FW: Dumb X Windows Question

2000-05-22 Thread Andrew McRobert
-Original Message- From: Andrew McRobert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:04 PM To: 'Jay Kelly' Subject: RE: Dumb X Windows Question ... try these .debs at least xfree86-common xlib6g xf86setup ... just apt-get update & then "apt-get install " Andrew -O

Re: Dumb X Windows Question

2000-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 08:57 PM 5/22/00 -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: >Ok I have another dumb question. >If I want to install X Windows what do I do. I have already tried "apt-get >install xserver-svga" and it installs, but when I try to run the XF86Config >I get "command not found" and I get the same for XF86Setup. What di

Re: Dumb X Windows Question

2000-05-22 Thread ktb
XF86Setup is the program you want to run to set up 'X' which creates XF86Config. Have you tried running XF86Setup as root? Do you have 'xbase' installed? Have you verified XF86Setup exists on your system? Just some things I would look for. hth, kent Jay Kelly wrote: > > Ok I have another dumb

Re: "libX11.a"?

2000-05-22 Thread Pollywog
On Tue, 23 May 2000, Andrew McRobert wrote: > hi all > > thanks to the help of Mariano Suarez Alvarez and david vogler's page @ > http://lisas.de/~david/tsp4270/index.php3#SVGA, I've finally got X to > recognise my video card ... yay ... however, the installation script for > the patched S3 Savage

Dumb X Windows Question

2000-05-22 Thread Jay Kelly
Ok I have another dumb question. If I want to install X Windows what do I do. I have already tried "apt-get install xserver-svga" and it installs, but when I try to run the XF86Config I get "command not found" and I get the same for XF86Setup. What did I forget to install?

Re: finger

2000-05-22 Thread Brad
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 02:00:11PM -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > I've replaced finger altogether for off-site finger requests with a nice > little perl script guaranteed to confuse and amuse. Try fingering > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try it several times :) "User account '_siKbPTaftEi3QoNxvtzc6Wi3JxOR

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"libX11.a"?

2000-05-22 Thread Andrew McRobert
hi all thanks to the help of Mariano Suarez Alvarez and david vogler's page @ http://lisas.de/~david/tsp4270/index.php3#SVGA, I've finally got X to recognise my video card ... yay ... however, the installation script for the patched S3 Savage Server is telling me that I don't have XFree86 installe

Re: (ot) What is load average?

2000-05-22 Thread Steve Lamb
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 10:57:16PM -0400, William T Wilson wrote: > It is the average number of processes in the 'R' (running/runnable) state > (or blocked on I/O). Very simple really. Unfortunately interpreting > these numbers is something of a black art. If your load average is > regularly ove

Re: (ot) What is load average?

2000-05-22 Thread William T Wilson
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Jonathan Lupa wrote: > I know that the first three are 5, 10, and 15 minute averages, but I'm > not sure what "load" really is. It is the average number of processes in the 'R' (running/runnable) state (or blocked on I/O). Very simple really. Unfortunately interpreting thes

Re: Tar for Idiots Question

2000-05-22 Thread Intl. Man of Mystery
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 06:36:07PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > $ ls *.tar.gz | xargs -n 1 tar xzvf Aha. I had close to that, but didn't know enough to use xargs. And, as in horseshoes, nearsies don't count. Thanks. -- Bob Bernstein | If you don't understand how things are

Re: Please help - network incredibly slow...

2000-05-22 Thread John Pearson
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 08:17:14PM +0200, Christian Pernegger wrote > > > > What IS a framing error? > > > > Well [waves hands] it means that it pulled an incomplete or > > corrupted frame off the wire. Data is framed so that you can > > tell where it starts and ends, and perform basic sanity che

Re: (ot) What is load average?

2000-05-22 Thread kmself
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 09:50:03PM -0400, Jonathan Lupa wrote: > This is certainly offtopic, but what does the following mean? > > Rankor:/$ cat /proc/loadavg > 2.19 1.27 0.79 1/54 1667 > > I know that the first three are 5, 10, and 15 minute averages, but I'm > not sure what "load" really is. N

Help with afbackup

2000-05-22 Thread Brian Schramm
I would like to use afbackup for my home network. Can anyone help with the commands? I have tried several and have not succeded yet. I have read all the docs I could find but none helped me out. Thanks for any help you can be. Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.linuxexpert.org

Sybase

2000-05-22 Thread Oki DZ
Hi, I suscessfully installed Sybase -- after some tweaking on /etc/init.d/sybase and a Sybase resources file -- on my machine yesterday. Problem is, how do you shut the data server down gracefully? I have tried killall -TERM dataserver, but the log says: "Abnormal exit detected - SQL Server proce

Re: memory allocation error

2000-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
With no information provided about the hosts, it is hard for me to think of anything except the obvious possibilities: 1. There are more processes running on the box than you think. 2. Something that is running has a memory leak. 3. Something is wrong with memory detectio

You Guys Rock!

2000-05-22 Thread MSaxena358
Hello, I just wanted to take the time to thank you folks, especially Andrew and Bruce, who helped me overcome my installation problems. This list is a great resource for anyone interested in linux, and you guys just generally rock! Thank you! Best Wishes, Manu

(ot) What is load average?

2000-05-22 Thread Jonathan Lupa
This is certainly offtopic, but what does the following mean? Rankor:/$ cat /proc/loadavg 2.19 1.27 0.79 1/54 1667 I know that the first three are 5, 10, and 15 minute averages, but I'm not sure what "load" really is. I'm curious what those numbers represent and what reasonable values are for th

Re: Tar for Idiots Question

2000-05-22 Thread kmself
On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 11:25:02AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have a slew of tar.gz files in a directory, and I want to unpack them in > that directory. I can't seem to "wildcardize" the usual commands I use to do > this: > > tar xzvf *tar.gz (and) > > gzip -dc *gz | tar xvf - > > both fa

memory allocation error

2000-05-22 Thread zdrysdal
Hiya i have just recently tried to telnet into one of my new slink 2.0.36 boxes and it comes back with the following error : Trying 10.42.215.136... Connected to chameleon.diag.co.au Escape character is '^]'. telnetd: fork: Cannot allocate memory . Connection closed by foreign host. i can conn

Re: Epson 760 Inkjet + Debian "Potato" = Does it work ?

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Farrer
Justin Megawarne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > And Oliver Hingst bestowed upon us all: > > Hi > > I am planning on purchasing an Epson Inkjet 760 printer. Has anyone > > have this type of printer and does everything work (i.e. Colour > > printing, etc.)? I would like to use it with Staroffice and

Gnome won't lauch in potato

2000-05-22 Thread Zach Hartley
     The problem is that I can't get Gnome to work with my Debian 2.2 (potato) system. Here is a description of the problem:    1. I first installed slink freshly.    2. Then I did 'apt-get update'    3. Then I did 'apt-get dist-upgrade'     4. I ran dselect several times to get everything con

Sendmail Q

2000-05-22 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, Im trying to setup sendmail and Im at the sendmailconfig and im confussed. I am being asked for: what is the visable mail name of your system. would this be my computer name?

AppleTalk printing broken after dist-upgrade

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Hale-Evans
I have a relatively vanilla slink box. I did an apt-get dist-upgrade yesterday for the first time in a while and watched as apt installed a new version of lpr, among other things. (It seems to be the security fix that was released in October. I told you I haven't upgraded for a while...) Now I can

Re: finger

2000-05-22 Thread John Carline
Lindsay Haisley wrote: > I've replaced finger altogether for off-site finger requests with a nice > little perl script guaranteed to confuse and amuse. Try fingering > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try it several times :) > > I'll be glad to share the script with anyone who wants it. I like it ;-) Will it

Re: fetchmail: removing stale lockfile

2000-05-22 Thread kmself
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 07:04:05PM -0400, Chris Gray wrote: > On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 09:47:01AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 01:55:26PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 May 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > > > > I'm getting the message: >

Re: unable to compile ss2 under Debian 2.2

2000-05-22 Thread Colin Watson
Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 12:39 AM 5/23/00 +0200, Ron Rademaker wrote: >>make?? try apt-get install ssh2, after that it should simply work. > >What archive are you connecting to? If I do (using potato) "apt-cache search >ssh", I get ssh ( == OpenSSH) and ssh-nonfree ( == SSH 1.2.

RE: corel uninstallable

2000-05-22 Thread Alain Reinhardt
Le lun, 22 mai 2000, Dominic Blythe a écrit : > -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> after 1/2 seconds "error 0x10" appear beneath previous message, cdrom spins >> again, same msg again and again and again Hi, Have you tried that same installa

Re: Epson 760 Inkjet + Debian "Potato" = Does it work ?

2000-05-22 Thread cls--colo spgs
re: hp...i'd stay away from the deskjet820cse (for windoze), though. ...for obvious reason$. (i have one that was a donation. i've never been able to get it to handle linux print jobs.) however, the hp laserjets are great, but pricey. my .02. bentley taylor. // Justin Megawarne wrote: >

Re: unable to compile ss2 under Debian 2.2

2000-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 12:39 AM 5/23/00 +0200, Ron Rademaker wrote: >make?? try apt-get install ssh2, after that it should simply work. What archive are you connecting to? If I do (using potato) "apt-cache search ssh", I get ssh ( == OpenSSH) and ssh-nonfree ( == SSH 1.2.27-6), and an assortment of support packages,

Re: UPS wars: APC vs Tripplite?

2000-05-22 Thread Cory Snavely
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Re: Mouse doesn't work in Xwindow, NFS, bug(3.)???

2000-05-22 Thread Justin Megawarne
And Philip Lehman bestowed upon us all: > On Mon, 22 May 2000, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I tried that and didn't work, so I just dpkg -r gpm. This is not the best > >solution, but what else??? > > Check your config step by step (I'm sure it works because I have a > simila

Re: Epson 760 Inkjet + Debian "Potato" = Does it work ?

2000-05-22 Thread Justin Megawarne
And Oliver Hingst bestowed upon us all: > Hi > I am planning on purchasing an Epson Inkjet 760 printer. Has anyone > have this type of printer and does everything work (i.e. Colour > printing, etc.)? I would like to use it with Staroffice and other > applications. > > Oliver aargh! no! t

Re: POP3 port

2000-05-22 Thread Dan Fitzgerald
here is a good reference for standard port #s: http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbers

Re: unable to compile ss2 under Debian 2.2

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Rademaker
make?? try apt-get install ssh2, after that it should simply work. Ron Rademaker On Tue, 23 May 2000, Attila Csosz wrote: > I've download the ssh2 package but the configure phase failed ( I think ). > Here is the log file. How could I fix it? After configuring the make phase > fails also. > > s

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-22 Thread Joey Hess
Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Can you tell me which problem that was? http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-dpkg-0004/msg2.html -- see shy jo

unable to compile ss2 under Debian 2.2

2000-05-22 Thread Attila Csosz
I've download the ssh2 package but the configure phase failed ( I think ). Here is the log file. How could I fix it? After configuring the make phase fails also. ssh2 package: ssh2-2.0.10.tar.gz Thanks Attila - This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running conf

debian 2.1/qmail 1.02

2000-05-22 Thread Michael Fox
Hi all, I have qmail 1.02 running perfect on Debian 2.1 machine. I compiled the qmail stuff by downloading the src.deb package and running build-qmail etc. Anyways, what I want to know is, I have since grabbed the ezmlm source code from the author, and I am attempting to load this ezmlm on but it

Re: Epson 760 Inkjet + Debian "Potato" = Does it work ?

2000-05-22 Thread Tom Pfeifer
I don't have that printer, but according to the Printing HOWTO database, the 760 "mostly" works. You can see for yourself here: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=Epson&format=full Tom Oliver Hingst wrote: > > Hi > I am planning on purchasing an Epson Inkjet 760 printer.

Re: POP3 port

2000-05-22 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Robert Waldner wrote: > rechnah: > [waldner:~] grep pop3 /etc/services > pop3110/tcp # POP version 3 > pop3110/udp Ahh, I didn't know about the file /etc/services. Thank you very much indeed. MfG Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Epson 760 Inkjet + Debian "Potato" = Does it work ?

2000-05-22 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
:: On Mon, 22 May 2000 22:07:18 +0100, Oliver Hingst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Hi Oliver, the printing compatibility database at http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/ lists the 760 as "Mostly working". You should read the text there, I think I saw some important things about the 760.

Re: I see everything twice.

2000-05-22 Thread Chris Gray
On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 11:25:57PM -0600, montefin wrote: > Hi all, > > How come I'm receiving two of most replies from this list. Not that I'm > complaining. The advice I receive here is ten times as informed and > actionable as from any other user-list. Just curious. > > And, concerning the sub

RE: dhcp

2000-05-22 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
please send the output of: apt-get install dhcp-client (be sure you run the command as the user 'root')

Re: POP3

2000-05-22 Thread Mark Janssen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Scott wrote: >Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:36:07 -0500 >From: "A. Scott White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Ron Rademaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >debian-user >Subject: RE: POP3 > >Ron: >> You should just install Debian and make the users the way you said,

Re: zimage

2000-05-22 Thread David Z Maze
cls--colo spgs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: cls> i'm working on my first kernel recompile. i'm at the cls> point where i need to move the recompiled kernel to the cls> to boot location. unfortunately, i cannot find the cls> recompiled kernel. Since nobody seems to have suggested it yet, why don't

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Rademaker
I never took the time to read all of this mail (had to do with the mail you send right afterwards to me only, I though it would go in the same direction), but I agree with the problem. I've already mailed the package maintainers of apt-get with a possible solution: point out to apt-get before dsele

Re: Mouse doesn't work in Xwindow, NFS, bug(3.)???

2000-05-22 Thread Philip Lehman
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I tried that and didn't work, so I just dpkg -r gpm. This is not the best >solution, but what else??? Check your config step by step (I'm sure it works because I have a similar setup). Does gpm work on the console? If so, make su

dhcp

2000-05-22 Thread John Plummer
Hi, Sorry to bother you with another newbie question but hours searching man, info, HOWTO's and FAQ's wasn't too revealing. I have a PC with both a Netgear and a 3Com Etherlink II nic cards. The Netgear is attached to a cablemodem and uses DHCP. The 3Com is fixed IP for the internal LAN.

Epson 760 Inkjet + Debian "Potato" = Does it work ?

2000-05-22 Thread Oliver Hingst
Hi I am planning on purchasing an Epson Inkjet 760 printer. Has anyone have this type of printer and does everything work (i.e. Colour printing, etc.)? I would like to use it with Staroffice and other applications. Oliver

RE: POP3

2000-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 03:36 PM 5/22/00 -0500, A. Scott White wrote: > When I try to connect to the Debian >box with Outlook Express, however, the connection fails. I assume that is >because there is no POP3 server running. > >Is sendmail a POP3 server? No, it isn't. You need a separate POP3 server. Here, we use popa

RE: POP3

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Rademaker
I got your question a bit wrong here, I thought your users logged into the server with telnet or ssh and used something like pine or elm. But if you want them to be able get the mail, just install qpopper, that should work. Ron Rademaker On Mon, 22 May 2000, A. Scott White wrote: > Ron: > > You

Re: zimage

2000-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
You're looking in the right place (/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot) for the zImage file. If it's not there, your description is missing some detail that, if we know it, would explain what happened. A couple of possibilities: 1. You never mention actually making the symlink "ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.2.

Re: installation problems

2000-05-22 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Did you set your connection? Run pppconfig and set it up first. That can be the problem. Carlos Pena - Jefe Division electrica wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I?m a newby with all this Debian stuff, so please, excuse me if I?m asking > something evident. > I?m trying to install Debian 2.1 (slink) in a Del

Re: Mouse doesn't work in Xwindow, NFS, bug(3.)???

2000-05-22 Thread Philip Lehman
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Justin Megawarne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 06:22:23AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: >> A fresh installation using the boot floppies in frozen directory >> (ftp.debian...), dselect + apt-get used to continue installation. >> Problems: >> 1. Mouse (/d

Re: zimage

2000-05-22 Thread Kenward Vaughan
If you followed your list of actions exactly, then the problem should lie in having NOT made a link from the new kernel directory to the linux directory. You should run /usr/src# ln -s kernel-source-2.2.14 linux after being certain that /usr/src/linux has been removed as a link to your prior ker

ipacsum & web interface

2000-05-22 Thread runner
Hi ! I got the job to write a script or program for monitoring the sum of downloaded amount of data through our leased line. There's a very good tool for this the ipacsum. It has the starttime and endtime options but it lacks the web interface. Or not ? Anybody knows about or written a script

RE: POP3

2000-05-22 Thread A. Scott White
Ron: > You should just install Debian and make the users the way you said, > after that everyone will be able to receive and send mail. > Of course after a correct configuration of sendmail. Hmmm...that doesn't seem to be working. I can send mail to my Debian box, and my local Debian users can rea

Re: POP3

2000-05-22 Thread ktb
I don't know about a default but I use 'qpopper' on my home system. You set your mail client to point to the box that contains the pop server and the user name/password is the user name/password on that box. Then you can run 'fetchmail' to bring the mail in. You can set it to run as a daemon. E

Re: POP3

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Rademaker
You should just install debian and make the users the way you said, after that everyone will be able to receive and send mail. Of course after a correct configuration of sendmail. Ron Rademaker On Mon, 22 May 2000, A. Scott White wrote: > Okay, I've changed my mind. I want to migrate my company'

AIT tape drive.

2000-05-22 Thread C. R. Oldham
Greetings, Are there any utilities to take advantage of the "Memory-in-Cassette" capabilities (or any other capabilities) of the Sony AIT drives? Can I get at any of that stuff by querying /proc/scsi? -- | Charles R. (C. R.) Oldham | NCA Commission on Schools| | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: zimage

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Rademaker
I never made a zImage, I guess you should make a bzImage (it's smaller), but if you want to find it just go to /usr/src/linux and type find . | grep Image By the way a bzImage always resides in $SRCDIR/arch/i386/boot/ Ron Rademaker PS. Don't forget to make and install your modules! (make modules

Re: problems with fetchmail eand exim

2000-05-22 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 22 May 2000 21:47:13 +0200, MH writes: >" loLink encap:Local Loopback >"LOOPBACK MTU:3924 Metric:1 >"RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >"packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >" collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > >It seems that yo

Re: scsi disk question: u2w vs. uw

2000-05-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 12:37:01PM -0700, Dan Hutchinson wrote: > By default the SCSI card will slow the rpm to the slowest hard disk ie.. > if you have one disk at 1rpm and one at 7200rpm both hard disks will > be at 7200 rpm Um, no. 1 rpm disks will always spin at 1 rpm. That's a p

POP3

2000-05-22 Thread A. Scott White
Okay, I've changed my mind. I want to migrate my company's mail server to my Debian box. My users are all running Windows boxes, so I don't want them to ever login to the server except to check mail. I want the migration from our current server to be transparent to the end user. Here's what I thin

Re: zimage

2000-05-22 Thread ktb
I'm sure someone here can tell you exactly where it is. I would guess somewhere in the directory where you unpacked the source code. A couple of ways you could find it is use the 'find' command or 'updatedb' and then use 'locate zImage' hth, kent cls--colo spgs wrote: > > debs, > > i'm workin

zimage

2000-05-22 Thread cls--colo spgs
debs, i'm working on my first kernel recompile. i'm at the point where i need to move the recompiled kernel to the to boot location. unfortunately, i cannot find the recompiled kernel. detailed synopis (pursant to kernel.org's, linux-2.2.14.tar.gz "readme"): 1. currently running potato on kern

Re: problems with fetchmail eand exim

2000-05-22 Thread MH
" Hi, " There is no problems with my fetchmailrc, " it used to work with SuSE with sendmail " " Here is the result of ifconfig lo: " " loLink encap:Local Loopback " LOOPBACK MTU:3924 Metric:1 "RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 "packets:0 errors:0

Re: scsi disk question: u2w vs. uw

2000-05-22 Thread Dan Hutchinson
By default the SCSI card will slow the rpm to the slowest hard disk ie.. if you have one disk at 1rpm and one at 7200rpm both hard disks will be at 7200 rpm "John F. Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > This is not a Debian linux question per se, but I > know someone on this lis

RE: NTP

2000-05-22 Thread A. Scott White
Now that my ntp is working, is there a particular ntp server I should use? I'm using clock.via.net because it is listed at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1.htm as: - Service Area: All areas - Access Policy: open access Is there a set of criteria or a protocol for picking an ntp ser

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-22 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 08:59:56PM +0200, Richard Klinda wrote: > Hoi Frank, ALL! > > Frank> I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is > Frank> syntax highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a > Frank> small and fast editor in Debian with that feature built in? > >

RE: NTP

2000-05-22 Thread A. Scott White
Nathan: > If your system is way off, ntp will refuse to update the clock on > the assumption that the remote server is insane. > > Soluiton: install ntpdate, edit /etc/init.d/ntpdate to sync to > the ntp server at startup, and then ntp will keep things synced after > that. That did it! Thanks!

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-22 Thread Richard Klinda
Hoi Frank, ALL! Frank> I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is Frank> syntax highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a Frank> small and fast editor in Debian with that feature built in? fte, vim, jed (emacs ;-)) -- ignotus

Re: finger

2000-05-22 Thread Lindsay Haisley
I've replaced finger altogether for off-site finger requests with a nice little perl script guaranteed to confuse and amuse. Try fingering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try it several times :) I'll be glad to share the script with anyone who wants it. Thus spake Will Lowe on Mon, May 22, 2000 at 01:51:41PM

Re: finger

2000-05-22 Thread Will Lowe
> I may have misspoken on this. I believe that there are exploits involving > finger and executable code, but I'm not sure of the details since it's been > a while. I gave the issue some thought last night after I posted this and There have also been buffer overflows in _every_ version of finger

Re: NTP

2000-05-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 01:40:44PM -0500, A. Scott White wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to get ntp running? I installed the package using > dselect, and it looks like it's there. The daemon is running, and the > run-level start scripts exist. > > Unfortunately, my time is still wrong. > > Any su

Re: I see everything twice.

2000-05-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 01:32:09PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > when i post a message and someone replies, they > often send a CC: directly to me, and then i see > it twice. > > when i cross-posted to debian-www and debian-doc, > folks replied to both while also CC:ing me, so > i've been seeing trip

scsi disk question: u2w vs. uw

2000-05-22 Thread John F. Davis
Hello This is not a Debian linux question per se, but I know someone on this list will know for sure. Can you mix scsi disks on a Adaptec 2930u2 adapter and not have the slower disk slow down the faster one? I.e, I have a computer which currently has a u2w disk with a u2w card and I want to know

NTP

2000-05-22 Thread A. Scott White
Can anyone tell me how to get ntp running? I installed the package using dselect, and it looks like it's there. The daemon is running, and the run-level start scripts exist. Unfortunately, my time is still wrong. Any suggestions? Thanks. A. Sc

Re: I see everything twice.

2000-05-22 Thread w trillich
when i post a message and someone replies, they often send a CC: directly to me, and then i see it twice. when i cross-posted to debian-www and debian-doc, folks replied to both while also CC:ing me, so i've been seeing triple! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Their is five errers in this se

Re: ppp connection failure - re-post

2000-05-22 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 22 May 2000 18:25:43 BST, Jo Hoffmann writes: >> May 18 17:32:17 heman pppd[666]: Serial connection established. >> May 18 17:32:17 heman pppd[666]: Using interface ppp0 >> May 18 17:32:17 heman pppd[666]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 >> May 18 17:32:18 heman pppd[666]: sent [LCP ConfReq i

Re: problems with fetchmail eand exim

2000-05-22 Thread Francois Fayard
Hi, There is no problems with my fetchmailrc, it used to work with SuSE with sendmail Here is the result of ifconfig lo: loLink encap:Local Loopback LOOPBACK MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overrun

(dumb?) IPMASQ question- pkg. vs. own ipchains script

2000-05-22 Thread Kenward Vaughan
I beat my head against a(ny) wall for quite a while, figuring out ipchains and deciding to use the Hall-Beyer script mentioned in Linux Gazette (#46). (my understanding of the rules was not missing... I simply had no clue about a good generic implementation. I'll always be a newbie in this regard

afbackup

2000-05-22 Thread Brian Schramm
I am wanting to use afbackup on my home network but I cannot seem to figure out the sintac of the command. I have tried several diferent commands to no avail now. I have read everything that I can find on it and I still cannot get it to work. Can someone give me a hint as to how to use this

Re: installation problems

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Rademaker
Not having a non-us and a non-free isn't bad, you'll just miss a few packages (like ssh, netscape and others). Error code 1 can be lots of things: please post the output! Ron Rademaker On Mon, 22 May 2000, Carlos Pena - Jefe Division electrica wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I?m a newby with all this D

Re: problems with fetchmail eand exim

2000-05-22 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> And then it stop itself > (One time it said something like : unable to connect to localhost) > is your loopback device set up correctly? (output of "ifconfig lo"?) have you a "user fayard is " in your fetchmailrc? -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- If Win

installation problems

2000-05-22 Thread Carlos Pena - Jefe Division electrica
Hi Folks, I?m a newby with all this Debian stuff, so please, excuse me if I?m asking something evident. I?m trying to install Debian 2.1 (slink) in a Dell computer: Pentium III (550 MHz), 128 MB RAM, 10 GB HD. I?ve made the following partition (don?t forget I?m a newby...): /dev/hda1/ ..

problems with fetchmail eand exim

2000-05-22 Thread Francois Fayard
Hi, I have problems using fetchmail with exim Here is the result of fetchmail -v -a: fetchmail: 5.3.3 querying clipper.ens.fr (protocol POP3) at Mon, 22 May 2000 19:21:43 +0200 (CEST) fetchmail: POP3< +OK QPOP (version 3.0b23) at clipper starting. fetchmail: POP3> USER fayard fetchmail: POP3< +

Re: ppp connection failure - re-post

2000-05-22 Thread Jo Hoffmann
> Hello everyone, >I am re-posting this as no one seemed to be able to answer > this the first time. If the worst comes to the worst I'll have to > install 2.1r4. > > Thanks and regards JohnG > > > Hello everyone, >I am running potato with kernel 2.2.15 installed.

RE: Realtime sched and floppy (Was: Re: rawrite broken from DOS-box under W98? (Was: Re: thinkpad install prob))

2000-05-22 Thread Michael Skipper
>> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Behalf Of Karl M. Hegbloom >> Sent: Sunday, 21 May 2000 12:08 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: Robert Waldner; debian-user@lists.debian.org; Michael Skipper >> Subject: Realtime sched and floppy (Was: Re: rawrit

Re: finger

2000-05-22 Thread Lindsay Haisley
Thus spake Oswald Buddenhagen on Mon, May 22, 2000 at 07:17:55AM CDT > > It's possible to make .plan or .project to be named pipes, which means that > > the act of reading them can cause code to be executed. If finger executes > > suid root, then said code can execute as root. The potential for m

Re: NFS server setup problems...

2000-05-22 Thread Kelly Corbin
My mistake. I reinstalled nfs-server instead of nfs-kernel-server, and everything worked fine. Kelly > > No idea, if you really compiled NFS server support (CONFIG_NFSD) in the > kernel, and not > only the filesystem (CONFIG_NFS_FS) it should work. > > After getting it to work I would recommen

Re: hide the commabd executed from ps,who

2000-05-22 Thread kmself
On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 10:25:19PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Eric G Miller writes: > EGM> On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 12:57:18AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> But for example,what if I want to write a shell script which will login > >> to the remote server automatically?e.g..for some cgi...e

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Monday, May 22, 2000, 8:36:38 AM, Frank wrote: > I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is syntax > highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a small and fast editor in > Debian with that feature built in? I'd highly recommend vim. I was die-hard set against any vi or

Re: reading/logging boot messages

2000-05-22 Thread Colin Watson
Kelly Corbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is there a way to view/log boot messages besides those generated by the >kernel i.e. besides dmesg? I believe my modules are not loading >correctly at boot. Thanks Use Ctrl-S to pause the output and scroll up and down with Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown.

Re: POP3 port

2000-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
"grep pop3 /etc/services" will tell you that pop3 uses port 110. In general. /etc/services is the file where you get answers to this sort of question. At 06:42 PM 5/22/00 +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I've trouble finding out, what port a POP3 server normally listens to.

Q: Slink w/APM Module?

2000-05-22 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I know you can compile apm in Slink, but can you also turn it on through the Debian equivalent of linuxconf? Thanks, Jonathan

Re: POP3 port

2000-05-22 Thread Robert Waldner
rechnah: [waldner:~] grep pop3 /etc/services pop3110/tcp # POP version 3 pop3110/udp hth, &rw On Mon, 22 May 2000 18:42:21 +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld writes: >I've trouble finding out, what port a POP3 server normally listens to. >I tried 25, but that's SMTP (sendma

xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied

2000-05-22 Thread Lee Bradshaw
I've upgraded several systems from slink to potato using a mirror I made a few weeks ago. On some of the systems xterm works fine, but on others it generates the error message: xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied rxvt works fine and seems to have the same permissions as xterm: -rwxr

Re: fetchmail: removing stale lockfile

2000-05-22 Thread kmself
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 01:55:26PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > On Mon, 22 May 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > I'm getting the message: > > > > fetchmail: removing stale lockfile > > > > ...every time I run fetchmail (5.3.4-1) on my system. I just checked > > and I'm running th

Re: Mouse doesn't work in Xwindow, NFS, bug(3.)???

2000-05-22 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
What I did was that I removed gpm: dpkg -r gpm Now works in X. But not of much use, since I have no applications (see message with subject: no visible applications) Justin Megawarne wrote: > On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 06:22:23AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > A fresh installation using the boo

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