On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Johann Spies wrote:
>
> > After reading a lot about exim's good qualities, I decided to replace
> > smail with exim. I could again not get exim to work. I never had a
> > problem to get smail to work with 1.1 - 1.3.1. However it
On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, debian-user list wrote:
> Hello. I'm trying to set up a debian 2.0 box as a server in a small
> office, using samba to serve files to a few win95 boxes, and ipmasq and
> diald to connect to the rest of the world via modem, intermittantly. I
> can get each of the parts to wor
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Martin Wheeler wrote:
:
: Is it just me, or has anyone else got problems with an eighteen-and-a-half
: Mb lastlog file appearing on a hamm system within minutes of completing
: installation? [see: /var/log/lastlog
wiz:~ $ ls -lAF /va
Is it just me, or has anyone else got problems with an eighteen-and-a-half
Mb lastlog file appearing on a hamm system within minutes of completing
installation? [see: /var/log/lastlog
[ i486DX/100; 16Mb RAM; 800 Mb native partition, 64 Mb swap partition;
pukk
Is there a way that I can limit size of messages (both incoming and
outgoing)?
Even better, is there a way that I can set it up so that those rules
don't apply to select users (privledged users)?
==
| Asher Haig[EMAIL PROTECTED] |
|
Sorry about the irrelevancy to debian..
Could someone please explain to me the parameters of the C function
'ioperm' ??
I specifically dont understand the second value.
>From the info/man page:
NAME
ioperm - set port input/output permissions
SYNOPSIS
#include
int iope
Hello. I'm trying to set up a debian 2.0 box as a server in a small
office, using samba to serve files to a few win95 boxes, and ipmasq and
diald to connect to the rest of the world via modem, intermittantly. I
can get each of the parts to work individually without trouble, but
various things go
Am I able to do something similar to what you did in
domains="partial-lsearch;/etc/exim/aliases.virtual";
in the aliases.virtual file?
For instance, can I put a line in the domains.virtual:
# Warped-Reality.com aliases
lsearch;/home/wr/aliases.mail
Also, do I not have to run newaliases after
On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, BG Lim wrote:
> I have two problems with Windowmaker
>
> 1. Its using my 'Windows Start' key as the 'Meta' key. Seems to be only a
> problem with WindowMaker, not the other window managers like icewm or kde.
> I'm using the deb packages found at the windowmaker ftp site.
I w
Chris R. Martin wrote:
>
> How can I convince xdm that I want to run at a 32-bit color depth by
> default rather than 8 bpp? Do I need to 'hack up' my XF86Config file so
> that 32 bpp is the only one availible, or can I somehow pass a parameter to
> the X server when it is started up?
The short
On 23 Aug, Chris R. Martin wrote:
> How can I convince xdm that I want to run at a 32-bit color depth by
> default rather than 8 bpp? Do I need to 'hack up' my XF86Config file so
> that 32 bpp is the only one availible, or can I somehow pass a parameter to
> the X server when it is started up?
>
How can I convince xdm that I want to run at a 32-bit color depth by
default rather than 8 bpp? Do I need to 'hack up' my XF86Config file so
that 32 bpp is the only one availible, or can I somehow pass a parameter to
the X server when it is started up?
Thanks,
Chris
>Unless you are using them, you are insane to have them enabled at all.
I would tend to agree. I managed to struggle and disable all of that crud
and only enable SSH, on a different port than 22. This adds to the
difficulties for hackers. Hey, every little bit helps. Plus, I disabled
SSH on pp
George Bonser, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 8/23/98 3:52 PM
>Just add a line under the driver = aliasfile; that looks like this:
>
>include_domain = true,
>
>Note the comma!
>
>Now you will need to include the domain for EACH alias!
>
>In other words:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]: billy
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote:
: On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Ossama Othman wrote:
:
: >telnet
: >ftp
: >login
: >exec
: >finger
: >shell
: >...you get the idea...
:
: And dont forget the r services ... rlogin, rsh, rexec, etc.
With the availability of
George Bonser, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 8/23/98 3:32 PM
>Maybe I am a bit slow today ... what exactly are you trying to do? If the
>mail is addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it goes into the account for user but
>if it is addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it goes to the mailbox for otheruser?
>
>That is eas
I just installed Exim to replace sendmail. I'm trying to set up the alias
file now so that I can have domain-dependant aliases (ie, two "ahaig"s
depending on which domain it's sent to).
I set include_domain to true in /etc/aliases (When I tried setting it in
/etc/exim.conf it complained about i
At 11:06 PM 8/18/98 +0200, Michel \\'ZioBudda\\' Morelli wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
>
>>
>> Can Linux boot from an extended partition if I use a program such as
>> System Commander?
>
>hmmm... i think no.
>I think (IMHO) that linux can boot only in a primary partition if you w
Hi,
> > telnet
> > ftp
> > login
> > exec
> > finger
> > shell
> > ...you get the idea...
>
> And dont forget the r services ... rlogin, rsh, rexec, etc.
Yep, the "r" services are covered by login, exec and shell. Here is what
inetd.conf has to say:
shell s
I have read a lot on this list about the Debian 2.0 and with great
expectation I started the upgrade process last Thursday evening.
At first I was impressed with the apt-script I used to upgrade my
system which have been running smoothly.
I bought the official CD's from LSL as well as the non-fre
Is anyone using Internet Telephony
with Debian/Linux. Please I need
to setup one very badly.
You might want to consider disabling all incoming connections if you are
never going to login to your machine via remote.
As George suggested, you can edit your host.{allow,deny} files or edit
/etc/inetd.conf and comment out things like:
telnet
ftp
login
exec
Hello.
I just installed Debian Linux from CD, but after I
re-booted my machine hung while setting up the
serial ports. I found a script called 0setserial
and I removed the comments for the corresponding
serial ports that I have physically installed, but
it still tries to install more serial ports
I seem to have broken TkMan on my Debian 2.0 i386 hamm system. It used
to work great, but since I picked up and installed a few packages from
slink (apt, gnome, kde etc. all of which work well enough), I get the
following messages from tkman.
Error in startup script: unknown color name "-font"
Greetings,
Still struggling with ipchains.
Has anyone used this command to build a two way firewall? Port forwarding
coming in and IPmasq going out?
I'm trying to setup a "cluster" using my linux box as a simple firewall.
I'm seeking a website or some other places that offers a sample
configura
On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> > DMDP wrote:
> >
> > I am having lots of problems using DSELECT to install the basic
> > utilities off the CDs.
> >
> > I have 3CDs: BINARY, EXTRAS1, EXTRAS2, SOURCE.
> >
> > I have just successfully installed the bases system, and now I want to
> > ins
You might also want to check out ipfwadm...the IRC remark was very timely,
some moron from mcs.net was portscanning my machine last night :)
---
When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men
invade another country.
--- Elayne Boosler
D'jinnie/Jinn, encountered on IRC a
Hi,
I had a perfectly working X environment. After a routinely e2fsck
(done by the boot scripts) with a few error reports for my root partition
(/usr, /var/ home are separate), I get the following messages and X
then dies:
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
_X11TransSocketINE
On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Alan Su wrote:
: is there anyway to permanently override the "suggests" form of
: dependency in dselect? i have a system on which i want xbase
: installed, but not an xserver. every time i run dselect, it insists
: on changing the status of xserver-vga16, xfntbase75, and
is there anyway to permanently override the "suggests" form of
dependency in dselect? i have a system on which i want xbase
installed, but not an xserver. every time i run dselect, it insists
on changing the status of xserver-vga16, xfntbase75, and xfntbase100
(i think those are the ones) to "ins
On Sun, Aug 23, 1998 at 07:28:59AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jimen Ching writes:
> > I do not remember being asked if debugging should be enabled. In the
> > future, I don't think this should be default.
>
> I'll fix that in the next pppconfig. File a bug to help me remember.
Would you
I recently tried to install debian on my laptop, 386sx. I have 5M of free
RAM and acording to the installation guide it is enough. The problem is
that when i try to boot from the disk the error message "cant find
coprossesor or math emulation" appears and the boot stops. The manual says
that an FPU
Michael,
I would leave all the mail spool on PC2 and run qpopper on it. Then just
run a pop3 client on PC1 to get the mail from PC2.
In my inetd.conf I have
pop-3 stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/sbin/in.qpopper
I do recall having to edit this, maybe that is a
Hi -
My little private network looks as follows:
PC1 (WIN95,Linux) <---> PC2 (Linux) <> ISP
Dual boot option INN, SMAIL ISDN
I don't have problems with ISP connectivity; masquerading and
forwarding is done by PC2; everything's working fine, so far.
I have install
Jimen Ching writes:
> I do not remember being asked if debugging should be enabled. In the
> future, I don't think this should be default.
I'll fix that in the next pppconfig. File a bug to help me remember.
> The debug info was taking up all of my disk space.
Are your log files not getting ro
On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 12:30:24AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> When startx works, I get a flash, a quick screen with some junk, and
> then a grey screen which changes to blue (my root window color). When I
> execute startx the second time, I get a quick flash and the system is
> gone.
> I su
On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 09:28:52PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
>
> : I have connected the cdrom to the secondary channel as a slave drive and
> : everything works. I have hard disk on primary ( master) and no other
> : devices are connected to the
On Sun, Aug 23, 1998 at 11:39:47PM +1000, Z.P. Dylejko wrote:
> At 10:11 23/08/98 +0200, you wrote:
> >*-"Z.P. Dylejko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[Hmmm.. broken mail headers?]
> configure:1305: checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) works
> configure:1319: g++ -o conftest -s conftest.C 1>&5
> /u
At 10:11 23/08/98 +0200, you wrote:
>*-"Z.P. Dylejko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>|
>| I am having problems compiling programs on a hamm system when running
>| configure scripts, when it checks for a c++ compiler it comes up with
>| message c++ compiler cannot create executables?
>|
>| I have g++ and
> I've been trying to get the Ultima Online Client to work under debian,
> but the patch-client used to update the client insists on seg faulting.
> I tried talking to the guy that did the Linux port from Origin win
> client
> but I haven't heard anything back. Any help would be appreciated.
Use
On Fri, 21 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Jimen Ching wrote:
> Instead, try to unpack base2_0.tgz directly onto your hosed system. IIRC
> it contains all the necessary devices and essential libs. Just boot the
> rescue floppy, switch to VC2 and mount your root filesystem
*-"Z.P. Dylejko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|
| I am having problems compiling programs on a hamm system when running
| configure scripts, when it checks for a c++ compiler it comes up with
| message c++ compiler cannot create executables?
|
| I have g++ and egcc and binutils installed... what else s
I am going to install the Hamm on my laptop
(without floppy drive), when the procedure is going to
Step 6 "Installing Operation System Kernel and Modules"
and I selected the installation medium "Hard Disk"
(I download the necessary base files e.g.. resc1440.bin
, drv1440.bin, base2_0.tgz, root.bin,
On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Jor-el wrote:
> # This file was generated by pppconfig.
> #You can edit the following lines
> # but please do not delete lines or the change the comments or you will
> # confuse pppconfig.
> noauth #pppconfig_noauth
> connect "/usr/sbin/chat -e -v -f /etc/chatscripts/IB
I am having problems compiling programs on a hamm system when running
configure scripts, when it checks for a c++ compiler it comes up with
message c++ compiler cannot create executables?
I have g++ and egcc and binutils installed... what else should I have
installed?
On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 11:51:43PM -0700, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> All sound devices are accessible to root onle, could someone tell me how
> to make them useble by all users?
> Thank you
>
> ZORO
>
>
> --
> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
>
Lazar Fleysher wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> All sound devices are accessible to root onle, could someone tell me how
> to make them useble by all users?
> Thank you
>
> ZORO
>
You need to make the normal users members of the group 'audio' which
you can find in /etc/groups. This le
Hello everyone,
All sound devices are accessible to root onle, could someone tell me how
to make them useble by all users?
Thank you
ZORO
Just worked for me, so I guess they're back. Slow to get the initial
connection, though, as always.
-Original Message-
From: George Bonser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 1998 11:44 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: FTP down?
Can't get through to ftp.deb
Hi BG Lim; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote:
> Everybody on the lists seems to be able to use xconsole. I don't. I've
> been reading the man pages and all the x stuff I can find on the net and
> so on. Whenever I start xconsole, nothing happens for a long time. What
> parameters should I give? An
> DMDP wrote:
>
> I am having lots of problems using DSELECT to install the basic
> utilities off the CDs.
>
> I have 3CDs: BINARY, EXTRAS1, EXTRAS2, SOURCE.
>
> I have just successfully installed the bases system, and now I want to
> install the REQUIRED utilities.
>
> I also need to install G
Everybody on the lists seems to be able to use xconsole. I don't. I've
been reading the man pages and all the x stuff I can find on the net and
so on. Whenever I start xconsole, nothing happens for a long time. What
parameters should I give? And should I start it as root?
Thanks,
BG
Hi,
We were discussing Linux vs Win one day and we got stuck when someone
mentioned that there isn't any Linux application that does what Lotus Notes
does. Indeed, off hand we knew of nothing that does work flow stuff or what is
commonly termed 'groupware'.
Is this true? I feel that there migh
I am having lots of problems using DSELECT to
install the basic utilities off the CDs.
I have 3CDs: BINARY, EXTRAS1, EXTRAS2,
SOURCE.
I have just successfully installed the bases
system, and now I want to install the REQUIRED utilities.
I also need to install G++.
Has anyone else run
Or at least that's my current theory..
I'm installing deb 2.0 (my first time with debian, I'm keen to switch
though, I've been using redhat and slackware) on a thinkpad 560e without a
cdrom. The card is a motorola mariner ethernet/modem combo card.
The errors I'm getting are NOT consistant, and
I connect to my ISP with Win95 as well (cos there is no NetMeeting on
Linux :-(, and it is much more responsive.
BG
On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, BG Lim wrote:
>
> > This poor responsiveness is bad when nothing else is using the ppp link,
> > and very bad if
On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote:
>
> Can't get through to ftp.debian.org ... traceroute dies at sprintlink.
>
> 5 us-hq-core1-a3-0-0d9.rtr.concentric.net (207.88.0.45) 18.659 ms
> 17.453 ms 16.279 ms
> 6 sl-gw2-sj-5-0-T3.sprintlink.net (144.228.111.21) 19.056 ms 17.391 ms
> 17.6
I connect to my ISP with a 33.6kbps modem. My problem is that I get very
poor response when I use Telnet. I believe that this is due to latency
problems. I've read somewhere that in Linux, telnet is set to low-latency
to improve responsiveness. How to find out what the settings are on my
system.
T
I have two problems with Windowmaker
1. Its using my 'Windows Start' key as the 'Meta' key. Seems to be only a
problem with WindowMaker, not the other window managers like icewm or kde.
I'm using the deb packages found at the windowmaker ftp site.
2. I can't compile wmmount and wmcdplay. Both pac
Hi,
Which debian package contains pine? More generally, is there a neat
way I can find which package provides a utility / tool?
Kenneth
Hi,
Before you guys rush to say 'Read the FAQ', let me say that I HAVE
read the FAQ - especially the topic which says 'The modem dials only on
every second attempt'. Despite implementing the solution mentioned
there, PPP still connects only on every second attempt.
Here is the contents o
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone had any expierence with using the Syjet (from
> Syqest) drive with Debian Linux. I am currently considering buying a Syjet 2
> gig
> drive.
You mean Syjet 1.5GB, don't you? Or perhaps the SparQ 1.0GB?
I'm waiting for the Quest 4.7GB late
Kent West wrote:
>
> At 05:26 PM 8/22/1998 +1000, you wrote:
> >ThanX for all the help
> >but it installed it and when i ran "startx" it said
> >
> >X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE failed
> >
> >PLease can u help me!!!
> >Thanx
> >
>
> The purpose of XF86Setup and xf86config (different progs to
Hi George Bonser; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote:
>
> > Interesting ... after reading the above messages, I decided to check out
> > my /var/log files and found a whole suite of "in.telnetd[XXX]: connect"
> > statements.
> >
> > Should I be worri
Hello
I was just wondering if anyone had any expierence with using the Syjet (from
Syqest) drive with Debian Linux. I am currently considering buying a Syjet 2 gig
drive. I am just wondering how are/if possible to have it run on my linux
system.
The drive would be the external parallel port model
Interesting ... after reading the above messages, I decided to check out
my /var/log files and found a whole suite of "in.telnetd[XXX]: connect"
statements.
Should I be worried ... or does Debian come secure out of the box?
Also, is there any way to have a message pop up whenever someone is
tryin
On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
: I have connected the cdrom to the secondary channel as a slave drive and
: everything works. I have hard disk on primary ( master) and no other
: devices are connected to the controller.
This is not a valid configuration - you cannot have an IDE cha
Hi George Bonser; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Damir J. Naden wrote:
>
> > I have tried pinging the above host right after that and it returned the
> > I.P.
> > address 153.36.2.35 . does anyone know how can I get the actual site name
> > from
> > this? As the origi
Hi Serge Delorme; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote:
> I only have a simple dial-out PPP connection from my ISP.
> I'm still on a Bo system with shadow password enable.
> Two days ago I see this message from my xconsole:
>
> Aug 20 10:19:56 ordino in.telnetd[349]: connect from ppp-014.m4-1.mtl.ic
I've been trying to get the Ultima Online Client to work under debian,
but the patch-client used to update the client insists on seg faulting.
I tried talking to the guy that did the Linux port from Origin win
client
but I haven't heard anything back. Any help would be appreciated.
--
_
I only have a simple dial-out PPP connection from my ISP.
I'm still on a Bo system with shadow password enable.
Two days ago I see this message from my xconsole:
Aug 20 10:19:56 ordino in.telnetd[349]: connect from ppp-014.m4-1.mtl.ican.net
Aug 20 10:20:01 ordino telnetd[349]: ttloop: peer died:
On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Allan Bart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> good to be back on debian, it seems that something took me off the
> list. anyway i have been looking at kde's webpage and it looks quite
> impressive. so has anyone out there implemented this environment?
I have, It's not too daunting, I like it
How do I add new apps and programs to the window maker menu?
How do I add Kde as an option to wmaker in it's window managers menu?
How do I add a graphic file as the back ground permanently?
Also with the Kde file explorer the icons on the buttons arn't there any
suggestions on what's wrong and
Hi,
good to be back on debian, it seems that something took me off the
list. anyway i have been looking at kde's webpage and it looks quite
impressive. so has anyone out there implemented this environment?
allan
==
Allan W. Bart, Jr.
Strategic Analyst
I am looking into getting either a DVD-RAM (most likely) or a CD-RW drive,
and I curious whether there is any 'packet writing' support under Debian 2.0.
Also, can I do a 'burn, erase, burn' cycle under Debian using a CD-RW or
DVD-RAM disc? For that matter, is DVD even supported for writing?
Tha
On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> http://www.efis.ucr.ac.cr/debian/ exists because there's an alias directive
> for /debian/; but I found that http://www.linux.or.cr/debian/ *also* exists
> (nice side effect, but a side effect anyways). Is there a way arround this?
> I can't mix t
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