Re: Best WWW browser..

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On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:00:32AM +1300, Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Yall & Kevin,
> 
> I am on Netscape 7.0.1 & like it very much.
> 
> There is no .deb file, but the installer rocks.
> 
> 
>ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape7/english/7.01/unix/linux22/sea/netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-sea.tar.gz
> 
> Happy surfing,
> 
> Greek Geek :-)
> 
>

> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> >Hi, I'm using Debian 3.0r1 stable (woody) and am currently using Galon for
> >web-surfing. However, it seems to break on some sites - they seem to be
> >moaning about Frames support mostly.
> >
> >Anyway, which browser should I use under gnome to get the most pages
> >viewed?
> >
> >I'd prefer a .deb package from stable but if not, what do people think of
> >the Opera 7 that recently appeared?
> >
> >http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/353-20030214-P1/
> >
> >Thanks for your help,
> >Kevin
> >
> >--
> >
> 

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...and having the ability to turn
off the pop-ups advertising is a 
great feature in 7.01.

b.

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Re: hwto play .mpg files

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On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 09:40:20AM -0800, nate wrote:
>

[snip]
 
> assuming they are MPEG-1 video I use xine. I hear mplayer is
> good but I've never used it and I see you can't get it workin so..
> 
> not sure what all xine can play I've only used it for MPEG-1
> and VideoCDs(MPEG-1 as well).
>

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xine is also _excellent_ for playing dvd's.

yesterday, i loaded mplayer (from source)
and played an mpg (mpeg-1).  then i played
the same *.mpg using xine.  the only dif-
ference i could tell, was that xine would
allow me to take it full screen, while 
mplayer kept the clip to the original,
much smaller resolution.  (now, there may
be a way to play mplayer full screen, so
anyone, chime-in with that detail.)

kthxbye.

b.

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> 
> nate
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Another Happy Debian User

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On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 05:13:53PM -0600, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote:
> Love you guys. I really do. :)
> -- 
> Let me meddle not in the affairs of Linuxen
> For I am an idiot and will toast my boxen.
> 
> http://www.hsv-hotspots.com/
> Your hotspot for Wireless in HSV, AL
> 
> 
> -- 
>

//

yeah, debian is awesome! the more
i learn, the more impressed i am
by it.  it never ceases to amaze 
me.

when i finally figured out how to
play dvd's on a debian (sid) box,
i nearly fell outta my chair.  and
i enjoy the movies more now when 
they play on a debian box (instead 
of on a dedicated dvd player).

the whole experience is enriching. 

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: Problem with FireWire

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On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 01:19:46PM +0100, Emilio Murcia wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I've got a little problem with the IEEE1394 support on my computer, a 
> Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop...
> 
> when I plug my shiny iPod (which works really good under f*cking 
> windows) to the computer, the laptop suddenly hangs.
>

[snip]

//

_if_ the ipod is already connected 
during boot, does the box hang?

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Re: netiquette: CCing on lists

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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:34:25AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> I'm going to attempt to make this a polite question, rather than a rant
> or flame ...
> 
> For those of you who CC people when responding to the mailing list, why
> do you do this?  Is there some benefit to doing so of which I'm unaware?
> 
> I believe I have the Mail-Followup-To header set on my outgoing
> messages, which should be a clue for some readers. (I was told that
> gmane would translate Mail-Copies-To to Mail-Followup-To automagically.)
> I put a comment in my sig requesting that I not receive CCs, and I swear
> that the number of CCs I received actually increased!
> 
> What can I do that will convince habitual CCers not to CC me?  Are there
> technical means beyond the Mail-Followup-To header?
> 
> -- 
> monique
> PLEASE don't CC me.  Please.  Pretty please with sugar on top.
> Whatever it takes, just don't CC me!  I'm already subscribed!!
> 
> 

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unfortunately, like with
most polite requests,
people do whatever they 
want anyway.  or, al-
though the "compliance
level" of sophistication 
is low, they just don't
have what it takes to
get the job done.

einstein "nailed" it 
regarding only 2 things
being infinite:  the
universe and stupidity;
and he wasn't sure about
the former.

luck.

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: dvorak keyboard

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On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:56:40PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> i've been getting enough questions off-list (of a few lists, not just
> this one) about my experiences with the dvorak keyboard layout that i
> finally wrote them up:
> 
>   http://www.maenad.net/geek/dvorak/
> 
> in case anyone's interested.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> .~.  nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu
> /V\  http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/
>// \\  @ maenad.net
>   /(   )\   www.maenad.net
>^`~'^

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...looks good to me.

nicely done!

kthxbye. 

b. (using dvorak for the last 21 months.)

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Re: OT: Where Best to Express My Rage at M$

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On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 08:46:33AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote:
> I plan to send copies of the body of this message to the presidents of 
> Systemax and Tiger Direct, my senators, my congressmen and any one else 
> who might have influence.  I am postint it here for suggestions for 
> addresses.  The body is as follows:
> 
> I am enraged by the manipulations of Microsoft Corp which may force me 
> to pay for something I already own.
> 
>

__snip__
 
> The bottom line: I feel cheated by Microsoft's manipulations to enforce 
> provisions that I never intended to violate 


//

yes,...microso$t's "net," cast so
broadly as to ensnare the innocent.


//

>and by Systemax's complicity 
> in this scheme.
>

//

...the vendor; bullied, perhaps, into
complicity.


//

 
> Thomas H. George
> 114 Twin Creek Lane
> Kennett Square, PA 19348
> 
> 
>

//

i feel your pain.

luck.

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: how to change beep noise

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On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:08:54PM -0600, Daniel Edmund Davison wrote:
> Hi, I've just installed debian woody on a HPze1230 laptop. The beep noise
> it is making on ambiguous file-completions, new mail, etc is very
> loud. The keyboard volume-changing and muting keys are not recognised. Is
> there an alteration I can make within debian to change/disable this noise?
> 
> thanks, 
> dan.
> 
> --
> Dan Davison
> davisonATuchicago.edu
> http://home.uchicago.edu/~davison/
>

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xset b off

kthxbye.

b.

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...needs help setting up x [was Re: your mail]

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On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:47:50PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ok, I know this has been covered to death..
> 
> If I get all the common files for xf86, but yet still don't have  an 
> xf86config-4 file on my system..then I'm obviously missing something..just 
> can't figure what it is, as all the basic necessities seem to be there..
> 
> man this debian is beating me like a rug...
> 
> It's the stable version as gotten by deselect..ver 3.0.1 I believe..
> 
> Any thoughts or obvious things I'm missing..more info needed by me I'm 
> sure..lol
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
> -- 
>

did you, as root, run xf86config (to set 
up x)?

luck.

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: [OT] volunteer work

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On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 11:02:45PM -0600, Elizabeth Barham wrote:
>I currently do no do any volunteer work using Debian, but I do
> volunteer work and the place I volunteer at uses Windows which is
> mostly what I want to talk about.
> 
>I am *shocked* that so many non-profit organizations are using
> Microsoft products.
> 
>Elizabeth
> 
> 
>

//

hmmthe power of advertising.  

in my shop (which is a lawfirm),
the people don't care to know 
about computers, other than as
a tool for doing their work. 

most were weaned on m*$* so 
they've become myopic (or have 
become a victim of inertia) 
when it comes to better, more 
efficient (open-source) ap-
proaches. 

basically, m*$* is all they've
ever heard of.  (this will 
change; but it'll take some
time as bad habits are hard
to break.) 

b.

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saving mutt email headers

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debs,

in mutt, when i save an email to a
file, how do i save the headers, too?

kthxbye.

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Re: saving mutt email headers

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:32:01AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:23:23AM +0000, p wrote:
> > in mutt, when i save an email to a file, how do i save the headers,
> > too?
> 
> What are you using to save the mail to a file at the moment? If you use
> 's' or 'C' to move or copy the mail to a file, it's exactly the same as
> moving or copying to another mailbox: everything is saved, including
> headers and the mbox "From " header.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- 
> Colin Watson  [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> 
> 
>

//

hi,

 1) i hit "v" (for view);

 2) then i hit, "s" (for "save");

 3) then i give the email a file-
name.

i just get the body of the email,
which is cool, of course, but i'd
like to capture the headers with
it.

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: saving mutt email headers

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On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 05:41:16PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * p ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030211 17:26]:
> > debs,
> > 
> > in mutt, when i save an email to a
> > file, how do i save the headers, too?
> 
> How do you _not_ save the headers?
> 
> good times,
> Vineet
> -- 
> http://www.doorstop.net/
> -- 
> "Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as
> the result of an unsolicited email message. Nor will I forward chain
> letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers
> of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online
> community." - Roger Ebert, "The Boulder Pledge"

//

hi,

in "v"iew mode, i try to "s"ave
the email into a file.  

(am i wrong for trying to save emails
as files? -- ...seems like a reason-
able approach to keeping the "mbox"
a decent size.  also it's easier
for me to keep track of great emails,
especially by the deb community, 
simply by giving them "catagory-type"
file names, e.g., "email_debian_printers_
_info_ 02112003_tuesday_1a, *1b, *1c)

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: Machines with Debian preinstalled?

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 02:06:48PM -0800, A.J. Rossini wrote:
> 
> I've just done a quick internet search/google, looking for machines
> with Debian preinstalled.I've found a number of places that sell
> Debian disks, very few with Debian preinstalled.
> 
> Does anyone have experience or even know of companies that preinstall
> Debian?  I'm just looking for Woody + security packages, at this
> point. 
> 
> (yes, I can do it myself; done that about 20+ times, at this point,
> and have FAI running at home BUT, I'd really like to save time at this
> point...).
> 
> best,
> -tony
> 
> -- 
> A.J. Rossini  Rsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics
> U. of Washington Biostatistics[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -- http://software.biostat.washington.edu/ 
> FHCRC: M: 206-667-7025 (fax=4812)|Voicemail is pretty sketchy/use Email
> UW:   Th: 206-543-1044 (fax=3286)|Change last 4 digits of phone to FAX
> (my tuesday/wednesday/friday locations are completely unpredictable.)
> 
> 
>

//

my last box was from http://www.emperorlinux.com 
with debian (sid) pre-installed.

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: saving mutt email headers

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:23:23AM +, p wrote:
> debs,
> 
> in mutt, when i save an email to a
> file, how do i save the headers, too?
> 
> kthxbye.
> 
> b.
> 
> //

//

debs,

...thought i'd report back to
list.  

if the "pipe" command "|" is 
used, the _whole_ (mutt) e-
mail, including the headers, 
can then be saved into a file
without the overhead of try-
ing to keep bunches of 
mailboxen straight. 

for example:

|
cat > txt_printer_email_09192003_friday_1a.txt


kthxbye.

b.

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Re: Too Funny - Outlook Spell Checker

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On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 03:25:09AM -0700, Garth Mosher wrote:
> Greetings, all -- I'm a debian newbie, up and running
> for a whole 3 days now!
> 
> Anyway, at work, they force feed us MS Outlook. I
> finished typing an e-mail that mentioned 'debian', and
> the spell checker popped up.  The first suggestion it
> offered was 'defiant.'  I thought -- that fits!!
> 
> __

//

i bet there's a software 
company that wishes the
opposite.

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: saving mutt email headers

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On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 06:14:57PM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 03:34:06AM +0000, p wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:23:23AM +, p wrote:
> > > in mutt, when i save an email to a
> > > file, how do i save the headers, too?
> > 
> > ...thought i'd report back to
> > list.  
> > 
> > if the "pipe" command "|" is 
> > used, the _whole_ (mutt) e-
> > mail, including the headers, 
> > can then be saved into a file
> > without the overhead of try-
> > ing to keep bunches of 
> > mailboxen straight. 
> > 
> > for example:
> > 
> > |
> > cat > txt_printer_email_09192003_friday_1a.txt
> 
> I didn't see this originally, but there's also...
> 
> "C" (Copy to mailbox) saves the mail to a file without marking it
> deleted.
> "s" (save) saves the mail to a file and marks it deleted.
> 
> Both of these save the headers as well. An mbox-format mailbox is just
> a file with emails in it, so you don't get any "overhead of trying to
> keep bunches of mailboxen straight" apart from the expected overhead
> of trying to keep bunches of files straight. :-)
>

//

point, pigeon. 

i was thinking in terms of, say,
a thread by 50 different authors
about printing.  if i take the 
automatic mailbox default, i would 
be creating 50 different mailboxen.
then, finding emails about printing
would be a problem.  but i now real-
ize that i could just create a 
mailbox called, "printing," and save
those 50 emails there.  (i guess it 
was the "automatic mailbox naming 
feature" that threw me off.

//
 
> What does appear to be missing is a "quote headers in reply" option.
>

//

(give me another 7 months and i'll
figure out what that means.)

//
 
> -- 
> Pigeon
> 
> Be kind to pigeons
> Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F

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kthxbye.

b.

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Re: touchpads in Linux

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On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 03:47:21PM -0700, Wendell Cochran wrote:
> 
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:07:31 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> > I'm trying to find a good touchpad (as a standalone device)
> > to use with Linux in the place of a regular mouse. 
> > [SNIP]
> 
> 
> I've been using a Cirque Easy Cat with Linux all this century &
> hope to never again touch a mouse.
> 
> Why?  Because I'd traced severe tendon pain in my upper right
> arm to motion dictated by the space available for a mouse pad.
> 
> The Easy Cat (the smallest touchpad I could find) works on 
> any horizontal surface 3.25 inches by 2.5 -- even on my knee.
> 
> However, at first a fellow at Cirque discouraged me.  The
> company's Web site proclaimed that its touchpads were `for
> Windows', so I enquired: What about Linux?  Linux nix, he
> said.  But why?  No demand, replied the lout, & therefore no
> plans to adapt -- then or ever.
> 
> Subsequent discussion in [EMAIL PROTECTED] reached the lout's
> boss, who firmly disavowed bias against Linux.  Just then two
> late-comers to the discussion asked why all the fuss; just plug
> in a Cirque, they told me, & away you go.  Right they were,
> too.
> 
> Wendell Cochran
> West Seattle
> 
> 
> -- 
>

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nice.

i love happy endings. 

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: saving mutt email headers

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> > On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 06:14:57PM +0100, Pigeon wrote:

__snip__

> > > What does appear to be missing is a "quote headers in reply" option.
> > 
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 01:02:43AM +, p wrote:
> > (give me another 7 months and i'll
> > figure out what that means.)
> 
>
> > On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 06:14:57PM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> Discussions on this list, for example, frequently make reference to
> some feature of the headers of someone's posts, often for reasons like
> pointing out misconfiguration. It would be handy to have a variant on
> the "include message in reply?" option that allowed the inclusion of
> the headers as well as the message body for purposes of geeky
> nitpicking.
> 
> -- 
> Pigeon
> 
> Be kind to pigeons
> Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F

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ah, now i see.

pigeon,...much appreciated.

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: crc error

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On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:55:33PM +0200, eric mc wrote:
> Hello all,
> 1.can onyone tell me what a 'crc error' means exactly ??
> Have this error time to times and all I have todo is reboot the system.
> 2.An fsck results in a '..is this a zero lenght partition ' and/or 
> '...Null pointer..' can't ... what ?
> 'run e2fsck -b 8193 ' but he can't do that (on a unmounted 
> partition )
> Thanks for your help.
> mess-mate
> 
> 

//

i used to get it when one of my boxen would overheat. 

hardware issue?:

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue50/tag/24.html 

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: sound is being played too fast?

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On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 04:02:53PM -0500, Martin A. Hansen wrote:
> hi
> 
[snip]
> 
> and how do i get rid of that annoying 'beep' whenever i mistype?
> 
> 
> :o)
> 
> martin
> 
>

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in x:

xset b off

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: Mutt help, please

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On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 03:46:53PM -0700, Lonnie Sutton wrote:
> Although I have RTFM and looked at example .muttrc's, I am obviously 
> missing something since I can't get Mutt to send mail outside my 
> system. I am using woody, and as you can see from this mailing, I can 
> send mail from Balsa, no problem.
> 
> When I fetchmail, if comes in OK, and of course I can read it in Mutt. 
> I can send a mail to myself locally, and the from header looks OK, and 
> of course it is immediately there for Mutt to read.
> 
> When I try to send a mail through my ISP, the mail seems to go 
> somewhere, but never shows up when I fetch the e-mail from my ISP. Also,
> when I look in the mailq it is empty, and when I check 
> /var/spool/exim/input it is empty as well.
> 
> So it would seem that Mutt is putting something in a header that causes 
> my sent mail to get rejected by my ISP, and it gets thrown
> away.
> 
> Any suggestions, hints, or pointers to more reading would be 
> appreciated.
> 
> TIA
> 
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what mta (mail tranfer agent) are you using? 

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Re: Mutt help, please

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On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 04:32:15PM -0700, Donald MacDougall wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 11:13:55PM +0000, p wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 03:46:53PM -0700, Lonnie Sutton wrote:
> > > Although I have RTFM and looked at example .muttrc's, I am obviously 
> > > missing something since I can't get Mutt to send mail outside my 
> > > system. I am using woody, and as you can see from this mailing, I can 
> > > send mail from Balsa, no problem.
> > > 
> > > When I fetchmail, if comes in OK, and of course I can read it in Mutt. 
> > > I can send a mail to myself locally, and the from header looks OK, and 
> > > of course it is immediately there for Mutt to read.
> > > 
> > > When I try to send a mail through my ISP, the mail seems to go 
> > > somewhere, but never shows up when I fetch the e-mail from my ISP. Also,
> > > when I look in the mailq it is empty, and when I check 
> > > /var/spool/exim/input it is empty as well.
> > > 
> > > So it would seem that Mutt is putting something in a header that causes 
> > > my sent mail to get rejected by my ISP, and it gets thrown
> > > away.
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions, hints, or pointers to more reading would be 
> > > appreciated.
> > > 
> > > TIA
> > > 
> > 
> > //
> > 
> > what mta (mail tranfer agent) are you using? 
> > 
> > // 
> 
> I see he mentions exim in there somewhere, so I would suggest looking
> at /var/log/exim/mainlog and /var/log/exim/rejectlog.
> 
> dwm
> 

//

my bad.

...also, /etc/exim/exim.conf may need
a massage at:

qualify domain
local domains

b.

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Re: [OT]: Sort-of. What's the best way to "contribute"

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On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 02:58:57PM -0700, deFreese, Barry wrote:
> Since my posts usually get ignored we'll see what happens with this one. :-)
> 

...probably due to list volume or your posts being apolitical or not-
related to beer.  (muhahaha.)


> Since I don't have a great deal of money yet (When I win the lottery I
> promise to send big checks to Debian and Samba!! :-) ) what is the best way
> to contribute to the open source community? 

[snip]

i've heard that a good way to give back is to reply to what
you can on this list.  that kind of "in-kind" donation can
be invaluable.

kthxbye.

b.

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trojan code in tcpdump/libpcap

[p]

debs (et al.),

apparently, there's trojan code in
tcpdump & libpcap.

woody is okay, right?  but those apps
in sarge/sid could be effected?

(i'm just the curious messenger.)

b.

att.

//

INFORMATION ALERT


AN EMERGING ISSUE WITH:
TROJAN CODE PLANTED IN TCPDUMP AND LIBPCAP


SEVERITY:
Medium

DATE:
November 14, 2002


---

For an easier-to-read HTML version of this article, go to:
https://www3.watchguard.com/archive/showhtml.asp?pack=135225

---


SUMMARY:

On November 13, members of the Houston Linux User Group (HLUG)
reported that some copies of the popular Linux packet sniffing
program, tcpdump, as well as a popular Linux packet sniffing
library, libpcap, contain Trojan horses. If you recently downloaded
and compiled either tcpdump or libpcap from the altered source code,
a hacker could gain complete control of your system and
simultaneously render his activity invisible. There is no direct
impact on WatchGuard products. Administrators who have recently
installed tcpdump or libpcap should reboot their machines and verify
the integrity of these applications.


EXPOSURE:

Tcpdump is a very popular Linux packet sniffer application
 used to monitor
network traffic. Libpcap is a popular library of functions

used by many network applications that need to "sniff" network
traffic such as tcpdump, Snort and Ethereal. If you capture network
traffic on a Linux machine you probably use either tcpdump or the
libpcap library.

According to members of the Houston Linux User Group (HLUG)
, the source code for tcpdump and libpcap on
the official tcpdump site  has been infected
with a Trojan. The infected software has also made its way to many
official mirror sites. According to an advisory released by CERT
. it appears the
infected packages were uploaded to the tcpdump site sometimes on or
around November 11.

When you compile the infected tcpdump and libpcap packages, the
Trojan makes an outgoing connection to a fixed remote IP address
using TCP port 1963. If the connection is successfully established,
the attacker can gain remote shell 

access to your server. The remote shell has the same privileges as
the user who compiled the application. Therefore, if you compiled
one of the infected packages using root privileges, the attacker
gains full control of your server. Since the Trojan makes an
outgoing connection, it will pass through any firewall that is not
egress filtering .

In an interesting twist, the Trojan also alters the packet sniffer
libraries in a way that any packets from the hacker's IP are
ignored. In short, the hacker can hide himself from your network
monitors.

If this attack sounds familiar, it is. The attack is identical to
the Trojans recently found in both OpenSSH and Sendmail. In fact,
the design of the Trojan suggests that all three cases are the work
of the same hacker. For more information on those past cases see our
Information Alerts on August 1 

and October 9 
.


SOLUTION PATH:

If you have recently installed the tcpdump or libpcap packages, it
may already be too late to protect your server. Details on this
Trojan are still emerging. However, the previous Sendmail and
OpenSSH Trojans only ran only once during the applications build
process. Rebooting your machine removed the malicious service from
the machine's memory in the past. We recommend you at least reboot
your machine in case those previous details hold true with this new
Trojan. After rebooting your machine, run "netstat" to see whether
or not your machine is connected on port 1963. If you do not find
any connections on port 1963 then that hacker's backdoor is not in
affect.

We also recommend you un-install tcpdump and libpcap and delete the
infected packages. CERT provides a great step-by-step document
 on
recovering from a system compromise that you should follow if you
have installed the infected tcpdump and libpcap packages.

This is a good example of why it is important to use signature files
when downloading software. Signature files provide a means of
verifying the authenticity of the file you are downloading. Although
it appears that the infected packages were first introduced around
November 11, if you downloaded tcpdump or libpcap in the past few
weeks, we recommend you use the signatures in CERT's advisory
 to verify your
packages. For more information on validating downloads with an

Re: Laptops!

[p]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:32:10AM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> 
> Mike, What bug?  I'm using a VAIO since my last dell died.  It makes a
> good little XTerm for ssh'ing to a heavier box for mail, etc (my Vaio is
> only a P2 with 96Megs)  The only problem with the booger is the cdrom
> and floppy are usb, makes debian installs a bit of a problem, or did
> with Debian2.2, haven't tried 3.0.
> 
> 
> Thus spake Michael P. Soulier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> 
> > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:19:08 -0500
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Laptops!
> > X-Mailer: Mutt 1.4i (Debian Linux 2.4.16, i686)
> > From: "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/246471
> > 
> > On 20/11/02 james leclair did speaketh:
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > Could someone be so kind as to recommend a model and brand name of laptop I 
> > > should consider purchasing to run debian on? Thanks in advance, you guys 
> > > have been real helpful!!
> > 
> > I wouldn't concern yourself too much with the laptop model, as much with
> > any windows-specific crap in it. You should be able to run Debian on most
> > laptops. I'm running it on my Sony VAIO with no problems, beyond the bug in
> > the S3 chipset support of X 4.1, but I'll probably upgrade to 4.2 from
> > unstable to fix that. 
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > -- 
> > Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08
> > "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount
> > of nerd-like effort."  -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix
> > HTML Email Considered Harmful: http://expita.com/nomime.html
> 
>

//

the 3.0 usb stiffy's are excellent!
(developers, thx.)

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: [OT] Love you guys - It's Alive

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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 05:23:35PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote:
> >"deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> Sorry for the goofy OT post but I really wanted to put Debian on a Compaq
> >> Proliant 1600 and not have to put RedHat on it.  I couldn't get it to see
> >> the array controller and being the newbie moron that I am I had no idea
> how
> >> to get it to work.  A quick google pointed out to me that Disk2 has the
> >> array module on it and BAM I am now installing it!!
> >> 
> >> You guys ROCK!!
> >
> >Wait until it's installed and running before letting the compliments
> >fly. Especially with a Compaq! :)
> >
> >Gary
> 
> It's up and running.  Just trying to figure out what minimalist window
> manager to use and I'm off and running.  I have twm on at the moment and
> gotta say it's a little too minimalist.
> 
> So, you all STILL ROCK!! :-)
> 
> 
> Barry deFreese
> NTS Technology Services Manager
> Nike Team Sports
> (949)-616-4005
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> "Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster."
> Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell
> 
> 
>

//

(*cough*) icewm.

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: load module on boot

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On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 03:36:15PM -0500, Levi Waldron wrote:
> Specifically, add the line 
> 
> NVdriver
> 
> to /etc/modules.  Add it manually or type 
> 
> echo "NVdriver" >> /etc/modules


//

(echo "newstuff" >> foo_file) hmm, that's 
a cool trick!  i can definitely get some
mileage outta that.  ...much appreciated. 

kthxbye.

b.

// 
> to add it without editing the file.
> 
> On November 27, 2002 03:00 pm, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> > Put it in /etc/modules
> >
> > --
> > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
> > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
> >
> > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Ernesto Marquina wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > debian newbie here, I just configured my nvidia geforce2 go to work on my
> > > laptop (debian woody), I had to download and compile the nvidia drivers,
> > > and now it works fine.
> > >
> > > But in order to load the new driver I always have to load the module
> > > called NVdriver first by doing
> > >
> > > modprobe NVdriver
> > >
> > > How can I tell debian to always load it at startup?, and not having to
> > > type that command everytime I log in?
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > > Ernesto
> > >


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Re: Viewing my replies in mutt

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On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 03:09:54AM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 04:56:27PM -0400, Paul Dersey wrote:
> > Is there an easy way as I am going through a mailbox to jump to my reply?
> > Or do I have to leave the mailbox, go to my sent-mail folder and search
> > for the reply?
> > 
> > It would be really convenient if my replies could be viewed as part of
> > the threaded view in my mailboxes.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> Perhaps you could save [copies of] [your list] replies in the same
> folder as the incoming mail? I haven't tried this, but it might be
> worth a shot.
> 
> -- 
> Pigeon
> 
> Be kind to pigeons
> Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F

//

yeah, i think that's what 
i do:

i amended .muttrc:

# save sent mail.

set record="/var/spool/mail/bt"

("season 'bt' to taste.")

kthxbye.

p.

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Re: How long is linux going to be free ?

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On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 08:06:08AM -0800, adit y wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just loaded OpenBSD and Debian Linux onto my laptop.

[snip]
> 
> I am not talking about debian in particular but linux
> in general
> 
> 1. How long is it going to be free ?

//

forever.

// 

> 2. Is there any possibility of this becoming a
> copyrighted software in future ? ( i mean   some
> company taking over and saying that only i am the
> owner and only i can make modifications)
>

it's already copyrighted (by linus_t) under the gpl,
i believe.

cf:

http://grouchy.cs.indiana.edu/usr/local/www/linux/gs/section2.6.1.html

http://www.linux.org/info/gnu.html

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: play mp3 files on xmms

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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 11:48:29AM -0400, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I'm running woody 3.0_r1 and I'm looking for same way to play mp3 files
> on xmms. Is it possible? Is there any plugin? In case the answer is not,
> which player do you recommend me to play mp3 files?
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> -ejg
> 
> 
>

//

if you can groove with a command line:

mpg123

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:26:49PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> on Sat, 07 Jun 2003 02:23:19AM -0700, Paul Johnson insinuated:
> > I mostly hate the MS "natural" keyboards with a purple passion.
> > Yeah, they have a nice angle that keeps your wrists fairly nice and
> > straight horizontally, but the steep angle of the damn things tend
> > to encourage you to bend your wrists backwards, which is A Bad
> > Thing.  There's a reason wrists don't have much travel in that
> > direction, nature did *not* design human paws to bend backwards,
> > much less for extended periods.
> 
> it all depends on how you lay it out -- i tend to have the keyboard at
> the edge of my desk or on my lap, so my elbows are lower than the
> keyboard.  if the keyboard is then tipped towards me, i get a nice
> flat forearm-wrist-hand thing going on.  i guess this thread is
> demonstrating well that it's really all a matter of personal
> preference, and that what works for some may be what's causing pain in
> others.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> .~.  nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu
> /V\  http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/
>// \\  @ maenad.net
>   /(   )\   www.maenad.net
>^`~'^
> get my (*new*) key here:
>http://www.maenad.net/geek/gpg/7ede5499.asc
>   (please *remove* old key 11e031f1!)
> 
> 
>

//

...and for me, dvorak makes all 
the difference in the world.

(i think i recall your having 
that covered, as well.)

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: Do DVD-drives support booting?

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On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 04:12:36PM -0700, alberto wrote:
> 
> Hi folks, 
> 
> I thought they would, but I purchased a second-hand laptop VERSA SXi 
> with a DVD drive who won't boot my Woody disks (nor any other) 
> 
> BIOS is OK, and the drive itself, also. 
>

//

is the cd ok? (can a different 
box boot it?  or, can the lap-
top boot any other cd?)

//
 
> Have you got any idea what may be wrong, if there IS anyting wrong 
> with that? 
> 
> Actually, I would like to have an answer to that, first: Is it 
> possible that DVD-drives won't support booting from CD? 
> 
> Any hint? 
> thanks so much. 
> alberto
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> alberto. 
> 
>

//

my laptop with a combo dvd/cd 
burner booted a woody cd (for
a _base_ install, upon which
i upgraded to sid).  dvd's are
"backwards" compatible with 
cd's, so if cd drive can read
a cd, a dvd drive will read
the same cd, as well.

kthxbye.

b.

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my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

[p]

debs,

my .muttrc is "read-only."  i need to
modify it, as i've been able to do
in the past.  i don't know what i 
did to make it r/o.  

(permissions = 666)

$ ls -la .muttrc

-rw-rw-rw-1 bt   bt   8503 Oct 31 00:13 .muttrc


(i am user "bt," so i am in the group.)

$ groups

bt mail cdrom floppy audio dip postgres


help is appreciated.

b.

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Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

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On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 05:47:17PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 01:18:39AM +0000, p wrote:
> > debs,
> > 
> > my .muttrc is "read-only."  i need to
> > modify it, as i've been able to do
> > in the past.  i don't know what i 
> > did to make it r/o.  
> > 
> > (permissions = 666)
> > 
> > $ ls -la .muttrc
> 
> $ chmod 644 .muttrc
> 
> > -rw-rw-rw-1 bt   bt   8503 Oct 31 00:13 .muttrc
> 
> It should not be world writable
> 
> > 
> > (i am user "bt," so i am in the group.)
> > 
> > $ groups
> > 
> > bt mail cdrom floppy audio dip postgres
> > 
> 
> you do not need bt to be a member of mail (It does not harm,... I
> guess.)
> 
> > help is appreciated.
> 
> Cheers :)
> -- 
> ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +
> Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32
>  .''`.  Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers
>  : :' : http://qref.sf.net and http://people.debian.org/~osamu
>  `. `'  "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract
>

//

...oops, sorry about the "world writeable."
(the three 6's should've tipped me off.
whew!)  thx for the heads-up.

anyway, i'm able to save changes to the file 
_if_ i use the "!" to the command, ":wq".  i
guess the file is locked because it's a "hid-
den" file?  (the message i get after vi 
.muttrc is, ".muttrc already locked, session
is read-only.")  my non-"dot" files don't 
say that when massaged with nvi.  and i can
save them without the "!".

so, at least i can save file changes, which
basically consisted of adding this debian
list to .muttrc (subscribe debian-user@lists.
debian.org).  there was a recent thread chid-
ing users that reply to the list who also end
up sending a duplicate to a previous author 
in a thread.  and, besides, i don't want to 
get on madduck's bad side.  

i think my situation is resolved, or at least
i have a decent workaround.

thx to all respondents.

b.

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resolved -- Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

[p]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 01:18:39AM +, p wrote:
> debs,
> 
> my .muttrc is "read-only."  i need to
> modify it, as i've been able to do
> in the past.  i don't know what i 
> did to make it r/o.  
> 
> (permissions = 666)
> 
> $ ls -la .muttrc
> 
> -rw-rw-rw-1 bt   bt   8503 Oct 31 00:13 .muttrc
> 
> 
> (i am user "bt," so i am in the group.)
> 
> $ groups
> 
> bt mail cdrom floppy audio dip postgres
> 
> 
> help is appreciated.
> 
> b.
> 
> //

//

debs,

firstly, thanks to all that replied.  
i got good info.  ("world writeable, 
vi.recover"..."glad to meet-'cha'.") 
 
secondly, i still don't know how i 
screwed up the perms.

and thirdly, during my morning 75-mile 
commute to denver, the thought popped 
into my head that i could remove the 
~/vi.recover files, try to move the 
contents of .muttrc to a new filename, 
delete .muttrc, and then copy the con-
tents of that new file back into a 
_new_ .muttrc.

in other words: 

1)  rm /var/tmp/vi.recover/*

2)  cat .muttrc > new_muttrc_for_testing_1a

3)  rm .muttrc

4)  cat new_muttrc_for_testing_1a > .muttrc

(5)) (report back to list.)

oh, yeah

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: Which USB portable memory?

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 11:20:54AM -0800, Lars Jensen wrote:
> Which brand name portable USB memory works well with linux? I'm thinking
> about getting something like a SanDisk Cruzer or an ImageMate w/Secure
> Digital media, but I'm not sure if it will work.
> 
> Any info apprecuated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Lars.
> 
> --
> Lars Jensen, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno NV 89512-3999.
> Tel: 775.673.7113 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>

//

hi,

for my sd/mmc (secure digital/multimedia
card), sandisk works flawlessly, mounted
as /dev/sda1.  

a lexmark card reader is frigid towards my
linux box.  ergo, ...can't recommend lexmark.

ymmv.

kthxbye.

b.

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SoundBlaster PCI64

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Hi

I have a new computer (the old one had commited suicide :)

SoundBlaster PCI64

[p]

Hi (sorry about the last incomplete message)

I have bought (I had to) a new computer:

It has a SoundBlaster PCI64 card, but ...

pnpdump does not see any card, 

I alreday had compiled a new kernel (2.0.34) with (module) sound support and 
with the awe32 patch, and inded I have the drivers

(cat /dev/sndstat)

Installed drivers: 
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 7: SB MPU-401

Card config: 
Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5
SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 5 drq 0
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0


But as pnpdump does not see the cards I cannot put isapnp to work so ... :(

Can you help me?

Thank you.

At\'e breve

Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
Departamento de Matem\'atica, Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia
Universidade de Coimbra
P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
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url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/
phone: 351 39 791170

Re: well its about time

[p]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 08:40:06PM -0600, Paul Valley wrote:
> Hi all:
> 

__deletia__

> I would 
> like to say thank you to all those who made it possiable including ian 
> murdock for making Debian linux


__deletia__

> 
> replacment word for freedoom?Linux!
> 
> 
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
>

//

ping. 

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: mutt - saving message to disk (not mail folder)

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On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:22:01PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> How do I save a mail message to disk with mutt? I want to save it to
> disk, not another mail folder (saving to a different mail folder appears
> quite clearly in the docs but couldn't find save to disk).
> 
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|
cat > [file name]

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: Getting rid of MS XP

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On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:03:49AM +0100, Peter Bartosch wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 
> > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:08:01PM -0500, Johann Koenig wrote:
> > > I was unaware that there were 7 flavours ;)
> > 
> > If you're going cross architecture, yes.  Or way back in time.
> >
> 
> well let's see:
> 
> 
> rex, bo, hamm, potatoe, slink, sarge and sid
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> -- 
>

//

hey, what happend to "woody"?

kthxbye

b.

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Re: Command line network monitoring tool

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On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:09:58PM -0600, Jacob S wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:01:07 -0500
> Andr?s Rold?n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Michael Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > > Are there any network monitoring tools that monitor the availability
> > > of network resources (HTTP, IMAP, POP3, IMAP, SSH, NNTP, FTP, DNS,
> > > RSYNC) that I can run from the command line?  Right now I'm using a
> > > shell script that checks if the machine is pingable, but I'm finding
> > > that often the service has died but the machine is still reachable
> > > with ping.
> 
> > Nagios may help.
> 
> I'll second that. We're using it for several servers at work with great
> success. It's even in Sarge now.
> 
> HTH,
> Jacob
> 
>

//

i just tried to install "nagios-common" and it
removed a lot of my good programs--gimp, xine,
mplayer  that doesn't even begin to scratch
the surface.  (i'm still trying to access the 
totality of what it removed.)  from what's left,
i may have to rebuild the box.  (mplayer won't
even install now.)

why would a "network monitoring tool" need to
decimate a system?

it jacked me up!

i was running sid.

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: installing nagios removed other programs (was: Command line network monitoring tool)

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On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:11:17PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
> p wrote:
> 
> > i just tried to install "nagios-common" and it
> > removed a lot of my good programs--gimp, xine,
> > mplayer  that doesn't even begin to scratch
> > the surface.  (i'm still trying to access the
> > totality of what it removed.)  from what's left,
> > i may have to rebuild the box.  (mplayer won't
> > even install now.)
> 
> > why would a "network monitoring tool" need to
> > decimate a system?
> 
> > i was running sid.
> 
> I am running Sid as well, and I see nothing in the details of the
> nagios-common package that would make it remove those packages. In fact, I
> just tried installing it myself, and while it will install additional
> packages, it is not going to removing anything.
> 
> Are you using any unofficial Debian repositories? 

//

not to my knowledge.  i changed "stable" to "sid" in
my "sources.list" file.

//


> Can you post the command you used to install nagios-common (and its full 
> output)?
> 
> Adam
> 
>

//

apt-get install nagios-common

the output is gone.  all i can remember is that 
after the packages were downloaded, maybe 30-40 
programs were removed.  i thought they had been 
upgraded by "nagios-common."

(after going through "apt-get install nagios-com-
mon" again, i see that mplayer now works; but 
other things are borked.)

b.

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Re: Command line network monitoring tool

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On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:19:08PM -0500, Ben Russo wrote:
> p wrote:
> >i just tried to install "nagios-common" and it
> >removed a lot of my good programs--gimp, xine,
> >mplayer  that doesn't even begin to scratch
> >the surface.  (i'm still trying to access the 
> >totality of what it removed.)  from what's left,
> >i may have to rebuild the box.  (mplayer won't
> >even install now.)
> >
> >why would a "network monitoring tool" need to
> >decimate a system?
> >
> >it jacked me up!
> >
> >i was running sid.
> >
> 
> When you run commands read the output before typing "y" and hitting enter.
>  apt-get install
> or the synaptic GUI, or aptitude
> will warn you about what packages it will add/remove/upgrade when you 
> ask them to install a new package.

//

i remember seeing that it was around a 40mb 
download, but i'm  pretty much certain that 
it didn't mention anythinng about removing 
30-40 packages.

//

> 
> You are running "sid" the name sid comes from the movie "Toy-Story" Sid 
> was the kid next door who broke all the toys.  Sid has all the latest 
> and greatest packages, but it is unstable.  Package incompatabilities 
> exist, and because of that you need to be carefull when installing things.
>

//

yes, running sid ("still in development," af-
fectionately) is living on the wild side; and 
i knew that any update/upgrade has the poten-
tial of breakage.  (it was time for me to 
experience it first hand.)

//

> Probably you tried to install a version of "nagios" that had 
> dependencies for a package that was incompatable with some package that 
> you already had installed on your box.  

//

yes, most likely.

//

> The install method (apt,synaptic, aptitude ...) that you used probably 
> warned you about what it would need to add/remove/upgrade/install in 
> order to fulfill your request, but you didn't read the warning, instead 
> you just hit "y, > enter"  The package that was incompatible with some 
> nagios dependency was probably a pre-requisite for a whole bunch of other 
> packages.  Which your package tool dutifully removed because you told  it 
> to do so. 
> 
> Having an OS that does what you tell it to and lets you configure it 
> your way is incompatible with having an OS that holds your hand and 
> keeps you from messing things up.
> 
> -Ben.
>

//

agreed!

b.

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Re: Command line network monitoring tool

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On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 04:40:28PM -0600, Jacob S wrote:
> 
> Sounds like you had a different problem with your system that you didn't
> notice until you tried to install nagios-common. 
> 
> I am running Sarge, not sid, and I didn't actually complete the install,
> but running "apt-get install nagios-common" and "apt-get install
> nagios-common nagios-text" did not make apt report any packages that it
> would be removing. 
> 
> If you could post some additional details I am sure it would be helpful
> to the Debian developers, as that's obviously not what packages are
> "supposed to do". 
> 
> HTH,
> Jacob
> 
>

//

i wish i could.  it all happened so innocently 
that it looked like a regular package intall,
until things started being removed.

i'll get out the sarge cd in a few minutes, re-
install, and point my "sources.list" back to 
_sid_.  i'd take much more than this to keep me 
away.  ...been using sid for the last 4 years 
and this was my first hiccup.  

thx.

b.

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Re: installing nagios removed other programs (was: Command line network monitoring tool)

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On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 06:49:34PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
> 
> So you had "stable" there before, and switched them to "sid" to install
> nagios? If that's the case, then that mixing of stable and sid (unstable)
> is probably what caused the problem.
> 
> The best way to fix this is to run "apt-get dist-upgrade" multiple times
> until it doesn't want to install anything. You will then be running a pure
> sid system.
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
>

//

wow, it re-installed lots of packages!

thx for the suggestion.

b.

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Re: Clarification concerning security of testing on a laptop

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> On Tuesday 04 January 2005 06:26 pm, Kent West wrote:
> 
> > My personal opinion? Skip Testing and go straight to Sid. 

__deletia__

> > You also get newer toys to play with.
> 

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 07:26:31PM -0500, Brian Pack wrote:

> I like toys. :)
> 

__deletia__

//

...same here.  i could have left the in-
stall at "woody," but went to "sid" just 
for "pornview." 

kthxbye.

b.

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Re: DVORAK

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On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 03:46:01PM -0600, Cam wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> So after a few years of hearing of the DVORAK layout (and noticing
> that it seems like my left hand is doing all the work w/ QWERTY), i'd
> like to try to make the switch... here's my major concern though (and
> perhaps this isn't really an issue, i'd like to hear the advice from
> others that have given DVORAK a spin).  How does DVORAK work w/ apps
> like vim, nethack, etc.? the key-layouts seem to be fairly logical and
> i would hate to lose them, is there some sort of patch--or is that too
> ugly?  Is it worth the switch?
> 
> thanks,
> Cameron Matheson
> 
>

Dvorak  is  quite nice.   I  could never go
back  to  Qwerty (where  I was  pretty much 
"clawing" at the keys.  *ouch*).  


...sorry, I've never used those  apps  (vim
and  nechack),  so  I  couldn't  say if the  
layouts  are  "logical"  in  Dvorak.  I use 
nvi and things seem fine.

I did myself a favor when I learned Dvorak.

Luck.

b. 
 

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Re: MPG / AVI player

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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:55:53PM -0500, Jonathan Daugherty wrote:
> Does anyone know of a GOOD (I mean not xanim) mpg player?  I need to watch my 
> futurama episodes!!
> 
> -- 
> 
> Jonathan Daugherty
> Dept. of Computer Science / UCNS Workstation Support Group
> The University of Georgia
> 
//

i use mpegtv ( http://www.mpegtv.com ).  there used to be a .deb.
(let me know if you want a copy.  size: ~400k.)  

...sorry, can't help with avi's.

hth.

bentley taylor.

//

Re: mp3 players

[p]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 08:47:12PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi all!
> I did a search for mp3 in the stable package list and got a number of players.
> Does anyone have any favorites? I'd like to hear people's opinions.
> which, if any, can copy CD tracks?
> thanks!
> 
> xucaen


hi, xucaen,

i play mp3's with mpg123.  (it's console based.)  

i've no experience with cd-to-mp3 conversion, but i've seen
a post that recommended cdda2wav or cdpanoria for cd-to-wav;
then lame for wav-to-mp3.

hth.

bentley taylor.

//

Re: Repeat: Problem with Postgresql database

[p]

> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:04:01PM -0400, Brian Schramm wrote:

[snip]
> > problem is that the postgresql database says that my username does not
> > exist in the pg_shadow file any more.  I thought that this was a problem 
> > that
> > the users did not transfer so I created another user with the create user
> > command.  It still tells me that the pg_shadow file does not contain the
> > user.  Any ideas?

//


On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 01:28:45AM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> 
> can you get in via the postgres superuser? (su to root, then su
> to postgres). maybe try createuser from the postgres account.
> 
//

thx, will.

i was looking at this exact prob for about 2 hrs yesterday and
still couldn't find how to do it.  (i even bought momjian's
"postgresql--intro and concepts" book and was still shootin' 
blanks.) 

at least now i should be able to start creating db's and having
fun.  

man's may be good for the broad picture, but ofttimes
it's nut-'n-bolts details _with examples_  that make all the 
difference in the world.  and this list has a way of filling
that void.

so, thx, again.

bentley taylor.

//
  

> 

wine with potato

[p]

debs,

could somene share /etc/wine.conf with me.

apparently, i need to change mine and i 
don't have a clue.

thx.

bentley taylor.

//
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Invalid path 'c:\windows' for windows directory
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This is either /etc/wine.conf or $HOME/.winerc
  or it is determined by the -config option or from
  the WINE_INI environment variable.
Wine has used /etc/wine.conf as configuration file.
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can't ping isp

[p]

debs,

i can ping my lan and router, but i can't get
out (from there) to the isp.

ifconfig is receiving/tranmitting packets (from
the lan) and resolv.conf has the ip addys for
the dns servers.

what did i overlook?

ia, t.

bentley taylor.

//

fetchmail can't resolve (some) domains

[p]

debs,

my fetchmail can't resolve some domains
from this list.  (then i have to use
netscape's mail client to "clear" the
pop timeout "jam.")

how should i handle this situation?

ia, t.

bentley taylor.

//

Re: rlogin delays

[p]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 03:44:06PM +, Iain Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 03:39:44PM +0200, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> > hello,
> > I have installed the latest potato/2.2.19 on one of my network PCs.
> > When I rlogin into it from another host it takes more than a minute
> > before I get prompted for a password. There is nothing else of
> > consequence running on the debian system. No messages in the
> > system log, and once logged in everything is fine.
> > Clues ?
> > Cliff
> 
> DNS lookups? (Or maybe even ident... Admittedly I'm not that familiar with 
> rlogin) I have found with many services delays like this are caused by your
> servers inability to resolve your hostname etc...
> 
> Try adding your hostname and IP address to /etc/hosts if you have no DNS 
> server available...
> 
> hth,
> Iain
> 
//

iain,

this, too, was my problem, which has been resolved, thx
to your info.

thx, again.

now,...back to my lurking.

bentley taylor.

//

Re: Postgresql doubt ..

[p]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 09:45:55PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] shyam]$ xhost +
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] shyam]$ su postgres
> bash $createdb shyamdb
> psql.connectDBStart() ... connect() failed : Cannot respond
>  Is the postmaster running at 'localhost' & accepting connection on Unix 
> socket
> '1234' ?
> createdb : database creation failed.
> 
> x
> 
> Dear members ,
>Can anybody please tell me what the above means , and how to circumvent it 
> ?
>I am actually sitting on postgresql for the first time ,
> and am startled .
> 
> Please help ...
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Shyam
> 
> 
//

hi,


here's all i did:

1.  # su postgres

2.  createuser 

3.  createdb 

4.  $ psql 



synopsis:

1:  to change to postres "administrator"; 

2:  to create "user"/non-root access (to the postgres
"server");

3:  to create a database; 

4:  to start a "console" session of postgresql.  (or,
if you want a gui "frontend," try (apt-get install)
pgaccess or gtksql.) 


hth.

bentley taylor.

//

Re: Postgresql doubt ..

[p]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:36:30PM +, p wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 09:45:55PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] shyam]$ xhost +
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] shyam]$ su postgres
> > bash $createdb shyamdb
> > psql.connectDBStart() ... connect() failed : Cannot respond
> >  Is the postmaster running at 'localhost' & accepting connection on 
> > Unix socket
> > '1234' ?
> > createdb : database creation failed.
> > 
> > x
> > 
> > Dear members ,
> >Can anybody please tell me what the above means , and how to circumvent 
> > it ?
> >I am actually sitting on postgresql for the first time ,
> > and am startled .
> > 
> > Please help ...
> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > Shyam
> > 
> > 
> //
> 
> hi,
> 
> 
> here's all i did:
> 
> 1.  # su postgres
> 
> 2.  createuser 
> 
> 3.  createdb 
> 
> 4.  $ psql 
> 
> 
> 
> synopsis:
> 
> 1:  to change to postres "administrator"; 
> 
> 2:  to create "user"/non-root access (to the postgres
> "server");
> 
> 3:  to create a database; 
> 
> 4:  to start a "console" session of postgresql.  (or,
> if you want a gui "frontend," try (apt-get install)
> pgaccess or gtksql.) 
> 
> 
> hth.
> 
> bentley taylor.
> 
> //

...sorry, upon re-reading your email, i should have just
said that "$ su postgres" should be "# su postgres" (or
in other words, it should be setup as "root.")

bentley taylor.

//

Re: X starts on boot--no exit--shades of J P Sartre

[p]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 09:51:53PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
> I configured xfree86 but I'm not running X because 1) my mouse acts
> squirrelly and 2) I haven't downloaded the i810e server yet.  Tonight I
> wanted to study/work on the shutdown procedures, and said shutdown -r
> now.  This was first reboot since installing X.  The X or gnome or some
> graphic login screen appeared upon reboot and I logged in.
> 
> Now my squirrel of a mouse-driver sends the cursor below the bottom edge
> of the screen, and seems to move left or right 80 pixels at a time,
> popping up little menus that I can't access.  Enough playing with the
> mouse, and a terminal screen will come up (Xterm?).  Using ps and kill,
> I can stop X, but just as fast as it dies, a new login screen appears.
>  does the same.  BTW,  does nothing.
> 
> Now if someone will tell me what to look at and what to change so that X
> must be explicitly started, I will be much obliged.
> 
> Plus, how can I get rid of it short term, so I can use emacs (pop-ups
> cover 1/3 or so of the term screen, including the minibuffer) to edit
> the file(s)?
> 
> gt
> Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
> 
> 
//

# mv /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm /etc/rc2.d/dont_use_S99xdm

(has always  worked for me).

hth.

b.

//> 

smtp error during fetchmail

[p]

debs,

when i fetchmail, i get an smtp error:

fetchmail: smtp connect to localhost failed
fetchmail: smtp transaction error while fetching from pcisys.net
fetchmail: query status=10 (smtp)

suggestions?

thx.

b.

//

Re: smtp error during fetchmail

[p]

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:19:50PM +, Jonathan Matthews wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 06:37:14PM +0000, p wrote:
> > debs,
> > 
> > when i fetchmail, i get an smtp error:
> > 
> > fetchmail: smtp connect to localhost failed
> > fetchmail: smtp transaction error while fetching from pcisys.net
> > fetchmail: query status=10 (smtp)
> > 
> > suggestions?
> > 
> > thx.
> > 
> > b.
> 
> Check that /etc/hosts.allow contains a line like
> 
> exim: , 127.0.0.1
> 
> or a line corresponding to whatever MTA you're using.
> 
> For me, this line is:
> exim: 192.168.0.0/24, 127.0.0.1
> 
> There might be other reasons for your problem, but that's the one that
> bit me last time I moved my mail setup around.
> 
> jc
>
//

thx jc,

i think my system is weird.  i may try to delete the mail 
"trifecta" and try it again.

thx, again.

b.

//

Re: OT: Web Standards

[p]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 02:57:18PM -0500, dman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 10:35:51AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> | begin  Karl E. Jorgensen  quotation:
> | 
> | > IMHO if your co-worker wants *absolute control* over how things are
> | > rendered, then he's figthing a loosing battle. Essentially you only
> | > have absolute control if you have one big image per page. (Extremism
> | > is good for proving a point :-)
> | 
> | Or you use Flash for your entire site. In which case you should be shot.
> 
> eznet.net
> 
> (do you need to ask why I won't purchase their service?)
> 
> -D
> 
> -- 
> 
> It took the computational power of three Commodore 64s to fly to the moon.
> It takes at least a 486 to run Windows 95.
> Something is wrong here.

//

...saab, 'ya listenin'?

//
> 

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

[p]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 09:38:20AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Anyone who wants the official 6 CD set of woody 3.0
> Can send me an address privately.  First one I get in my inbox with
> snailmail address will get the cds mailed to them.
> 
> I've burned up 2 full days, gotten no help whatever from the list.
> Found the install routines to be unusable.
> 
> All I hear from Woody is `can't won't or doesn't'  And this on a
> machine that has had 2 flavors of linux, 2 of the BSDs and Solaris
> (intel) install successfully.  Hardware recognized etc.
> 
> My nic is not found, X doesn't run, I get a message after the install
> that there were errors during install.  Please fix the errors
> mentioned above... none are mentioned.  I've tried the simplicity of
> Tasksel and the labor instensive dselect hell, 3 fullbore tries at
> installing.
> 
> I have a non-functional system at the end of 2 days.
> When I see things so basic like the names referred to when the
> different cds are requested during package install.  The names the
> routine asks for are nowhere on my CDs.  Not that hard to see what is
> really meant but only because I'm already familiar with some of the
> lingo.
> 
> Maybe I got hoodwinked getting them from `The sphere'
> 
> When I see things like that gauranteed to cause confusion, I know that
> at the Debian organization someone is asleep at the switch.  And can
> rest assured that I will be in for lots of unnecessary grief caused by
> `loose' organization and homeboy packaging.
> 
> One has to think, what else is poorly done here.
> 
> But then again for someone who enjoys major unnecessary tinkering. 
> Relentless `fixes' and the like,  Here is a chance to get a setup that
> will keep you busy for a long time, and absolutely free.  I'll pay the
> postage too.
> 
> Maybe I should have tried the released version, but something about
> the name `potato' puts one in mind of a large overweight weak
> vegetable lying on a couch.
> 
> At least `woody' sounded.. well  erect :-)
> 
> 
//


"...asleep at the switch" and "...homeboy packaging":  man, woody 
really tore you up.  (but it's just something that's in "testing" 
mode though, right?)

i used to be hung up by the debian distribution names, especially 
since i've never seen toy story, but i figure that until i
create my own linux distribution, "potato" ("ham," "slink," "woody" 
or whatever) sounds pretty darn good to me.

b.

(running "potato," and waiting for "woody" when it's officially 
released.)
//

Re: Retry.. no more crybaby bs

[p]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 05:34:27PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote:
> OK, list posters, you've advised me to coninue my efforts and step
> back to potato. (See thread suject `Enough time wasted.. moving on')
> 
> A coulpe of posters have suggested a network install.  Thing is I have
> $40 dollars worth of cds setting here.  Surely I can at least use them
> to get the base install going and maybe get my nic setup. Then do the
> rest via network?
> 
> In the last three attempts my nic is not recognized and any attempt to
> install one of the 3com drivers is rejected.  I didn't capture any
> error info but will this time if it comes up.  My card is:
> 3Com 3C905B-TX (PCI)
> 
> 
//

those cd's sound suspicious/flaky.  

i'd troubleshoot the nic prob down 
to atleast having legit "potato" 
media--_valid_ cd's or download the 
flies (from http://www.debian.org)
for "base" install floppies.  i
believe i have the same nic.
...never had "recognition" probs. 

(doesn't http://www.cheapbytes.com
sell "potato" for like, $6.00?)

"...$40.00"?  ouch!  and it's 
_un-debian!

(shall we go snipe hunting?)

b.

//  

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

[p]

On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:32:50AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Well, I got X working in my fresh woody install, but there are a few
> rinkles. 
> 1) I want to boot to console mode and call x with startx.
> 
> Currently, I get popped right into X.
> I thought this could be contolled by setting the defalult run level 
> /etc/inittab  But I see nothing in there that looks likely.
> 
> In fact it claims the default is runlevel 2.  Or is runlevel 2 X.  I
> don't think so.
> 
> In my redhat dealings it was possible to set default to runlevel 5
> which force boot to bring up X.  setting runlevel 3 gave you a console
> login. 
> 
> Where is this choice made on debian?
> 
> 
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//

# mv /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm /etc/rc2.d/dont_use_S99xdm

b.

// 

eximconfig's "satellite" mail

[p]

debs,


i tried option #3 (the "satellite" approach) in
eximconfig.  well, i really wanted option #2 (the
"smarthost" approach, which is what i'm now using).

for the email i tried to get (while exim was set for
"satellite,") that's now sitting at my isp
(mail.pcisys.net), how do i retrieve it?  (mostly it'll
be mail from the list, so i'm anxious to see into 
what the "water" thread has turned.) 

ia, t.

bentley taylor.

//

open source is the best source:  linux! 

Re: eximconfig's "satellite" mail

[p]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:16:58PM +, p wrote:
> debs,
> 
> 
> i tried option #3 (the "satellite" approach) in
> eximconfig.  well, i really wanted option #2 (the
> "smarthost" approach, which is what i'm now using).
> 
> for the email i tried to get (while exim was set for
> "satellite,") that's now sitting at my isp
> (mail.pcisys.net), how do i retrieve it?  (mostly it'll
> be mail from the list, so i'm anxious to see into 
> what the "water" thread has turned.) 
> 
> ia, t.
> 
> bentley taylor.
> 
> //
> 
> open source is the best source:  linux! 


//

oops.  nevermind. right after i sent the email i received the "missing" email.

thx.

b.

//
> 

precious irq 9

[p]

debs,

my sony picturebook, running potato on 2.4.0, shows
that the controllers for sound and usb are on irq 9,
which doesn't bode well for "sound" (as it just plays a
a 3-second "loop").

i believe i need to put the sound controller on a
different irq, say, irq 5.  

suggestions?

ia, t.

bentley taylor.

//




Script started on Wed Apr 18 16:20:16 2001
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts
   CPU0   
  0:  61200  XT-PIC  timer
  1:   1046  XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:  0  XT-PIC  cascade
  9:  1  XT-PIC  soundblaster, Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475, usb-uhci
 10:  2  XT-PIC  pc110pad
 12:  0  XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
 14:   1477  XT-PIC  ide0
NMI:  0 
LOC:  0 
ERR:  0
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ exit
Script done on Wed Apr 18 16:20:33 2001

Re: Wordperfect8 missing libXpm.so.4

[p]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 03:25:17PM +1000, Doug Hespe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having trouble reinstalling Wordperfect8 on a Potato system.
> It was running fine a couple of months ago after I installed libc5
> and xlib6 but it is now complaining 
>   /usr/local/wp8/wpbin/xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'
> When I try 
>   ~#locate libXpm.so.4
> I get
>   /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4
>   /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.11
> 
> All this trouble started when I tried Progeny-- it worked alright
> but I could not get the Xwindow to look the way it should.  Now,
> after reinstalling Potato and apt-get upgrading, Wordperfect8 can't
> see a needed library file.  After trying
>   ~# ldd /usr/local/wp8/wpbin/xwp
> it gave
>  libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXt.so.6 (0x4000c000)
>  libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 (0x4004f000)
>  libXpm.so.4 => not found
>  libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x400f1000)
>  libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x400fa000)
>  libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libSM.so.6 (0x401b8000)
>  libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libICE.so.6 (0x401c1000)
> so, following the pattern, I tried
>   ~# ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 /lib/libXpm.so.4
> which gave a segfault instead of a can't load message when I attempted
> to run wordperfect8.
> 
> If any of you can help, I shall be most grateful.
> 
> TIA, Doug.
> 
> 
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//

hi doug,

apt-get install xpm4g
apt-get install xpm4.7

xpm4g and xpm4.7 are what came up when i searched for
libXpm.so.4 (@ http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages).


i'd be surprised if they don't do the trick.

have fun.

thx.  hth.

bentley taylor.

//

 

removing inetd

[p]

debs,

i got a call from my isp complaining that i was
generating news error messages (i think because i don't know
how to set up the domainname in knews).  

at boot, i was starting innd, of which i believe i've
gotten rid.  but i still see inetd as a pid when i
run top.

how do i remove inetd or stop it from starting.  
(currently i stop it by killing the pid.)

i'll play with knews again once the the dust settles.

ia, t.

bentley taylor.

//

Re: removing inetd--thx.

[p]

messrs schuller and perry,

thx very much.  all is well!

bentley taylor.

//

Re: Software DVD players

[p]

On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 01:35:04PM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching
> > DVD movies on a computer? It seems I'm better off...
> 
> Because some people never leave their computers ?? Or don't
> have time to waste sitting in front of a TV while they could
> be hacking away... 
> 
> 
> Hall


//

...seconded!

bentley taylor.

//
> 

Re: pictures systems 2001/munich

[p]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 08:59:48AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> * Mike Pfleger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.10.15 16:10:46-0700]:
> > Bwahahaa!  Dudes, indeed.  Ha ha ha ha...
> > I would prefer "dudes" to be spelled using an umlaut, personally ;)
> 
> you been smokin' too much again, mike!
> 
> > On a serious note; nice clean images.  What camera was it you used?
> 
> a nikon from the düdes at c't, the renowned (and okay) german computer
> magazine. today i'll bring my camera, it's older, and it shoots
> smaller pictures, but what the heck - nobody's going to print these
> anyway, so 640x480 should do just fine.
> 
> anyone wanna see anything special? (no, grisu won't strip for y'all)
> and i'll put names with faces today!
> 
> -- 
> martin;  (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
>   \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   
> the file you need
> might be very useful.
> but now it is gone.

//

desktop pic(s) and crowds/venue shots might be interesting,
also.

thx.

bentley taylor.

//

Re: It has been a while since potato was release

[p]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 09:02:23AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 05:57:11AM -0400, Victor J. Cubas wrote:
> > When is woody going to be released? It seams to me that perhaps the
> > individuals currently assigned to packaging and releasing debian have
> > dropped the ball.
> 
> We're doing our best.
> 
> -- 
> Colin Watson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
i'm probably the only one willing to wait for 
woody to be released, officially.  (i'm willing
to wait for my "meal," 'cause i'm not starving
in the meantime.) 

i don't think that the people actually doing the
work get enough credit and thanks for all their 
dedication, given all the other things in life 
that must or should get done.  so, as i wait, 
patiently, for woody to "arrive," i hope the
developers see that at least someone likes their 
approach and appreciates their time and energy,
which will benefit a lot of people.

bentley taylor.

p.s.  sorry for not using the "shift" key.

> 

fetchmail and nameserver failure errors.

[p]

debs,

how do i "cure" intermittent "nameserver failure"
responses in fetchmail.  this causes my mail to 
stop being downloaded.

(i'd like to get away from having to use netscape's
email client to clear the "jam.")

...suggestions?

ia, t.

bentley taylor.

//

ot: vcd's on mtv

[p]

debs,

mtv plays mpg's, but i can't get it
to play vcd's:

cannot open cd-rom device: /dev/cdrom

permission denied

check env variable mtv vcd device (see 
"mtv -h" for help)

any guidance would be appreciated.

ia, t.

bentley taylor.

//

Re: ot: vcd's on mtv

[p]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:40:48AM +0800, --- wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 08:07:01AM +0530, Raghavendra Bhat wrote:
> > [Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 03:40:15PM +] p :
> > 
> > > cannot open cd-rom device: /dev/cdrom
> > > 
> > > permission denied
> > 
> > User who is accessing the vcd in the cdrom drive does not
> > have permissions to do so.  Please add the user, say 'foo'
> > to the 'cdrom' group by doing 'adduser foo cdrom' at the 
> > su/root prompt. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > GPG: 1024D/F1624A6E  ragOO, VU2RGU
> > Helping to keep the  Air-Waves FREE Amateur Radio
> > Helping to keep your Software  FREE   the GNU Project
> > Helping to keep the  W W W FREE  Debian GNU/${kernel}
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> 
> i dont think mtv can play vcd's... try using xine. 
> 
> http://xine.sourceforge.net
> 
> -- 
> "Just For Fun" --Linus Torvalds
> 
> 
> -- 

(i think you're right.  i've looked at permissions
and made sure my "groups" include, "cdrom."  still,
"no go."...tricky little thing)

bentley taylor.

//

Re: video players

[p]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 02:51:26PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 03:48:13PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > what good video players are there in linux?  i've been playing around
> > with Xine but it's messed up, sometimes i can get .mpg files to work
> > sometimes it starts with a green screen, sometimes it has no sound.
> > what player are there that can play .mpg .avi and divx?
> 
> xmms with the plugins stuff is handling mpegs fine.  I've also tried
> xine and xanim, but find xmms is far superior to either.
> 
> Peace.
> 
> -- 
> Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
>  What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?  Home of the brave
>   http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/Land of the free
>Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA!  http://www.freesklyarov.org
> Geek for Hire  http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html

//

pardon my asking, but how, exactly, does xmms work?  (i type, "xmms" 
in a console, get the xmms "skin," click the ">" ("play") button, 
and select my *.mpg.  the "skin" and console just "stare" (and must be
laughing at me, secretly).

ia, t.

bentley taylor
potato, 2.2.17, icewm-gnome, liquid (theme), rxvt-xpm, 
(no desktop env.-- the "clean-pallet approach, thank
you.)...


//

mutt and utc / gmt

[p]

debs,

is there a way to indicate in mutt that the email 
time is utc/gmt?  (my office doze-heads freak-out
 at some of the "odd" office hrs i appear to keep.)

ia, t.

bentley taylor

//

Re: video players

[p]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 04:22:37PM -0600, Adam McDaniel wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:37:51PM +0000, p wrote:
> > pardon my asking, but how, exactly, does xmms work?  (i type, "xmms" 
> > in a console, get the xmms "skin," click the ">" ("play") button, 
> > and select my *.mpg.  the "skin" and console just "stare" (and must be
> > laughing at me, secretly).
> 
> what exactly were you expecting? :) or are you more asking 'how do you
> use it?'
> 
> Checkout http://www.xmms.org/features.html and faq.html for a listing on
> what it can do. Even documentation.html would be helpful :)
> 
> In terms of playing videos, it works by using a series of plugins available
> for it, so along with playing mp3s you could play avi's, mpeg's, etc by
> downloading the package and enabling them through the xmms preferences.
> 
> -- 
> Adam McDaniel
> Infrastructure Technology Consultant
> M-Tech Mercury Information Technology, Inc.
> 
//

...looks like i've got some "plugins"  work to do.  

thx (and thx to hereward cooper!).

bentley taylor.

//  

testing -- plz ignore

[p]

thx.

//

Re: OT: Rant

[p]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 12:27:22PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 10:19:49AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> > 
> > Reveal Codes is not the sort of thing that your average secretary can
> > understand easily.
> 
> I know a lot of administrative assistants, and many, many of them long
> for the days of Reveal Codes. They still love WordPerfect 5.1, and
> resent having been forced to abandon it.
> 
> -- 
>   .~.
>   /v\   Lance Simmons
>  // \\  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> /(   )\
> __^_^
> 
> 
//

seconded.

//

electric eyes see far

[p]

debs,

i dual boot:  linux (potato) and windontz.

whenever i've had to access windontz through linux, i'd have to be root
first and then mount it (# mount /dev/hda1 /bt).  but with ee, i can
access that partition without getting "root" with it.   this just
doesn't seem "cricket." 

suggestions?

thx.

b.

//

Re: Need USB help? Re: USB setup problems

[p]

On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:59:54AM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote:
> Hi,
> Nobody has commented yet on this. Please help if you can give me any
> pointers. I went through all the docs on linux-usb.org and haven't found
> anything to help.
> Eric
> 
> Eric Richardson wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm using 2.2.19(not a custom build), 2.2r3 stable. I'm trying to use a
> > Belkin USB mouse for starters. Here what I did so far.
> > 
> > 1. loaded the modules - usb-ohci didn't work so I assume the usb-uhci is
> > correct
> > # lsmod (edited)
> > mousedev3596   0 (unused)
> > hid11384   0 (unused)
> > input   2684   0 [mousedev hid]
> > usb-uhci   18200   0 (unused)
> > usbcore41028   0 [hid usb-uhci]
> > 
> > 2. added the device files
> > $ ls -la /dev/input
> > total 0
> > crw---1 root root  13,  63 May  8 09:27 mice
> > crw---1 root root  13,  32 May  8 09:27 mouse0
> > 
> > Note the following.
> > 
> > # cat /dev/input/mouse0
> > cat: /dev/input/mouse0: No such device
> > 
> > 3. added to /etc/fstab after /proc entry
> > none   /proc/bus/usb   usbdevfs  defaults   0   0
> > $ ls /proc/bus/usb
> > 001  devices  drivers
> > 
> > Results from dmesg
> > 
> > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
> > usb.c: registered new driver hub
> > usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.237 $ time 22:44:21 Apr 19 2001
> > usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
> > usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xf300, IRQ 10
> > usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
> > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
> > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1
> > hub.c: USB hub found
> > hub.c: 2 ports detected
> > usb.c: registered new driver hid
> > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2
> > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address (error=-110)
> > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number -1
> > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address (error=-110)
> > usb.c: USB disconnect on device -1
> > 
> > $ cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers
> >  hid
> >  hub
> >  usbdevfs
> > 
> > $ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> > T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
> > B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
> > D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
> > P:  Vendor= ProdID= Rev= 0.00
> > S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
> > S:  SerialNumber=f300
> > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
> > I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
> > E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
> > 
> > The only thing weird on the boot mesg is that I physically only have one
> > USB port but the system is trying to assign 2 devices.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > 
> > Eric

//

hi eric,

i'm really not in the position to say why it isn't
working. my usb mouse was pretty straight forward
using kernels 2.4.0 and 2.4.4 and
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/c122.html .  

you should be able to use a 2.2.19 kernel, but you may find it
easier using a 2.4.x kernel.

good luck.

bentley taylor.

//> 

Re: staroffice package

[p]

On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 05:07:58PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
> b3 wrote:
> 
> > The install can be a bit tricky - make sure you run the installer
> > first as root with /net, as this will do a "network install" - then
> > switch to a normal user and run the installer to get the user stuff
> > going.
> 
> I just installed it today with out doing this.  I just ran the installer from 
> a
> directory that I created in my home directory.  I've only tried the word
> processor out so far but it works great.  What's going to be broken because
> I didn't do a "network install?"
> 
> thanks,
> Andy

hi andy, 

i wouldn't think that anything would break, but it just puts
the program files in the home directory, which is what i
backup; except, i don't like to backup program files.  so
for me, it would only be a personal preference not to
install in my home directory.

cheers.

bentley taylor.


//  

Re: LILO error: "ran out of input data"?

[p]

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 11:52:57AM -0500, Brian Dunnette wrote:
> Hey all...
> Just tried installing Debian 2.2 on an old K6 I had lying around... after 
> wading
> through LOTS of stuff (the installer crashes at random points, I get "unable 
> to 
> handle null dereference" or kernel paging errors, and I get segfaults when the
> installer tries to unzip the base2_2 and drivers packages...) I thought I'd
> finally gotten everything working -- LILO ran normally, and the installer,
> for once, exited happily.  But then, upon rebooting, I get this:
> 
> LILO Loading Linux.
> Uncompressing Linux...
> 
> ran out of input data
> 
> -- System halted
> 
> What, exactly, does this mean?  And how can I get rid of it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian Dunnette
//

i had the same problem after trying to boot a custom kernel on 2
"clone" laptops and 1 dell dimension (xps t600r).  however, my
sony picturebook doesn't crap out.  (so i guess i've got inferior
h/w; i've learned to quit buying clones and stick with brand
names, other than dell.)

sorry i can't help. 

bentley taylor.

// 

> 

Re: Netscape problem in debian. Found the cause :-)

[p]

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 08:12:25AM +1000, Steve Kieu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Yeah finnally I found the cause that I have complained
> about netscape before, that ever you quit netscape by
> click File / Exit, Netscape will still remain in
> memory (actually still running but no window display).
> Always like that. The culprit is window manager, not
> debian itself. For some reason icewm 1.0.1-1 doesn't
> handle properly. I use for example blackbox and it is
> normal. AFAIK netscape sometimes crashes in another
> situation too but not so often like that case :-)
> 
> I hope this infomation is usefull for some one using
> icewm like me, and hope that if some one knows the
> better version of icewm and make it to debian package
> for potato, it will be great. Thanx.
> 
> Steve
> 
> =
> S.KIEU
> 
hi steve,

i, too, use icewm (with liquid theme).  i just close netscape by
clicking the "close" botton for the window; and i never get a "run-on"
process.  (is this method wrong?)

thx.

bentley taylor.

//
> 

Re: Power button doesn't work

[p]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 06:33:27PM -0400, Derek Hans wrote:
> What is APM?

//

(a)dvanced (p)ower (m)anagement.  

(i believe it would allow for the box to be shutoff via command,
rather than manually pushing the power (off) button.)

hth.

bentley taylor.

//
 

excellent advice for x-server driver [was Re: Unidentified subject!]

[p]

On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 10:00:58PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote:

__deletia__

> to configure your graphics card, which can
> be tricky if you have newer hardware. If you are unsure, select the
> 'vesa' server, that will give you the best chance of success. 
>
>

__deletia__

> HTH,
> David
> 

__deletia__
> 
>

//

i've spent a lot of time during the holiday weekend
trying to get x on a "thinkpad" (#2652).  ...never
thought to try the "vesa" driver (in xfree86).  ...
works beautifully!

excellent advice, david!  

this list is great!

kthxbye.

b.

// 


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Re: Xserver aborts when idle

[p]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 05:44:41PM -0400, disciple wrote:
> I'm running windowmaker window manager.  My system is config. to boot to 
> prompt.  I then use startx to run X.  It comes up and runs fine, but 
> when I leave idle for a certain length of time, it aborts.  I get the 
> following error:
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 4.  Server aborting
> 
> I looked this error up and I think this is a bug, but not sure if there 
> is a fix yet.  Is there a fix or work-around yet?
> 
> 
>

//

$ xset s off

kthxbye.

b.

// 


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Re: Xserver aborts when idle

[p]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 05:56:02AM +, p wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 05:44:41PM -0400, disciple wrote:
> > I'm running windowmaker window manager.  My system is config. to boot to 
> > prompt.  I then use startx to run X.  It comes up and runs fine, but 
> > when I leave idle for a certain length of time, it aborts.  I get the 
> > following error:
> > Fatal server error:
> > Caught signal 4.  Server aborting
> > 
> > I looked this error up and I think this is a bug, but not sure if there 
> > is a fix yet.  Is there a fix or work-around yet?
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
> //
> 
> $ xset s off
> 
> kthxbye.
> 
> b.
> 
> // 
> 
>

//

oops...

sorry.

b.

// 


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Re: screen goes black

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On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 12:33:05PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When I leave my PC on with no activity it goes black.  When I move the
> mouse or hit a key it comes back.  I don't lose any info.  Is this a BIOS
> thing?  Can I set it so that the screen does not go black for an 1 hour? 
> Is there a file within debian that I can edit?
> 
> Thanks...
> 
>

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$ xset s off

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Re: debian on notebooks

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On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 04:30:47PM -0300, GARGIULO Eduardo GESI wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> is there a list for debian on notebooks or is this list
> the right place to post questions regarding debian configuration
> on laptops/notebooks ?
> 
> TIA
> 
> -ejg
> 
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Re: 'su by nobody' - should I be worried?

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On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 10:55:29PM +0200, Matthijs wrote:
> Since a few days, Logcheck reports a lot of messages like this:
> 
> -
> Security Violations for su
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Mar 30 06:25:02 MyMail su[13083]: (pam_unix) session opened for user
> nobody by (uid=0)
> -
> 
> I've had similar messages for various users for cron and sshd.
> 
> Should I be worried? The only way I can read this messages is that
> user 'nobody' has done a 'su' - become root. I don't know what the
> 'pam_unix' part means.
> 
> So: does this mean my server has been compromised?
> If not, what does it mean?
> If so, how? How can I find the hole - or should I re-install
> everything?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Matthijs
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
>


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http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200303/msg00472.htm

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Re: 'su by nobody' - should I be worried?

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On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 10:55:29PM +0200, Matthijs wrote:
> Since a few days, Logcheck reports a lot of messages like this:
> 
> -
> Security Violations for su
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Mar 30 06:25:02 MyMail su[13083]: (pam_unix) session opened for user
> nobody by (uid=0)
> -
> 
> I've had similar messages for various users for cron and sshd.
> 
> Should I be worried? The only way I can read this messages is that
> user 'nobody' has done a 'su' - become root. I don't know what the
> 'pam_unix' part means.
> 
> So: does this mean my server has been compromised?
> If not, what does it mean?
> If so, how? How can I find the hole - or should I re-install
> everything?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Matthijs
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> -- 

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...bad copy/paste, earlier. *ahem*
 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200303/msg00472.html

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exim worked; had to upgrade to exim4, which, for me, doesn't work

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on january 2, 2007,  i replaced an aging hard drive, running debian 
potato.  for the 3+ years  of running potato, i used mutt (exim and
fetchmail) to handle email.

ever since (jan. 2, '07), when i upgraded to sarge, i have not been
able to  configure exim4  (correctly), as when  i "fetchmail," open 
mutt, and look at the messages  in /var/mail/"me", i  get the error 
message, "mail delivery failed," for each email.


when open an email, i see this refernce to localhost:


"the following address(es) failed:  

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

   unroutable address"


(if i  could get it to recognize my email address as:

"pplaw [at] pcisys.net",
 
instead of as, 

"[EMAIL PROTECTED]", 

then i think it would work.  that's where i'm stuck.)

my googling "unroutable  address" for   exim4 entries  and  reading 
the "exim4-doc-html" file(s) lead me to believe  that i may have to 
learn how to write code in order to have a realistic chance of fig-
uring out how exim4 (version 4.63-17) needs to be setup.   

on the other  hand, since  it's been  8 months,  and  counting,  it 
doesn't look like i'm going to be able to figure out exim4:

 1.  is there  a way  to use  mutt and fetchmail without setting up
 exim4?  (i pop3 my email from my isp.);

 2.  is  there another  text-based  email client  that can  be used 
 without trying to configure exim4? or 

 3.  is my  only hope to wait  and see if exim4 is someday upgraded
 to an easier configuration, one like the old "exim"?

 4.  as an aside,  why do the  exim4-configure windows have jibber-
 ish-looking borders?

thx.



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Re: Repost of some earlier described "challenges"

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On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 04:26:34PM -0600, bent. wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 09:33:43PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> __deletia__
> > 
> > Another issue which has never been posted: She installed more
> > memory. She had 512 MB RAM, and now has 1.5 Gig. Unfortunately,
> > Debian seems only to recognize just under 1.0 Gig. I haven't
> > looked on the web for a fix for that, so I haven't posted
> > here. Part of the reason I haven't gone searching for a
> > solution, is that her reaction to that was to purchase a copy
> > of Windows XP.
> >
> __deletia__
> 
> > Mike
> 
> //
> 
> i  agree with  andrew sackville-wes's  recommendation  to 
> consider an upgrade to etch, the default kernel to which, 
> for example, (just) sees my rig's 3mb of ram.
> 
> luck.
> 
> b.
> 
> //

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Re: Silly question: Where's eth0? (followup)

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On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 06:57:40AM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
> I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my
> questoin. Fortunately or unfortunately i was forced to
> reboot the machine for other reasons, and upon
> rebooting eth0 was there. Repeated suspends had no
> effect, i.e. eth0 was still there (meaning that
> suspending isnt what caused it to vanish).
> 
> Since i cant repeat the problem i dont know what to do
> to try and solve it. But i am keeping the messages
> around so that if it does happen again i will be
> ready.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Jen
>

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glad to hear you got eth0 upon reboot.   

for what it's worth, on one of my etch boxen, i 
don't have "sound" _sometimes_ unless i reboot.  
weird.

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Re: Mail issues

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On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:17:43PM -0400, Richard wrote:
> Looking for a simple method of doing this:
> Main reason for the changes, lost 255,000 email in a mbox format.
> corrupted.
>

//

__deletia__

...sorry for the  loss and that i don't have a "substitute"
recommendation.

however, i just wanted to add that i use the "mbox" format,
but i just copy the "mbox" file into a new file at the end 
of each  year--to archive it.  then, i delete the contents 
of "mbox"  and start with an empty one at the beginning of 
the year.   

for example, i have these "mbox" files as yearly archives:

txt_2005_mbox.txt
txt_2004_mbox.txt
txt_2003_mbox.txt

etc.
 
i typically archive  between 3,000-6,000  emails per year, 
and my email client, mutt, handles them nicely.  this way,
my  "mbox"  doesn't  grow  to become unmanageable or slow. 
and, certainly,  i can archive  more frequently, if neces-
sary.

so, if  i have  to find  old emails,  i just  look through 
those "archived" files.

luck.

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Re: Something has gone wrong with Mutt

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On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 12:08:56PM -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:

> > Fetchmail is downloading messages but mutt is not displaying them?  I
> > have not changed any settings and I saw nothing in the latest
> > dist-upgrade of testing which related to mutt.  What can have gone
> > wrong?
> 

hmm...if you're using exim, what's the setting
for 

"smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = *"

in /etc/exim/exim.conf



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