> i used lsof and i miss it too much;
> why is there only lsof for 2.0.35 available ?
>
Get the debmake and debget packag
Subject: Trying to understand Packages[.gz] files
Date: Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 02:13:18PM +1300
In reply to:Lloyd Blythen
Quoting Lloyd Blythen([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I'm installing Debian gradually; until I get it online I have Windows,
> in its own partition, set up for Internet u
Subject: RE: Problems installing Debian on a 486
Date: Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 11:43:47AM +1200
In reply to:Matthew Gregan
Quoting Matthew Gregan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> At 15:03 1999-03-23 -0800, Alan Bailward wrote:
> >> other machine, it brings up the boot: prompt, and then starts
Subject: Epson Stylus Color 740
Date: Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 08:22:17PM -0800
In reply to:Mono
Quoting Mono([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I'm having major problems with my printer. Parport detects it at startup
> and does nothing. I've tried putting it's address in the lilo command
> lin
Subject: udp packets
Date: Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 12:20:58PM -0500
In reply to:brad gray
Quoting brad gray([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> i am having problems getting udp packets through my firewall ( required
> for some on-line gaming like
>
> diablo ).. i have experimented with comm
Subject: resolv.conf
Date: Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 06:17:48PM +
In reply to:Shao Zhang
Quoting Shao Zhang([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
>
> I have installed linux on many computers including both redhat & debian.
>
> Sometimes, the dns works ok and sometimes it does not. On my
Subject: Problems installing Staroffice
Date: Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 03:41:35PM +
In reply to:Mamoun Alissali
Quoting Mamoun Alissali([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hello again,
>
> I sent a mail earlier about upgrading from Hamm to Slink, some of the
> problems are now solved (dse
Subject: Need printer help
Date: Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 01:41:41AM -0500
In reply to:Robbie Huffman
Quoting Robbie Huffman([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> I'm hoping someone out here can help me discover why my printer won't print.
>
> Until not very long ago, I was using a Slackware sys
Subject: Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
Date: Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 06:29:36PM -0600
In reply to:Christian Dysthe
Quoting Christian Dysthe([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
>
> On 28-Mar-99 Marek Habersack wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> >
> >> "cat
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