Re: debian-user-digest Digest V98 #815
Can some1 remove me from the list please ?!
debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> Subject:
>
> debian-user-digest Digest Volume 98 : Issue 815
>
> Today's Topics:
> Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)
> cpp
> Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)
> bo archive
> Re: Afterstep Configuration
> Re: cpp
> Re: bo archive
> Re: cpp
> Re: user limits
> Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)
> libc6
> Re: libc6
> Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)
> dselect's install is too slow
> Acroread dumps core
> NeeD HELP!!!
> Re: Acroread dumps core
> NeeD HELP!!!
> Colors
> AlphaServer AS800 5/400
> Re: Several questions before I run Debian
> dselect's install is too slow
> Re: Colors
> Re: NeeD HELP!!!
> Re: simple points..........
> Problem with fetchmail
> Re: bo archive
> Re: Problem with fetchmail
> Automatic X startup
> Re: Automatic X startup
>
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>
> Subject: Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:36:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com>
> To: Steve Hsieh <steveh@eecs.umich.edu>
> CC: sen_ml@eccosys.com, debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Steve Hsieh wrote:
>
> >
> > The only way we were able to get our thinkpad to boot debian was to
> > rebuild the kernel using 'make zimage' instead of 'bzimage'. The tecra fix
> > doesn't work for 2.0.34 or above for us. The other alternative is to use
> > the development 2.1.1xx kernel. A make zimage for that does work.
> >
>
> DUH! I have a PC that will not tolerate a make bzimage either and I forgot
> all about that! One thing, I do not think the default Debian kernel will
> fit in a zImage build, you will need to eliminate some things that you
> might not need to run. The debian kernel compiles in quite a few SCSI
> drivers, for example, that you can eliminate of you have an IDE system.
>
> George Bonser
>
> Given enough time and money, Microsoft will invent Linux.
>
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> Subject: cpp
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:38:19 -0700
> From: "Luiken, Arijan" <aluiken@amgen.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi,
>
> i have a question, when i installed debian (2.0) and i want to install x
> windows (or something else with dselect) i get the message that the
> program has dependency problems with cpp.
>
> anybody any idea's ?
>
> Kind regards,
> Arijan
>
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> Subject: Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:33:02 +0900
> From: sen_ml@eccosys.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> CC: steveh@eecs.umich.edu
>
> At around Thu, 6 Aug 1998 04:27:31 -0400 (EDT),
> Steve Hsieh <steveh@eecs.umich.edu> may have mentioned:
>
> > The only way we were able to get our thinkpad to boot debian was to
> > rebuild the kernel using 'make zimage' instead of 'bzimage'. The tecra fix
> > doesn't work for 2.0.34 or above for us. The other alternative is to use
> > the development 2.1.1xx kernel. A make zimage for that does work.
>
> i did try something like this earlier, but i think i ended up w/ something
> like:
>
> "unable to open initial console"
>
> after the root filesystem was mounted read-only.
>
> i'll give this a try again -- what i did before was to take the zimage
> that i compiled and replace it w/ the kernel image on an existing rescue
> disk. is there anything else i should do besides replace the kernel?
>
> btw, does anyone know how to report these bugs? is boot-floppies the
> appropriate package to report this under in the bug tracking system?
>
> thanks for your attention.
>
> -sen
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> Subject: bo archive
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:40:59 -0700 (PDT)
> From: George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> There is an archive of bo at ftp.shorelink.com in /debian/bo
>
> I will post a listing of other mirrors on the ftp site as I am made aware
> of them.
>
> George Bonser
>
> Given enough time and money, Microsoft will invent Linux.
>
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> Subject: Re: Afterstep Configuration
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 09:41:38 +0100 (WEST)
> From: Ana Graca Silva <ags@uevora.pt>
> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Ana Graca Silva wrote:
>
> >My new problem is the window manager - afterstep 1.4.5.3-1 .
> >
> >I was trying to configure my desktop when i found in afterstep home page
> >some perturbing information - the AS Directory Strutcture in that page is
> >much bigger then the mine in my home ...
> >For Example
> >
> > In the directory GNUstep/Library/AfterStep I only have:
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 ags ags 1024 Aug 5 22:54 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 ags ags 1024 Aug 5 19:32 ..
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 ags ags 0 Aug 5 22:54 .workspace_state
> > drwxr-xr-x 7 ags ags 1024 Aug 5 19:32 non-configurable
> >
> > In the AS homepage there's an infinity of other files and more other
> >directorys!
> >
> >Can someone tell me whats wrong? What Can I do to fix this?
>
> /* Sorry for repeating all the story */
> Well, what I realy want know is how can I configure my window manager? I
> don't care if i have a smaller file structure, i only need to know what to
> do to configure my AS, as it is ....
> Please some help will be apreciated.
>
> |\___/|
> .0.0.
> (= - =) Ana Graça Silva <>
> uuu uuu ags@uevora.pt <>
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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> Subject: Re: cpp
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:33:18 +0200
> From: jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl
> To: aluiken@amgen.com
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Thu, Aug 06, 1998 at 01:38:19AM -0700, Luiken, Arijan wrote:
> > i have a question, when i installed debian (2.0) and i want to install x
> > windows (or something else with dselect) i get the message that the
> > program has dependency problems with cpp.
> >
> > anybody any idea's ?
>
> Not really, because you don't provide enough information. What message do
> you get precisely? Which X packages complain? etc.
>
> My best guess would be that you don't have the "cpp" package from
> "main/binary*/interpreters" installed.
>
> Ray
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> Subject: Re: bo archive
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:53:34 -0700 (PDT)
> From: George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com>
> To: grep@oriole.sbay.org
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Oh, one other thing, I should note that this mirror is made possible from
> the fine people at Concentric Network Corporation. I do not work or speak
> for Concentric, I just thank them for the community services they find a
> way to provide.
>
> On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote:
>
> >
> > There is an archive of bo at ftp.shorelink.com in /debian/bo
> >
> > I will post a listing of other mirrors on the ftp site as I am made aware
> > of them.
> >
> >
> > George Bonser
> >
> > Given enough time and money, Microsoft will invent Linux.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> George Bonser
>
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> Subject: Re: cpp
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 11:58:18 +0300 (EET DST)
> From: Ari K Makela <hauva@iki.fi>
> To: "Luiken, Arijan" <aluiken@amgen.com>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Luiken, Arijan writes:
>
> > i have a question, when i installed debian (2.0) and i want to install x
> > windows (or something else with dselect) i get the message that the
> > program has dependency problems with cpp.
>
> Some programs depend on other programs i.e. in this case X needs the
> GNU C preprocessor. Without it it won't work.
>
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>
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> Subject: Re: user limits
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:56:12 +1000
> From: Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>
> To: peter@genxl.com
> CC: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> In article <[🔎] 000401bdc06f$0cbda560$550e9a8e@ns1.genxl.com> you write:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Paul Miller <paul@3dillusion.com>
> >To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> >Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 6:20 AM
> >Subject: user limits
> >
> >
> >>
> >>Is there any way to limit background processes?
> >
> >Check out the ulimit command. More specifically
> >ulimit -u <number>
>
> Other alternatives:
>
> 1. check /etc/limits, although I think this might only work for
> /bin/login, I am not sure. I would be surprised if ssh supported it.
> It would be good if all programs did support it, as lshell is (IMHO),
> rather a hacked solution (although it works), as it "replaces" the users
> login shell.
>
> 2. look at the debian package lshell:
>
> Package: lshell
> Status: install ok installed
> Priority: extra
> Section: admin
> Installed-Size: 30
> Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
> Version: 2.01-9
> Depends: libc6
> Conffiles:
> /etc/lshell.conf fbe8463ffdfed7454f79e2022e821bc7
> Description: Enforce limits to protect system integrity.
> This program enforces resource quotas stored in a configuration file. It is
> easier and more secure that writing a shell script in /etc/profile and
> trying to compare user names in hard-coded if/else type trees.
>
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> Subject: Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 18:15:20 +0900
> From: sen_ml@eccosys.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> At around Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:33:02 +0900,
> I may have mentioned:
>
> > At around Thu, 6 Aug 1998 04:27:31 -0400 (EDT),
> > Steve Hsieh <steveh@eecs.umich.edu> may have mentioned:
> >
> > > The only way we were able to get our thinkpad to boot debian was to
> > > rebuild the kernel using 'make zimage' instead of 'bzimage'. The tecra fix
> > > doesn't work for 2.0.34 or above for us. The other alternative is to use
> > > the development 2.1.1xx kernel. A make zimage for that does work.
> >
> > i did try something like this earlier, but i think i ended up w/ something
> > like:
> >
> > "unable to open initial console"
> >
> > after the root filesystem was mounted read-only.
> >
> > i'll give this a try again -- what i did before was to take the zimage
> > that i compiled and replace it w/ the kernel image on an existing rescue
> > disk. is there anything else i should do besides replace the kernel?
>
> i just realized that i'd been using a 2.0.35 zimage on a 2.0.34 rescue
> disk...perhaps this was the cause of the initial console error message.
> i am recompiling a 2.0.34 zimage now.
>
> -sen
>
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> Subject: libc6
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 02:32:55 -0700
> From: Bryon Bridges <bryonb@nidlink.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> I am trying to install Netscape Navigator on my system and it says it
> requires a file called libc6. Yet when I go to dpkg this file, it says it
> conflicts with libc5! I can't simply remove libc5 can I? Why would these
> two files be conflicting anyway? Your help is much appreciated.
>
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> Subject: Re: libc6
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 11:29:10 +0200
> From: jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl
> To: bryonb@nidlink.com
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Thu, Aug 06, 1998 at 02:32:55AM -0700, Bryon Bridges wrote:
> > I am trying to install Netscape Navigator on my system and it says it
> > requires a file called libc6. Yet when I go to dpkg this file, it says it
> > conflicts with libc5! I can't simply remove libc5 can I? Why would these
> > two files be conflicting anyway? Your help is much appreciated.
>
> http://www.debian.org/2.0/HOWTO.upgrade
>
> HTH,
> Ray
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> Subject: Re: daily thinkpad 770 ed post :-)
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 18:34:50 +0900
> From: sen_ml@eccosys.com
> To: sen_ml@eccosys.com
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> At around Thu, 06 Aug 1998 18:15:20 +0900,
> I may have mentioned:
>
> [discussion about installing debian on a thinkpad 770 ed snipped]
>
> > i just realized that i'd been using a 2.0.35 zimage on a 2.0.34 rescue
> > disk...perhaps this was the cause of the initial console error message.
> > i am recompiling a 2.0.34 zimage now.
>
> i tried this but i got the same error message:
>
> Unable to open an initial console.
>
> :-(
>
> is there anything else i should do to the rescue disk perhaps?
>
> -sen
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> Subject: dselect's install is too slow
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 11:56:31 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: Pawe³ Sakowski <Pawel.Sakowski@lo13.univ.szczecin.pl>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Debian 1.3.1
>
> Why does installation of packages via dselect last so long? It checks (I
> don't know why) all the packages on the cd. What for? It already knows
> which packages need installation.
>
> ---
> "We are different"
>
> Pawel.Sakowski@lo13.univ.szczecin.pl
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> Subject: Acroread dumps core
> Date: 06 Aug 1998 12:15:32 +0200
> From: Eric Marsden <emarsden@mail.dotcom.fr>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hello,
>
> I have tried installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader on a recently
> installed 2.0 system, using the .deb provided in hamm/non-free.
> Unfortunately, the acroread executable dumps core right on launching
> (gdb says the problem is in strncmp). Has anyone succeeded in making
> this package work? Otherwise I will file a bug report.
>
> --
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> emarsden @ mail.dotcom.fr
> It's elephants all the way down
>
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> Subject: NeeD HELP!!!
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 12:19:20 +0200 (MESZ)
> From: Lisner <sa225li@unidui.uni-duisburg.de>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a freshly installed hamm, with / mounted to a 500 MB partition
> /usr and /home mounted to other partitions. df reports / is 100% in use,
> and Linux seem to believe it, so no new file can be created.
>
> To test this I made
>
> ls -Rl bin boot dev etc initrd lib lost+found root sbin tmp var vmlinuz |
> awk '{ total+=$5 }; END { print total };'
>
> This reports only 18MB in use.
>
> How can I get rid of this problem???
>
> Thanx for instant help,
> Jens
>
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> Subject: Re: Acroread dumps core
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:23:48 +0300 (EET DST)
> From: Ari K Makela <hauva@iki.fi>
> To: emarsden@mail.dotcom.fr
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> > (gdb says the problem is in strncmp). Has anyone succeeded in making
> > this package work? Otherwise I will file a bug report.
>
> Works very well for me with Debian 2.0. My package version is
>
> ./text/acroread_3.01-0.1.deb
>
> and my system information:
>
> 13:17:06 Thu Aug 6
> amak@hex amak$ uname -a
> Linux hex 2.0.34 #2 Thu Jul 9 10:57:48 EST 1998 i686 unknown
>
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>
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> Subject: NeeD HELP!!!
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 12:48:05 +0200 (MESZ)
> From: Lisner <sa225li@unidui.uni-duisburg.de>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> It's me once again,
>
> I found it, it's the .xsession-errors in /root.
> However, how can it become more than 460MB???
>
> Strange ...
> Jens
>
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> Subject: Colors
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 03:51:16 -0700
> From: "Luiken, Arijan" <aluiken@amgen.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi,
>
> I wonder (my guess that this is more a bash/linux question)
>
> is it possible to display colors (ansi) in your prompt and ifso HOW ????
>
> Regards,
> Arijan (debian newbie)
> Kind regards,
>
> Arijan Luiken
> Database Analyst / Administrator
> Amgen ELC
> Ext. 2047
>
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> Subject: AlphaServer AS800 5/400
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 12:52:46 -0100
> From: Giulio Pasqualone <pasqualo@dis.uniroma1.it>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hello,
> I would lke to know if I can install the Debian Linux distribution on an
> AlphaServer AS800 5/400
> (the processor isa DECChip 21164A-2).
>
> Thank You,
>
> Giulio.
>
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> Subject: Re: Several questions before I run Debian
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 10:21:48 GMT
> From: antispam@feverish.demon.co.uk (Robert Wilderspin)
> To: mtaylor@mapleloop.rmt.utk.edu (Michael B. Taylor)
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On 6 Aug 98 04:23:09 GMT, in linux.debian.user you wrote:
>
> >On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 11:53:34PM -0400, Matthew A. Reklau wrote:
> >
> >> Do the X servers include support for the Diamond Viper V330?
> >>
> >Dunno, but I think so. Debian's X software is Xfree86 3.3.2, so if Xfree86
> >supports it, Debian supports it. If you dont get a better answer then
> >that, you might check the Xfree86 web site.
>
> I don't have Xfree86 3.3.2, so I can't say if that supports your card.
> However, I'm running the XSuSe_nVidia server perfectly well on my
> Viper 330, accelerated for both PCI and AGP versions. This may have
> been incorporated into the new Xfree86.
>
> Rob Wilderspin
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> Subject: dselect's install is too slow
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:03:33 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: Pawe³ Sakowski <Pawel.Sakowski@lo13.univ.szczecin.pl>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Debian 1.3.1
>
> Why does installation of packages via dselect last so long? It checks (I
> don't know why) all the packages on the cd. What for? It already knows
> which packages need installation.
>
> ---
> "We are different"
>
> Pawel.Sakowski@lo13.univ.szczecin.pl
>
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> Subject: Re: Colors
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:06:22 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Remco van de Meent <rvdmeent@xs4all.nl>
> To: "Luiken, Arijan" <aluiken@amgen.com>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Luiken, Arijan wrote:
>
> : I wonder (my guess that this is more a bash/linux question) is it
> : possible to display colors (ansi) in your prompt and ifso HOW ????
>
> Yup, just use the 'standard' escape sequences and put them in the PS1
> environment variable.
>
> -Remco
>
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> Subject: Re: NeeD HELP!!!
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:08:30 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: "E.L. Meijer (Eric)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org (debian)
>
> >
> > It's me once again,
> >
> > I found it, it's the .xsession-errors in /root.
> > However, how can it become more than 460MB???
> >
>
> e.g.:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
>
> bogus < oh me oh my
> source .xsession
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I guess this kind of .xsession file would generate quite some large
> .xsession-errors file. What is actually in that file?
>
> Eric
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> Subject: Re: simple points..........
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 08:44:23 -0300 (EST)
> From: Mario Olimpio de Menezes <mario@curiango.ipen.br>
> To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Art Lemasters wrote:
>
> > You might try gnuplot (in the "math" directory). I
> > have not used it, but I saw a good demonstration at the
> > Linux users' group meeting here. ...tell you what...I'll
> > download it right now, too, and we'll compete for the
> > bandwidth. <g>
> >
> >
>
> you might try xmgr, too. It's a Origin like program. The version I knew
> only plots in 2D, if this isn't a problem to you...
>
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Phillip Neumann
> > > filsin@bigfoot.com
> > >
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> Subject: Problem with fetchmail
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 05:57:21 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Ehren Wilson <ewilson@bunny.powersurfr.com>
> To: Debian user list <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> CC: ewilson@edpower.com
>
> I was wondering if soemone could help me with a problem I am having with
> fetchmail. I trued upgrading to slink yesterday and everything apeared to
> work. The only problem I have having is that fetchmail is not working
> correctly. For some reason it send ewilson@localhost as the recipient
> address now. Here is a copy of the message I get.
>
> --- Begin Screen Copy ---
> bash-2.01$ fetchmail -u ehren mail.powersurfr.com
> Enter password for ehren@mail.powersurfr.com:
> 92 messages (1 seen) for ehren at mail.powersurfr.com (258990 bytes).
> skipping message 1 not flushed
> reading message 2 of 92 (2859 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't
> like recipient address `ewilson@localhost'
> fetchmail: can't even send to calling user!
> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from mail.powersurfr.com
> fetchmail: Query status=10
> --- End ---
>
> If anyone has had this problem before, or has some clue how to fix it
> could you please mail me at ewilson@edpower.com, I should be able to
> recieve email there quite easily <grin>
>
> Ehren
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> Subject: Re: bo archive
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:03:05 -0500 (EST)
> From: servis@purdue.edu
> To: grep@oriole.sbay.org
> CC: grep@shorelink.com, debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> *- George Bonser wrote about "bo archive"
> |
> | There is an archive of bo at ftp.shorelink.com in /debian/bo
> |
> | I will post a listing of other mirrors on the ftp site as I am made aware
> | of them.
>
> There was a discussion on this on debian-devel recently, check the
> list archives to see if I missed any.
>
> These sites were given as having an archive of bo.
>
> ftp://ftp.infodrom.north.de/pub/debian/dists/bo/
> http://debian.midco.net/debian/Archive/
> ftp://debian.midco.net/debian/Archive/
> ftp://ftp.fifi.org/pub/debian/bo
> http://www.fifi.org/debian/bo
>
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> Subject: Re: Problem with fetchmail
> Date: 6 Aug 1998 12:27:13 GMT
> From: "Ervin D. Walter" <erv@cne.dynip.com>
> To: ewilson@bunny.powersurfr.com (Ehren Wilson)
>
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980806054817.298A-100000@bunny.powersurfr.com>,
> ewilson@bunny.powersurfr.com (Ehren Wilson) writes:
> >
> > --- Begin Screen Copy ---
> > bash-2.01$ fetchmail -u ehren mail.powersurfr.com
> > Enter password for ehren@mail.powersurfr.com:
> > 92 messages (1 seen) for ehren at mail.powersurfr.com (258990 bytes).
> > skipping message 1 not flushed
> > reading message 2 of 92 (2859 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't
> > like recipient address `ewilson@localhost'
> > fetchmail: can't even send to calling user!
> > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from mail.powersurfr.com
> > fetchmail: Query status=10
> > --- End ---
>
> try adding -v to the fetchmail line and send the result. I'd bet the
> problem is with sendmail not fetchmail.
>
> Erv
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> Subject: Automatic X startup
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:27:01 +0200
> From: Torbjorn.T.Friberg@telia.se
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Could anyone tell me how to get X automatically started. Now I have to
> write 'startx' every time.
>
> /Torbjörn
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> Subject: Re: Automatic X startup
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 08:33:10 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Ossama Othman <othman@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu>
> To: Torbjorn.T.Friberg@telia.se
> CC: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> Hi,
>
> > Could anyone tell me how to get X automatically started. Now I have to
> > write 'startx' every time.
>
> Try configuring xdm to start at boot. You can probably use
> xbase-configure to configure it. If that doesn't work check /etc/init.d
> for a script called xdm. If you don't have xdm but have something like
> "xdm-new.dist," than move that file to /etc/init.d/xdm. The next time you
> boot, xdm should start X for you and provide you with an X login
> prompt/window.
>
> -Ossama
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