Re: Locate
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Pete Poff wrote: > Hi, > when I use locate I get an error. This is what I get if I type > like locate . Like locate new.stuff. I get locate: > /var/lib/locate/locatedb: No suck file or directory. Can anyone tell me > why? And is there a command to see how much disk space I have left? > > Thanks, Hi Pete not sure about the locate cmd but to see you current disk usage use the df command. look at man df and also man locate. -Rob
IRC #Debian
Hello all, I hope this isn't out of line posting here but it is related to debian linux. :) About 2 months ago #Debian was setup on the UnderNet Irc Network for debian linux users (or any linux user). The channel is open for anyone to join and could be a great way for users to help others who frequent IRC. For any of you who have not been on the undernet servers before i'll include a list of servers that can be used (this is only a small list of servers). Hope to see you there! Some UnderNet Servers: US okc.ok.us.undernet.org lowell.ma.us.undernet.org portland.me.us.undernet.org dallas.tx.us.undernet.org phoenix.az.us.undernet.org vancouver.bc.ca.undernet.org Canada: montreal.qu.ca.undernet.org toronto.on.ca.undernet.org vancouver.bc.ca.undernet.org Europe: amsterdam.nl.eu.undernet.org diemen.nl.eu.undernet.org dublin.ie.eu.undernet.org caen.fr.eu.undernet.org london.uk.eu.undernet.org New Zealand: auckland.nz.undernet.org -Robert AKA Adrenolin on UnderNet Irc
IBM PS/2 computer
hi there i have just recieved an old IBM PS/2 Model 80 computer (8580). I would like to install debian on it but when i boot with the rescue disk for the install it starts loading then uncompresses to this point: Console: 16 point font, 400 scans Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) pci_init: no BIOS32 detected now it just stops and i have to do a hard boot. any idea as to whats wrong?? -Rob the computer has 4 mgs ram, 386 /50, a big'ol ESDI 70 mg hard drive, and generic VGA vidio card.
mouse problem
hello debians i have a new mouse here and can not get gpm to find it. the new mouse is called 'Mouse in a box' by Kensington. it is a 2 button serial / ps2 mouse. (it comes with a serial connector and a ps2 adapter). it runs fine in dos/windows3.11 with the "Microsoft, or IBM PS/2" drivers. i have tried gpm -m /dev/mouse -t just_about_everything_i_could_find and i just get /dev/xxx no such device. does anyone out there have this mouse and/or know what device to use? TIA for any info -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: motherboard
Hi John, I have just built my own system. The mainboard i bought is a Tyan S1563D Tomcat IIID. I got the duel but there is also a single one. you can use a 75-200 MHz processor in it. the chipset is Intel 430HX. For slots it has 4 32-bit PCI and 5 16-bit ISA. It works great and can be found in the 190.00 - 220.00 cost range. Tyan's URL is http://www.tyan.com for more info. -Rob On Fri, 9 May 1997, John Maheu wrote: > Hi all: > > I'm in the market for a new motherboard. I want to run a P100 and > eventually a P166. Any suggestions? What about Gigabyte? > > thanks > John > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
staroffice problems
hi all :) i downloaded the static dist of staroffice. set it up in /usr/local/StarOffice-3.1 and then ran the setup (not as root). everything went fine until i type swriter3.. it starts then dies. does it require a printer? i have my printer on a different system. Adrenolin [~]$>swriter3 Could not open XPrinter. Please make sure your XPPATH is set correctly. Calling exit() this happens to all application except for simage3 which opens a new window telling me that "The directory '/(PROG)/document/' does not exist". also svhelp will open without errors but it can not find any files (there appears to be none). any help here is appreciated as i would like to have this office suite running. TIA :) -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian quality
On Sun, 1 Jun 1997, Jim Pick wrote: > Just set dselect to point at: frozen non-free contrib Wait!! Hold this upgrade!! Hehe sorry all but i was about to try the upgrade tomorrow but i was going to use bo. What am i suppossed to use Bo or Frozen??? Also i am going to setup a mirror on my machine but i really don't want to mirror the whole site. I do want to mirror the 1.3 distribution only. I will be using ftp.debian.org (i believe this is ok), so do i mirror ftp.debian.org:/pub/debian/bo/ or /pub/debian/frozen/ ? > Also, know what you are doing when dpkg asks if you want to replace > configuration files. Dpkg does (should) make a backup copy of the original conf file before it replaces it correct? Is this a standard that all packages include or just a few? > For people running an old Debian system (1.1) - you are supposed to do > the following before using dselect to upgrade: > > dpkg --clear-avail > dpkg -i ldso_*.deb > dpkg -i libc5_*.deb > dpkg -i dpkg_*.deb dpkg-ftp_*.deb > dpkg --purge --force-depends texbin So this needs to be done before i start the upgrade (via dselect)? Will this be so even when it is released this week sometime? > I'm extremely happy with the way Debian 1.3, it's a huge improvement > over 1.2. I'm sure you'll like it too. :-) I'm running 1.2 now and find it great :) I know 1.3 will be good aswell. I'd also like to thanx all the developers, maintainers, and everyone else for this great OS -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: video card driver (fwd)
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Herbert Xu wrote: > > > I'm forwarding this to debian-user. > > > > - Forwarded message from coteau - > > Hi There, > > I am installing linux debian on dell machine and it has a Matrox > > MGA Millennium PowerDesk video card and I haven't found any Matrox Video > > Cards in the database provided by the linux. If you please tell me which > > one in the closest match for the Matrox Video Card's driver, I'll really > > appreciate it. > > Sincerely, > > Riaz Khan > In /usr/lib/X11/Cards (bo), it indicates that the Matrox Millenium IS > supported. > > Bob Hi there. I just bought this card last month and i used it on a Dell aswell. It was in the /usr/lib/X11/Cards fill in 1.2 as the second last entry: # Matrox NAME Matrox Millennium (MGA) CHIPSET mga2064w SERVER SVGA NOCLOCKPROBE Hope this helps -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
permissions
Hello all. How can i set my logs (/var/log/) so they are not world readable? I have tried chmod o-r messages (and others including ppp.log and daemon.log) but after a reboot or when cron.daily runs some are agian world readable. Is there anything that this would affect, other than the general use of the last cmd for users? Also, are there any logs that need to be readable by others? TIA -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [Q] How to create a FTP only account.. for...
Hi all regarding this subject... I have used /bin/true for ftp-only accounts but i need to go one step farther. I have a /home/webusers directory where i have user accounts who with web space only. Right now they ftp in and put there html files there. But the thing is they still have access to the rest of the machine. So.. How can i have /home/webusers setup as a root dir (chroot environment)? Also i'm not sure if i want then all grouped together in one group? Can anyone explain pros/cons for this? Thanx -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [Q] How to create a FTP only account.. for...
On Sun, 29 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > > Hi all > Hi > > regarding this subject... I have used /bin/true for ftp-only > > accounts but i need to go one step farther. I have a /home/webusers > > directory where i have user accounts who with web space only. Right now > > they ftp in and put there html files there. But the thing is they still > > have access to the rest of the machine. So.. > > How can i have /home/webusers setup as a root dir (chroot > > environment)? > Set up wu-ftpd as your ftp server. Then put all users into one group. This > doesn't need to be the only group they are in. Call this group 'ftponly' > just to be obvious. Then edit the ftpaccess file and place a line > guestgroup ftponly > in it. > Then put files like bin/ls, etc/passwd and etc/group into their home > directories just as if they were the home directory for an anonymous ftp > account. If you forget this they won't be able to do 'ls'. > > Now you should be all set up. Don't forget to read the right man > pages so you understand what I am talking about (ftpaccess has its own > page). > > Also i'm not sure if i want then all grouped together in one > > group? Can anyone explain pros/cons for this? > I have no idea about really bad or really good things, but if they have > a umask 002 like in a standard Debian system, their primary group should > not be ftponly and their files should not be group-owned by this group. A > pro is of course that the thing with wu-ftpd actually works if they are in > one group. > > Remco Ok this is what i have setup right now ***/etc/passwd*** miller:passwd:5000:5000:Miller:/ftp/./web/miller:/bin/true the /bin/true is in /etc/shells ***/etc/group*** webusers:*:109: miller::5000: should this be webusers:*:109:miller and all other users? now i made a /home/ftp/webusers dir drwxr-xr-x 3 root webusers 1024 Jun 29 14:50 web and then /home/ftp/webusers/miller dir drwxr-xr-x 2 miller webusers 1024 Jun 29 14:50 miller ***/etc/ftpd/ftpaccess*** #added guestgroup webusers guestgroup miller Now after doing this i try to ftp in: >ftp timberwolf.provision.net Connected to timberwolf.provision.net. 220 timberwolf FTP server (Version wu-2.4(14) Wed Jan 8 21:17:19 MET 1997) ready. Name (timberwolf.provision.net:adren): miller 331 Password required for miller. Password: 550 Can't set guest privileges. Login failed. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> bye 221 Goodbye. I do not want users logging in with a group login. Each user should have thier own login and passwd. Because of this i don't see a reason for the group. I have read the manpages for ftpaccess and i'm still not sure why this isn't working. Is there something i'm over looking as the error 550 Can't set guest privileges. leads me to believe that i'm close? Also if i remove guestgroup miller (or both) from the ftpaccess file it does log me in but cann't find a home directory: 331 Password required for miller. Password: 230-No directory! Logging in with home=/ 230 User miller logged in. Any other suggestions??? -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [Q] How to create a FTP only account.. for...
On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > Rob, > > I have the same problem. Could you email me any answers that you get by > personal email? Would greatly appreciate it. I am on the mailing > list. So I would get to see the emails that come to the mailing list. > > Sudhakar Hello Sudhakar, fellow debianers, :) First thanx to everyone who helped me on this. The ftp web accounts are all working great now. There really wasn't alot that really had to be done but this is exactly what how i have it setup. You may wish to place things else where cd / mkdir webftp drwxr-sr-x 7 root root 1024 Jun 29 22:58 webftp Now copy the /home/ftp/bin lib and etc dir to /webftp cp -ap /home/ftp/bin /webftp cp -ap /home/ftp/lib /webftp cp -ap /home/ftp/etc /webftp I also copied and changed the welcome.msg aswell. I added another directory here where the user accounts go /webftp/web. Change the group of the web dir to webusers cd /webftp mkdir web drwxr-xr-x 4 root webusers 1024 Jun 29 21:48 web Then add a group to /etc/group and place the users in that group. I'll use "webusers" as the group and "user1" and "user2" as the users. webusers:*:109:user1,user2 And add this line to your /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file. This allows all users in the group "webusers" to ftp in and saves you from having to add a guestgroup for each user. guestgroup webusers Now just add your users and edit the /etc/passwd file (always using caution when doing this. I'd recommend makeing a passwd.bak just in case) You need to change the users home path to: user1:passwd:5000:5000:Web User:/webftp/./web/user1:/bin/true user2:passwd:5001:5001:Web User:/webftp/./web/user2:/bin/true *Make sure you add /bin/true to /etc/shells Remember to move the users home directory to /webftp/web with the perms drwxr-xr-x 2 user1 user1 1024 Jun 29 23:05 user1 drwxr-xr-x 2 user2 user2 1024 Jun 29 23:05 user2 With these permissions all the users can cd to the other accounts and see what they have. I really don't see this as a problem as everything there will be accessable via the web anyways. change the permissions as you see fit. Now they can ftp in and put stuff in thier own directories (but not others). I made the /webftp/web dir for the users home dirs and added a index.html to /webftp/web to include a listing of all the system users. One optional thing i did was to make a link: ln -s /webftp/web /home/www-data/web This was created so none of these users needed a public_html file. they just need to put thier files in thier home directories. The url would then be http://www.your.site/web/user1. No ~ is needed before user1. Hope this helps you out. -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Problems with mkaliases
hi there. i have upgraded to debian 1.2. i also upgraded my smail to smail_3.2-3.deb. since then i have not been able to exec /usr/sbin/mkaliases. it tells me: /usr/sbin/mkaliases: unknown file type, , for /etc/aliases the mode for /etc/aliases is -rw-r--r-- any ideas?? i tried to install smartlist and that said "newaliases: command not found" is this related? -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: color-ls??
Yes try the fileutils_3.13-4.deb package which replaces color-ls :) tho i can not seem to get it to do any background colors, only some of the foreground. -Rob On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Chris R. Martin wrote: > > I can't seem to find the color-ls package. Has it been replaced by > something else? > > Thanks, Chris. > > === > Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PGP key upon request www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with XF86
On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Prashanth Mundkur wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Dave Power wrote: > > > > > I've been working to get XF86 running on a Dell Optiplex 5133 without > > much luck. Nothing seems to allow me to access the mouse. So far it's > > not been possible to get either gpm or XF86 to see it. We have tried > > many combinations and all except /dev/ttyS0 have given an error that > > the mouse device does not exist. It will not recognize /dev/psaux. > > > > Now for the interesting part. We loaded up CND 1.0 and it works fine > > as /dev/psaux... > > > > Any / all suggestions are welcome. > > > I had that problem with Debian 1.1, where the solution was to recompile > the kernel enabling the psaux driver. I did not have the same problem > with 1.2 tho. > > --prashanth hi there. i had a bitch of a time trying to get X to see the mouse. i/m using a Dell aswell with a logitech ps/2 mouse. just the other day i installed the gpm package and reinstalled X. well hay!! it now sees the mouse. Section "Pointer" Protocol"PS/2" Device "/dev/mouse" this now what i use in the XF86Config file. and i never had to recompile the kernel. hope this helps -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pine keeps making me login
sorry i have not idea but if you have figured it out please let me know how i CAN get pine to prompt users to login with a passwd. i've seen it don't on another machine i'm on but that admin doesn't know either :/ -Rob On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, David Wright wrote: > I use pine quite happily on Windows 3.1 but would like to use it on > debian too. I use a university unix system as the IMAP server, so I > should be able to see all my mail on either machine. > > However, when I use pine on debian, it makes me type my name and > password (for the university machine) every time I type L to list the > folders or select one with return. Is there a mistake in the > configuration somewhere? 1.2 is just like 1.1. > > Please email any replies - all debian stuff stopped coming my way at the > end of November for no apparent reason. > > -- > David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA > U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sound & cdrom
I've read all this stuff about PnP cards not being supported in the kernel. I recompiled my kernel before I realized that I had a SB16 PnP (atleast according to the model numbers at Creative Labs it's PnP). However, it worked, and I get sound. Jan 5 07:05:35 timberwolf kernel: Sound initialization started Jan 5 07:05:35 timberwolf kernel: at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1,5 Jan 5 07:05:35 timberwolf kernel: at 0x330 irq 5 dma 0 Jan 5 07:05:35 timberwolf kernel: at 0x388 Jan 5 07:05:35 timberwolf kernel: Sound initialization complete Odd, I suppose this should mean I have a PnP compatible (?) card, or somebody goofed somewhere. Anyway, it recognizes the sound card, but not the cdrom when I boot. The cdrom is located at 1E8,11 so I suppose I should be using the kernel command line of ide2=0x1e8,0x3ee,11 (& hd?) for this. I boot linux from a disk, though, and I can't seem to make it let me give such a line on boot. How can I get the kernel to recognize the cdrom? Or, does no support for PnP apply to the cdrom as well as the sound card? Thanks, Amy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any IRC channels for (Debian) Linux?
hiya all, well i've been joining #debian on the undernet now for a few months but never see anyone. i'll start maintaining the channel on a perminent basis now. if you'd like to help out feel free to join the channel :) i find that #linux on undernet is centered to much on the redhat and slackware that i'd like to have the debian channel come to life. for people who have not been to the undernet here are a few servers: rockhill.sc.us.undernet.org:6664 sandiego.ca.us.undernet.org:6664 portland.me.us.undernet.org:6667 baltimore.md.us.undernet.org:6669 lowell.ma.us.undernet.org:6665 okc.ok.us.undernet.org:6664 dallas.tx.us.undernet.org:6662 ann-arbor.mi.us.undernet.org:6662 vancouver.bc.ca.undernet.org:6662 toronto.on.ca.undernet.org:6661 dublin.ie.eu.undermnet.org:6667 auckland.nz.undernet.org:6667 london.uk.eu.undernet.org:6667 Hope to see you all there :) -Rob On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Chad Zimmerman wrote: > > I have a #Debian channel on undernet for any that wish to go there. > > Chad D. Zimmerman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/ > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Majordomo
hi there
i made these changes in the /etc/smail/directors file. i commented
out the lists and replaced it as below (the lists are for smails use).
Then add in the aliasinclude for majordomo.
--- CUT FROM /etc/smail/directors ---
#lists:
#driver=forwardfile, sender_okay, owner=owner-$user,
#caution, nobody;
#file=lists/${lc:user}
lists:
driver=forwardfile,
sender_okay,
caution,
nobody,
owner=owner-$user;
file=lists/${lc:user}
# added for majordomo (Dec 12 96) (stupid fuckin thing)
aliasinclude:
driver=aliasinclude, nobody;
copysecure, copyowners
hope it helps
-Rob
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Fundamental wrote:
>
> Started playing with the majordomo package recently, in the middle of the
> dpkg -i it gives an error that i have smail installed but dont have
> aliasinclude running. Ive checked the man pages for smail and did a
> search of the packages at ftp.debian.org and can find no reference to this
> function.
>
> Any one else have this problem?
>
>
> "The world is full of fools, and he who would not see it should live alone
> and smash his mirror."
>
> -Claude le Petite
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scanners
Hi All Recently I bought a new scanner from "ScanTak". It seems to work great in Windos 3.1. The Manual says it should work with any "TWAIN" compliant application software. (of course they are talking about windoz here) Are there any debian packages for scanners (TWAIN compliant) avalable? If not will there be any work in developing such packages/drivers in the future? Thanx for any info regarding this :) -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
adduser
hi just wondering.. i have tried to use --force-badname with adduser without success. Does it require a recompile of adduser to work? adduser --force-badname macquarrie The user name must be less than 9 characters this doesn't seem to work :/ -Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why is PPP so screwed up!?!?!
On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Jason Costomiris wrote: > [Now over the next day, I'll get about 10 bounces. Can someone fix the > flippin' list? How about an Errors-to: header? ] > > On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Shawn Asmussen wrote: > > > Cool off, man. What they seem to be talking about IS a Debian issue. > > Although ppp support IS compiled into the kernel, the pppd is separate, > > and the method by which you establish a connection, be it through pon, or > > a custom script like I use, because as far as I know pon will not redial > > Hmm.. Better not tell that to my system. pppd keeps redialing until it > gets connected.. > I run myown scripts for ppp not the pon. be that as it may.. all thats needed here is to make a script that greps for ppp / pon .. whatever. set this on a cron and bang! if the connection drops, your check script, run at intervals set via cron, sees it down and restarts it.
