Re: pcmcia modules

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:18:49AM +1100, Bek Oberin wrote: > Just installed the latest 2.2.17 pcmcia modules package and > noticed it depended on the kernel image. Why? I want to build > my OWN kernel, not use the image. couldn't it depend on either > the kernel image OR the kernel source? The

Re: exim masquerading problems

Ok, another question: Can you still send mail to users at fury.brutsche.com? I originally had local_domains = localhost:linux.wku.edu but, I couldn't send mail to other users at linux.wku.edu, it would just try to deliver the mail locally. I removed linux.wku.edu from local_domains and I could the

SUCCESS - Getting Apache/PHP/Mysql working on Debian Potato

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well after my frantic squawking its not cooking along nicely! For the record and so everyone knows for the next time an inexperienced (dare i say incompetent) user like myself comes along, this is what i did wrong and this is how it got fixed... apt-

Re: exim masquerading problems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I somehow lost the last message in this thread, but to whomever mentioned if > looking at a perfect config file would help: Yes, that would be great, if > you're using a similar smarthost co

Re: Q: RSA Authentication vs. Password Authentication in SSH

> "kmself" == kmself writes: kmself> Sorry? kmself> - I establish a private RSA authentication key for ssh. kmself> - I send the corresponding public key to remoteserver. - kmself> You intercept the transmission and replace my public key kmself> with yours. I assume

Re: Call for articles, HOW-TOs, and tips

On Sunday 19 November 2000 22:11, Timmy Douglas wrote: > Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > * How about something explaining the mail system? Explain MTAs, MUAs, > > the role of procmail. Or how about giving some explanations for typical > > setups and how a newbie would configure thei

Re: spamfilter package -- help requested

Response to self. on Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:16:05PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > I've installed and tweaked the spamfilter package (Lars Wirzenius's > procmail recipies). While I'm largely happy with the filters (I see > *no* spam, though logs show over 80 spam me

Re: tripwire license/debian status Was: IDS

Federico Grau writes: > ...the tripwire.org FAQ ( http://www.tripwire.org/qanda/faq.php quetion > 16) says that the linux version of tripwire is released under the gpl > (can they release under the gpl and restrict that license to linux?!). They say they are releasing the Linux version under the G

Re: exim masquerading problems

I somehow lost the last message in this thread, but to whomever mentioned if looking at a perfect config file would help: Yes, that would be great, if you're using a similar smarthost configuration. -Rob

Re: The Microsoft tax

> > > > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( that's austria, not australia :) ^^^ > > Heather Stern may know of a local Ozzie source for you. She's pinged on > this

Re: Onboard soundcards

Or install the OSS and look for the entrys in the config-file. Matth On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Christoph Simon wrote: > On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:47:47 +1100 > Bek Oberin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've just got a new motherboard which seems to have an onboard > > sound card. I don't have the mot

Re: tripwire license/debian status Was: IDS

Federico Grau wrote: > Whats the debian perspective on tripwire... > > I see there is a non-free package "tripwire 1.2-16.1", however the > tripwire.org FAQ ( http://www.tripwire.org/qanda/faq.php quetion 16) says that > the linux version of tripwire is released under the gpl (can they release >

tripwire license/debian status Was: IDS

Whats the debian perspective on tripwire... I see there is a non-free package "tripwire 1.2-16.1", however the tripwire.org FAQ ( http://www.tripwire.org/qanda/faq.php quetion 16) says that the linux version of tripwire is released under the gpl (can they release under the gpl and restrict that l

Re: capt & sig11: reproducible bug

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 10:50:56PM -0500, Maciej Kalisiak wrote: > I seem to recall someone was talking about how `capt' would randomly die on > them with signal 11. I have found a 100% reproducible case. Whenever I run > `capt' in an xterm under the `icewm' window manager (perhaps under others >

capt & sig11: reproducible bug

I seem to recall someone was talking about how `capt' would randomly die on them with signal 11. I have found a 100% reproducible case. Whenever I run `capt' in an xterm under the `icewm' window manager (perhaps under others too), and I either Maximize or Restore the xterm, `capt' dies with: kha

OT: Compiling gnucash

I'm trying to compile gnucash on a Potato system and I get this error: debian-mobile:/usr/local/gnucash-1.4.8# ./configure --host=i386-linux loading cache ./config.cache checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking whether

Re: Debconf/Perl-upgrade fails

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 01:12:54PM +1100, Russ Pitman wrote: > As a result of trying to install Xfree-4 ,apt-get installed/removed a > raft of packages. > > The install process finally produced these errors > > -- > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Setting up d

Re: Call for articles, HOW-TOs, and tips

Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * How about something explaining the mail system? Explain MTAs, MUAs, the > role of procmail. Or how about giving some explanations for typical > setups and how a newbie would configure their system using "eximconfig"? i might do something like this

Re: exim masquerading problems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > That's what I was doing and it worked fine, except that debconf was sending > mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], which most definitely isn't me. I would like to > know a way to stop that without hav

Re: The Microsoft tax

Erik Steffl wrote: > > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( > > > > Bernhard > > there's more and more companies selling computers with linux > preinstalled, some of them probably notebooks as

Re: debian upgrade mess; glibc/samba

Chris Palmer wrote: > > According to the usenet this one ("tree connect failed: code 0") > > almost always has to do something with a mismatch between an older > > Linux kernel and a newer glibc. > > I bet I'm experiencing this problem. I'd put my money on it as well. > Do I simply need to > rec

Re: debian upgrade mess

on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 06:49:15PM -0800, Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Chris Palmer wrote: > > ok, so I've heard now from a couple folks that I should avoid > > dselect. It's pretty much been the only way that I'd ever done > > any package maintenance on my system (I guess I'm behind the

Re: Woody Libc5/6

Joey Hess wrote: > Corey Popelier wrote: > > What's with the tendency all of a sudden for Woody packages to be > > dependent on Libc5? Only reason I noticed this was I've always avoided > > installing Libc5, but in the past few days more and more packages have > > become dependent on it, limiting m

Re: alsactl problem

Philipp Schulte wrote: > Try if there is a script called "snddevices" on your system. I > compiled alsa from source and on my system the script is in > /usr/local/src/alsa-driver-0.5.9d There is no script with that name in all of debian. I actually looked for it before I made my post. I could pu

Re: debian upgrade mess

on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:57:14PM -0800, Chris Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote > > on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:07:50PM -0800, Chris Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > Wow, was I surprised when a number of packages were removed from my > > > system at the en

Call for articles, HOW-TOs, and tips

A new web site has been started called "debianHELP" at . DebianHELP's name is self-explanatory and the site is a slash-like format designed to feature helpful articles/advice on running Debian GNU/Linux, and for people to trade tips/carry on conversations to solve pr

Re: debian upgrade mess

Chris Palmer wrote: > ok, so I've heard now from a couple folks that I should avoid > dselect. It's pretty much been the only way that I'd ever done > any package maintenance on my system (I guess I'm behind the > times). It's also the only way I've know about availability of > packages, and it w

Re: Debconf/Perl-upgrade fails

Hi, spent a while with this one my self: # apt-get install perl-5.6 Solves all your worries :) I really should check to see if this is an officially known bug. -Jon

Re: Woody Libc5/6

Corey Popelier wrote: > What's with the tendency all of a sudden for Woody packages to be > dependent on Libc5? Only reason I noticed this was I've always avoided > installing Libc5, but in the past few days more and more packages have > become dependent on it, limiting my options somewhat :) The

Re: debian upgrade mess

Hi, on shopping for packages, I like gnome-apt. It's Xwindows based so if X is hosed you can't use it. I tend to avoid GUI's if I can, but this one I like :) -Jon

Woody Libc5/6

What's with the tendency all of a sudden for Woody packages to be dependent on Libc5? Only reason I noticed this was I've always avoided installing Libc5, but in the past few days more and more packages have become dependent on it, limiting my options somewhat :) Anyone know the reason for this? I

Re: Debian Firewall/Gateway

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 06:41:19PM -0500, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: :ever if there was something in there, I wouldn't notice it. Is there a :way to setup IPChains and IPMasquerading to allow any and every type of :traffic ? I can provide the suicide pill, though I don't know why resolving is broken

Re: NCR53C9x (MCA) SCSI problem with scanner

On November 19, 2000 08:49 pm, Lee Elliott wrote: > Seems like it's just a conflict between the controller and the > scanner because the other devices work ok. As it crashes anyway, > with termination on the controller, try it without. > > man sane-scsi only briefly refers to the ncr53c8xx control

debian upgrade mess; glibc/samba

Hi, all... I've been scrounging around for info on some of the troubles I've run into with my "upgrade" from Debian 2.1 to 2.2 in August (see my email with similar subject as this one for details). ok, so I'm been looking into the trouble I have with Samba, and I found in the Samba message arch

Re: The Microsoft tax

Bernhard Josef Rieder wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 01:11:31PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > you can buy computer without windows from many places. I would (and > > actually did) go that way... > > > > or build your own, it's fairly easy and you get exactly what you > > want/need (the

Debconf/Perl-upgrade fails

As a result of trying to install Xfree-4 ,apt-get installed/removed a raft of packages. The install process finally produced these errors -- Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Setting up debconf (0.5.21) ... Can't locate warnings/register.pm in @INC (@INC contains:

RE: Network config

> 1. I am reading te list so there is no need to send me a private mail > too. > 2. Please start to write at the beginning of a line. Your mails are > very hard to read. I aologize. > > Ok, sure there is a driver in the kernel-tree but you should under all > circumstances try to compile the d

Re: NCR53C9x (MCA) SCSI problem with scanner

Seems like it's just a conflict between the controller and the scanner because the other devices work ok. As it crashes anyway, with termination on the controller, try it without. man sane-scsi only briefly refers to the ncr53c8xx controller in the context of 2.0 kernels. You could try setting t

wu-ftpd

hi all, has anyone noticed that the default path-filter for wuftpd doesnt allow question mark's in a file to be uploaded? does anyone know why? Regards, Marc-Adrian Napoli Network Admin Connect Infobahn Australia +61 2 9212 0387

Re: debian upgrade mess

kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote > on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:07:50PM -0800, Chris Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Wow, was I surprised when a number of packages were removed from my > > system at the end. I had a fun time getting perl back on my system, > > and a really cool guy from work crea

Re: exim masquerading problems

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:16:05PM -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote: > > I would assume that if I could just set it through mutt, then > > masquerading in exim would be pointless wouldn't it? > > If you're unable to set the correct email address in mutt, it's very > simple to get exim on your local mach

Re: debian upgrade mess

on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:07:50PM -0800, Chris Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I just joined the list, in hopes of finding a solution to a problem I > had some time back with upgrading my Debian system via APT/dselect. > > I had installed 2.1 from CD, and then used dselect to install nearly

debian upgrade mess

Hi, all... I just joined the list, in hopes of finding a solution to a problem I had some time back with upgrading my Debian system via APT/dselect. I had installed 2.1 from CD, and then used dselect to install nearly all of the packages I was using. Within a week after 2.2 was released (week of

Re: Gome and window managers.

Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SB> Could someone pleas explain the relationship between Gnome and SB> windo managers? They're orthogonal. You can run any window manager you want with GNOME and it'll work just fine[1]. SB> Is there a "Gnome Prefered" window manager? No. SB> How do I set

Re: Q: RSA Authentication vs. Password Authentication in SSH

on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 09:22:16AM +1100, Brian May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > "Dave" == Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dave> OK, now you's lost me... I thought the big advantage of > Dave> public keys was exactly that - they're public. You don't > Dave> have

pcmcia modules

Just installed the latest 2.2.17 pcmcia modules package and noticed it depended on the kernel image. Why? I want to build my OWN kernel, not use the image. couldn't it depend on either the kernel image OR the kernel source? bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychi

Re: Device name for serial mouse?

> S what device name should I feed to gpmconfig? Typically you'll use /dev/ttyS0 (note the capital 'S') for COM1, and /dev/ttyS1 for COM2. If you don't need support for ttys, you don't really have to use gpm -- you could just edit the XF86Config file directly. There's an article on

Re: How to get the latest Python 2.0 on my system

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 12:20:08AM +0200, Daniel Mashao wrote: > Any advice? I would like to get the latest Python 2.0. It is available for > *.rpm and I would like to get it on my Debian system. Has anybody tried > it? Just get the source and compile it. You can use a parameter to ./configure to

printcap for HP 6L laser

I've just put debian potato back on this box after a long absence. Would someone be willing to share a printcap file that works with an HP 6L? Thanks, -- Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: GPM HELP!

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 11:28:33PM +0100, Virginie-ML wrote: > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:09:58PM -0600, dude wrote: > > I accidenlty installedm GPM, > > and now it makes my cursor uncontrollabye with my mouse, > > > > whtne i removed itmy mouse simple does isnt work any more > > > > i have set

Re: exim masquerading problems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I'm on a dialup, so I really have no domain to speak of (if that is what you > mean). 'localhost' usually suffices. > At installation, I had set up exim to masquerade as linux.wku.edu and

gdm + Gnome problem

Thisis strange. I had Gnome set up in .xsession in my home directory, and whn I loged in all went well. decided to try gdm, so I did an apt-get install gdm. rebooted, and lo and behold I had a fancy Z login screen. Typed in mu user ID and password, waited

Re: The Microsoft tax

on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 09:58:38AM +1100, John Griffiths ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > >> without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( > > > >http://www.tuxtops.com/ > > > >Heather Stern may know of a l

Re: The Microsoft tax

http://www.xcomputing.com/ sells computers with linux in Erik Steffl wrote: > > Andrew Dixon wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > > looking for information on getting a refund for > > Windows. > ... > > you can buy computer without windows from many plac

Re: Viaja Gratis contestando encuestas

On Sun, 19 November 2000, Sean Furey wrote: > > Hi Everyone! > > Does Debian pursue people like these for the money they owe? That > really annoys me. > > -- > Sean Furey, a happy and satisfied Debian user. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Microsoft tax

>> What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop >> without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( > >http://www.tuxtops.com/ > >Heather Stern may know of a local Ozzie source for you. She's pinged on >this. > Austria / Australia There are no Kangaroos

Re: The Microsoft tax

on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 11:44:31PM +0100, Bernhard Josef Rieder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 01:11:31PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > you can buy computer without windows from many places. I would (and > > actually did) go that way... > > > > or build your own, it

Re: changing network settings

on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 12:42:17AM +1100, Daniel Knights ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to debian and to change the network setting I edited the > hosts, hostname, host.conf, networks and resolve.conf files and > restarted the box. Is there a one stop shop for this like yast for

Re: Creating Debian image for installfests

on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 01:51:03AM -0500, Jesse Goerz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Our local LUG is doing installfests once a month and it seems I'm the only > Debian user in the whole bunch (the damn heretics!;-) > > I would like to get some advice on this: > > I'm trying to create a bare bones

Re: The Microsoft tax

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 01:11:31PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > you can buy computer without windows from many places. I would (and > actually did) go that way... > > or build your own, it's fairly easy and you get exactly what you > want/need (there are good articles in latest linux journal

Re: GPM HELP!

dude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I accidenlty installedm GPM, > and now it makes my cursor uncontrollabye with my mouse, [...] > i have a lgitech that im treating as a ps2 Try configuring GPM (gpmconfig; $EDITOR /etc/gpm.conf) to use "imps2" as protocol. moritz -- Moritz Schulte <[EMA

Re: Viaja Gratis contestando encuestas

Hi Everyone! Does Debian pursue people like these for the money they owe? That really annoys me. -- Sean Furey, a happy and satisfied Debian user. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GPM HELP!

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:09:58PM -0600, dude wrote: > I accidenlty installedm GPM, > and now it makes my cursor uncontrollabye with my mouse, > > whtne i removed itmy mouse simple does isnt work any more > > i have set up ln -s psaux /dev/mouse > i have a lgitech that im treating as a ps2 Sam

How to get the latest Python 2.0 on my system

Any advice? I would like to get the latest Python 2.0. It is available for *.rpm and I would like to get it on my Debian system. Has anybody tried it? /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering

Re: Q: RSA Authentication vs. Password Authentication in SSH

> "Dave" == Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dave> OK, now you's lost me... I thought the big advantage of Dave> public keys was exactly that - they're public. You don't Dave> have to worry about transferring them securely, so long as Dave> the corresponding private

Re: exim masquerading problems

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:14:57PM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 11:06:29PM +0100, Alson van der Meulen wrote: > > change qualify_domain to something being really yours, let your mail server > > accept mail for that and possibly tell your mail user agent (mutt for > > exampl

Re: GPM HELP!

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:09:58PM -0600, dude wrote: > > > Help! > > I accidenlty installedm GPM, > and now it makes my cursor uncontrollabye with my mouse, > > whtne i removed itmy mouse simple does isnt work any more > > i have set up ln -s psaux /dev/mouse > i have a lgitech that im treati

Re: exim masquerading problems

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 11:06:29PM +0100, Alson van der Meulen wrote: > change qualify_domain to something being really yours, let your mail server > accept mail for that and possibly tell your mail user agent (mutt for example) > to use your own mail address as from, not the default [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: How reset dselect selections?

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:07:25PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On a newly installed Debian 2.2r1 system, where I used 'simple' > (tasksel) without choosing anything, when I start dselect there are a > bunch of packages selected for installation that aren't installed. > > How do I reset dsele

Re: Xfree 4

Well I think there was a problem with the xlibs .deb, as I had the symlink set up correctly - /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults was pointing to /etc/X11/app-defaults, but xlibs decided it was wrong and removed it. Then when it tried to update its settings it died due to a broken pipe. So I mkdir

GPM HELP!

Help! I accidenlty installedm GPM, and now it makes my cursor uncontrollabye with my mouse, whtne i removed itmy mouse simple does isnt work any more i have set up ln -s psaux /dev/mouse i have a lgitech that im treating as a ps2 please help! CC me a copy if you can please

How reset dselect selections?

On a newly installed Debian 2.2r1 system, where I used 'simple' (tasksel) without choosing anything, when I start dselect there are a bunch of packages selected for installation that aren't installed. How do I reset dselect so that only packages which are already installed are selected for install

Re: exim masquerading problems

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:02:50PM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > Hi, > I have my exim.conf set up like this: > > --- > qualify_domain = linux.wku > > local_domains = localhost > --- > > local_domains was set to 'localhost:linux.wku.edu', but since I often send > mail > to other people and lists

exim masquerading problems

Hi, I have my exim.conf set up like this: --- qualify_domain = linux.wku local_domains = localhost --- local_domains was set to 'localhost:linux.wku.edu', but since I often send mail to other people and lists on linux.wku.edu, I removed it. Basically, all of this worked fine, but this morning I

Re: an apt-get (I thinj) question

apt-get install package (nmap is in systools I think, check the debian web page, the last search on packagespage searches for the files and tells you where they are found) I also like to use aptitude instead of dselect, there are more tools like that, again, check the debian packages web pa

Re: Xfree 4

/etc/X11/app-defaults AFAIK all the packages that put stuff into misplaced app-defaults should be fixed, s of now their app-default stuff is ignored (at least that's what the message says). possible solution: (cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11; tar -cvf app-defaults.tar app-defaults) (cd /etc/X11;

Oracle 8I on debian?

I am fixing to try to install Oracle *I ons a Debian Potato system. Can anyone give me any tips? Anyone have a handy HOWTO? What JDK do I need, for isntance? Thansk. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston S

Re: Waht port does Debian start zope on?

Stan Brown wrote: > > I remeber seeing this go by during the install, but i neglevted to > make a not > of it :-( > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 843-745-3154 > Charleston SC. > -- > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a m

Re: Problems with the 3Com 3c905B NIC

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 01:56:36PM -0600, Tilton wrote: > "S.Salman Ahmed" wrote: > > > > I got this OEM 3Com 3c905B card and added it to my system (ABIT-BH6, > > Celeron 300A) which already has a generic 10/100 PCI NIC that has thus > > far been working perfectly with [EMAIL PROTECTED] service. >

Re: an apt-get (I thinj) question

apt-get install nmap Stan Brown wrote: > > Given a properly configured, and net conected Potato system, is there > a quick > way to nstall just on package with resorting to searvhing through the > entire > dselect list? > > For example I would like to install na

Re: an apt-get (I thinj) question

Sure, As root: # apt-get install nmap That should do it. Maury Stan Brown wrote: > Given a properly configured, and net conected Potato system, is there > a quick > way to nstall just on package with resorting to searvhing through the > entire > dselect list? > >

Re: an apt-get (I thinj) question

apt-get install nmap -- Casey Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cs.umaine.edu/~hender97/

Re: Debian Firewall/Gateway

S . Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>Anyone have any ideas as to why name resolution/lookup might not work ? How did you configure DNS on this second machine? I'm far from a firewall expert :) but all I did was to put my ISP's DNS server IPs in /etc/resolv.conf on my internal system an

Waht port does Debian start zope on?

I remeber seeing this go by during the install, but i neglevted to make a not of it :-( -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions a

Re: Xfree 4

On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:30:01 + Matthew Sackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear all, > > this is very urgent as an upgrade is hanging in the balance here - a fast > responce would be very much appreciated. > > Basically, where is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults supposed to point to in > X

an apt-get (I thinj) question

Given a properly configured, and net conected Potato system, is there a quick way to nstall just on package with resorting to searvhing through the entire dselect list? For example I would like to install namp with something like: "unknown_command" nmap

Xfree 4

dear all, this is very urgent as an upgrade is hanging in the balance here - a fast responce would be very much appreciated. Basically, where is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults supposed to point to in Xfree 4.0? Using woody with 2.4.0 test 10 kernel. Please could someone quickly let me know.

Re: The Microsoft tax

Andrew Dixon wrote: > > Hi All, > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > looking for information on getting a refund for > Windows. ... you can buy computer without windows from many places. I would (and actually did) go that way... or build your own, it's fairly easy and you get

Re: HELP!!!

on Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 06:06:12PM -0500, urbanyon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Ah. What a crappy book. It was my first Debian book, and install, > > too. > > :-) Can you suggest a better book? it's nice to have a reference. Though I generally dismiss the Sams imprint on sight, the

Can't get ISDN MPPP working [sigh]

After much struggle I've got myself a nicely working 64k connection, but like very many before me MPPP has me beat! I found the ISDNUTILS scripts and docs impenetrable, and came up with scripts based on a couple of HOWTOs I came across. This is my script to configure the connection: MYUSER=robi

Re: new installation

john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've put together another box with items left over from upgrades plus > a new 10.2G IDE hard drive. So far I've only installed Debian on > boxes already having a running system (originally W95 and later just > DOS 6.22 which I find easy to start with). Th

Re: The Microsoft tax

Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > looking for information on getting a refund for > Windows. Hrm. A few months ago I bought a "custom" computer from the shop down the street ("Hi, I'd like to buy a computer" "What kind?"

Re: System.map

"Robert A. Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just kinda curious...how important is it to place the new System.map file > (created when you compiled a new kernel) in the /boot directory? I have > compiled a number of kernels and, after looking at this discussion, I checked > my /boot directo

Re: The Microsoft tax

Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > looking for information on getting a refund for > Windows. > > Any links, help, tips, success stories, or general M$ > bashing would be greatly appreciated. buy one without windows. i got min

Mozilla 18

Is Mozilla able to print? I have Mozilla M18 with recent woody update. Printing works in all other instances, including Netscape. The command "lpr" is given, but no results. lpq indicates no jobs were even sent. Kevin

Re: mouse problems in 'X'

On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:35:53PM -0700, Ray Percival wrote: > What kind of mouse is it? Is it by chance an Intellimouse? No, a cordless logitech, but I don't think that configuration parameters are really differents (PS/2 - 3 buttons) gpm and mouse don't seem to work very fine together... -

new installation

I've put together another box with items left over from upgrades plus a new 10.2G IDE hard drive. So far I've only installed Debian on boxes already having a running system (originally W95 and later just DOS 6.22 which I find easy to start with). This time I thought I would try installing Debian

Re: The Microsoft tax

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 12:04:02PM -0800, Andrew Dixon wrote: > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > looking for information on getting a refund for > Windows. > > Any links, help, tips, success stories, or general M$ > bashing would be greatly appreciated. Do a web search for "Win

Re: exim trouble

on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 06:36:58PM -0600, Russ Cook ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am no longer able to receive mail from my ISP. This is a sudden > occurence, and due to no intentional action on my part. I'm attaching > the mainlog file in the hope that someone can give me some advice > regardi

Re: Group `disk'

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 11:49:08AM +, Tom Huckstep wrote: > Ekkehard Kraemer writes: > > Yup, you can write on /dev/hda, format it, whatever you like, if you're > > in "disk". > > This seems a big security risk just so I can play audio CDs. Is there > a better way to give a user the ability

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