Re: exim problems

2001-06-29 Thread User zos
Check your exim logs. If it is possible, it would probably be useful to
halt exim for a little while just to stop the overflow of frozen
messages. Find out why your messages cannot be delivered (via logs) and
fix the problem. Restart exim. Also you should know that exim will
automatically load any config changes the next time it delivers a
message. The
only real reason to stop it is to take the load off your box.

Hope that is accurate and that helps. :)

BTW, why are these mailing lists so badly set up? Lets see...the default
reply to is the user who sent the message (more of an annoyance than
anything) and there is nothing in the subject to indicate what list this
was posted to. They made those features available in list software for a
reason ;)

-Z-



Re: I need secure mail!

2001-06-30 Thread User zos
I think what you need to do is figure out what your needs are first. What
you are suggestiong is that you want an unknown (anonymous) box to connect
to your mail server via port 25 (sendmail) and somehow login
first? Without some way to secure the connection you would be sending a
user name and password openly. Why not do something *ahem* simple and just
use good e-mail encryption, or better yet why not just have the users log
into the box remotely via SSH and send mail internally? Or hey, if you are
really feeling ambitious you could pass it all over the web with secure
HTTP connections. How much security does one need with e-mail? Why not
just fax the documents over anonymous cell phones?

-z-


On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, aparra wrote:

> 
> 
> Greg Wiley wrote:
> 
> > On Friday, June 29, 2001 12:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake:
> > 
> >>I neet to know if I can find on Debian any imap server that alows me to 
> >>use secure conections, and also if I can ask for a password on any smtp 
> >>server, exim, smail, ... My problem is that I have to accept mail from 
> >>anywere, but it's too dangerous, so I want some way to solve it.
> >>
> > 
> > To the second: yes, exim allows you to require
> > authentication for relay operations. Look at the
> > "host_auth_accept_relay" config param.
> 
> 
> 
> I need to accept mail, by smtp, from any unknown host, when a valid user 
> use the imap service. So the user have a valid username and a valid 
> password, and I want to use it as a validation for accept relay to any 
> email addres inside my server or outside.
> 
> 
> > 
> > For the first, do you mean that you want to prevent
> > eavesdropping on your imap connections, or do you
> > wish to secure your imap server from unauthorized
> > use?
> 
> 
> 
> The question is about where can I found some IMAP server that accept 
> secure connections.
> 
> 
> > 
> >   -g
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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apt-get remove

2001-07-01 Thread User zos
When I remove a package, apt often leaves various shared and configuration
files laying around. Is there a way to remove everything
automatically? Its just seems like a waste of time to go and clean out
/etc and whatever else apt leaves laying around after I remove
something. Often I end up with a bunch of directories that I have to go
around and remove by hand. I think this takes a lot away from the
automation that apt offers. I know its a minor thing, but to me its almost
the same as uninstalling a windows program and still having a bunch of
files and .dlls laying around. It says:

dpkg - warning: while removing epic, directory `/etc/epic' not empty so
not removed.

Of course the directory isn't empty...apt installed files there
automatically. ;)

I'm sorry...its been a super crazy night (and I mean ULTRA) and this has
been bothering me for a while. Is there a specific benefit to not deleting
this stuff after I have decided that I no longer want something installed
on my box?

Just ranting (sorta)

-z-



Re: apt-get remove

2001-07-02 Thread User zos
Hah..

--purge :)

Thanks for the tip. I can understand that a carefully crafted
configuration file is something that you don't want to lose, but there
have been a lot of packages that I just wanted to download and try out
and then removed a few minutes later. ;)

I wish that Debian used /usr/local more, but I guess its a case of where
do you draw the line when deciding if something should be in /usr/bin or
/usr/local/bin. For me, I generally reserve local for stuff that I install
by hand to keep things somewhat sane. FreeBSD uses the local directory a
lot though.all a matter of taste really.

Thanks for the tip though, I guess if I read through the man files again I
might have picked that up, but I've found that I haven't had to use the
advanced features of apt much, and really...I prefer tarballs anyways for
some masochistic reason. :)

-z-

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, John R Lenton wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 12:44:24AM -0400, User zos wrote:
> > I'm sorry...its been a super crazy night (and I mean ULTRA) and this has
> > been bothering me for a while. Is there a specific benefit to not deleting
> > this stuff after I have decided that I no longer want something installed
> > on my box?
> 
> you might need the configuration later on. I know realizing just
> after you've purged a package that you should've kept the config
> files for next time you need the package isn't very nice.
> 
> use --purge.
> 
> -- 
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> - Cosa dice una scimmia con la diarrea?
> - Macaco addosso.
>   -- Da it.hobby.umorismo
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Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners

2001-07-03 Thread User zos
I had the same problem with getting drivers for an HP printer once. I find
it totally absurd that you pay to buy a printer (or a computer) from a
company and when you lose the driver disk you have to literally BUY
another one from them. How is this even legal? By owning the printer you
automatically should own a driver set and if you lose that, the company
should make one easily available to you. Boy, I remember the day when you
could just download pretty much any driver you need from the internet. Not
on HPs site.

What's funny is now microsoft is going to try to charge people to *rent*
their software. Does this mean that one day you will *rent* the drivers
from HP for a few months or so and then have to rent them again if you
need to reinstall? Can't we do something about this? I mean really, can't
you all see that most of the computer idustry is a big scam? I'm sure you
can.

-z-

-waking up and wishing I had a cigarette and/or coffee and not liking
their absence and then ranting...figures. :)

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Lamer wrote:

> Hang on, i'll try to fetch one for you.
> stay in touch(1) :P
> 
> --
> k h a o s * lamer
> new name, new look, new ftp:
> linux.dyn.dhs.org (change FOUR letter)
> upload something before downloading, or your class C IP banned.
> - Original Message -
> From: "Martin F. Krafft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "debian users" 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 11:13 PM
> Subject: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners
> 
> 
> > hi all,
> > please forgive this post, i am at the end of my wisdom, and HP prove
> > to be dorks on all counts again. This has nothing to do with this
> > list, but i spent a solid week now on the net and in touch with other
> > people, trying to get help at no success. i figure that there's got to
> > be some people even on this list that can help me...
> >
> > I am in desperate need for some drivers off the HP Pavilion 9680C (US)
> > recovery CD, which, of course, you can't download at hp.com. They
> > shipped their systems with that Conexant SoftK56 piece of junk modem.
> > I had to reinstall Win98 (please feel free to express your sympathy
> > via email!), and all the drivers and all the help i could get (mainly
> > driverguide.com) are useless - according to HP I need the original
> > drivers off the recovery CD if I want my modem to work.
> >
> > Moreover, they are throughly rude on the phone, you can clearly see
> > how the most important thing at HP too is the money... (they wanted to
> > charge me $25 per 15 minutes because i called from germany, even
> > though the US system i had purchased was still within warranty). ack!
> >
> > Does anyone have that CD?
> >
> > martin;  (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
> >   \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > --
> > due to lack of interest tomorrow has been cancelled.
> >
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Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners

2001-07-03 Thread User zos
Just you wait. One dayone dayyou won't be able to find your
precious drives and you'll be wandering around like the Gollum going
"Where is my PRECIOUS?!" and then you'll be coughing up $25 to HP

:)

At least food cheers me up. Man I need a cigarette. Someone attach one via
e-mail please :P

-z-

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Hall Stevenson wrote:

> > Does this mean that one day you will *rent* the
> > drivers from HP for a few months or so and then
> > have to rent them again if you need to reinstall?
> > Can't we do something about this?
> 
> Personally, I'd make a backup copy of the file(s) to cdrom,
> floppy, another PC, etc, etc.
> 
> Hall
> 
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Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-07-03 Thread User zos
Try reading the installation instructions from http://www.debian.org. It
tells you what files you need there to perform an install of the Debian
2.2r3 base from your hard drive. Basically you need loadlin.exe to install
from DOS (though you can boot off a rescue disk image), as well as a
rescue disk image, the drivers file, the kernel, and Base2_2.tgz. I
believe that is all you needcheck the instructions though, they are
very well written and there for a reason. ;)

-z-

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Jenner Almanzar wrote:

> hello!!!
> 
> Can anybody tell how can i download a complete folder using ftp? in case the 
> answer is "it's not imposible", from where can i download the GNU/Linux 
> Debian 
> 2.2r3 (potato) in order to install it from the hard disk.
> 
> thanks,
> jenner
> 
> 
> Vacations, greate people, attention, fun, parties, adventures...
> You can find anything you need here.
> http://www.DominicanRepublic.com
> Your contact with The Dominican Republic
> 
> Internet & Telecomunicaciones
> Calle Padre Emiliano Tardif No.36, Evaristo Morales
> Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
> Office (809) 541 5652
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Re: mc (Midnight Commander): View (F3) does not work on a .deb file?

2001-07-09 Thread User zos
> I get the same red boxed error message with F-3, and just a flashing
> screen with an 'enter'
> When I quit mc, the xterm says:
> 
> gzip: mpcb_0.4-2_i386.deb: not in gzip format
> 
> John

It seems like the file associations are incorrectly set. For example, with
MC I know that if you wish to view a .jpg it will load an image viewer for
it. I don't know what compression format .deb files use though, nor have I
ever played with mc's configuration files, but I know that is something
that could probably be easily remedied with a bit of reading. :P

-z-



Re: kernel 2.4.x: The Mother of all the questions

2001-07-09 Thread User zos
Wow...I wish more older people were as tech savvy as you. I haven't been
able to get my mother at age 43 to even adapt to Windows9x.

I am using a "vanilla" Linux 2.4.5 kernel asides from making the necessary
updates on my potato distro. The good news is this. You can update
whatever distro you are using and use both 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels. As far
as I can tell really because I had some initial problems with my sound
card and switched back to 2.2.x before I sorted them out. (Wish the
drivers didn't have to be a module but, oh well...) As far as I can tell
2.4.x runs on this Pentium 75 at 133mhz for days without a hiccup. I've
loadtested the box too and it does just fine under pretty heavy load. I
wouldn't be afraid to take the leap. Just include your old kernel in LILO
in case you decide that you wish to switch back for some reason. :)

-z-

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, olgnuby wrote:

> Victor wrote:
> > 
> > Having a wonderfully stable debian 2.2r3 box with kernel 2.2.19
> > compiled & tailored to my laptop's needs, I wonder if it is worth my
> > while upgrading to kernel 2.4.5.
> > 
> > My specific focus is on stability.
> > 
> > What's your experience on this?
> > 
> > Ciao
> > Vittorio
> 
> I've seen two or three takes on this this morning. About all I can do is
> echo the sentiments of the respondents to the previous and share my own
> experience. 
> 
> It's going to be dependent on your own personal needs and wants. 
> 
> On this AMD 1.2 gig machine, running 2.2r3 I run the 2.4.5 with the ac18
> patch and a patch for the Lexar JumpSHOT flash memory card reader. The
> ac18 patch is the only practical way I could figure out to get the se401
> driver I need for my Kensington vidcam unless I run a 2.4.3, or write my
> own patch or what ever and I'm not quite that advanced yet. I've also
> run into problems getting my particular flavor of sound to work properly
> on the earlier kernels without some gymnastics with alsa.
> 
> Don't try to compile and run a vanilla kernel from kernel.org unless
> you're a hell of a lot more advanced than I am. The upgrades at
> 
>  ../people.debian.org/~bunk 
> 
> are necessary, but are simple using dselect if that, like me is, your
> method. They do the necessary upgrades on modutils, ppp, etc, that you
> would normally have to do on all the other distros I've tried, puts your
> kernel sources in place and then you can do your config, compile and
> install from there. 
> 
> As someone said a posting or two back, unless you need a lot of exotic
> usb stuff etc. You would more than likely be best off with the generic
> kernel. 
> 
> Me, hell, I'm 60 retired and not dependent on my computer for much other
> than a toy, so I can afford to blow it out and be down if I screw it up.
> ;-) 
> 
> Charlie
> 
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Re: video solved, sound kinks

2001-07-10 Thread User zos
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, patrick gray wrote:

> first of all, thank you to everyone who responded to my first question 
> regarding the xserver, you were right, running svga was bad, i am now happily 
> typing away in KDE much to my delight.

Hey...running SVGA isn't always bad...this cirrus logic 5434 isn't
supported by an accelerated server! :P

> my current problem is small, but i can't seem to make it go away.  i have 
> compiled kernel version 2.4.6 with my machine specs right into it, so boot 
> time is faster and all my hardware works.  sound works as root, but as my 
> normal user account it flubs.  the sound programs either say they don't 
> recognize a device or that the device is not responding.  if i flip into root 
> and run the same program it has no problems!!  is there something wrong with 
> my user permissions?  i appreciate the input!

Yes, it is indeed a permissions issue. Lower the permissions on
/dev/mixer, /dev/dsp, and so on, depending on what your sound card
utilizes. An alternate, more secure method would be to include those files
in a group called SOUND and add the users you wish to have access to the
device added to this group as well.

> please reply directly to me, i know it's a hassle but i am not subscribed to 
> the list :-/

Oh I see. You want our help but you won't even subscribe. Pshaw. Just why
aren't you subscribed? :P

-z-



Re: Xeon (860)

2001-07-10 Thread User zos
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Toshinao Ishii wrote:

> I tried to install Debian2.2r3 to HP x4000, a Pentium Xeon machine.
> I boot the machine by using floppy of rescue.bin. When the procedure
> comes to the following place, it stops.
> 
>PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd91b
>PCI: Using configuration type 1
>PCI: Probing PCI hardware

Have you tried removing all unnecessary PCI cards and booting from
there? It is definately a conflict somewhere along your PCI bus or the
kernel is having problems recognizing something. I would try to boot from
a stripped down system and isolate what it could be that way and I would
play with my BIOS settings a bit. Who knows...it might just be something
as simple as changing your PCI configuration a bit. Wish I could help
more, but that should give you something to toy with for a while... ;)

-z-



Did anyone else get this? They keep flooding me! :P

2001-07-10 Thread User zos
I think every user on irinia.super.nu has sent me this. I'm serious. It
just keeps coming in and I don't even know why I am getting this. Weird.

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:11:20 -0400
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: Kernel 2.4.5 at last! Problems

2001-07-10 Thread User zos
IIRC in all the kernels I've compiled from 2.2.x and on you could always
select ext2fs support or not. This makes sense as linux is just a kernel
and should not be dependent on any particular file system, especially now
with the advent of more robust filesystems (eg: ReiserFS, ext3). 

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Andon M. Coleman wrote:

> I've had this problem too... It appears EXT2 support is no longer built-in
> to the kernel... I've switched to ReiserFS since then, but you may want
> to look into re-compiling the Kernel with EXT2 support built-in
> (or whatever FS you're using).
> 
> - Andon
> - Original Message -
> From: "Victor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "debian-user" 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 1:35 PM
> Subject: Kernel 2.4.5 at last! Problems
> 
> 
> > After extreme deliberation (see my previous thread) I've installed bot
> > the kernel-image-2.4.5 and the kernel-source & headers 2.4.5 from the
> > Bunk's stuff.
> >
> > The standard kernel 2.4.5 from kernel-image is working great, whilst
> > after compiling my tailored kernel 2.4.5 (which I obtained using the
> > config file for my previous kernel 2.2.19 with minor changes) the
> > following error pops up stopping the boot:
> >
> > .
> > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for linux NET4.0
> > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted
> > VFS: Cannot open root devic "302" or 03:02
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs 03:02
> >
> > AND DIES!!
> >
> > What shall I do now?
> >
> > Ciao
> > Vittorio
> >
> >
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Re: Kernel 2.4.5 at last! Problems

2001-07-10 Thread User zos
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Victor wrote:

> > > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for linux NET4.0
> > > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted
> > > VFS: Cannot open root devic "302" or 03:02
> > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > > Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs 03:02

>From the looks of this, it seems that there isn't any native file system
support for the mount. I dunno, I've never really had much problem with
mounting root other than a botched lilo.conf once. The
"request_module" seems to be a piece to your puzzle. Make sure you have
compiled with ext2 (or whatever FS you are using) support. Also make sure
your modules are installed correctly, though you shouldn't really compile
file system support as a module if you are going to use it at boot time.

Just some ideas.

-z-



Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-07-10 Thread User zos

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You would think that people would read this!



On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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Re: Kernel 2.4.5 at last! Problems

2001-07-10 Thread User zos
> I think you miss the point Andon was trying to make:
> 
> You _can_ select whichever filesystem type you want for your root
> partition (AFAIK).
> 
> The rule is that whatever filesystem type you select for your root
> partition _must_ be built into the kernel.  It can't be a loadable
> module.

Hah. That's really funny. I didn't even think of that. I dunno, if I need
a file system supported I just compile it straight into the kernel. While
I realize the benefits of having loadable modules for various things, it
doesn't make much sense to me to have the kernel load a VFAT module just
so I can mount my windows partition, especially considering that it
automounts it at boot.

> Consider: how can the kernel load the module that contains the code needed
> to access the filesystem, when it can't access the filesystem until the
> module is loaded?

Yeah. Thanks for pointing that out. Just a bit of short sightedness on my
behalf. :)

-z-



The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread User zos
Since debian offers so many lists to look at and to subscribe to, why not
have the name of the list appear in the subject automatically? For
instance this list would be:

[Deb-User] Subject

Also since everyone here finds it in good taste to keep all replies
directed to the list (so we can all benefit) why not add a simple
reply-to: line?

reply-to: debian-user@lists.debian.org

That way you can just autmatically reply to the list and not have to
change your To: and CC: headers EVERY SINGLE TIME. You can also reply to
all and then if you intend the original sender to get a copy, they would
recieve one too.

Most of the lists I use utilize this format and it makes the most sense to
me. I just wonder why debian's lists are so raw and unformatted in these
ways. I think it would make a lot of people's lives easier. Well mine at
least in any case. :)

-z-



Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread User zos
I'm sorry. I guess this has all been discussed before. Don't mean to bring
it up again. I was just thinking about it, that's all. :P

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> User zos  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Since debian offers so many lists to look at and to subscribe to, why not
> >have the name of the list appear in the subject automatically? For
> >instance this list would be:
> >
> >[Deb-User] Subject
> 
> Not again ..
> 
> Mike.
> -- 
> "dselect has a user interface which scares small children"
>   -- Theodore Tso, on debian-devel
> 
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Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread User zos
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Peter S Galbraith wrote:

> 1- Because you lose valuable screen space
> 2- Because you can sort messages into separate folders anyway
>(e.g. procmail)

> They are generally considered bad.  In other mailing list that do
> this, I have mistakenly sent personal replies to the list because
> of this.

All good points. Just a difference of viewpoint I guess, and well, I'm
just lazy too. :)



Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-14 Thread User zos
On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, [iso-8859-1] Steve Kieu wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I got i810 board (sound integrated). I use alsa
> modules
> 
> snd-card-intel8x0
> 
> sound system is ok just midi; when I play using 
> 
> playmidi test.mid
> 
> it says 
> open /dev/sequencer: No such device

Do you have proper permissions?

You might want to try that as root...

-z-



Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-16 Thread User zos
On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, [iso-8859-1] Steve Kieu wrote:

> > Do you have proper permissions? I did chmod 666 /dev/sequencer but
> no help

Yeah. That was just my first thought. I dunno. I've seen weirder things
not work.
  
> > You might want to try that as root...
> 
> I also did but nothing 

Have you tried compiling the binaries on your own. Sometimes I don't trust
a distro package and would instead rather go with the newest source. I
would say that if it worked in program and not another.something might
be up with how those individual programs are configured. Also, the linux
drivers might just be terrible. Its possible. From what I know of the
i810s they are pretty terrible anyways. :P If it were my problem I'd
figure out what was going on with the clients first and then look at the
hardware support. Just like anything.

> Why kmidi can play (not mention about quality) but
> playmidi and kmid can't?

See above. :)

-z-



Re: Kernel 2.4.x: umount failing during shutdown (devfs?)

2001-07-17 Thread User zos
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Norbert Nemec wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I've been using Kernel 2.4.x for quite a while now (2.4.4 at the moment) and 
> it 
> really works great, except for one last problem: At shutdown time, the 
> machine 
> complains that devfs can't be unmounted, because it is used (remounting ro 
> instead)

I have never seen this before, but I really must ask the question. Why
don't you just upgrade to a newer kernel? I know some people have had
problems with 2.4.x

-z-



Re: But ....

2001-07-17 Thread User zos
He is talking about safe mode. Run a full defrag, not a quick one. A quick
defrag will just defragment files and not fill in gaps in space from the
beginning to the end of your data. That's why its a quick mode, it just
moves around the files that are heavily fragmented. At least Norton
Utilities defragmenter was like this

-z-

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Pietro Cagnoni wrote:

> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:23:53AM +0200, Pietro Cagnoni wrote:
> > | 2) reboot in maintenance mode (or whatever is called in english: in
> > | italian is "Modalit? provvisoria": 640x480 screen with very few colors);
> > 
> > FYI it is called "Safe Mode" in English.  You may need to press F5
> > during startup to get the menu to select Safe Mode from.
> 
> safe? does it mean you can't make any damage that way? or maybe it
> inhibits the computer self destruction, and it'safer for you to use? or
> is it the mode you need when you're closed in a safe?
> 
> "Modalita' provvisoria" in italian could be translated "temporary mode",
> and has some of the meanings of "unstable mode".
> 
> so, where's the "stable mode"?
> 
> maybe i should open a call with tech support...
> 
> pietro.
> 
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Re: PINE

2001-07-18 Thread User zos
Compiling Pine on a debian system doesn't work out of the box in my
experiance. There are .debs of Pine 4.22 last time I checked, but its been
a while. I have compiled Pine on a few debian boxen and if you are
interested in making a compile from source work (the better option vs. a
debianized source package IMHO) you should look at the makefile structure
of pine and start looking at why it won't compile. I think I remember it
complaining about not seeing libraries and going and changing those
references manually. Hope that helps.

-z-

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, dude wrote:

> 
> I know PINE is not what debian users use,
> but i recently convinced my girlfriend to
> let me install debian on her windows computer.
> Her only gripe with using it is
> that there are no debs of Pine.
> 
> She has tried building it from source
> downloaded from washington.edu
> but to no avail.
> 
> Are there any debian-ized sources around
> 
> or even debs being help somewhere?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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Re: apt-get question

2001-07-19 Thread User zos
Why would you want to do this? The whole point of having /usr/local is to
keep what you add to your system seperate from the main distribution. This
is at least Debian's implementation of what /usr/local should
represent. Is there a specific reason that you would want to prefer
/usr/local over /usr?

-z-

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Vishal Soni wrote:

> Does anyone know how I can specify a destination with 
> apt-get? i.e. apt-get installs everything in /usr, but 
> I want to get it to install in /usr/local/...
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> v
> 
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