Re: PS/2 mouse on serial port?
At 05:06 PM 12/3/00 -0800, you wrote: On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 10:19:33PM +, Karl E. Jørgensen wrote: > You said two serial ports, but this one lists 4? Do you have a modem in there as well? Yes, there is a modem at ttyS3 I also tried everything on ttyS0, nothing there either. Theres the problem - your modem on com4 and your mouse on com2 have IRQ conflict. Set your modem to IRQ 2 or 9 if you can - that seems the best solution. -- Criggie
kapm-idled eating up my CPU
Hi, Recently I switched the kernel to the 2.4-test10 version, and I then I have the following: PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 2 root 17 0 00 0 SW 0 26.8 0.0 184:02 kapm-idled Why is that...? BTW, I use Debian 2.2 on an Intel machine. Thanks in advance, Oki
Re: kapm-idled eating up my CPU
Oki DZ wrote: > > Hi, > > Recently I switched the kernel to the 2.4-test10 version, and I then I > have the following: > PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND > 2 root 17 0 00 0 SW 0 26.8 0.0 184:02 kapm-idled what is kapm-idled ? what is it supposed to do? nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kde2
As posted by Ivan last week, The APT format HAS changed. :) deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main qt1apps optional crypto main = kde 2 + kde2 based apps qt1apps = qt1 based apps and kde 1.1.2 crypto = kdebase-crypto and kdelibs-crypto ... + libssl096 (pretty much it) optional = updated packages (from woody) such as apache and any ssl based app (all compiled against libssl096). Not necessary (or at least shouldn't be..but not tested) that format is not going to change. I'm still doing builds/uploads of kde1 stuff... Ivan __ Daniel de los Reyes S2-Selling Soluciones Valencia Spain e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU-Linux 2.2r0 __ On Lun 04 Dic 2000 01:12, Eileen Orbell wrote: > Anyone know where to get kde2.deb from? I added to my sources-list the > line shown on the kde website: > debian-user@lists.debian.org > deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde2 > But this returns errors.. > Failed to fetch ftp://kde.tdyc.com/dists/potato/kde2/binary-i386/Packages >Unable to fetch file, server said > '/dists/potato/kde2/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. > > thank you > > Eileen Orbell > Software & Internet Applications > Capitol College > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Don't Fear the Penguin. --
ipchains -f?
Is it wise to use ipchains -f, (fragment) on all interfaces, including ppp0? Thanks, John -- John ConoverTel. 408.370.2688 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 631 Lamont Ct. Cel. 408.772.7733 http://www.johncon.com/ Campbell, CA 95008 Fax. 408.379.9602
Advansys SCSI configuration problem
Hi. I'm trying to set up my SCSI card and CD-R and I need some advice. Below is the output I get when I load my SCSI module. I don't know what sr0-6 are but a get a feeling I only need 1 of them. Once this module is loaded devices /dev/scd0 through /dev/scd6 accesses the same single cd burner that is plugged into the SCSI card. I don't know what a lun, or id is either. Continuing below . . . debian# insmod advansys Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/scsi/advansys.o scsi0 : Advansys SCSI 3.2M: ISA PnP 17 CDB: BIOS C800, IO 120/f, IRQ 10, DMA 7 scsi : 1 host Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr2 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr3 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr4 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr5 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr6 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 When I a look at the SCSI card in the proc directory as below I get the following. debian# more /proc/scsi/advansys/0 AdvanSys SCSI 3.2M: ISA PnP 17 CDB: BIOS C800, IO 120/F, IRQ 10, DMA 7 Device Information for AdvanSys SCSI Host 0: Target IDs Detected: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, (0=Host Adapter) Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 07 Lun: 00 Vendor: RICOHModel: RO-1420C Rev: 1.00 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 EEPROM Settings for AdvanSys SCSI Host 0: Serial Number Signature Not Present. Host SCSI ID: 0, Host Queue Size: 17, Device Queue Size: 4 cntl 0, no_scam 11 Target ID:0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Disconnects: Y N N N Y N N N Command Queuing: Y N N N Y N N N Start Motor: N N N N N N N N Synchronous Transfer: Y N N N Y N N N Host ISA DMA speed: 10 MB/S Linux Driver Configuration and Information for AdvanSys SCSI Host 0: host_busy 0, last_reset 0, max_id 8, max_lun 8, max_channel 0 unique_id 0, can_queue 17, this_id 0, sg_tablesize 50, cmd_per_lun 1 unchecked_isa_dma 1, use_clustering 1, loaded_as_module 1 flags 8, last_reset 0, jiffies 4a5136 queue_depth: 1:4 2:4 3:4 4:4 5:4 6:4 7:4 Linux Driver Statistics for AdvanSys SCSI Host 0: command 0, queuecommand 21, abort 0, reset 0, biosparam 0 interrupt 34, callback 21, done 21 exe_noerror 21, exe_busy 0, exe_error 0, exe_unknown 0 build_error 0 cont_cnt 21, cont_xfer 10.5 kb avg_xfer 0.4 kb Active and Waiting Request Queues (Time Unit: 100 HZ): target 1 active: cnt [cur 0, max 1, tot 3], time [min 0, max 2, avg 1.0] waiting: cnt [cur 0, max 0, tot 0], time [min 0, max 0, avg 0.0] target 2 active: cnt [cur 0, max 1, tot 3], time [min 1, max 2, avg 1.3] waiting: cnt [cur 0, max 0, tot 0], time [min 0, max 0, avg 0.0] target 3 active: cnt [cur 0, max 1, tot 3], time [min 1, max 1, avg 1.0] waiting: cnt [cur 0, max 0, tot 0], time [min 0, max 0, avg 0.0] target 4 active: cnt [cur 0, max 1, tot 3], time [min 1, max 1, avg 1.0] waiting: cnt [cur 0, max 0, tot 0], time [min 0, max 0, avg 0.0] target 5 active: cnt [cur 0, max 1, tot 3], time [min 0, max 1, avg 0.6] waiting: cnt [cur 0, max 0, tot 0], time [min 0, max 0, avg 0.0] target 6
ssh broken
I had ssh (2.3.0, compiled from source) working just fine, and then I change my sources.list to the unstable branch (to get perl5.6 and a few other more up-to-date packages, includeing libc6). Then I needed to do a "apt-get -f install" (to fix dependencies). It asked me to restart a few services (inetd was one) and said I may need to restart more if they are acting funny. I looked for a log of what it installed later, but couldn't find one. Immediately, I began to get errors with ssh (I did the updates over ssh, and it let me continue ok in that session, but not log in any new ones). I tried restarting, then recompiling, then looking at /etc/hosts.deny ( I commented the useful line ), and I just don't know what to do. Here is the client response: $ ssh -v localhost SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090600f). debug: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config debug: Seeding random number generator debug: ssh_connect: getuid 0 geteuid 0 anon 0 debug: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 22. debug: Allocated local port 1023. debug: debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode. fatal: get_sock_port: getnameinfo NI_NUMERICSERV failed debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8061f9c(0x0) Connection established. ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host debug: Calling cleanup 0x805ebfc(0x0) server debug info: # /usr/local/sbin/sshd -ddd debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1 debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: read DSA private key done debug1: Forcing server key to 1152 bits to make it differ from host key. debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: Bind to port 22 on ::. Server listening on :: port 22. debug1: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0. Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Generating 1152 bit RSA key. debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: Seeding random number generator RSA key generation complete. debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode. fatal: get_sock_port: getnameinfo NI_NUMERICSERV failed debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8061f9c(0x0) Thanks! Jeff Davis
Re: Advansys SCSI configuration problem
Yobb schrieb: > > Hi. I'm trying to set up my SCSI card and CD-R and I need some advice. > Below is the output I get when I load my SCSI module. > > I don't know what sr0-6 are but a get a feeling I only need 1 of them. > Once this module is loaded devices /dev/scd0 through /dev/scd6 accesses > the same single cd burner that is plugged into the SCSI card. I don't > know what a lun, or id is either. Continuing below . . . Could this, by any chance, be a SCAM issue (SCAM: "SCSI configured automagiclly")? If yes, try to disable SCAM support in your SCSI configuration utility (or SCSI BIOS setup or whatever it is called). And make sure that every SCSI device has a unique SCSI id. For your questions about ids and luns, see the SCSI-FAQ http://www.scsifaq.org/ Regards, scr
Are there [maybe unofficial] debs for python 1.6 or 2.0 somewhere?
Hi all, I need a newer Python than the 1.5 included in Debian's potato/woody. Does anyone know if there are some prebuild 1.6 or 2.0 debian packages out there in the net? I don't want to mess up all my dependencies by removing Debian's Python 1.5. Thanks, -- ____ Frank Barknecht __ __ trip\ \ / /wire __ / __// __ /__/ __// // __ \ \/ / __ \\ ___\ / / / / / / / // // /\ \\ ___\\ \ /_/ /_/ /_/ /_//_// / \ \\_\\_\ /_/\_\
Re: [OT] Navigator 4.75 hangs, any patches?
on Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 08:13:45PM -0800, Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Nate Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > when exactly does it hang? ive seen a lot of hangs on startup if a
> > working DNS is unreachable.
> >
> > nate
> >
> > Krzys Majewski wrote:
> > >
> > > Gr. Navigator 4.75 hangs on some pages, eating all the CPU, and making
> > > all open netscape windows unuseable. This is on an i686, mostly
> > > potato. Any patches/workarounds for this sort of problem? -chris
>
> Not on startup. Seems to have a preference for certain pages. The most
> recent offender had a java applet, though I managed to load that page
> successfully just now.
>
> The only thing I really need javascript for (and probably the only
> thing I really need netscape for), is my bank. Although this is
> academic for now, anybody know if there are alternatives to javascript
> for this type of content ("choose account", "choose creditor", "enter
> amount", etc.)?
Javascript is unnecessary, inconsistantly implemented across browsers,
often a source of instability, not available on many browsers, quite
possibly an access impediment for disabled users (a legal issue in the
US with the Americans with Disabilities Act), and a security risk
(client side, not server side). Check that last point. It's a security
risk server-side if the client manages to misrepresent data.
I advise any businesses I deal with that I don't use Javascript and
won't enable it to access their content. It's very strongly
discouraged.
Somewhat happily surprised to see that WFB (in followup) uses
exclusively server-side processing.
Fundamental to HTML are authentication, data submission, and secure
protocols methods. These should be used, not broken, glitzy,
unnecessary chrome.
--
Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org
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Re: xlibs vs. app-defaults
Burton Windle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Unpacking replacement xlibs ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-9_i386.deb > (--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in > package ghostview dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken > pipe) > > It used to give a similar message because app-defaults was also in > xscreen-saver, and/or xscreen-saver-gl, untill I removed them and > reinstalled. > > What is the correct way to resolve this, and to stop getting these errors? Do a `dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-9_i386.deb' However, that won't stop messages of this sort, but only the particular with app-defaults. Greetings, joachim
Re: what is > ?
Harry Henry Gebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 01:27:24PM +, Colin Watson wrote: >> Actually, backslashes lose their special meaning inside single quotes in >> bash: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ echo '\\\' >> \\\ > >Guess that shows I shouldn't make assumptions. Oddly, they seem to be interpreted in single quotes in ksh. Hmm. Not sure what that's a bug in, if anything. >So if you want to pass in a single quote you need to do this: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo '\\\'"'"'\\\' >\\\'\\\ That's one possibility, yes. I tend to use the '...'\''...' style myself. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Killing Post in innd
"Hung Hin Lik, Shell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, would anyone tell me how can I kill post in innd ? ctlinnd cancel '' ... with the appropriate message-id. You probably do need the single quotes, as message-ids often contain odd characters. Note that this does *not* propagate the cancel to the rest of Usenet. If you want to do that, you'll need to send a proper cancel message. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mutt: don't jump over deleted messages
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Re: Logitech MouseManPlus, gpm, and X
At 12:40 01-12-2000 -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 06:20:39PM +0100, Wouter de Vries wrote: > And did anybody get the wheel working with imwheel? ( I did not .. ) You don't need imwheel for most applications, just add: ZAxisMapping4 5 in the "Pointer" section of your XF86Config I have this in my XF86Config and the wheel does not work. Maybe the reason for this is for using /dev/ttyS0 instead of a PS/2 port. The protocol I am using is MouseMan. Tried with MouseManPlusPS/2 and the mouse does not move... By the way, the mouse is wireless from logitech. Any suggestion? Cheers, RP
Kernelupdate auf 2.2
Guten Morgen, seit wir unseren Debian Server auf den aktuellen Kernel 2.2 upgedatet haben, gibt es Probleme mit unseren MAC-Rechnern. Diese können nun die Mails nicht ordnungsgemäss empfangen. Ansonsten funktioniert der Netzzugang einwandfrei. Alle Mac-Rechner sind über 10MBit-Leitung am Netz angeschlossen und haben eine statische IP. Ist es denn grundsätzlich nicht möglich MAC´s auch über 100MBit ans interne Netz zu hängen ?? Kann mir jemand helfen, dieses Problem zu beheben ??? Besten Dank im voraus für die freundliche Unterstützung. -- ciao Jürgen Bernhard Systemadministrator phone: ++49 89 858961-46 T.I.L.L. PHOTONICS GMBH fax: ++49 89 858961-40 Bahnhofstr. 3a www: http://www.till-photonics.com D-82166 Gräfelfing e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #705 etc
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > On Sunday 03 December 2000 5:23 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ** Original Message ** > > > FROM: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > SENT: Fri 12/01/2000 11:47 AM > > > TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > SUBJECT: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #705 > > I've added this address to my procmail blacklist. And it got removed from all Debian mailinglists as well. Cheers, Remco.
Re: PS/2 mouse on serial port?
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 07:35:08PM +1300, C. Falconer wrote: > >Yes, there is a modem at ttyS3 > >I also tried everything on ttyS0, nothing there either. > > Theres the problem - your modem on com4 and your mouse on com2 have IRQ > conflict. Set your modem to IRQ 2 or 9 if you can - that seems the best > solution. Oops. I should have spotted that! Apologies - hope you haven't bought another PS/2->Serial adapter yet! -- Karl E. Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.karl.jorgensen.com Today's fortune: How can you do 'New Math' problems with an 'Old Math' mind? -- Charles Schulz pgpO8rF1xGlCs.pgp Description: PGP signature
ps/2 mouse not detected if ball not rolling?
When starting linux if I do not roll mouse ball I do not get a ps2 aux device. Then xwindows will crash when it does not detect mouse - crash can be prevented by rolling mouse ball when running startx . But alas mouse eventually freezes in xwindows. This is a hardware problem - the mouse was working fine. Any reason to believe the problem is the mouse or is there a reason to believe the problem is the ps2 hardware? Don't have adapter or another ps/2 mouse right now to test this. Thanks
problem running StarOffice as non-root
I installed StarOffice (5.2) as root to an i586 running Debian with a 2.2.12 kernel and KDE as the desktop (using Corel 1.1.2). It runs fine as root, but I cannot figure out how to get it to run as non-root. Have tried symlinking /usr/local/office52/soffice to the user's home (and that just starts the install script that errors because it can't find /usr/local/office52/user/sofficerc) as well symlinking /root/.kde/share/applnk/staroffice to the user's home and neither worked. (Looks like there is read/execute for user throughout the path for the first strategy, and yeah, I really didn't think the symlink to /root would work, but what the heck) Any ideas? Is this a general problem with any non-deb binary I install? I glanced through the O'Reilley Running Linux to see if it had anything about installing/managing binaries and didn't notice anything. thanks in advance
Re: system.map wrong ?
On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 11:48:16PM -0500, Debian Ghost wrote: > Hey Guys, > Somehow I have a messed up system.map file. > Could someone tell me what this file is/does, and how I can fix mine? The System.map is created during compiling your kernel. I guess you recently compiled a kernel and did not copy the new System.map to your /boot directory. The new System.map should be located in /usr/src/linux. It won't do any harm if you don't copy it, it is meant for debugging purpose. Phil
Re: Help: Start folder
Hi, Works like a charm, great. > macro index ? Any way of getting it to work from within a message instead of another folder? And does mutt go from new msg to new mg with tab? Thanks, Jonathan -- "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-"
Re: problem running StarOffice as non-root
Did you make a single user or a multi user install? In the case of this last one, you have to go through the setup process with each user. This will copy the needed files to each user's home directory (just a few MB)To do this go to so installation directory and execute setup for each user __ Daniel de los Reyes S2-Selling Soluciones Valencia Spain e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU-Linux 2.2r0 __ > I installed StarOffice (5.2) as root to an i586 running Debian with a > 2.2.12 kernel and KDE as the desktop (using Corel 1.1.2). It runs fine as > root, but I cannot figure out how to get it to run as non-root. Have tried > symlinking /usr/local/office52/soffice to the user's home (and that just > starts the install script that errors because it can't find > /usr/local/office52/user/sofficerc) as well symlinking > /root/.kde/share/applnk/staroffice to the user's home and neither worked. > (Looks like there is read/execute for user throughout the path for the > first strategy, and yeah, I really didn't think the symlink to /root would > work, but what the heck) > > Any ideas? Is this a general problem with any non-deb binary I install? I > glanced through the O'Reilley Running Linux to see if it had anything about > installing/managing binaries and didn't notice anything. > > thanks in advance --
Re: Laptops for Debian GNU/Linux?
"Dexter Graphic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The site is a rich source of information on GNU/Linux laptops. > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ > > But it's almost too much information and to general in nature > to be of immediate use. I still have no idea how to go about > comparing the hundreds of models listed and what each one's > strengths and weaknesses are in terms of running my preferred > OS: Debian GNU/Linux. > > Perhaps some of you folks would be willing to share your own > laptop preferences? Are there any hardware companies you > know of that provide GPL drivers and support open standards? Hi, I use a compaq armada 1750 under debian since the slink times, and I?m very happy with it. Graphics, Sound, PCMCIA, everything works. Greetings, Christoph
printer not responding --- driving me mad!
Hi, I'm running a 2.4.0-test11 kernel under debian linux (potato + a little woody). I have a printcap file which has worked before. I understand that what used to be /dev/lp1 in 2.0 kernels is now /dev/lp0 so I have made this change. But neither lprng, nor the standard lpr work. I have unplugged and plugged the cable so I think it's connected okay. Using lprng, when I do lpq I get the following message, after waiting a while: # lpq Printer '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' - cannot open connection - Connection timed out Make sure LPD server is running on the server Using lpr, the "lpq" command works, but when I try to print, it comes up with # lpr test.txt lpr: connect: No such file or directory jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. I tried typing directly to /dev/lp0, but part way through it came up with # cat > /dev/lp0 sasfasdf asdfasdfsdf cat: write error: Input/output error I don't know what's wrong. Is there something wrong with my kernel? I have the lp module loaded okay: # lsmod Module Size Used by ppp_deflate39168 0 (autoclean) bsd_comp4128 0 (autoclean) ppp_async 6192 1 (autoclean) ppp_generic12800 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async] slhc4496 1 (autoclean) [ppp_generic] ipt_MASQUERADE 1328 1 (autoclean) iptable_filter 1856 0 (unused) iptable_nat12224 0 [ipt_MASQUERADE] ip_conntrack 12352 1 [ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat] ip_tables 9856 5 [ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_filter iptable_nat] lp 4480 0 (autoclean) I don't know what else to try. Thanks in advance for any help. Mark. P.S. My printcap is: lp|bjc4200|Canon BJC-4200:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc4200:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/bjc4200-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: _/___/~~ /~~_/~~__/~~__Mark_Phillips /~~_/[EMAIL PROTECTED] /~~\HE___/~~__/~~\APTAIN_ /~~__/~~ __ "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"
Re: Monolithic kernels and init scripts
On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:36:03PM +0100, scr wrote: > > It looks like (I haven´t digged deeply) those scripts > `modutils´ and `kerneld´ from /etc/init.d are responsible > for several warnings I get during boot of a hand-rolled > kernel (I think it´s kernel-source from plain potato, > although I have "unofficial" CDs). > > Well, I get several warnings because > modules are not implemented at all >*and* > kerneld gets started > although I don´t need all this stuff (I think). > > Is there a mistake in those /etc/inid.d scripts? > Shouldn´t a "autodetection" if booted from a monolithic > kernel be built into them? > Well, I could remove some scripts/symlinks, but then > a modularized kernel wouldn´t boot, right? its true that the tests used in the kerneld initscript is flawed, it checks for /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe which will not exist in two cases: 1) your running 2.0 kernels, and thus need kerneld 2) your running 2.2 without loadable module support. the flawed assumption here is that nobody will ever build a kernel not supporting modules. you can however delete or disable the kerneld script entirely without any problems since its only relevent for 2.0 kernels, so long as you don't plan to run 2.0 kernels you will never need kenreld i don't see any problems with the modutils script, it should abort if /proc/modules is missing which should only occur for kernels without module support. here is a patch for /etc/init.d/kerneld: --- /etc/init.d/kerneld Sat Oct 21 13:36:39 2000 +++ /tmp/kerneldMon Dec 4 01:38:12 2000 @@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ KDOPT="" -test -f /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe && exit 0 +# kerneld only works on 2.0 kernels +case `uname -r` in +2.0.*) +;; +*) +exit 0 +;; +esac + test -f /proc/modules || exit 0 test -f /sbin/kerneld || exit 0 feel free to file a bug against modutils with this patch. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpCQ8dio6c7n.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: problem running StarOffice as non-root
Hi, probably you did a single user install. Even when your system is single user, I prefer installing it multiuser. To fix the problem, do this: -run as root the setup again and deinstall -as root, start the program again, but now with the net option: ./setup /net After install, login as a normal user and run /usr/local/soffice52/soffice (or something like that) and because this is your first time as a user, you will be asked for your personal data. After this, you should be able to use office as a normal user. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Agner-Nichols wrote: > I installed StarOffice (5.2) as root to an i586 running Debian with a 2.2.12 > kernel and KDE as the desktop (using Corel 1.1.2). It runs fine as root, > but I cannot figure out how to get it to run as non-root. Have tried > symlinking /usr/local/office52/soffice to the user's home (and that just > starts the install script that errors because it can't find > /usr/local/office52/user/sofficerc) as well symlinking~ > /root/.kde/share/applnk/staroffice to the user's home and neither worked. > (Looks like there is read/execute for user throughout the path for the first > strategy, and yeah, I really didn't think the symlink to /root would work, > but what the heck) > > Any ideas? Is this a general problem with any non-deb binary I install? I > glanced through the O'Reilley Running Linux to see if it had anything about > installing/managing binaries and didn't notice anything. > > thanks in advance > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
CRC error
hallo, anybody who ever had an CRC error while booting? Is my Harddisk lost, or do you know any way to get it back to work? I tried everything i could imagine: i formatet the disk, i partitioned it in another way, i tried to run every diskcheck programm i know (they told me the disk could be kind of "configured wrong" so they couldn't access). The strange thing about all this is: If i mount this HD after booting (if i don't try to boot from it) i can store and access data on it... :/ any suggestions? thanx Michael
Re: Best Light Web browser??
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 04:55:12PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > I've tested Chimera2, Express, Arena, and gzilla. Anything else out > there as a simple web browser capable of getting through the > gimp-manual? Of the lot, the only one that didn't crash after 30 secs > from Chimera2. > > Any other choices aside Mozilla, Opera, Netscape, for something low > footprint? > > Thanks, You probably don't want a text-based browser, but I found that w3m is very good. It uses libgpm so you can control it with the mouse. You can tell it to load another browser for something it can't understand. You can tell it to use eeyes or something to view the pictures. Wait a minute, isn't the gimp manual a PDF? _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
Re: PS/2 mouse on serial port?
> did you get the adapter *with* the mouse? I found a serial mouse and put it in ttyS0. Everything works great. Thanks for the suggestions. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Former version of dep package
Hi everybody... I'd like to know if it is possible to find former packages for xfree 4.0.1... Indeed, the release -8 worked quite better for me ;o) Thias
gif support in Gimp .Non free?
I noticed gimp included in Potato has no support for gif format. Can this be added with a non-free package? Which one? -- __ Daniel de los Reyes S2-Selling Soluciones Valencia Spain e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU-Linux 2.2r0 __
Re: Postgres Port Problem (and other port issues)
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 21:05:32 -0800 (PST) Chris Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > So, here's the problem: In a nutshell, Postgres doesn't seem to be > listening on port 5432 (which is where everything seems to be looking > for it). Nmap confirms this, plus none of the stuff that lsof lists as > being owned by postgres seems to deal with a socket (here's the dump in > case it helps): Set PGALLOWTCPIP=yes in /etc/postgresql/postmaster.init and restart postgres. HTH -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
shutdown&power off for ordinary users
I´m running 2.2 with two users, #1 has the rootpassword, #2 don´t. When #2 is finnished using the machine, he does a logout, and the machine reboots, he then turns the power off, and when restarting it all the partitions has to be cheched because they weren´t cleanly unmounted. How to I make #2 able to cleanly unmount? Thanks in advance. __ Denne eposten er sendt ved hjelp av http://www.Organizer.net - Norges ledende webbaserte kommunikasjonsløsning.
Re: Kernelupdate auf 2.2
On Mon, 04 Dec 2000 10:40:29 +0100 Juergen Bernhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > seit wir unseren Debian Server auf den aktuellen Kernel 2.2 upgedatet > haben, gibt es Probleme mit unseren MAC-Rechnern. Diese können nun die > Mails nicht ordnungsgemäss empfangen. Ansonsten funktioniert der > Netzzugang einwandfrei. Alle Mac-Rechner sind über 10MBit-Leitung am > Netz angeschlossen und haben eine statische IP. > > Ist es denn grundsätzlich nicht möglich MAC´s auch über 100MBit ans > interne Netz zu hängen ?? Ich habe hier ein Netz das mit 100Mb/s Linux, iMacs und Windows verbindet. Alle Linux Maschinen sind debian/potato welche regelmäßig geupdatet werden. Und alles funktioniert. Ich glaube daher nicht, daß dein Problem weder mit der Netzfrequenz noch mit dem neueren Kernel zu tun hat. Funktioniert es denn, wenn du mit dem älteren Kernel arbeitest? -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
Mosaic won't uininstall
Hi, I have Mosaic 2.7b5-8.1 on my system. When I try to remove it with dselect, I get this: running dpkg --pending --remove ... (Reading database ... 41009 files and directories currently installed.) Removing Mosaic ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing Mosaic (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: Mosaic dpkg --remove returned error exit status 1. I can remove the files manually, but how do I delete it from the list in dselect ?
RE:changing route table ?
Hello Fellow Debin Users ! I used to have my debian box conected through a gateway, set up with route add default gw 192.168.0.1 Now that gateway ceased to exist, and each time I want to connect to internet I cant. I have to: route -n (otherwise it tries to resolve names through the gateway) route del default gw 192.168.0.1 route add default gw <> Why does it insist on using the old gateway ?. Is there a way to make permanent changes? (they were permanent the first time !!) Thanks in advance. Mark. To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: gif support in Gimp .Non free?
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:31:44PM +0100, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: > I noticed gimp included in Potato has no support for gif format. Can this be > added with a non-free package? Which one? gimp-nonfree? -- ,---. > Name: Alson van der Meulen < > Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > School: [EMAIL PROTECTED]< `---' Oops! (said in a quiet, almost surprised voice) -
Re: shutdown&power off for ordinary users
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:36:34PM +0100, A.E. Roy wrote: > I´m running 2.2 with two users, #1 has the rootpassword, #2 don´t. When #2 is > finnished using the machine, he does a logout, and the machine reboots, he > then turns the power off, and when restarting it all the partitions has to be > cheched because they weren´t cleanly unmounted. How to I make #2 able to > cleanly unmount? Look for /etc/shutdown.allow -- ,---. > Name: Alson van der Meulen < > Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > School: [EMAIL PROTECTED]< `---' Oops! (said in a quiet, almost surprised voice) -
Re: Mosaic won't uininstall
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:01:59PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, I have Mosaic 2.7b5-8.1 on my system. > > When I try to remove it with dselect, I get this: > > running dpkg --pending --remove ... > (Reading database ... 41009 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing Mosaic ... > dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error > dpkg: error processing Mosaic (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > Mosaic > dpkg --remove returned error exit status 1. > > I can remove the files manually, but how do I delete it from the list in > dselect ? There's probably something wrong with the pre-removal script, check the script in /var/lib/dpkg/info/mosaic.prerm for errors, like execute permissions, wrong header (like #!/bin/bash) and such things. -- ,---. > Name: Alson van der Meulen < > Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > School: [EMAIL PROTECTED]< `---' Oops! (said in a quiet, almost surprised voice) -
Re: Best Light Web browser??
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 08:21:08AM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hey, someone who thinks like I do!!! I thought Mosaic would be great. I > remember it with fondness as myu first browser. Well, I dl the Linux > verion and it saus to uncompress it and then run the file. I did as it > said and no go.I get a missing libXT.so.- reference. When I search, the > file is in /usr/bin/something... but it's there. Any ideas, I'd mlove to > get Mosaic running. apt-get install mosaic > > Jonathan > > Try mosaic, it's a bit old, but quite lightweight and the rendering is > > not imho not too bad for manuals, it does graphics, so it should be > > able to render the gimp user manual, debian package is just mosaic. > > -- -- ,---. > Name: Alson van der Meulen < > Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > School: [EMAIL PROTECTED]< `---' YEEEHA!!! What a CRASH!!! -
Realplayer.deb for Netscape?
Realplayer is not included on Debian2.2 and every time a new and different package is installed, dpkg asks for a url to download the Real media files to fulfill broken dependancies. Which URL should I choose for a Realplayer.deb package - a package which I may install on other computers on my homenet too and how large is the requested file in size? Robert
Re: changing route table ?
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:45:56 - "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used to have my debian box conected through a gateway, set up with > > route add default gw 192.168.0.1 > > Now that gateway ceased to exist, and each time I want to connect to > internet I cant. I have to: > route -n (otherwise it tries to resolve names through the gateway) > > route del default gw 192.168.0.1 > > route add default gw <> > > Why does it insist on using the old gateway ?. Is there a way to make > permanent changes? (they were permanent the first time !!) Make your changes in /etc/network/interfaces HTH -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
Re: shutdown&power off for ordinary users
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:36:34PM +0100, A.E. Roy wrote: > I´m running 2.2 with two users, #1 has the rootpassword, #2 don´t. When #2 is > finnished using the machine, he does a logout, and the machine reboots, he > then turns the power off, and when restarting it all the partitions has to be > cheched because they weren´t cleanly unmounted. How to I make #2 able to > cleanly unmount? > Thanks in advance. please wrap your lines at something reasonable say 72 char. run visudo and add the following: Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN=/sbin/shutdown -h now Cmnd_Alias REBOOT=/sbin/shutdown -r now usernamehostname=SHUTDOWN,REBOOT then this user will be allowed to run `sudo shutdown -[hr] now' which will shutdown or reboot the machine correctly. you can use shell scripts to simplify this for the user, if you don't want to require the user's password to perform the shutdown change the last line to: usernamehostname=NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN,REBOOT if you don't have sudo installed, apt-get install sudo. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpXoI8YZO6T0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Modules not showing up after compile - why?
Sorry for this basic query; I've always used monolithic kernels but decided to build a modules version to try it out and I don't understand what's happening.. I selected various modules and built the kernel. I included the kernel module loader to enable automatic loading of modules. The kernel compiled OK and I booted with it without problems. All the functions seem to be implemented as I expected. However, lsmod and modprobe show nothing: there is no /proc/ksyms or /proc/modules. Questions: why don't these things show up, and how does the kernel work if the modules aren't there? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical essays: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."
Re: Modules not showing up after compile - why?
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:16:35PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > However, lsmod and modprobe show nothing: there is no /proc/ksyms or > /proc/modules. > > Questions: why don't these things show up, and how does the kernel work > if the modules aren't there? Did you run LILO after you installed the kernel? If you didn't you are probably still booting into your old kernel. If you run `dmesg` you will get a list off all the boot-up messages; the first one will include the data the kernel was compiles. If you enabled modules you should have /proc/modules even if it's empty (assuming you have /proc mounted). -- Harry Henry Gebel, ICQ# 76308382 West Dover Hundred, Delaware
Re: Postgres Port Problem (and other port issues)
--- Christoph Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 21:05:32 -0800 (PST) > Chris Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, everyone. > > > > So, here's the problem: In a nutshell, Postgres doesn't seem to be > > listening on port 5432 (which is where everything seems to be > looking > > for it). Nmap confirms this, plus none of the stuff that lsof > lists as > > being owned by postgres seems to deal with a socket (here's the > dump in > > case it helps): > > Set > PGALLOWTCPIP=yes > in /etc/postgresql/postmaster.init and restart postgres. > Well, nmap (and lsof) reports that the postgres port is open and listening, but I still get: psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused Is the postmaster running at 'localhost' and accepting connections on Unix socket '5432'? ...whenever I try to run psql (or the regression tests, which use psql). What else could be the problem? Could it be the psql client? Is there a way for me to test for connectivity without using psql? Thanks, -Chris __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
SuSe6.4 & sound
Hi All,
Unable to get KDE CD Player to recognize a music CD. Get the following message
"No matching CDDBentry found"
When I run lsmod the following is displayed:
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate40300 0 (autoclean)
bsd_comp4020 0 (autoclean)
ppp20908 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp]
slhc4440 0 (autoclean) [ppp]
snd-pcm-oss16680 0 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-plugin 12840 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-mixer-oss 4244 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-card-ens13712016 0 (autoclean)
snd-ens1371 9404 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-ens1371]
snd-pcm28504 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin
snd-ens1371]
snd-timer 8032 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi 9432 0 (autoclean) [snd-ens1371]
snd-seq-device 3360 0 (autoclean) [snd-rawmidi]
snd-ac97-codec 23904 0 (autoclean) [snd-ens1371]
snd-mixer 22576 0 (autoclean) [snd-mixer-oss snd-ens1371
snd-ac97-codec]
snd31852 1 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-mixer-oss
snd-card-ens1371 snd-ens1371 snd-pcm snd-timer
snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec
snd-mixer] soundcore 2564 5 [snd]
usb-uhci 17000 0 (unused)
serial 42612 0 (autoclean)
memstat 1476 0 (unused)
usbcore42344 1 [usb-uhci]
Have installed ALSA sound and a SoundBlaster 16 sound card. Have read the ALSA
Howto.
Ran "awk '/^snd/||/^sound/&&($3==0){system("rmmod " $1)}' /proc/modules
/proc/modules /proc/modules" three times as suggested an lsmod produced:
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate40300 0 (autoclean)
bsd_comp4020 0 (autoclean)
ppp20908 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp]
slhc4440 0 (autoclean) [ppp]
usb-uhci 17000 0 (unused)
serial 42612 0 (autoclean)
memstat 1476 0 (unused)
usbcore42344 1 [usb-uhci]
Then ran "/sbin/modprobe snd-card-sb16" which produce:
/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/snd-card-sb16.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/snd-card-sb16.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc
/snd-card-sb16.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/snd-card-sb16.o: insmod snd-card-sb16 failed
My question is what "Device or resource busy" is still busy?
Any help will be appricated.
TIA
Clay Stapleton
Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #717
Nilly, you just made the bit bucket list. Enough is enough! Subject: Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #717 Date: Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 10:18:02PM -0500 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > ** Original Message ** > FROM: debian-user@lists.debian.org > SENT: Sun 12/03/2000 2:42 AM > TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SUBJECT: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #717 > > > > > > > > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > > > > > >debian-user-digest DigestVolume 100 : Issue 717 > > > > > > > >Today's Topics: > > > > Re: [OT] Apple IIe help please[ Brian McGroarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ] > > > > Re: [OT] Apple IIe help please[ Richard Cobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > > > Unix/Linux Congress [ "Luz Futten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > > > Re: Few question of newbie | need ur [ "Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED] ] > > > > Re: Few question of newbie | need ur [ John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > > > XFCE [ "Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED] ] > > > > Mosaic work? [ Jonathan Gift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > > > Re: libmng problem[ Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> ] > > > > Re: XFCE [ mikpolniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > > > Re: swap size [ Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > > > Re: help setting up a slave machine [ Jan Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > > > Re: help setting up a slave machine [ Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > > > ¼ÒÇüÁø°øÆßǪ ¹× ¼ÒÇüÄÞǪ·¹»þ Àü¹® ¾÷ [ "±è¿©¼·" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > > > Re: [UNIX help] [ Tino Ionescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > > > Re: what is > ? [ Harry Henry Gebel <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED] ] > > > > > > > >- > > __ > Make A Buck Or Two @ TheMail.com - Free Internet Email > Sign-up today at http://www.themail.com/ref.htm?ref=1763925 > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Operator! Trace this call and tell me where I am. ___
Re: Postgres Port Problem (and other port issues)
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 04:51:50 -0800 (PST) Chris Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Set > > PGALLOWTCPIP=yes > > in /etc/postgresql/postmaster.init and restart postgres. > > > Well, nmap (and lsof) reports that the postgres port is open and > listening, but I still get: > > > psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused > Is the postmaster running at 'localhost' > and accepting connections on Unix socket '5432'? > > > ...whenever I try to run psql (or the regression tests, which use > psql). What else could be the problem? Could it be the psql client? > Is there a way for me to test for connectivity without using psql? Another problem might be that you have no access permissions, that the database wasn't yet initialized or that there is just no database at all. But those, I believe, would cause different messages. The only way I know of not using psql is writing some program using the libraries (e.g., libpsql) or using some application based on postgres, but then, I wouldn't expect any difference. Sorry. No more ideas. -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
exim+fetchmail
Hello! I am configuring the email in a potato box. I am connected to my ISP via modem. I want to use exim+fetchmail+mutt. So far I have some questions, and I wonder if someone in this fantastic list can help me: 1) I have two ISP providers. I choose one of them when I establish the dial-up connection. But in the exim's configuration file there is room for only one ISP. If I want to change the ISP should I have to edit the exim's config file? is there a way exim stores the information for several ISPs and, at dial-up time, inform to exim to what ISP I am connecting to? 2) When fetchmail retrieves the email from the ISP to my machine, is exim who delivers them to my /var/spool/mail/account file? 3) is exim automatically called when I establish the dial-up connection? 4) why the MUAs programs (for example balsa or xfmail) don't need a MTA for retrieve the messages from the ISP (at last with pop3) but they need a MTA for sending the emails (via smtp)? Sorry for ask many questions in a single email... :P Thanks ins advance for the help! Marcelo _ Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SCSI
Quoting Karl E. Jrgensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > If I can get to understand Scsi and find it a viable alternative to > > IDE, it was my intention to attach a CD writer and some new > > harddrives externally (the board provides for this). Here again > > I'm lost - some people I've spoken to insist only one device can > > be attached externally whilst the literature clearly says up to 7. > SCSI takes at least 7. Later versions of SCSI (where the last address bit is > used) can take up to 15. > > > Furthermore, here in the UK no-one appears to stock any 'boxes' > > or whatever for more than one device. A stock explanation seems > Why should they? If they can sell one controller per device? :-) They > probably would argue that it's "just overengineering to be safe" :-) > On a serious note though, some cheaper cards do take quite a bit of CPU > overhead, and I ended up with such a card when I bought by SCSI CD-Rewriter. > Although it *can* take 7 devices (I now have a 18Gb disk, a CD-RW and a tape > station running off it), it doesn't seem to have an impressive bandwith... > Something to do with PCI-busmastering I've been told... > > > to be "haven't seen any for years - there's no call for them" > > (One 'charming' individual said he knows nothing technical > > about computer parts "I only sell them". I'm not sure what John means by "boxes" for more than one device. A SCSI card will typically have one external connector and possibly more than one internal connector to cater for different connector-types. The documentation will warn you not to use more than any two connectors at the same time (else you have a star configuration, not a chain). To connect more than one scsi device to the external connector, they have to be daisy-chained, and most devices will carry two connectors to allow this. The order of daisy-chaining can be important when you have lame 8-bit devices that don't carry through the wires for bits 9--16, or which have tacky 25-way D connectors which are not real SCSI connectors anyway. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
games-pipemania ...?
In order to make the second user on my machine happy, I need to have a game called "pipemania" installed, the other user knows this from Windows, does anybody know if this game exists for Debian, or one similar?? This might just be a little bit off topic, I hope you´ll have me excused if this disturbes you. Thanks in advance. __ Denne eposten er sendt ved hjelp av http://www.Organizer.net - Norges ledende webbaserte kommunikasjonsløsning.
Re: CRC error
Hi michael, That error is what I'm dealing with now ( it's not a dell, perchance? ). When I ran fsck on the unmounted linux partitions, it found hundreds of errors. The Lilo? Rescue? HOWTO mentions it's usually a result of a hard drive problem. In my case, the vendor diagnostics (and window diagnostics ) check out ok on the hd. Since it occured to me after a power failure(s), I'm hoping it may be a one time corruption of the drive. The only suggestion I could make would be to fsck your linux partitions if you haven't already. good luck, Jon On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Michael Buerkle wrote: > anybody who ever had an CRC error while booting? > Is my Harddisk lost, or do you know any way to get it back to > work? I tried everything i could imagine: i formatet the disk, i > partitioned it in another way, i tried to run every diskcheck > programm i know (they told me the disk could be kind of > "configured wrong" so they couldn't access). > The strange thing about all this is: If i mount this HD after booting > (if i don't try to boot from it) i can store and access data on it... :/ > > any suggestions? > > thanx > > Michael > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: mutt: don't jump over deleted messages
Timo Benk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How can I tell mutt that the cursor should not jump over deleted messages. Try putting these two lines in your ~/.muttrc: bind index previous-entry bind index next-entry (Normally, those two keys are bound to previous-undeleted and next-undeleted respectively.) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ps/2 mouse not detected if ball not rolling?
This is just a shot in the dark, but do you happen to have your mouse set to /dev/gpmdata in you XF86Config? If so, trying setting it to /dev/psaux or /dev/mouse and see if the same behavior happens. -Rob On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 04:55:42AM -0500, Christopher Mosley wrote: > > When starting linux if I do not roll mouse ball I do > not get a ps2 aux device. Then xwindows will crash when it > does not detect mouse - crash can be prevented by > rolling mouse ball when running startx . But alas mouse eventually > freezes in xwindows. This is a hardware problem - the mouse > was working fine. > > Any reason to believe the problem is the mouse > or is there a reason to believe the problem is the ps2 hardware? > Don't have adapter or another ps/2 mouse right now to test this. > > Thanks > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Modules not showing up after compile - why?
Hi, how did you compile the kernel? Basically, it works the following: make menuconfig (config or xconfig will also work) make clean make dep make bzImage make modules_install<-- have you done this? If you are not sure if your new kernel will work, make a copy of the modules: mv /lib/modules/2.2.17 /lib/modules/2.2.17.org before executing make modules_install. Greetings, Sebastiaan ps: you can still try running modules_install now and see if it works. On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Sorry for this basic query; I've always used monolithic kernels but > decided to build a modules version to try it out and I don't understand > what's happening.. > > I selected various modules and built the kernel. I included the kernel > module loader to enable automatic loading of modules. The kernel > compiled OK and I booted with it without problems. All the functions > seem to be implemented as I expected. > > > However, lsmod and modprobe show nothing: there is no /proc/ksyms or > /proc/modules. > > Questions: why don't these things show up, and how does the kernel work > if the modules aren't there? > > Anthony > > -- > Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) > Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ > Skeptical essays: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ > > "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) > Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Netscape, IMAP and compact folder
Quoting Debian Ghost ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On occasion, when using IMAP, my netscape will fail to compact the folder > if I've been moving some mail from one place or another. By this, I take it that you mean rewriting the folder without the moved/deleted emails. How busy is this folder? When I change folders with mutt, it often happens that a new email is being delivered at that moment. Mutt's reaction is to leave you in the same folder with the newly delivered mail, which has the advantage that you don't lose your 'delete' flags in that folder. You just have to repeat the change folders comand. > I will have to > restart netscape and move the mail again and then 'compact folder' is this > a bug with netscape (4.73) or a bug with IMAP on the server? I am > responsible for IMAP and this local machine, so either way it is my > problem to fix :) So what exactly does happen when it fails to compact the folder? Does it crash? Are you changing folder at that time? Does the change succeed? Does the folder always contain a very new email whenever you have that problem? etc. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: exim+fetchmail
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 11:31:11AM -0500, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > 1) I have two ISP providers. I choose one of them when I establish the > dial-up connection. But in the > exim's configuration file there is room for only one ISP. If I want to > change the ISP should I have to edit > the exim's config file? is there a way exim stores the information for > several ISPs and, at dial-up time, inform > to exim to what ISP I am connecting to? I don't think this should matter as far as recieving mail goes. If you wish to change what address appears when you send messages you have to change the rewrite rules at the bottom of your /etc/exim.conf. More on that if that is what you need. > 2) When fetchmail retrieves the email from the ISP to my machine, is exim > who delivers them to my > /var/spool/mail/account file? I could be wrong, but I think it is exim as fetchmail is supposed to grab mail off of the server and then deliver it locally via SMTP. > 3) is exim automatically called when I establish the dial-up connection? Don't think so. > 4) why the MUAs programs (for example balsa or xfmail) don't need a MTA > for retrieve the > messages from the ISP (at last with pop3) but they need a MTA for sending > the emails (via smtp)? Most MUA's don't need anything to retrieve mail (mutt doesn't either, but fetchmail is the better option). I've never used xfmail, but I though balsa had an option where you could set it to use your isp's smtp server, bypassing the need for a local MTA. Hope some of that helped. -Rob
Re: Postgres Port Problem (and other port issues)
I've finally managed to connect. It looks like psql is acting odd (then again, maybe this is the default behavior... I am normally a MySQL/Oracle user). Basically, psql requires that I explicitly supply a hostname. So, even though psql complains about being refused on port 5432 on localhost, I can connect as the user postgres by using 'psql -h localhost.' I don't imagine that this is the default behavior since the regression test fails because of the 'connection refused' error. Any ideas on why this might be happening? -Chris __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
Re: Postgres Port Problem (and other port issues)
Chris Mayes wrote: >I've finally managed to connect. It looks like psql is acting odd >(then again, maybe this is the default behavior... I am normally a >MySQL/Oracle user). Basically, psql requires that I explicitly supply >a hostname. So, even though psql complains about being refused on port >5432 on localhost, I can connect as the user postgres by using 'psql -h >localhost.' > >I don't imagine that this is the default behavior since the regression >test fails because of the 'connection refused' error. > >Any ideas on why this might be happening? If you supply a hostname, it uses a TCP/IP connection; if you don't, it uses a Unix socket. I suspect your postgresql packages aren't all up to date (see my previous mail about location of the Unix socket). -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth. Therefore despise thou not the chastening of the Almighty." Job 5:17
Printer woes
Hi again, I earlier sent a message about problems I have been having getting a printer to work under kernel 2.4.0-test11. Well, I since have tried it under a 2.15 kernel on a laptop and got the same problem --- printer not active or something to that effect. I also took the printer home where I have a computer (using a 2.4.0-test10 kernel) with a printer where everything works. I connected up the problem printer instead, and it doesn't work! Except that here the problem is a bit different. Here it doesn't say the printer is not active, or offline. On the contrary, it says that it is active and printing, the only problem is that all that happens, is that after a suitable period of time (1 minute or so, maybe 2) it claims to have finished printing when in actual fact nothing has printed at all! Now why this is different behaviour from the original desktop (and the laptop) I do not know. Perhaps because the more sophisticated parallel port communication stuff was compiled into the kernels of the former? I don't know. But the bottom line is that the printer doesn't seem to be working whichever computer I attach it to. I know that printing works for my home desktop, so it seems to me that it probably is a problem with the printer. I swapped cables and that didn't change matters, so it would seem to be a problem with the actual printer. It is a Canon BJC-4200. So, the question that I have is What should I do now? Should I just take the printer to some repair shop (can anyone recommend anyone?)? Or are there other simple things I could do to try and fix the problem? Is there something simple I am missing? Are there any other ways I could check whether it is really a problem with the printer? (I could always, shock, horror, try and use it under windows --- of course that would mean having to work out how to set it up under windows). Well I suppose this email is as much me thinking out aloud than anything else, but if anyone has some useful feedback, I'd love to hear it. Thanks, Mark. -- _/\___/~~\ /~~\_/~~\__/~~\__Mark_Phillips /~~\_/[EMAIL PROTECTED] /~~\HE___/~~\__/~~\APTAIN_ /~~\__/~~\ __ "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"
Re: Postgres Port Problem (and other port issues)
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 06:10:55 -0800 (PST) Chris Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've finally managed to connect. It looks like psql is acting odd > (then again, maybe this is the default behavior... I am normally a > MySQL/Oracle user). Basically, psql requires that I explicitly supply > a hostname. So, even though psql complains about being refused on port > 5432 on localhost, I can connect as the user postgres by using 'psql -h > localhost.' > > I don't imagine that this is the default behavior since the regression > test fails because of the 'connection refused' error. I do not need to specify a host. Localhost is used by default here. Also, if I do not specify a database, that with my name is chosen, but usually I do specify one. My guess now is that you are having troubles with your network setup. Debian usually is set up to respond as localhost on 127.0.0.1, but also having a hostname and domain name. I'm not sure, but would suspect that psql takes the environment variable for HOST or something the like, to find out a default host. Does this work for you? ping $HOSTNAME Alternatively, you might want to set this variable to localhost (not sure if this is a good idea). Also it's possible that you find out the environment variable psql is using. Have a look at the files in /etc/postgres... -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
Re: Printer woes
Mark Phillips wrote: > > Hi again, > > I earlier sent a message about problems I have been having getting a > printer to work under kernel 2.4.0-test11. Well, I since have tried > it under a 2.15 kernel on a laptop and got the same problem --- > printer not active or something to that effect. > > I also took the printer home where I have a computer (using a > 2.4.0-test10 kernel) with a printer where everything works. I > connected up the problem printer instead, and it doesn't work! Except > that here the problem is a bit different. Here it doesn't say the > printer is not active, or offline. On the contrary, it says that it > is active and printing, the only problem is that all that happens, is > that after a suitable period of time (1 minute or so, maybe 2) it > claims to have finished printing when in actual fact nothing has > printed at all! > > Now why this is different behaviour from the original desktop (and the > laptop) I do not know. Perhaps because the more sophisticated > parallel port communication stuff was compiled into the kernels of the > former? I don't know. But the bottom line is that the printer > doesn't seem to be working whichever computer I attach it to. > > I know that printing works for my home desktop, so it seems to me that > it probably is a problem with the printer. I swapped cables and that > didn't change matters, so it would seem to be a problem with the > actual printer. It is a Canon BJC-4200. > > So, the question that I have is > > What should I do now? Should I just take the printer to some repair > shop (can anyone recommend anyone?)? Or are there other simple things > I could do to try and fix the problem? Is there something simple I am > missing? > > Are there any other ways I could check whether it is really a problem > with the printer? (I could always, shock, horror, try and use it > under windows --- of course that would mean having to work out how to > set it up under windows). > > Well I suppose this email is as much me thinking out aloud than > anything else, but if anyone has some useful feedback, I'd love to > hear it. > Unless it's a problem that Linux has with this printer, I agree that it seems to be the printer that is the problem. If you want to make really sure, try if you can get it to work with Windoze, if you have that option. Otherwise back to the vendor or whoever. Thorsten
Re: (no subject)
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 22:07:10 +, Francis Irving said: > This can be quite fiddly to do. If you're using Windows 95/98, you can > configure Lilo (Linux Loader) to let you dual boot. > > If you're using Windows NT/2000 you may find you need to use the free > program BootPart under NT to add an option to let it boot into Linux > (depending on what order you install things and on what hard disks...) > > Have a look for a HOWTO on www.linuxdoc.org. > > There's nothing in the Debian installer yet to make all this easier for > you (other distributions like Mandrake try to do it automatically, but > sometimes get it wrong). > > As well as Lilo, you might want to look at GNU's bootloader GRUB. Its > most visible advantage is that it can make prettier menus. > > On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 01:14:39PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > is it possible to double boot windows and debian on a PIII pc, perhaps > using > > system commander? > > Well if you want a debian installer now, just d/l Stormix hail iso which is debian potato with Stormix installer and a few extras. The Stormix installer will easily set up your dual boot with lilo and a nice splash screen to boot from . Then you can do all your apt-get update/install from any debian mirror.
Re: [OT] Navigator 4.75 hangs, any patches?
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 22:19:54 -0500 (EST), J. Bruce Fields said: > On 3 Dec 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > Gr. Navigator 4.75 hangs on some pages, eating all the CPU, and making > > all open netscape windows unuseable. This is on an i686, mostly > > potato. Any patches/workarounds for this sort of problem? -chris > > Hm, I have problems with netscape misbehaving, but it's not so > particular--there aren't particular pages I know of that are guaranteed to > make it hang. > > Mainly I've noticed that it has memory leaks. What works for me is I keep > a memory monitor going (I run gnome, and have the memory/swap load > monitors on the panel), and keep an eye out for creeping memory use. > When I notice the memory use creeping up as I browse, I'll kill netscape > and restart it before it puts Linux into full-time swapping hell. > > Turning off javascript and java might help too. > > Netscape can be a pain that way, though. Its the one program on my system > that hangs fairly regularly. I feel your pain--Bruce Fields > > The best workaround is apt-get install mozilla from woody.
Re: Modules not showing up after compile - why?
On 04 Dec 2000, Harry Henry Gebel wrote: > On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:16:35PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > However, lsmod and modprobe show nothing: there is no /proc/ksyms or > > /proc/modules. > > > > Questions: why don't these things show up, and how does the kernel work > > if the modules aren't there? > > Did you run LILO after you installed the kernel? If you didn't you are > probably still booting into your old kernel. If you run `dmesg` you will > get a list off all the boot-up messages; the first one will include the > data the kernel was compiles. If you enabled modules you should have > /proc/modules even if it's empty (assuming you have /proc mounted). > You're right; I had the wrong kernel loaded! Now that I've got the right one, I again can't use sound or access my parallel port. I get: The kernel does not recognize /dev/sda1 as a block device (maybe insmod driver?) Opening /dev/audio: no such device. I don't know which drivers to install with insmod. Anyway, I thought the kernel was supposed to call these things automatically? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical essays: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."
Re: Voodoo 3, XFree 4.0 and DRI
>Can anybody tell me, what I have to install / configure to have a working >GL-lib based on DRI with hardware acceleration? > >mfg > Mischel S aus P Go to http://www.debianplanet.org and look on the left hand side. There is a nice tutorial on installing XF4 in Debian using a Voodoo card. Scott
Extracting .tar.gz from .deb
I am lookinf for an alternate method of extracting basic .tar.gz component from a debian package (.deb). Alien often fails in this process, though the reverse usually works fine. TIA USM Bish
Re: Woody Progress
>In closing, I'd like to ask another (related) question. Is there some >particular piece of software that you think Woody is waiting for that will >be here in a years time? GCC 3.0 perhaps? 1. GCC 3.0 - good call 2. Kernel 2.4 - add a couple releases after the initail release to stabilize it even more 3. new installer - someone else mentioned it, but this is a definite in my book Most of the other stuff is not so important, IMHO. GNOME and KDE are not vital to have a system up and running. XF4 is questionable. Many people run X, so, this could be considered important. In the meantime, XF4 keeps getting better with more drivers as well as improved/optimized drivers. Wasn't there also discussion for more features/changes to the package management system? I'd guess 1-3 months after ALL of those three items are released is when they'll (the debain gods) start to plan a freeze. Of course, it could be a year beyond that the freeze will even complete! Until then, enjoy Woody:) Scott PS: Don't quote me on any of this as I'm just speculating.
apt questions?
Hi, I have a laptop running SuSE 6.4 that works pretty good. I am very interested in trying out apt and eventually moving to debian. Does using apt make sense if I'm not using debian? If so, where should I get apt and how do I install it? Thanks, Eric :-)
Re: Extracting .tar.gz from .deb
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 09:08:41PM +0530, USM Bish wrote: > I am lookinf for an alternate method of extracting > basic .tar.gz component from a debian package (.deb). > Alien often fails in this process, though the reverse > usually works fine. ar -x or dpkg --extract or dpkg-deb --extract -- Eric G. Miller
Re: apt questions?
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Eric Richardson wrote: > I have a laptop running SuSE 6.4 that works pretty good. I am very > interested in trying out apt and eventually moving to debian. > > Does using apt make sense if I'm not using debian? No, it doesn't make sense. Martin -- This is Linux Country. In a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot. For public GnuPG-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt questions?
there is an apt port now, check freshmeat for about Friday or Saturday Jeff Green Martin Fluch wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Eric Richardson wrote: > > > I have a laptop running SuSE 6.4 that works pretty good. I am very > > interested in trying out apt and eventually moving to debian. > > > > Does using apt make sense if I'm not using debian? > > No, it doesn't make sense. > > Martin > > -- > This is Linux Country. > In a quiet night, > you can hear Windows > reboot. > > For public GnuPG-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Telling Emacs how to use Alt as Meta
Hi there Emacs is using the windows key as "meta". I'd like to use Alt instead, because I'm used to it from when I was running SuSE and RedHat. Is there an emacs-specific command for the .emacs file to do that? thanks joerg -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
Re: SCSI
Pending further investigation, we now allege that john gennard wrote: > I've not had anything to do with the Scsi interface. A little while > ago in anticipation of trying it, I picked up a PCI board made by > Iwill and called a 2930U+ plus a secondhand 2.1Gig IBM OEM > harddrive (also a S/H CDRom Drive which I shall leave for the time > being). > > There's plenty of literature with the Scsi Host Adaptor - little of > which I understand at the moment, but I live in hope. Will a Potato > installation recognize this board - I haven't yet recompiled the > 2.2.17 kernel for Scsi so don't know what will be involved. > > The harddrive although old seems in good condition. Again, a > problem as I can find nothing on IBM's website which helps with > the jumper settings. There are 12 of these:- > 1. Spare(50pin) > ID bit3 > (For Wide) > 2. ID bit 2 > 3. ID bit 1 > 4. ID bit 0 > 5. Disable Auto Spin > 6. SCSI term on > 7. Disable unit attn > 8. Spare > 9. Auto start delay > 10. Delay start 6/12 > 11. Disable parity > 12. LED out > How many jumpers do I need to set? And do I use 4 or 3 if > the drive initially will be the only device attached? If it's the only drive or the last drive on the cable, you'll need to set termination on. You probably don't want to set any of the ID bits so that the ID of the drive will be 0. (The ID bit jumpers set the device number to 2^x. Bit 1 makes the drive ID 2, bit 2 makes it 4, bits 0 and 2 makes it 5, etc.) The rest of the jumpers you probably want to leave off unless you have problems with the drive. > If I can get to understand Scsi and find it a viable alternative to > IDE, it was my intention to attach a CD writer and some new > harddrives externally (the board provides for this). Here again > I'm lost - some people I've spoken to insist only one device can > be attached externally whilst the literature clearly says up to 7. > Furthermore, here in the UK no-one appears to stock any 'boxes' > or whatever for more than one device. A stock explanation seems > to be "haven't seen any for years - there's no call for them" > (One 'charming' individual said he knows nothing technical > about computer parts "I only sell them". You can attach up to 7 devices to a SCSI-2 chain, and 15 to Ultra SCSI or better. Whether they are internal or external is irrelevant, although you do need to stay within the cable length limitations. These limitations vary, but, as a rule of thumb, 2m total cable length is usually fine. Seagate's website has some good information about SCSI specs if you want more detail. There are companies that sell external SCSI chassis over the web. I don't know any off-hand, but if search around you'll find them. There probably are some within the UK.
Mount ftp fs
Hi ! Does anyone know a way to mount a remote file systems over ftp ? I found something called "userfs" but it seemed incomplete and out of date. (I guess "sitecopy" is another way to do what I want to do but mounting would be cooler.) /Mats _ Do You Yahoo!? [EMAIL PROTECTED] - skaffa en gratis mailadress på http://mail.yahoo.se
Xmas shopping (will this bit of HW work)
I'm going to be getting a new mouse/trackball for xmas. Before I start telling people what I want though I thought I'd check with you all. So have any of you used the logitech Trackman Marble Wheel and in particular does it work with USB under a straight up 2.2 install? Thanks for any info.
Re: SCSI
What is the minimum connector distance for scsi II? Here is why I ask. I have a internal scsi ribbon cable for connecting two units. I really want to connect three scsi units to it. Instead of buying a expensive scsi cable, I bought a cheap plastic ribbon cable connector which I would like to use as a third connection for this cable. I also have access to a cable connector tool. i.e. a tool which connects connectors to ribbon cables. I just want to make sure that don't connect the connectors to close together. John
Re: 3dfx kernel module
There was an e-mail on this list some weeks ago from Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> He wrote: >dear fellow voodoo3 owners, > >the debian driver for your card will NOT work with 2.4 kernels. not even if >you compile it from the source code. > >the file operations table is an array of pointers to functions which >implement file operations which would be useful to a device, like reading >and writing. > >the problem is, when linux attempts to support new devices, new operations >need to be implemented, so the file operations table (fops table) needs to >be changed from time to time. > >the fops table is different between the 2.2 and 2.4 kernels. hence, your >card will not work under 2.4 without modifying 3dfx_driver.c. > >i have the diff necessary to upgrade your driver to 2.4, but it's not >perfect. it works very well, but there are some games where opengl >functions don't do their thing. sometimes you can see through walls, or >sometimes textures get "beads" around them. it's not really bad; just >annoying. some games are affected quite a bit, like soldier of fortune >(love that game!). some seem to be affected almost not at all, like >quake 3. > >my recommendation is to stay with 2.2. but if you really want to upgrade to >2.4, some kind soul was nice enough to post his 2.4 upgrade diff to the >debain bug-track site. if you have trouble applying his patch, i'll send >you my copy. > >hopefully, the opengl glitches will be solved sooner or later. i've emailed >the maintainer, steve haslam, twice and he's ignored my emails. he has >unclosed bug reports that date back to over 200 days ago, so i'm not sure >we're going to see an update for this driver for a while. > >pete I don't know anything further, so if you still have questions, contact him directly hope this helps joerg Richard Taylor schrieb: > > I was wondering, if you want to use the 3dfx kernel module with a kernel > other than 2.2.17, what do you have to do? > When I needed to install the module I just grabbed the source, because > there is no binary (of course) from the debian archive and then > followed the simple instructions. These build the module for a 2.2.17 > kernel as I said, which I recall being quite put-out about at the time, > because I was using a 2.4.test series kernel, and saw no reason to > downgrade.I still don't. > So to reiterate: What must I do to get this module working with my 2.4.test > or any other kernel for that matter? I mean, being stuck to 2.2.17 is not > going to be satisfactory for much longer. > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > Richard Taylor > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
Re: exim+fetchmail
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hello! Hi Marcelo, > > I am configuring the email in a potato box. I am connected to my ISP via > modem. I want to use exim+fetchmail+mutt. So far I have some questions, > and I wonder if someone in this fantastic > list can help me: > > > 2) When fetchmail retrieves the email from the ISP to my machine, is exim > who delivers them to my > /var/spool/mail/account file? yes. fetchmail establish a smtp connection on port 25 and pass your emails along to exim. > > 3) is exim automatically called when I establish the dial-up connection? look at /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ and see if there is a exim file; it's a shell script that call exim upon connect. > > 4) why the MUAs programs (for example balsa or xfmail) don't need a MTA > for retrieve the > messages from the ISP (at last with pop3) but they need a MTA for sending > the emails (via smtp)? because they have pop3 built in but no SMTP. []s Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails" http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21
Re: DNS problem after upgrade to woody
kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:51:02AM -0500, Giulio Morgan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > > > > > on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 10:54:37PM -0500, Giulio Morgan ([EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > After upgrading, I am unable to connect to mailserver with > > > > fetchmail, to remore hosts with apt, telnet, ssh, irc, lynx or > > > > mozilla. Messages are: > > > > unable to resolve host... > > > > something wicked happened... > > > > domain name could not be confirmed... > > > > it appears that there is a problem with DNS and I have no idea how > > > > to resolve it. > > > > > > Is your named daemon running? I've found that several daemons fail to > > > restart after upgrades. DNS resolution tends to be poor without a > > > running named > > > > Thank you Karsten, > > > > I can't determine if my "named" is running. > > BTW, I should mention DNS isn't my strong suite, though I've poked at it > enough for it to roll over and die from time to time. > > Q'n'D: > > $ ps aux | grep [n]amed > root 1398 0.0 0.7 2612 1832 ? S Nov29 0:12 /usr/sbin/named > > You may only be using /etc/resolv.conf, you don't need to run named, and > quite probably shouldn't. > > If you've got a file /etc/init.d/named, you can try running it: > > $ /etc/init.d/named start > > ...to see what happens. It'll just bitch at you if it's already > running. > > > I checked logs to see if I > > could find any meaningful indication, and comparing pre- and > > post-upgrade logs, I noted that in the post-upgrade syslog, there is > > an entry: > > ...inetd[1731]: smtp/tcp: bind: Address already in use > > I believe this is different. named doesn't run out of indetd. I think > it's trying to bind to a socket. > > > which does not appear in my pre-upgrade logs > > > > In the ppp.log, there is a line: > > ...ppd[324]: not replacing existing default route to tap0 [0.0.0.0] > > and then further down, after immediately after connection is established, > > the > > following lines appear: > > ...ppd[324]: local address... > > ...ppd[324]: remote address 198.6.71.8 (correct address, line not copied > > verbatim) > > ...ppd[324]: script /etc/ppp/ip-up started > > up to here, everything as before, then, > > ...diald[207]: calling site 192.168.0.2 (don't know whose address) > > ...diald[207]: Error opening device /dev/modem: no such file or directory > > ...diald[207]: No devices free to call out on > > Are you getting your network connection? If you're relying on your > ISP's DNS servers, and can't raise your PPP link, you're going to have > trouble resovling hosts, but you can't reach them anyway . > > Looks like you might have a modem config issue. Hardware layer beats IP > layer any day of the week. > > > In pre-upgrade log, the next line after script /etc/ppp/ip-up started, > > I don't remember exactly, but some indication of the successful > > completion of the script, diald not invoked. > > Haven't used diald myself, but you might look at / play with pppconf. > > > I'd strongly suggest looking at the Network Administrator's Guide, by > Olaf Kirche, included as 'NAG' in /usr/doc/ldp-nag It's got a nice > little section which should be all you need to get DNS configured for a > standalone box, plus data on other networking issues. The new edition > (released this year) is well worth the upgrade. There's another > O'Reilly book on DNS and BIND, but it's most likely overkill. > > > For troubleshooting: > > - Find out if you've got a network connection. Try pinging a fixed > IP. For example, www.sourceforge.net (216.104.232.234 -- so you > don't have to resolve it). If you can reach that, you've got an > external link. > > - Check your DNS configs. It's usually something stupid like having > 'order hosts,bind' out of order in /etc/host.conf (you want it as > stated), the wrong DNS forwarders in /etc/resolv.conf, or a broken > DNS config. I'd shoot for a caching-only nameserver first, before > getting too tricked out. > > - Read the book, 'coz I'm all out of trix. Thank you Karsten for all the advice. After spending some time trying to configure a DNS server, trying to reconfigure resolve.conf, hosts.conf (both of which were fine), and trying to get diald (which I had never explicitly tried to iinstall) working, I finally dpkg removed diald, and just using my old pppconfig, everything worked fine. I guess that what was happening was not a "DNS" or "named" problem, just that diald was initiated at boot, and then, after I made a ppp connection (pon), each time I tried to connect to a remote host, diald attempted to make a connection, and, finding the port and modem already in use, caused the application to return a "standard" error message. Not having intended to install diald during the upgrade, I didn't think out the error properly. The only useful question for anyone else might be why did diald ge
Re: shutdown&power off for ordinary users
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:57:11PM +0100, Alson van der Meulen wrote: > On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:36:34PM +0100, A.E. Roy wrote: > > I´m running 2.2 with two users, #1 has the rootpassword, #2 don´t. When #2 > > is finnished using the machine, he does a logout, and the machine reboots, > > he then turns the power off, and when restarting it all the partitions has > > to be cheched because they weren´t cleanly unmounted. How to I make #2 able > > to cleanly unmount? > > Look for /etc/shutdown.allow In my opinion the simplest way to resolve this problem is to modify /etc/inittab standard line # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now === to ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -h now === In this situation (the best in home use) everybody can easly shut down corretly the system by simple CTRL-ALT-DEL :-). In KDE it is possible, using kdm, configure the simple user allow shut down the system. If I remember in wdm it is possible also. best rigards -- ~~~ /* | QLIVER / | / | ~ ~~/| / | ~Marcin Landowski _| /_| ~ *_|o|___|___|__@ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ \___/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~
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unsubscribe >> Original Message << On 12/4/00, 3:50:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding debian-user-digest Digest V100 #732: > Content-Type: text/plain > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 100 : Issue 732 > Today's Topics: > Re: Modules not showing up after com [ Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Netscape, IMAP and compact folde [ David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: exim+fetchmail[ Rob VanFleet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Postgres Port Problem (and other [ Chris Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Postgres Port Problem (and other [ "Oliver Elphick" ] > Printer woes [ Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Postgres Port Problem (and other [ Christoph Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Printer woes [ Manegold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: (no subject) [ mikpolniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: [OT] Navigator 4.75 hangs, any p [ mikpolniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Modules not showing up after com [ Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Voodoo 3, XFree 4.0 and DRI [ "Scott Patterson" Extracting .tar.gz from .deb [ USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Woody Progress[ "Scott Patterson" apt questions?[ Eric Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Extracting .tar.gz from .deb [ "Eric G . Miller" ] > Re: apt questions?[ Martin Fluch <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: apt questions?[ Jeff Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Telling Emacs how to use Alt as Meta [ Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Firewalling in potato
Hello All: I wanted to know what the proper way would be to set up firewalling rules in a potato system. Putting the ipfwadm or ipchains lines in /etc/init.d/networking (I have used /etc/init.d/netbase in slink) is the most direct way I can think of but that may not be the "right" way to do it. Any suggestions? Cheers, Carlo -- Carlo U. Segre -- Associate Professor of Physics Illinois Institute of Technology Voice: 312.567.3498Fax: 312.567.3494 [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.iit.edu/~segre
Re: printer not responding --- driving me mad!
I am running 2.2.17 so this might not be entirely relevant but might give you some ideas, I have following printer/parallel port related modules (at least these, there might be some others I forgot): parport_probe 3344 0 (autoclean) parport_pc 7312 1 (autoclean) lp 5232 0 (autoclean) parport 7072 1 (autoclean) [parport_probe parport_pc lp] the idea is that there is module for parallel printer and there is separate module for lp device (which I guess might not be parallel port in all cases). erik Mark Phillips wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm running a 2.4.0-test11 kernel under debian linux (potato + a little > woody). I have a printcap file which has worked before. I understand > that what used to be /dev/lp1 in 2.0 kernels is now /dev/lp0 so I have > made this change. But neither lprng, nor the standard lpr work. I have > unplugged and plugged the cable so I think it's connected okay. > > Using lprng, when I do lpq I get the following message, after waiting a > while: > > # lpq > Printer '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' - cannot open connection - Connection timed out > Make sure LPD server is running on the server > > Using lpr, the "lpq" command works, but when I try to print, it comes up > with > > # lpr test.txt > lpr: connect: No such file or directory > jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. > > I tried typing directly to /dev/lp0, but part way through it came up with > > # cat > /dev/lp0 > sasfasdf > asdfasdfsdf > cat: write error: Input/output error > > I don't know what's wrong. Is there something wrong with my kernel? > > I have the lp module loaded okay: > > # lsmod > Module Size Used by > ppp_deflate39168 0 (autoclean) > bsd_comp4128 0 (autoclean) > ppp_async 6192 1 (autoclean) > ppp_generic12800 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp > ppp_async] > slhc4496 1 (autoclean) [ppp_generic] > ipt_MASQUERADE 1328 1 (autoclean) > iptable_filter 1856 0 (unused) > iptable_nat12224 0 [ipt_MASQUERADE] > ip_conntrack 12352 1 [ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat] > ip_tables 9856 5 [ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_filter > iptable_nat] > lp 4480 0 (autoclean) > > I don't know what else to try. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Mark. > > P.S. My printcap is: > > lp|bjc4200|Canon BJC-4200:\ > :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc4200:\ > :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ > :if=/etc/magicfilter/bjc4200-filter:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: > > _/___/~~ > /~~_/~~__/~~__Mark_Phillips > /~~_/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /~~\HE___/~~__/~~\APTAIN_ > /~~__/~~ > __ > "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mount ftp fs
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:50:07 +0100 (CET), Mats Eriksson said: > Hi ! > > Does anyone know a way to mount a remote file systems > over ftp ? > I found something called "userfs" but it seemed > incomplete and out of date. > (I guess "sitecopy" is another way to do what I want > to do but mounting would be cooler.) > What about ftp>! escape to shell and then telnet in to mount, and then exit back to ftp> ?
Re: Mount ftp fs
On 04 Dec 2000 11:17:20 EST, mikpolniak writes: >On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:50:07 +0100 (CET), Mats Eriksson said: >> Does anyone know a way to mount a remote file systems >> over ftp ? >> > What about ftp>! escape to shell and then telnet in to mount, >and then exit back to ftp> ? I think Mats meant something like mount -t ftp ftp://x.y /mnt/ftp ;-) And _that_ would be something I´d like to know about also... cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 /
Pkg XFree86-common 4.0.1-9
I did an apt-get upgrade on my woody box. The last time was about 3 months ago. Now it no longer gives me a gdm login screen. It just stays in a command line console. When I do startx I get: "cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting...Can't connect: errno=111, giving up". It looks like woody now uses release 4 of Xfree86. Is there a new configuration tool? XF86Config no longer works to configure X. The Debian site for the package says to read /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common but that file does not exist either. _ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net
Re: Hi all
On Friday 01 December 2000 23:35, Tim Uckun wrote: > digging around a bit I found out I was running on run-level 2! WTF?? I then > changed the inittab and did a reboot (just to be sure) and bash segfaulted > on me. Note that run level 2 is the default run level in debian. I never did understand why redhad wanted to start with 3... 1 = single user mode 2,3,4,5 = vendor/administrator defined run levels 6 = reboot As you can see, 2 is just as valid as 3 for run levels, so why not start with 2 and let administrators mess with a set of consecutive run levels instead of skipping around? By default, run level 3 should be identical to 2, ready for you to alter as you see fit, so there's no reason it should have acted differently than 2. I don't blame you for wanting to re-install. A segfault in the midst of an initial install would spook me too. Hope it goes well the next time around! -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
Lame Question about xkbcomp/xkbsel
I rudely sent this to the package maintainer before I sent this here. The instant I hit send (of course), I realized that this list is a more appropriate location for this question. I am simply a clueless user trying to figure out how to get Dvorak keymappings working with XF4 (Woody). I have tried the following: Reading xkbsel(5) and (1) Putting the following in /etc/xkb/xkbsel.conf: dv = dvorak dv = xfree86(dvorak) dv = dvorak(basic) dv = /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/dvorak dv = /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/dvorak(basic) dv = /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/dvorak dv = /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/dvorak(basic) ...and so on. After a pointI realized that xkbsel probably selects from compiled keymaps... so I started playing with xkbcomp. I ran xkbcomp as: xkbcomp /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/dvorak xkbcomp /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/dvorak /var/lib/xkbsel/compiled/dvorak.xkm xkbcomp /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/dvorak -o /var/lib/xkbsel/compiled/dvorak.xkm And none of them produced the .xkm as I expected. Matter of fact, from my best readings of the output of strace, it wasn't trying to. Again, I apologize for being such a clueless newbie, but I think this process is a little difficult, and I would like to do two things: 1) Get it working for myself, and 2) Maybe help refine the docs a little so the next person after me doesn't have to email one of the package maintainers. Thanks in advance, - Ryan King
Re: Mount ftp fs
On Mon, 04 Dec 2000 17:26:53 +0100 Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04 Dec 2000 11:17:20 EST, mikpolniak writes: > >On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:50:07 +0100 (CET), Mats Eriksson said: > >> Does anyone know a way to mount a remote file systems > >> over ftp ? > >> > > What about ftp>! escape to shell and then telnet in to mount, > >and then exit back to ftp> ? > > I think Mats meant something like > mount -t ftp ftp://x.y /mnt/ftp > ;-) > > And _that_ would be something I´d like to know about also... I think the midnight commander can simulate something like that. -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
Re: [OT] Navigator 4.75 hangs, any patches?
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:00:12AM -0500, mikpolniak wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 22:19:54 -0500 (EST), J. Bruce Fields said: > > > On 3 Dec 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > > > Gr. Navigator 4.75 hangs on some pages, eating all the CPU, and making > > > all open netscape windows unuseable. This is on an i686, mostly > > > potato. Any patches/workarounds for this sort of problem? -chris > > > > Hm, I have problems with netscape misbehaving, but it's not so > > particular--there aren't particular pages I know of that are guaranteed to > > make it hang. One thing I've noticed that has helped considerable, although I currently use Mozilla nightlies more than NS, is to download and install the Java Runtime Environment from the Blackdown folks (http://www.blackdown.org). The 1.3.0 version includes the plugin for NS 4.x and I do know it works quite well with 4.75. Unfortunately, the packaging system won't let you de-install the NS java package without removing all of Communicator. G! So now I'm stuck with two versions of Java eating drive space. Hurry up Mozilla! :) - Nate >> P.S. The Blackdown JRE is supposed to work with Mozilla, but Moz pukes on it for some reason. -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | "None can love freedom Internet | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | heartily, but good Location | Wichita, Kansas USA EM17hs | men; the rest love not Wichita area exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | freedom, but license." http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | -- John Milton
help building courier-imap 1.0 on potato
I'm trying to build courier-imap 1.0 on a potato server, but compilation fails here: --- gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -Wall -I.. -I./.. -c authldap.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -Wall -I.. -I./.. -c preauthldap.c echo "#define AUTHLDAPRC \"/etc/courier-imap.authldaprc\"" >authldaprc.h gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -Wall -I.. -I./.. -c authldaplib.c authldaplib.c: In function `copy_value': authldaplib.c:340: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type authldaplib.c: In function `ldaperror': authldaplib.c:372: warning: implicit declaration of function `NAME_ERROR' authldaplib.c: In function `ldapopen': authldaplib.c:430: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type make[2]: *** [authldaplib.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/courier-imap-1.0/authlib' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/courier-imap-1.0' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 --- how to handle this ? thanks, jaume
Re: Pkg XFree86-common 4.0.1-9
>I did an apt-get upgrade on my woody box. The last time was >about 3 months ago. Now it no longer gives me a gdm login screen. >It just stays in a command line console. When I do startx I get: >"cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), >aborting...Can't connect: errno=111, giving up". >It looks like woody now uses release 4 of Xfree86. Is there >a new configuration tool? XF86Config no longer works to >configure X. The Debian site for the package says to read >/usr/share/doc/xfree86-common but that file does not exist >either. dexter
Re: kde2
On Sunday 03 December 2000 19:12, Eileen Orbell wrote: > Anyone know where to get kde2.deb from? I added to my sources-list the > line shown on the kde website: > debian-user@lists.debian.org > deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde2 > But this returns errors.. This error is the key! Either the web site is down or the apt-sources lines have changed?! > Failed to fetch ftp://kde.tdyc.com/dists/potato/kde2/binary-i386/Packages >Unable to fetch file, server said > '/dists/potato/kde2/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. Hmm the apt-source line is deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde2 Maybe if I browse over to http://kde.tdyc.com?! Hey, the web site is up, so the sources lines must be incorrect. Hey, the new sources lines are on this page!!! I'd be willing to bet that by the time you read this email you will have already figured this out ;-) Jesse > > thank you > > Eileen Orbell > Software & Internet Applications > Capitol College > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Don't Fear the Penguin.
Re: apt questions?
- Original Message - From: "Eric Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 12:34 PM Subject: apt questions? > Hi, > > I have a laptop running SuSE 6.4 that works pretty good. I am very > interested in trying out apt and eventually moving to debian. > > Does using apt make sense if I'm not using debian? It dosn't make sense, as suse does have its own package management But I think there were some efforts in porting apt to other distro's Perhaps you should just try out debian (once upon a time i used suse too ;), but be aware that configuration is done very differently (redhat style configuration is quite similar too it) > > If so, where should I get apt and how do I install it? > > Thanks, > Eric :-) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Watchdog FB@FAST VPN FIREWALL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INFO REQU ESTED
Please forward to my attention any information that you have on the purchase price of a firewall called Watchdog FB @fAST VPN.I NEED TO KNOW WHERE I CAN PURCHASE THE HARDWARE AND THE OPTION FOR THE ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE THAT CAN BE USED ON THIS SYSTEM!!! PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You, Gary Rice
Re: Woody Progress
- Original Message - From: "Scott Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:22 PM Subject: Re: Woody Progress > 2. Kernel 2.4 - add a couple releases after the initail release to stabilize it > even more I already run Woody with 2.4test kernel, the only problem i found til now is the lacking vendor-side accelleration support of my goood old TNT2 :( btw. woody is unstable, so 2.4.0 will probably be the standard-kernel very soon > 3. new installer - someone else mentioned it, but this is a definite in my book called deity, imho definitely a must (dselect drives me nuts when i'm searching for packages ;) > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Firewalling in potato
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:11:54AM -0600, Carlo U. Segre wrote:
>
> Hello All:
>
> I wanted to know what the proper way would be to set up firewalling rules
> in a potato system. Putting the ipfwadm or ipchains lines in
> /etc/init.d/networking (I have used /etc/init.d/netbase in slink) is the
> most direct way I can think of but that may not be the "right" way to do
> it. Any suggestions?
I just got done with YAFI (Yet another Firewall Installation) this
weekend. I've been making an init.d script of my own that will save
or restore the firewall rules out of the /etc/firewall directory.
It's a real simple script that takes advantage of four applications:
ipchains, ipchains-save, ipchains-restore, and date. I've attached it
to the end of this email message. Perhaps it'll help you out.
Personally, I like the IPChains rules that you find in Section 7 of
the IPCHAINS-HOWTO. You can reference this at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/.
Ultimately, I'd like to tie in my firewall rules to ifup/ifdown
scripts and take advantage of Debian's clean network interface
scripts. It would involve something like adding the lines:
{up|pre-up|down|post-down} {command}
where {command} may be something like
run-parts {if-up.d|if-pre-up.d|if-down.d|if-post-down.d}
or a specific script for that interface:
up /etc/firewall/eth0.rules up
post-down /etc/firewall/eth0.rules post-down
# etc...
The Debian package 'ipmasq' does something similar, but examines your
interfaces for you, making some decisions based on the routing as to
which interfaces are external and which interfaces are internal. It
seems more specialized for ppp dialup situations where you don't have
dial-on-demand set up. (I had no few troubles trying to get this
package to bend to my will.) The 'run-parts' scripts will only work
in a generic manner if we can grab info about the interface that is
being brought up or down. I'll need to do more research to find out
what tyoe of environment variables the ifup/ifdown scripts pass on to
it's child scripts.
If you have interfaces constantly going up and down or changing their
IP addresses, you SHOULD use the interfaces(5) file to launch
respective interface-specific firewall scripts. Anyway, here's my
init.d script. Hope it helps:
#--- BEGIN SCRIPT HERE --
#!/bin/sh
# Firewall rules
# by Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Last update: 2000/12/03
IPCHAINS=/sbin/ipchains
RESTORE=/sbin/ipchains-restore
SAVE=/sbin/ipchains-save
RULES=/etc/firewall/firewall.rules
RULESDIR=/etc/firewall
test -d ${RULESDIR} || mkdir ${RULESDIR}
flush() {
${IPCHAINS} -F
}
noforward() {
echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
}
# For masquerade support
forward() {
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
}
saverules() {
cp ${RULES} ${RULES}.`date +%s`
${SAVE} > ${RULES}
}
restorerules() {
${RESTORE} -f < ${RULES}
}
case $1 in
start)
echo -n "Initializing firewall..."
flush
# Change this to nofoward if you're not masquerading or
# bridging
forward
restorerules
echo "done."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Halting all traffic..."
noforward
# Uncomment to save rules on stop -- POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
#saverules
flush
echo "done."
;;
save)
echo "Saving firewall rules..."
saverules
echo "Done."
;;
restart|reload|forced-reload)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Useage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|forced-reload|save}"
echo ""
echo "See also: ipchains(8), ipchains-save(8), ipchains-restore(8),"
echo "IPCHAINS-HOWTO (http://www.linuxdoc.org)"
;;
esac
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