Re: DLINK NIC modules via-rhine.c

2000-12-04 Thread John Bagdanoff
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:42:26AM +1100, Stephen Lavelle wrote: > Hello, > I have just installed a DLINK 530TX Nic in a debian 2.2 box. > This card uses the via-rhine module > However when I do #insmod via-rhine > I get: > using /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/via-rhine.o > /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/via-rhi

Re: games-pipemania ...?

2000-12-04 Thread Willy Lee
"A" == A E Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In order to make the second user on my machine happy, I need to have > a game called "pipemania" installed, the other user knows this from > Windows, does anybody know if this game exists for Debian, or one > similar?? This might just be a little bit o

Debian apache woes

2000-12-04 Thread Eireann Lewy
Okay. I am completely and utterly at a loss here. I feel as if someone has stolen my brain because I should not be this stupid. I am, however, a relative linux fledgling (I have been windows-free for about a year and a half on the outside, and that's if I take out various pitfalls but anyway...).

Re: xinetd vs. inetd

2000-12-04 Thread Nate Amsden
"S.Salman Ahmed" wrote: > Finally, the sole reply to my posting. Thanks for the info. One of these > days when I reinstall Debian on my FW system, I will use xinetd instead > of inetd. curious what do you need (x)inetd for on a firewall? perhaps the only daemon running on such a system is ssh..wh

X4 and my Voodoo Banshee

2000-12-04 Thread Nigel Gregoire
I'm having a hell of a time getting this to work. I'm running a mostly-clean install of Debian. It'd be wholly clean, except that when I set my sources to woody to get the .debs I'd like, dselect threw in a bunch more and I wasn't inclined to argue :) Anyways, as the subjects says, I'm trying to

Re: Mail deleted locally -> deleted on the server?

2000-12-04 Thread D-Man
If I understand what you are saying, I don't think it will work like that. I use fetchmail, but not mutt. Fetchmail simply gets the mail from the server and stores it locally. AFAIK mutt (or any other mailer) can't communicate with fetchmail since fetchmail doesn't take direction from other app

second try: exim/smartlist

2000-12-04 Thread Justin Maurer
hey guys, can anyone tell me how to have exim not add a resent-to header on each of smartlist's messages? i don't want people on the list to be able to see who is on the list. thanks, justin

Re: Mail deleted locally -> deleted on the server?

2000-12-04 Thread Ignasi Tura
> That's be fetchmail's default. If it's not doing it, then check your > configuration (options like 'flush', 'keep' and 'nokeep' affect these > things). See man fetchmail for the nitty gritty. Thanks for your answer, but perhaps I've not done the question with much accuracy. I know that fetchma

Re: Extracting .tar.gz from .deb

2000-12-04 Thread USM Bish
Thanks Justin and Eric, ar vx FileName.deb works like a charm, a data.tar.gz is extracted to current dir, and can be renamed. Just learnt that dpkg --extract calls dpkg-deb. This needs a target dir ... works fine, otherwise. USM Bish On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 07:33:45AM -0800, Eric G . Miller w

Re: reinstall-->can't find modules w/new kernel

2000-12-04 Thread Kenward Vaughan
FAWCTK... Having heard nothing from the list about this I continued on with my upgrade from Potato_r0 into Woody using the archived deb's on hand. After that upgrade, the modules suddenly were properly detected. The only difference between the modules of 2.4 and 2.2 that I can detect is the use

Re: Does unsubscribing from this list really work?

2000-12-04 Thread D-Man
A solution (though not ideal) : configure procmail to dump all messages for debian-user to /dev/null :-) -D On Mon, 04 Dec 2000 16:45:20 Ringo De Smet wrote: | On Monday 04 December 2000 22:20, you wrote: | > I can't understand all this dump stuff about failing to unsubscribe. | > und

php3

2000-12-04 Thread Brian Schramm
I am running debian potato and am trying to get Twig 2.5.1 to run. For some reason even after going through and installing all the php3 modualls that are listed. The test still says it cannot access the imap and the pgsql database. Can anyone give me a hint on what to do from here? Thanks Br

auto load root window image

2000-12-04 Thread ktb
I've got a command I run as a regular user that works just fine from the command line but when I put it in my ~.xinitrc it doesn't work the command is - /usr/X11R6/bin/xsetbg -onroot -at 0,0 /home/kent/img.jpg The file also contains "fvwm" to load the window

Re: Mail deleted locally -> deleted on the server?

2000-12-04 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 03:22:28AM +0100, Ignasi Tura wrote: > Hi list, > > I'd like to know if I can enable any option in the typical > Debian mail combination fetchmail-mutt-exim to do like the > Netscape Messenger option "When deleting a message locally, > remove i

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #704

2000-12-04 Thread kmself
on Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 09:42:31AM +1100, Chris Kenrick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #704>>Make A Buck Or Two @ TheMail.com - > Free Internet Email > >>Sign-up today at http://www.themail.com/ref.htm?ref=1763925 > > Did anyone else notice this bit? > > I had a

Re: Routing question

2000-12-04 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, If there is a limited number a machine behind the firewall try this: set the interface to the router normally set the interface to the hub with a 255.255.255.255 mask, then add static routes the the hosts behind this interface I *think* that will work. -Jon

Mail deleted locally -> deleted on the server?

2000-12-04 Thread Ignasi Tura
Hi list, I'd like to know if I can enable any option in the typical Debian mail combination fetchmail-mutt-exim to do like the Netscape Messenger option "When deleting a message locally, remove it from the server". Thank you. Ignasi

Re: MSaccess to mysql in Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 05:04:55PM -0500, Fraser McAninch wrote: > Do you know of any convertor or way to convert MsAccess .mdb files from > Win98 to Mysql on Linux? I have tried all manner of conversions If you can use a copy of Access97 (is this Access97?), then there are some vba modules that

Re: Boot Module Error Message

2000-12-04 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I just did a fresh install of Debian 2.2 When I boot the system I get > the following error: It's a non-fatal warning that can safely be ignored > insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/unix.o:

Re: konquerer won't run ...

2000-12-04 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Dec 04 2000, Adam Shand wrote: > what about getting konqueror to support ssl? it's supposed to do it > but where do i enable it? when i go to an ssl site i get told that > konqueror doesn't support ssl?!? Yes, konqueror is able to do ssl just fine, but you'll need to install k

NFS also dying (was: Re: smbfs: inaccessible, un-unmountable directory)

2000-12-04 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Dec 03 2000, Francois Gouget wrote: > On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Nate Amsden wrote: > > umount and remount .. > >It works! It's a more or less well known work-around. But I've unfortunetly had this very same problems with NFS between two Debian boxes. I haven't do

Re: apt-get update ERROR!

2000-12-04 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Jim Frey wrote: > On running apt-get update, I get the following error listing: Upgrade to a nemer version.. Jason

Re: Boot error (PCMCIA Modules)

2000-12-04 Thread Eileen Orbell
Thank you that removed most of the errors. When I ran that command I did receive the following errors though: directory not empty so it could not remove all reference.. can I delete these directories??? I still get some reference to pcmcia on boot... Thanks At 01:41 AM 12/5/2000 +0100, you wr

Re: appropriate compiler for kernel

2000-12-04 Thread scr
(Jumping in, knowing next to nothing about Debian.) Stuart Marshall schrieb: > > Hi, > > I use some kernel patches that cause trouble for the standard > debian compiler. The particular errors are like: How old are those patches? > I am told this is due to the standard gcc being more stringent

Boot error (PCMCIA Modules)

2000-12-04 Thread Eileen Orbell
I reconfig my kernel and now on boot I get about 5 -6 lines of error re PCMICIA modules. Because it boots fast I cannot read them all but I am assuming I am missing the modules. I do not have any PCMCIA hardware anyway so can I remove this? I did not see any reference to it in make xconfig??

apt-get update ERROR!

2000-12-04 Thread Jim Frey
Hello, On running apt-get update, I get the following error listing: Reading Package Lists . . . Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing squid (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/state/apt/lists/http.us.org_debian_dists_u nstable_main_binary_i386_Packages

Boot Module Error Message

2000-12-04 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
I just did a fresh install of Debian 2.2 When I boot the system I get the following error: insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/unix.o: cannot create /var/log/ksymoops/20001201182539.ksyms Read-only file system Any one know what this is about? How to fix or remove. What is "unix.o" module? Is i

Re: Boot error (PCMCIA Modules)

2000-12-04 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 07:21:38PM -0500, Eileen Orbell wrote: > I reconfig my kernel and now on boot I get about 5 -6 lines of error re > PCMICIA modules. Because it boots fast I cannot read them all but I am > assuming I am missing the modules. I do not have any PCMCIA hardware > anyway so c

DLINK NIC modules via-rhine.c

2000-12-04 Thread Stephen Lavelle
Hello, I have just installed a DLINK 530TX Nic in a debian 2.2 box. This card uses the via-rhine module However when I do #insmod via-rhine I get: using /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/via-rhine.o /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/via-rhine.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: this error can be caused by in

Boot error (PCMCIA Modules)

2000-12-04 Thread Eileen Orbell
I reconfig my kernel and now on boot I get about 5 -6 lines of error re PCMICIA modules. Because it boots fast I cannot read them all but I am assuming I am missing the modules. I do not have any PCMCIA hardware anyway so can I remove this? I did not see any reference to it in make xconfig??

Boot error (PCMCIA Modules)

2000-12-04 Thread Eileen Orbell
I reconfig my kernel and now on boot I get about 5 -6 lines of error re PCMICIA modules. Because it boots fast I cannot read them all but I am assuming I am missing the modules. I do not have any PCMCIA hardware anyway so can I remove this? I did not see any reference to it in make xconfig??

Re: 3Com network card

2000-12-04 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 12:12:32AM -, Robert Feri wrote: > Thank you guys for all help around gnome environment. > Now I want to know, how to install my network card (3Com Etherlink III > 10Mbit ISA). Under win98 I have 3c509b drivers. > I've heard somwhere that you must firstly disable p&p mo

Re: mutt question

2000-12-04 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:41:19AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > while in the index of a mail folder other than /var/spool/mail/me, say > $HOME/Mail/mysavedmsgs, i'd like to bind the left arrow key to bring me > back to the index of /var/spool/mail/me. look also for folder-hook, can change key-

Re: how to watch VCD?

2000-12-04 Thread csj
I finally found out the answer to my question (I'm the original poster in this very thin thread). To get things going, install the latest smpeg (smpeg-0.4.1 +) on top of the latest SDL (SDL-1.1.6 +). I don't know about the .deb's or whether a kernel patch is necessary. I compiled the *src.rpm's

3Com network card

2000-12-04 Thread Robert Feri
Thank you guys for all help around gnome environment. Now I want to know, how to install my network card (3Com Etherlink III 10Mbit ISA). Under win98 I have 3c509b drivers. I've heard somwhere that you must firstly disable p&p mode under DOS and then try to install it under linux. Can anybody te

Re: Monolithic kernels and init scripts

2000-12-04 Thread scr
Ethan Benson schrieb: > > its true that the tests used in the kerneld initscript is flawed, > it checks for /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe which will not exist in > two cases: > > 1) your running 2.0 kernels, and thus need kerneld > 2) your running 2.2 without loadable module support. > > the flawed

Re: PPP connection.

2000-12-04 Thread John Hasler
Daniel Ferrante writes: > I tried to use wvdial to connect via ppp to my ISP. What happens is that > wvdial does the connecting job and gets to the point of starting the ppp > daemon. However, the daemon dies (exit code 8)! >From the pppd man page: 8 The connect script failed (returne

Re: Does unsubscribing from this list really work?

2000-12-04 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
-| -|Are other people also having problems to unsubscribe from debian-user? -| -|Ringo -|-- -|** Ringo De Smet Ringo.DeSmet AT bigfoot.com ** This is directly from the Debian pages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word `subscribe' or `unsubscribe' as subject. Please remember the -REQUES

appropriate compiler for kernel

2000-12-04 Thread Stuart Marshall
Hi, I use some kernel patches that cause trouble for the standard debian compiler. The particular errors are like: utime.c: In function `update_jiffies_u': /usr/src/linux/include/asm/mutime-M586.h:73: Invalid `asm' statement: /usr/src/linux/include/asm/mutime-M586.h:73: fixed or forbidde

PPP connection.

2000-12-04 Thread Daniel Ferrante
Hi folks, I tried to use wvdial to connect via ppp to my ISP. What happens is that wvdial does the connecting job and gets to the point of starting the ppp daemon. However, the daemon dies (exit code 8)! I tried everything listed in the howtos/faqs/manuals and nothing yet.

Gnome/KDE + Emacs.

2000-12-04 Thread Daniel Ferrante
Hi Folks, I have noticed this before but I have never really addressed this problem. Here it is: When I run either KDE or Gnome, my Emacs (which I run in ReverseVideo mode ) colors get "messed up". Primarily, what bothers me is that, my background - which is black - get white "sp

Re: Realplayer.deb for Netscape?

2000-12-04 Thread Bud Rogers
On Monday 04 December 2000 15:54, Hubert Chan wrote: > Umm, it's asking for a file location, and not a URL, right? (At > least that's how it was on my system.) You need to download the rpm > distribution of RealPlaer from Real's web site (www.real.com), and > then give the location of that file

xf86cfg does signal 11 crash

2000-12-04 Thread Raphael Deimel
I'm currently working on a problem with Xfree 4.0.1 and it's xf86cfg. Everytime the Server aborts with Signal 11, I tried different server and even while running it crashes     Does anyone has similar problems with it  ?     Raphael

Re: Does unsubscribing from this list really work?

2000-12-04 Thread John Hasler
Ringo writes: > Are other people also having problems to unsubscribe from debian-user? >From the trailer on your message: Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have tried that? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Disabling input devices in XF 4.0.1

2000-12-04 Thread Raphael Deimel
I don't think that X supports runtime loading/unloading of it's modules, but i could be wrong. I just never heard of someone doing it and the modules are all loaded while the server isn't running yet (according to logs). This seems quite obvious In spite it works, please post how it is done as i'

Re: samba 2.0.7 vs. 2.0.5

2000-12-04 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I thought I saw some sort of posting here or elsewhere that mentioned > that 2.0.7 works with kernels 2.2.x but not 2.0.x (mine) ? If you're trying to use the distributed samba 2.0.7 on a 2

Re: Gnome

2000-12-04 Thread Marcin Landowski
> > I've installed Debian 2.2 with gnome packages, but my default environment > is > > TWM. Do you guys have any idea hot to change that. > > update-alternatives -config x-window-manager > for more do man update-alternatives More clearly (for the newbie and thous who has no time to read ;-): 1)

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #704

2000-12-04 Thread Chris Kenrick
Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #704>>Make A Buck Or Two @ TheMail.com - Free Internet Email >>Sign-up today at http://www.themail.com/ref.htm?ref=1763925 Did anyone else notice this bit? I had a quick look at the web page, and basically its a pyramid scheme where you get money for signing peo

Re: How to purge and reinstall XFree86 [woody] ?

2000-12-04 Thread mikpolniak
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 13:53:05 -0600, Brian Boonstra said: > Ouch > > I've gotten myself into a real dill of a pickle. I run woody, but > around Thanksgiving I hadn't upgraded for weeks. I did "apt-get upgrade" > which screwed up KDE and X. After "apt-get dist-upgrade", uninstallin

RE: Pkg XFree86-common 4.0.1-9

2000-12-04 Thread Marc Wilson
You don't have all of Xf4 installed. Make sure you've done task-x-window-system... some packages have changed names and the dependencies aren't yet all they could be. Then use dexter to configure it. - Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.moonkingdom.net/mwilson -

Re: pump doesn't get ip

2000-12-04 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 11:01:39PM +0200, Esko Lehtonen wrote: > I have a problem configuring my debian potato to use dhcp. I'm > connected to the Internet via cable modem. The network card is > configured to irq=10 and io=0x300. The module is smc-ultra. The card > should be ok. > > When I start

Re: MSaccess to mysql in Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Jimmy O'Regan
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Fraser McAninch wrote: > Do you know of any convertor or way to convert MsAccess .mdb files from > Win98 to Mysql on Linux? I have tried all manner of conversions Look for mdbtools on freshmeat, and look for GNOME-DB/libgda. > > thanks > Fraser > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Mount ftp fs

2000-12-04 Thread Moritz Schulte
Mats Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > Does anyone know a way to mount a remote file systems > over ftp ? Well, I just have to write this... ;) Hurd is designed to make such things possible very easy. You just set a so called 'Translator' to an directory inode and when you try to acces

Re: SCSI

2000-12-04 Thread john gennard
Your detailed response will be most helpful when I proceed, for this I'm very grateful. Thanks,John. On Sunday 03 December 2000 10:48 pm, Allan M. Wind wrote: > > Please see http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/table.htm and > see which matches your drive best. When you

Re: SCSI

2000-12-04 Thread john gennard
I'm grateful for your detailed reply - I'll have a go at installing the card in the next day or so.Many thanks, John. On Sunday 03 December 2000 10:43 pm, Karl E. Jørgensen wrote: > > > There's plenty of literature with the Scsi Host Adaptor - little > > of which I understand at th

Package pool information?

2000-12-04 Thread Paul D. Smith
I'm really interested in the package pools implementation that's going on now. Which list(s) are the best to subscribe to/and/or read archives of if I want to keep up-to-date with this new feature (issues, decisions, announcements, etc.)? I found a debian-pool list, but it seems dead (just a few

Re: Laptops for Debian GNU/Linux?

2000-12-04 Thread Chris Black
I've had great experiences with my Thinkpad 770E and a20p. Although, you will have to run XFree86 4.0.1 on the a20p for best performance. On Monday 04 December 2000 05:13, Christoph Gaitzsch wrote: > "Dexter Graphic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The site is a rich source of information on G

Re: slaying the inodosaur

2000-12-04 Thread William T Wilson
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Justin B Rye wrote: > Is a niced "rm -rf" as safe as I'm going to get, or is it worth > messing about with "while sleep 1 do stopafter..."? If your hardware is in good working order you can easily just do rm -rf. Probably no need even to nice it, nice only affects CPU alloca

Re: How to purge and reinstall XFree86 [woody] ?

2000-12-04 Thread David Z. Maze
Scott Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SP> I believe you can tell your computer which run-level to start with SP> at the LILO prompt (assuming you're using LILO). IIFC, simply SP> typing 2 and enter, will start you at run-level 2 (no X-Server SP> running...plain ole console mode). You can, in

MSaccess to mysql in Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Fraser McAninch
Do you know of any convertor or way to convert MsAccess .mdb files from Win98 to Mysql on Linux? I have tried all manner of conversions thanks Fraser

Re: Mount ftp fs

2000-12-04 Thread Chris Gray
> Robert Waldner writes: rw> On 04 Dec 2000 11:17:20 EST, mikpolniak writes: >> On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:50:07 +0100 (CET), Mats Eriksson said: > Does anyone know a way to mount a remote file systems over > ftp ? > >> What about ftp>! escape to shell and then

anacron wrote me

2000-12-04 Thread Andre Berger
I (username: andre) had this in my mail: The date of the message is:Mon, 28 Jan 1980 05:14:21 +0100 The address to which the message has not yet been delivered is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/aliases (lsearch lookup): file mode 0664 should not contain 0020 This /etc/aliases, root.root,

Re: Gnome

2000-12-04 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Raphael" == Raphael Deimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raphael> - Original Message - From: "Robert Feri" Raphael> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Raphael> Monday, December 04, 2000 7:09 PM Subject: Gnome >> I've installed Debian 2.2 with gnome packages, but my defau

Re: coping with a high-volume mailing list (like this one)?

2000-12-04 Thread Chad '^chewie' Walstrom
I have a correction to the recipe I sent earlier... On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 03:31:09PM -0600, Chad '^chewie' Walstrom wrote: > The recipe I use to launch this is: > > # RECIPE BEGINS -- > MONTH=`date +%Y%m` > > :0: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > { >

Re: Realplayer.deb for Netscape?

2000-12-04 Thread Hubert Chan
> "robert" == robert wilhelm land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: robert> Realplayer is not included on Debian2.2 and every time a new and robert> different package is installed, dpkg asks for a url to download the robert> Real media files to fulfill broken dependancies. robert> W

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #714

2000-12-04 Thread nilly
** Original Message ** FROM: debian-user@lists.debian.org SENT: Sat 12/02/2000 11:12 AM TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBJECT: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #714 > > > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > >debian-user-digest Digest Volume 100 : Issue 714 > > > >Today's T

Re: Hi all

2000-12-04 Thread Robert Guthrie
On Saturday 02 December 2000 14:50, Tim Uckun wrote: > Actually SSH was not working ither. It was never installed (wh not?) then > I did a apt-get ssh and it said there was a dependency for libssl09 so I > did a apt-get libssl09 but it could not find it. Well I decided to do a > reinstall figuring

Re: Xmas shopping (will this bit of HW work)

2000-12-04 Thread David Z. Maze
Ray Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RP> I'm going to be getting a new mouse/trackball for xmas. Before I start RP> telling people what I want though I thought I'd check with you all. RP> So have any of you used the logitech Trackman Marble Wheel Yes, works fine, no problems with it at all. I

yada and perl-5.6

2000-12-04 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
Hello. I've been compiling a package from cvs on a woody box (the package is gimp-print) which uses yada. I've noticed that itwon't work with perl-5.6 (but works perfectly with perl-5.005) And I'd like to know what exactly to do. I'm not a yada expert (neither do I know perl)... Do I file a bu

Re: exim+fetchmail

2000-12-04 Thread Timmy Douglas
From: "Marcelo Chiapparini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: exim+fetchmail Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 11:31:11 -0500 (EST) > Hello! > > I am configuring the email in a potato box. I am connected to my ISP via > modem. I want to use exim+fetchmail+mutt. So far I have some questions, > and I wonder if som

Harddisk controller _almost_ solved!

2000-12-04 Thread Mathias Gehrung
Hi! Sorry, i'm late, but i haven't had time to try. Here' is how i worked out. I also use the Asus A7V. I plugged the Harddisk into hda, booted from CD, installed Linux and checked the I/O of the Promise controller. Then i replugged the hd back into the ATA-100 controller and booted like you de

Re: Does unsubscribing from this list really work?

2000-12-04 Thread Ringo De Smet
On Monday 04 December 2000 22:20, you wrote: > I can't understand all this dump stuff about failing to unsubscribe. > under every mail it is described clearly and exactly. just follow the > instruction. > it does work, _defenetly_ Well yes, the instructions are clear, but for some reason, I never

Re: konquerer won't run ...

2000-12-04 Thread Bruce Sass
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Adam Shand wrote: > what about getting konqueror to support ssl? it's supposed to do it but > where do i enable it? when i go to an ssl site i get told that konqueror > doesn't support ssl?!? Hmmm, I'm not networked... Ivan has a bunch of ssl and crypto stuff at kde.tdyc.com

Re: coping with a high-volume mailing list (like this one)?

2000-12-04 Thread Chad '^chewie' Walstrom
Here's my setup: Software nmh - A set of electronic mail handling programs. mutt - Text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. fetchmail-ssl - POP2/3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder (with ssl support) sendmail - A powerful mail transport agent. procmail - Versatile

Re: Modules not showing up after compile - why?

2000-12-04 Thread Harry Henry Gebel
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 03:04:53PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 04 Dec 2000, Harry Henry Gebel wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:16:35PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > However, lsmod and modprobe show nothing: there is no /proc/ksyms or > > > /proc/modules. > > > Questions: why don

Re: Does unsubscribing from this list really work?

2000-12-04 Thread Willi Dyck
I can't understand all this dump stuff about failing to unsubscribe. under every mail it is described clearly and exactly. just follow the instruction. it does work, _defenetly_ Ringo De Smet wrote: > On Tuesday 28 November 2000 07:31, Nate Amsden wrote: > > be sure your mail client(s) send plai

Re: mutt question

2000-12-04 Thread Harry Henry Gebel
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:41:19AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > while in the index of a mail folder other than /var/spool/mail/me, say > $HOME/Mail/mysavedmsgs, i'd like to bind the left arrow key to bring me > back to the index of /var/spool/mail/me. > can't figure out how to do that. anyone

Re: Mount ftp fs

2000-12-04 Thread csj
On Tuesday 05 December 2000 01:18, Nate Bargmann wrote: > On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:49:06PM -0200, Christoph Simon wrote: > > I think the midnight commander can simulate something like that. > > MC works quite well for that. There do seem to be some limitations, > though that are probably related

Re: konquerer won't run ...

2000-12-04 Thread Adam Shand
> You may also want to subscribe to debian-kde@lists.debian.org (low > volume, so far :). cool, thanks i'll check that out. what about getting konqueror to support ssl? it's supposed to do it but where do i enable it? when i go to an ssl site i get told that konqueror doesn't support ssl?!?

Re: problem running StarOffice as non-root

2000-12-04 Thread Willi Dyck
Hi, I've had exactly the same problem as you have. I can only say what other users told you. Deinstall soffice and install it as root with ./setup /net if you have not done it yet. Then do a ./setup with every user you want. bye Agner-Nichols wrote: > I installed StarOffice (5.2) as root to an i

How to load a mismatching module

2000-12-04 Thread Jozef Skvarcek
Hello, I am having diffuculty loading a `aacraid' module into the kernel. The module is for Dell's PERC RAID controller. The module is compiled with 2.2.16-22 (RH7) kernel. Resulting 'o' file is copied to linux boot diskette with kernel 2.2.14. Then when I boot a system (with the RAID card) with

samba 2.0.7 vs. 2.0.5

2000-12-04 Thread sc
I was upgrading various packages and upped samba from 2.0.5 to 2.0.7 while maintaining the original smb.conf. Although the upgrade went off without a hitch, I was never able to reconnect my Win9x machines back to the server. When I got rid of 2.0.7 and replaced it back with 2.0.5, everything

pump doesn't get ip

2000-12-04 Thread Esko Lehtonen
Hi List! I have a problem configuring my debian potato to use dhcp. I'm connected to the Internet via cable modem. The network card is configured to irq=10 and io=0x300. The module is smc-ultra. The card should be ok. When I start 'pump', it tries to get dynamic ip from server using dhcp, but fa

Re: How to purge and reinstall XFree86 [woody] ?

2000-12-04 Thread Scott Patterson
>Ouch > >I've gotten myself into a real dill of a pickle. I run woody, but >around Thanksgiving I hadn't upgraded for weeks. I did "apt-get upgrade" >which screwed up KDE and X. After "apt-get dist-upgrade", uninstalling and >reinstalling KDE (from 1.x to 2.x), and making a symlink from t

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #704

2000-12-04 Thread nilly
** Original Message ** FROM: debian-user@lists.debian.org SENT: Fri 12/01/2000 9:27 AM TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBJECT: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #704 > > > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > >debian-user-digest Digest Volume 100 : Issue 704 > > > >Today's To

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #703

2000-12-04 Thread nilly
** Original Message ** FROM: debian-user@lists.debian.org SENT: Fri 12/01/2000 8:57 AM TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBJECT: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #703 > > > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > >debian-user-digest Digest Volume 100 : Issue 703 > > > >Today's To

Re: xinetd vs. inetd

2000-12-04 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
-> Is it better to user xinetd vs. regular inetd on a firewall box ? it's better to use xinetd then inetd at all. -> Also, why isn't xinetd used in debian by default ? 1. its harder to configure (but more powerful) 2. update-inetd doesn't recognize its format (afaik) -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar

truetype fonts and netscape css

2000-12-04 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, i still have three problems with my newly installed woody: 1- netscape is ignoring all CSS. any suggestions? i have javascript and style sheets enabled. i'm using woody's 4.76. any suggestions? 2- some of my truetype fonts are being ignored. for instance, i can use 1979.ttf

Re: konquerer won't run ...

2000-12-04 Thread Rick
I just did this last night for the purpose of promoting debian to my gf. To do so, they say to add deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main crypto optional qt1apps or the miror deb http://kde.rap.ucar.edu potato main crypto optional qt1apps to your /etc/apt/source.list---but I needed to append /debia

updated mount packages for Potato

2000-12-04 Thread Fred Gray
Hi, The recent Debian 2.2r2 release shipped with the 2.2.18pre21 kernel, which includes significant changes to the Network File System (NFS) code. Unfortunately, it did not come with a version of "mount" that is needed to support these changes. Consequently, I rebuilt the mount, bsdutils, and u

Re: Does unsubscribing from this list really work?

2000-12-04 Thread Ringo De Smet
On Tuesday 28 November 2000 07:31, Nate Amsden wrote: > be sure your mail client(s) send plain text email, i once had a user > emailing me(as admin of some small mailing lists) he could not get > on, i saw the output from the mail server and his mail had al kinds > of crap(html or something) that w

undefining m4 macro in sendmail.mc (fwd)

2000-12-04 Thread Adam Shand
answering my own question ... doh. i couldn't find documentation for this anywhere but the obvious works. in order to undefine a previously defined m4 variable just put this in the local /etc/mail/sendmail.mc: undefine(`confHOST_STATUS_DIRECTORY')dnl easy. duh. adam. -- Forwarded me

Re: /usr/tmp instead of /tmp

2000-12-04 Thread Lee Maguire
[2000-12-04] Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > Well, i have /tmp as symlink to /vr/tmp (and /var is on another partition, making /tmp a symlink to /var/tmp is usually fine. The only caveat I'm aware of is that it changes some standard "housekeeping" issues. Much of /tmp is intended to be wiped on bo

How to purge and reinstall XFree86 [woody] ?

2000-12-04 Thread Brian Boonstra
Ouch I've gotten myself into a real dill of a pickle. I run woody, but around Thanksgiving I hadn't upgraded for weeks. I did "apt-get upgrade" which screwed up KDE and X. After "apt-get dist-upgrade", uninstalling and reinstalling KDE (from 1.x to 2.x), and making a symlink from

undefining m4 macro in sendmail.mc

2000-12-04 Thread Adam Shand
hey. i just ran into a sendmail problem i haven't had to deal with before. the hoststatus stuff is messing with my laptop (it check when my laptop isn't connected and remembers that it can't get to hosts even after i plug the ethernet in i just forced about 20 messages from over the last two d

Re: Gnome

2000-12-04 Thread Rick
try /etc/init.d/xdm stop because xdm is still running. I have had issues with this in the past (though I believe it should work) and needed to find running xdm processes (ps -ef|grep xdm) and kill them and then do /etc/init.d/xdm stop again. Basically, if you hit ctl-alt-f7 and get something X-i

Re: mutt: don't jump over deleted messages

2000-12-04 Thread kmself
on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:35:39AM +0100, Timo Benk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > How can I tell mutt that the cursor should not jump over deleted messages. + will include deleted messages. E.g.: -n hits next message, deleted or otherwise, -p, prior. I find I like the default behavior.

Ruby 1.6: problems with libgtk and libgnome on Potato

2000-12-04 Thread Johann Spies
I have downloaded the source of ruby 1.6 and its associated packages from Woody, compiled it on my Potato system and installed it. libgtk-ruby and libgnome-ruby work only partially. When I try to run ruby on some libgtk examples, the following happens (also with about any other libgtk-test prog

Re: swap size

2000-12-04 Thread David Wright
Quoting John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > David Wright writes: > > I get the impression that the rule Swap = N * Physical RAM dates from the > > time when men were men, swapfiles were swapfiles, and systems actually > > swapped. > > I used to run System III on an Onyx (no paging: just swap). No

Re: where is mkfontdir? bleah...

2000-12-04 Thread Defresne Sylvain
Hello * Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > dear all, > > i just upgraded to woody. it was very cool, but i lost access to my true > type fonts. here is output of startx: > >(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype". >Entry deleted from font pa

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