Re: Updating db.root

On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 12:22:12AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 01:55:57PM +1000, Mark Suter wrote: > > > This is not a Debian question. It is a DNS operations question. > > Ummm...and your point is? I think Mark was trying to answer the orignal poster's query as to whe

Re: System with 2 hard-drives

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 12:27:11AM -0400, S. Salman Ahmed wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I just bought a second HD for my home system, a Maxtor 15.3 Gb 7200 RPM > HD w/2Mb cache. I formatted this second HD and just to test it out > installed slink. > > On the firs

Re: Updating db.root

On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 01:55:57PM +1000, Mark Suter wrote: > This is not a Debian question. It is a DNS operations question. Ummm...and your point is? Never mind. Look, from time to time this list strays off-topic, frequently to answer non-Debian-specific questions from me, my infamous and now

Re: Updating db.root

dig @e.root-servers.net . ns>/etc/bind/db.root I believe it is part of the dnsutils package. -- Andrew On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > what's dig? how do i use it? > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:49:37AM +, Pollywog wrote: > > Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using d

Re: Updating db.root

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Folks, > i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my > db.root file. where do i have to go get an update version of this > file? is this information available from the debian web site? This is not a Debian question. It is

Re: helixcode gnome with debian 2.1?

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 11:24:32PM -0500, Kimon Ioannides wrote: > Does anyone know if helix gnome will work with Debian 2.1 (slink). I've heard > that it will work with 2.2 and helixcode's website (www.helixcode.com) states > that > the debs are designed for 2.3. Anyone tried helix gnome with 2.1

Re: helixcode gnome with debian 2.1?

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 11:24:32PM -0500, Kimon Ioannides wrote: > Does anyone know if helix gnome will work with Debian 2.1 (slink). > I've heard that it will work with 2.2 and helixcode's website > (www.helixcode.com) states that the debs are designed for 2.3. Anyone > tried helix gnome with 2.1?

Re: Updating db.root

On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:49:37AM +, Pollywog wrote: > Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using dig? I dunno. Enlighten me! Is the info obtained that way different from what's in the named.root file on that server? -- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I., USA

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helixcode gnome with debian 2.1?

Does anyone know if helix gnome will work with Debian 2.1 (slink). I've heard that it will work with 2.2 and helixcode's website (www.helixcode.com) states that the debs are designed for 2.3. Anyone tried helix gnome with 2.1? thanks. kimon

Tape drive not listed in /dev/

Hello, I'm attempting to get a SCSI Sony SDT-9000 tapedrive setup. It's been on the machine, but hasn't been used recently. I want to use it, but i noticed there was no "/dev/st0" or anything like that. We ran modconfig and added the st module and it detected in the messages file. Why isn't there

Re: multiple monitors

I hear that we will have the support soon. It will be in Xfree86 4.0, which I hear we will have when it becomes 4.01. It is also heavily dependant on what vedio cards you have. I would reccomend checking on www.xfree86.org for information. If you're interested in having text consoles on both moni

Re: Updating db.root

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 09:38:32PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > hi > > i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my > db.root file. where do i have to go get an update version of this > file? is this information available from the debian web site? dig @rs.networksolut

Re: configure kernel for ipchains firewall

First's first. Have you enabled 'passive' mode xfers on the ftp client? This is asumming that you are using the linux box as a gateway/firewall? Mark Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'I am just a worthless liar, I am just an imbecile, I will only complicate you, trust in me and fall as well, I will fi

Re: Updating db.root

what's dig? how do i use it? On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:49:37AM +, Pollywog wrote: > Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using dig? > > -- > Andrew > > > On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 09:38:32PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > > > i'm running m

Re: Updating db.root

Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using dig? -- Andrew On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 09:38:32PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > > i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my > > db.root file. where do i have to go get an upd

Re: The Thrill of Debian Gnu/Linux

On Jun 12 2000, John McBride wrote: > Rogerio Brito wrote: > > > > More professional? More canned, that is. :-) Easier to the > > newbie, perhaps? > > My customers use software, they don't install it. If I had to install > Debian as a demo, I would seriously consider refusing.

Re: Updating db.root

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 09:38:32PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my > db.root file. where do i have to go get an update version of this > file? is this information available from the debian web site? Go to ftp.rs.internic.net a

Re: Linux on Desktops -- Are there stats anywhere?

Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/06/2000 (19:05) : > My bank rolled out a new version of web banking, which has a bug in > Java Script. I sent them a bug report, to which I got a polite reply > which boils down to ``Tough luck. We don't test on Linux.'' Change bank. -- Preben Randho

Updating db.root

hi i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my db.root file. where do i have to go get an update version of this file? is this information available from the debian web site? thanks

Re: Non-OpenGL online games for Linux?

Bart Szyszka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/06/2000 (18:36) : > Hello, > > I'm having trouble finding some action/adventure games for > Linux that don't require an OpenGL-able graphics card where > I could play against at least one other person online. Can > anyone recommend any? Checkout http:/

PL Configuration

Hi all, I want to configure an PL (private line). The modem already connect automatically when it was on. So I dont need to use chat. Only pppd. Am I right? I used pppconfig withou atz and atdt lines at /etc/chatscripts/provider file. But it wasnt autenticating. /var/log/mes

configure kernel for ipchains firewall

Having compiled the kernel (2.2.15) suing the debian package on my firewall, I find that I have problems with outbound FTP and other uploads. Incoming is OK. I think I may have compiled the wrong options into the kernel, can anyone advise on the options I should have selected? I am using PMfirewall

Re: Opera running on linux

Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote: > Hi > > I downloaded the opera deb but now i can't find libqt1.2 to install it > and run. > > Has anyone been able to put opera to run. > > Thanks. > > PS : please cc this message to me. > -- > Mario Filipe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://neptu

Re: Opera running on linux

Hi Mario, Get libqt2.1 from kde.tdyc.com. Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://kde.tdyc.com woody kde2 kde contrib Greetings, Sander On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 10:49:52PM +0100, Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote: > Hi > > I downloaded the opera deb but now i can't fi

Re: how do I get back my /dev/dsp device?

I don't know what caused the problem, but it magically fixed itself. I cannot take credit for it. -- Andrew On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Pollywog wrote: > I was wrong, /dev/dsp0 is present and linked to /dev/dsp, but I still get > that error message when I try to play sounds.

Re: how do I get back my /dev/dsp device?

I was wrong, /dev/dsp0 is present and linked to /dev/dsp, but I still get that error message when I try to play sounds. -- Andrew On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Pollywog wrote: > I cannot play sounds because: > sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': No such device > > The link is broken and it is /dev/d

Opera running on linux

Hi I downloaded the opera deb but now i can't find libqt1.2 to install it and run. Has anyone been able to put opera to run. Thanks. PS : please cc this message to me. -- Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://neptuno.sc.uevora.pt/~mjnf

how do I get back my /dev/dsp device?

I cannot play sounds because: sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': No such device The link is broken and it is /dev/dsp0 that is actually missing. How do I bring it back? I have no idea what caused it to disappear. tnx -- Andrew

debian executor (mac emulator)posted to comp.emulators.mac.executor

Converted the rpm auxillary file to a deb and got the same error message. I believe that the deb was created by Alien and _never_ even tested on a debian system. This leaves me with the option of trying to somehow decompose the file and intall the auxillary file manually? > Hello, > The d

Re: netdate missing in potato?

Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't seem to find netdate in potato. I am pretty sure it was there > > in slink. > > Is there any replacement for it? > > > > > Not sure if I am not confusing netdate with something else but I believe you > should check *ntp*, and chrony. netda

Re: netdate missing in potato?

> I don't seem to find netdate in potato. I am pretty sure it was there > in slink. > Is there any replacement for it? > Not sure if I am not confusing netdate with something else but I believe you should check *ntp*, and chrony. > Sebastian Canagaratna > Department of Chemistry > Ohio No

Re: fetchmail question (newbie) ... SOLVED

Christopher Splinter wrote: > > * Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > So I thought of placing a script with `fetchmail -d 300` into > > the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d directory and a script with `fetchmail -q` > > into the /etc/ppp/ip-down.d directory. The problem is that > > those scripts

Re: video

> I'm setting up potato on a clone laptop. My only problem so far is the > video chipset. It's a Silicon Motion Lynx family. Anyone ever heard of it, > or know how to config the XF86 to use it? > > Wayne > I had the same problem with my Viper II - no support for the Savage 2K chipset. Heck,

Re: hosts-entry... wtf?!

Sven Burgener wrote: > > Hi all > > For some weird reason, I have the following entry in my /etc/hosts file. > What is the meaning of that? I dont think I added it myself... ! (I > changed the real FQDN) > > 0.0.0.0host.domain.com My guess is that it's a dummy, "for example" kin

Debian users' poll on whether to remove non-free

Wow, a suggestion of mine on Slashdot :-) If you're a user or developer of Debian, please go to http://slashdot.org/>, check out the poll on the right-hand side of the index page, and vote yay or nay as to whether you think the recently proposed general resolution should go through. Already 1500

Re: WinModems (was Re: network)

> It would be _really_ weird for the WinModem mfrs to sign an NDA under which > they couldn't release _their_own_specs_. The DSP software is very tightly coupled to the hardware, and the DSP vendor reportedly feels that the specs reveal too much about their software. I suspect that their real mot

Re: multiple monitors

If your question is simply whether multiple monitors are supported or not the answer is yes. But if you are asking if you can say move you mouse to the edge of one monitor and to the other, I can not tell you. That question would be more specific to either X or to which desktop environment you us

Re: SIGSTOP signal

Nuno Almeida wrote: > > I would like to know if this is simply a singularity of Debian, or if it's a > bug of mine. > > When I'm programming in C/C++ to other linux distr. and I make a signal trap > I can't, and that's absolutly normal, trap the signals 9 and 17, for SIGKILL > and SIGSTOP. > On D

IP quality

My Linux and NT workstations are very slow uploading files through FTP lately, usually with dropped connections to the servers before completing. I have a wireless connection which tops out about 128 Kb/s on good days. I suspect that the IP is very poor at present, maybe with problems caused by the

Re: mouse gpm/xwindow conflict revisited

David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/06/2000 (18:33) : > > Here's what caught me out if you're coming from slink to potato. > > The old gpm had a -R option which repeated the mouse to > /dev/gpmdata with the "MouseSystems" protocol, i.e. > > Section "Pointer" > Protocol"MouseSyst

WinModems (was Re: network)

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Wayne Sitton writes: > > Why doesn't the linux community push for these specs. I read all the > > time about going after the video chip manufactures to provide specs, Why > > aren't modems looked at in the same fashion? The video chip manuf

Kernel Compile problems

Posting from my brother, I also gave him directions that I used, so I'm not sure why this isn't working:) I am attempting to upgrade P100 system from 2.0.36 to 2.2.14. These are all the steps that I have followed: 1 - gzip -cd linux-2.2.14.tar.gz | tar xfv - 2 - cd linux 3 - make mrproper (I hav

Re: Wheel mouse not working...oy.

FWIW, I tried using icewm and was unable to get the mouse wheel working with Netscape. But when I switched to sawfish (from Helix Gnome), the mouse wheel works in most programs including Netscape and Mozilla. Regards, Jeff -- Help Microsoft end piracy! Give Linux to a friend today! On Tue, Ju

Re: Does kernel-source 2.2.15-3 include latest ac patches?

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Charles Lewis wrote: > Or do they intend to "ship" potato with 2.2.16? Potato will probably ship with a patched 2.2.15 (i386 anyways), the changelog should say if you have the version you want. later, Bruce

Re: firewall

> My next task is setting firewall. Would someone please > let me know where can I find doc on this fireewall > subject. There is a site at (or somewhere below that link) that contains a web-based firewall script generator. Myself, I didn't like th

RE: network

>Besides, why bother when real modems are readily available? My laptop is a clone laptop with a built in Conextant winmodem. Right now I use a pcmcia modem. It would just be nicer if I didn't have to use up a pcmcia slot, when I have a built in modem -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROT

RE: FW: IMAP + QMAIL

Okay, I have all the test users to Maildir/ format, I also installed the courier-imap package that you suggested. But I still cannot seem to get the email to work properly. I tried the authshadow and the authpwd AUTHMODULES in the /usr/lib/courier-imap/etc/imapd.config file, nothing has worked. I

Re: network

Wayne Sitton writes: > Why doesn't the linux community push for these specs. I read all the > time about going after the video chip manufactures to provide specs, Why > aren't modems looked at in the same fashion? They are. However, the winmodem manufactuers buy the DSP software in their drivers

multiple monitors

dear sir / madam, i am currently a microsoft windows 98 user (not by choice!). i am currently taking a-levels and when i go to university in september, it is most likely that i will be switching to debian linux. i was just wondering whether i can use 2 monitors to create one extended desktop. i

Re: Linux on Desktops -- Are there stats anywhere?

The number of desktops that run Linux is unknown.. and really that is not important. Why bother with any company that doesn't want to see thier clients happy?!? I agree with Peter, if they don't want to be helpfull go someplace else. On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > And vote

RE: network

>> Why are WinModems not supported by Linux, >> Besides the fact that they suck. Since they are the most used in Laptops, >> wouldn't it be advantageous to make Linux drivers for them? >// > >isn't it that the winmodem mfg's don't release the >specs, so it would be extremely difficult to write >

Re: Linux on Desktops -- Are there stats anywhere?

And vote with your pocket-book! You _are_ the client in this case. Say `Sorry but your software is broken under Linux, and that's what I use. If you're not interested in fixing it, then I'll be interested in switching banks.' :-) Cynbe ru Taren wrote: > The usual people (IDT?) quoted Linux a

Re: Linux on Desktops -- Are there stats anywhere?

The usual people (IDT?) quoted Linux at about 2-3% of desktop market last I remember (3-6 months ago), putting it #3 behind Windows and MacOS. Best I remember, about 6-8% server market penetration was where suddenly all the server people started supporting Linux, and 10-12% was the market penetra

smb.conf issues (was Re: Samba and VMWare)

"Kelly Corbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The external network is eth0. As an aside, there is no eth0 device in > /dev. I see that eth0 is assigned on boot up to the network card I > have, but there is no device in /dev. Is this normal? I can't recall > if this how it should be. That's how

network

Does anyone know how to get either a UMAX 250TX 10/100 pcmcia network card or a 3COM 3CCFE574BT pcmcia network adapter to work in debian? And just for my own knowledge, Why are WinModems not supported by Linux, Besides the fact that they suck. Since they are the most used in Laptops, wouldn't it

Linux on Desktops -- Are there stats anywhere?

My bank rolled out a new version of web banking, which has a bug in Java Script. I sent them a bug report, to which I got a polite reply which boils down to ``Tough luck. We don't test on Linux.'' I'm writing a letter to them, and would like to include some statistics as to how many desktop comput

Re: gpm -A

Quoting Jim Breton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Has anyone used the "-A" parameter to gpm? Does it work as expected? > > Well I tried adding that feature in my gpm.conf: > > device=/dev/ttyS0 > responsiveness= > type=ms3 > append="-A 60 -l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\"" > > and it app

Re: mouse gpm/xwindow conflict revisited

Quoting Mark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I also have a gpm / xwindows conflict. I have tried various protocols and > types of mouse (I tried a serial bus mouse and a ps2 trackman), but the > mouse never works in X if I had gpm previously working. > > Can this be fixed? or do you have to make a work

Re: fetchmail question (newbie)

> - fetchmail automatically starts if I get online > - stays in daemon mode as long as I am online > - automatically terminates when I go offline > - reads its information from a user file and not > from root's .fetchmailrc > - this has to work with several users and with several > accounts for

Re: mounting cdroms

On Sat, 03 Jun 2000, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do I give normal users permissions to mount cd-roms? Do I add them > to a group?? Which one? Please 'CC' me in a reply. man fstab /user My /etc/fstab line: /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto

Re: fetchmail question (newbie)

* Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So I thought of placing a script with `fetchmail -d 300` into > the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d directory and a script with `fetchmail -q` > into the /etc/ppp/ip-down.d directory. The problem is that > those scripts are executed as root, su - -c "fetchmail -

Re: Intel i810 XServer?

Dave Whiteley wrote: > > I am trying to configure a Dell machine which has an:- > "Intel Direct AGP graphics controller embedded in Intel 810 chipset > for vivid 2D and 3D effects and images" (Well that is what Dell say!) > > I have looked around the XFree site and found references to the i810 >

Re: firewall

* Timothy C Phan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My next task is setting firewall. Would someone please let > me know where can I find doc on this fireewall subject. /usr/doc/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO

Re: xterm

* S Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > rxvt does transparency ? How ? rxvt-xpm -tr

Re: Intel i810 XServer?

On 13/06/00 at 16:08 Dave Whiteley spake the following magic words: >I am trying to configure a Dell machine which has an:- >"Intel Direct AGP graphics controller embedded in Intel 810 chipset >for vivid 2D and 3D effects and images" (Well that is what Dell say!) > >I have looked around the XFree s

Re: Non-OpenGL online games for Linux?

Hoi Bart! Bart> I'm having trouble finding some action/adventure games for Bart> Linux that don't require an OpenGL-able graphics card where Bart> I could play against at least one other person online. Can Bart> anyone recommend any? Check out myth2 (demo) from LokiGames (http://www.lokig

fetchmail question (newbie)

Hi there, I've installed fetchmail on my system and created a .fetchmailrc file in my home directory. Everything works fine and now I want to automate the download job. The situation is the following: I am poor student in German :) and only connect once or twice a day to the internet to downloa

Re: SSH

You may want to start with ssh -h (or is --help?). I believe there are switches like -v and -d that may give you a hint. > Hello All, > Ok Im working on logining in with a secure shell. My system is running > Potato with kernel 2.2.15. I have installed ssh and tried ssh localhost to > make sure

Re: ipchains latency

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 05:30:37PM -0500, Chris Brown wrote: [...] > firewalling? I shouldn't think this is the problem... Are there any > errors that add to connection latency that I should be looking for in > the firewalling rules? It was a bug in ipchains structure in some kernels ( <=2.2.1

Re: emacs20 install problem

Well, I didn't have elib installed, I tried, and this is what happened. -Aaron Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. 2 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpac

Re: emacs20 install problem

Aaron Solochek wrote: > I get the following error on a potato system: > > emacs-install emacs20 > install/elib: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs20 > /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/elib: cd: > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elib: No such file or directory > install/elib: install Inf

video

I'm setting up potato on a clone laptop. My only problem so far is the video chipset. It's a Silicon Motion Lynx family. Anyone ever heard of it, or know how to config the XF86 to use it? Wayne

Re: can I boot without password?

Tom Glass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: TG> I'm developing an app to run on an embedded system. There will TG> not be a keyboard, so I need to have the system boot (single user, TG> no x-windows) without requiring a password. What's really going on? It sounds like you want a particular program to

Re: can I boot without password?

Regarding to manual page of lilo i can say only this : add password= to /etc/lilo.conf On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 09:08:40AM -0700, Tom Glass wrote: tom> I'm developing an app to run on an embedded system. There will not be a tom> keyboard, so I need to have the system boot (single user, no x-w

Re: Samba and VMWare

> What's the correlation between Samba and your Ethernet interfaces. Is the > "inside" network eth0? The external network is eth0. As an aside, there is no eth0 device in /dev. I see that eth0 is assigned on boot up to the network card I have, but there is no device in /dev. Is this normal? I

Does kernel-source 2.2.15-3 include latest ac patches?

Or do they intend to "ship" potato with 2.2.16? Charles Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Intel i810 XServer?

I am trying to configure a Dell machine which has an:- "Intel Direct AGP graphics controller embedded in Intel 810 chipset for vivid 2D and 3D effects and images" (Well that is what Dell say!) I have looked around the XFree site and found references to the i810 server, but have not yet found it.

can I boot without password?

I'm developing an app to run on an embedded system. There will not be a keyboard, so I need to have the system boot (single user, no x-windows) without requiring a password. I'm using the corel release. can anyone help? Tom

Re: xrdb

Rather than creating your own xsession file try editing /etc/X11/Xsession.options and make sure it has the line: allow-user-resources Then rename your .Xdefaults to .Xresources and then you can dump your .xsession. All should work fine then. Goeman Stefan wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > I have

Re: Debian i386 mirror

Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I only mirror the 386 portions of potato, US and non-US, and my > > archive is about 2G. > > I guess you don't do the sources then. Nope. Just the binary *.deb files and only for 386. > > I had a maj

Re: FW: IMAP + QMAIL

That's a strong possibility. If you're using shadow and WU uses getpwnam rather than getspnam, it won't get the password and won't be able to authenticate. Does WU IMAP support PAM authentication? That would make your life easier if it can be built with PAM support since then the actual authenti

per connection routing

I have a DLS connection to the Internet and a T1 connection to the other office, which in turn is also connected to the Internet. Both connections use IP masquerading with two completely different addresses. I want to put a firewall/router in the middle that would provide: - load balancing for th

netdate missing in potato?

I don't seem to find netdate in potato. I am pretty sure it was there in slink. Is there any replacement for it? Sebastian Canagaratna Department of Chemistry Ohio Northern University Ada, OH 45810

Re: Windowmaker instead of GNOME at startup ?

My method for gdm is put wmaker in your ~/.xsession with permission -x or #!/bin/sh exec wmaker in your ~/.xsession with permission +x then select Debian session as your default session or if you use xdm/startx that should do the work. Chanop Once upon a time, I heard Oliver Schoenknecht say

Re: xrdb

Once upon a time, I heard Goeman Stefan say Just use .Xresources instead of .Xdefault will do the work. Xsession, Gnome, and other debian, may be, X start up script honor your setting in .Xresources, see /etc/X11/Xsession, /etc/xdm, /etc/gdm for the script Chanop > Hello Everybody, > > > I hav

Re: ipchains latency

10-30 seconds for telnet? Even on a 386/33 this is just way too much delay to be accounting for in packet filtering rules. I would suspect something else, like ident checking which is waiting to time out and reverse-dns lookups timing out. Often these two things are used to gather info to log abo

firewall

Hi, Thank you all for helping on the 'ssh/telnet'. My next task is setting firewall. Would someone please let me know where can I find doc on this fireewall subject. Thanks! --- tcp [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Strange message - eth0: too much work in el3_rx

I'm getting strange messages on the console of my Debian machine, namely eth0: too much work in el3_rx Can anyone give me any hints as to (a) what it means, (b) whether it indicates a problem, and(c) how to get rid of it (as it corrupts my working screen). Thanks, Paul Moore. PS If I need t

Re: disk partitions

Hi David, It's more or less under the first 500 MB. You can find more info reading the large-disk-howto, which refers to the affairs of huge disks and old BIOSes (quite nasty problems, to tell you the truth). You can also get more info with Linux's fdisk. Hope that

Re: pgaccess & Postgresql

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 05:12:18PM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: >I am running this locally >and according to the init files all users on local host should >be accepted. In fact the postmaster is not supposed to accept >any conections over the TCPIP. WHat is the problem? I _

xrdb

Hello Everybody, I have put some things in a file .Xdefaults. I know that in order to make these settings active I have to do "xrdb .Xdefaults". This is no problem. The problem is that I want this command to be executed automatically when I login in a gnome session. Therefore I have created the

Re: finding files in .deb packages

Subject: Re: finding files in .deb packages Date: Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 01:23:15PM -0700 In reply to:John P. Donaldson Quoting John P. Donaldson([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I'm trying to get a program I installed to start, > > but it says it needs > > > libdb.so.3. > > > > /lib/li

FW: IMAP + QMAIL

I recently rebuilt a Linux box here at our office, I am trying to set the machine up to do email for us. I have successfully installed qmail, now I would like to get WU IMAP up and running. The software is building just fine, I even hacked the code to make it read the ~/Mailbox instead of the /v

Re: pgaccess & Postgresql

Hi, Oliver: Thank you for your hint about pgaccess. I took away the localhost in the hostbox and it works just as you said. Sebastian Canagaratna Department of Chemistry Ohio Northern University Ada, OH 45810 > If you fill in the host box (even with `localhost') pgaccess tries to > make a

RE: Windowmaker instead of GNOME at startup ?

Hi Oliver. When you say PC GNOME login screen I suppose you mean the gdm (gnome desktop manager) login welcome screen. The one that lest you choose various types of window manager, diferent languages and to shutdown/rboot the machine. gdm reads the session configuration from the files located in

RE: mouse gpm/xwindow conflict revisited

Hi, On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Mark wrote: > Sorry but I mist the thread of this one!. It seems, that there are several people around with this problem. > I also have a gpm / xwindows conflict. I have tried various protocols and > types of mouse (I tried a serial bus mouse and a ps2 trackman), bu

Windowmaker instead of GNOME at startup ?

Hey there, when I start my PC GNOME's login screen is directly loaded (with Enlightenment as Window Manager). Now I do want to use WindowMaker instead of GNOME (and just WindowMaker). The problem is that I have solved to let run WindowMaker instead of Enlightenment under GNOME, but not instead

Re: Need to make boot disc

> When I installed Potato I made a boot disc when the installation program > asked if I wanted to. > > The problem is that I managed to spill water on the disc and thus > destroy it. How can I make a new boot disc from my up and running > system? > > Thanks in advance. > -- > Preben Randhol -- [

Re: Kernel Panic!..VFS.....

Hi, Mark! Problems solved, thanks! I found what happened to lead to the problem was - I changed the hard disk from secondary master to primary master, lilo was looking for '/' in /dev/hdc5, rather /dev/hda5. From your tips, I first tried to put 'rescue root=/dev/hda5' at the boot prompt when t

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