Re: shutdown problem

2000-12-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 10:36:54PM -0500, Jack wrote: > hi all: > > it used to work well. I followed someone's suggestion and changed > Ctrl-Alt-Del to shutdown the machine. Now I got this error: > > shutdown: no authorized users logged in > > which is not true. What could be wrong? rm -f

Re: shutdown problem

2000-12-26 Thread Rob Hudson
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now > On 20001226.2310, ktb said ... > > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 10:36:54PM -0500, Jack wrote: > > hi all: > > > > it used to work well. I followed someone's suggestion and changed > > Ctrl-Alt-Del to shutdown the machine. Now I got this error: > >

Re: shutdown problem

2000-12-26 Thread ktb
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 10:36:54PM -0500, Jack wrote: > hi all: > > it used to work well. I followed someone's suggestion and changed > Ctrl-Alt-Del to shutdown the machine. Now I got this error: > > shutdown: no authorized users logged in > > which is not true. What could be wrong? >

lilo boots all - Win98, Win98se, WinNT, Win2k, potato, BeOS

2000-12-26 Thread Robin Rowe
On my Pentium PC I have lilo booting potato, win98, win98se, winnt, win2k, and beos. All are running on their native file systems, with NT and 2k on NTFS partitions (no FAT16 nonsense), win98x on FAT16, potato on ext2, beos on befs. Each OS is on a 2GB partition. I have some other NTFS partitions f

Re: High ASCII characters at console

2000-12-26 Thread Carl Johnson
John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Another thing I've found to help is to more the same file (up arrow the > minute you find things screwed up), and page through the file until the > --more-- prompt looks normal, then quickly quit out of more and you should > have a properly working console a

Re: Need help with software RAID

2000-12-26 Thread Matthew B Fair
Hello, you must patch the kernel. go to http://people.redhat.com/mingo/raid-patches/ then patch the kernel by doing patch -p0 < patchname This will allow you to do mkraid /dev/md0 then you will have to do mkfs -t ext2 /dev/md0 then e2fsk -c /dev/md0 raidstart /dev/md0 mount /dev/md0 /bla hope this

Re: Script error in xconfig

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
Yoshiaki Goya wrote: > > Hello, > I want to rebuild kernel for USB and soud sopport. And I have installed > kernel-source-2.2.17. However, when I run "make xconfig", following > error appears. > > Error in startup script: invalid command name "button" > while executing > "button.ref" >

Re: Iomega PC2F SCSI Adaptor

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > No specific advice. What is this card for? In my experience, Iomega > sucks, blows, and spews chunks, in technicolor. i used to agree. but there is an upside. provided they stay in business (cough syquest) you can keep on exchanging media ..at least if you have a j

Re: Can't start rpc.nfsd

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
Ethan Benson wrote: > geez redhat is really screwed up... > > the userspace nfsd is much much worse then the kernel space daemon at > this point, its slow, its a massive resource hog, and does not support > file locking. furthermore i don't think the userspace nfsd is > maintained upstream anymo

Re: Changing screen size along with screen resolution?

2000-12-26 Thread Rob VanFleet
It sounds like your problem is that you don't have 800x600 defined in your XF86Config. I run at 16 bit color depth, so here is what I have: Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection The first resolution is the default resolution, the

Re: where'd my 1600x1200 go?

2000-12-26 Thread kmself
Wrap your lines and follow-up at *end* of post. on Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 06:14:11PM -0800, Jon Nichols ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > --- Nate Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >Jon Nichols wrote: > >> > >> Howdy. > >> > >> When I first started using Debian a few weeks ago, I got 1600x1200 >

shutdown problem

2000-12-26 Thread Jack
hi all: it used to work well. I followed someone's suggestion and changed Ctrl-Alt-Del to shutdown the machine. Now I got this error: shutdown: no authorized users logged in which is not true. What could be wrong? thanks!

Re: weird package problem with woody rpm package

2000-12-26 Thread debuser
More weirdness. When I downloaded rpm using ftp (rather than apt-get) then did dpkg -i rpm... it worked fine. Hmm. On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been following woody for some time. Today I tried: > > apt-get install rpm > > It fails with the following message: > > Sorr

Re: Can't start rpc.nfsd

2000-12-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 05:40:28PM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: > > one thing is you could be attempting to run the kernel mode nfs > server without having kernel support compiled in (or loaded via > module if its capable of being loaded via modules). run > dpkg -l | grep nfs to see which you have ..

Re: Linux does not run on my new motherboard :(

2000-12-26 Thread Rob Hudson
I was planning on buying this board soon, so I'm interested in the possibly solutions. Let me see if I got this right... (1) Use the UDMA-66 controller. (2) Compile a kernel with the UDMA-100 support in it (either on another machine, or when using the UDMA-66), and boot from that. But if you ha

weird package problem with woody rpm package

2000-12-26 Thread debuser
I've been following woody for some time. Today I tried: apt-get install rpm It fails with the following message: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: rpm: Depends: librpm1 (>= 3.0.3) but it is not going to be installed Depends: librpm1 (>= 3.0.2) but it is not goin

Re: Changing screen size along with screen resolution?

2000-12-26 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Tuesday, December 26, Lance Simmons did write: > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 05:42:36PM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: > > Lance Simmons wrote: > > > > > > Is > > > there a way to change resolution _and_ screen size at the same time? > > > > > does the game support fullscreen? > > Yes, it does. I

Re: Linux does not run on my new motherboard :(

2000-12-26 Thread Stephen Rueger
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 11:07:05AM +1000, Ian Tan wrote: > I have recently purchased an ASUS A7V motherboard (socket A) with built-in "Promise ATA/100 IDE controller", and so I happily bought a new 30Gb Quantum ATA/100 hard disk. :) > > However, Potato doesn't like my IDE controller and my hard d

Re: Changing screen size along with screen resolution?

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
Lance Simmons wrote: > Isn't there a way I can _start_ X at 800x600 without having to modify > my XF86Config file? I'm willing to start a separate X session on > another virtual terminal. Reading the man pages for xinit and startx > hasn't enlightened me. i suggest posting to one of the loki news

Re: can't play music cd

2000-12-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 09:23:33PM +, Matthew Sackman wrote: > > Thanks for pointing out how dumb it is being a member of disk group. I was > just > removing myself ( ;-) ) and noticed that in addition to the group dip (needed > to be able to use pon), there was a group dialout. What is this

Re: Changing screen size along with screen resolution?

2000-12-26 Thread Lance Simmons
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 05:42:36PM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: > Lance Simmons wrote: > > > > Is > > there a way to change resolution _and_ screen size at the same time? > > > does the game support fullscreen? Yes, it does. It's Heroes of Might and Magic 3, ported by Loki. I used it on Red Hat in

Re: where'd my 1600x1200 go?

2000-12-26 Thread Jon Nichols
I will do the log thing later...cant kill X right now. I have already killed all display managers as a matter of taste. I did this back when I still had full resolution, and it didnt affect anything AFAICT. When I tried to go X in 1600x1200, It would think about it a second and spit me back to t

Re: 'sendmail' option -commented- in Muttrc but working??

2000-12-26 Thread D-Man
Hmm, not sure about what you meant in your messages, but I'll try to help anyways. I use mutt on my linux box with sendmail and at work with cygwin using ssmtp as the MTA. On my linux box I don't have the "set sendmail" option in my mutt rc file. It uses the default value given in the manual a

Re: cut-and-paste

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
Robin Rowe wrote: > > Is there a cut-and-paste how-to or FAQ somewhere? not that im aware of. > > 1. What are cut, copy, paste, and undo keys that would be equivalent to > ctrl-x, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, and ctrl-z keys in Windows? i believe this is toolkit dependent. and can be even application depend

Re: where'd my 1600x1200 go?

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
Jon Nichols wrote: > > Howdy. > > When I first started using Debian a few weeks ago, I got 1600x1200 in my X > with 16-bit color. I no longer can do better than 1152x864. > I have a S3 Savage4 card, which works OK in other OS's... and I have been > sticking with tthe stable packages I have

Re: ?? Lilo, Win NT, & MBR problems: a catch 22

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
i did this recently, and as a solution i just created a 15MB C: drive for the boot loader(primary partition) then Linux got a /boot partition and NT got it's own primary partition. then i load LILO to the MBR and tell it to boot to C: (which then loads NT's boot loader) to load NT or load linux off

where'd my 1600x1200 go?

2000-12-26 Thread Jon Nichols
Howdy. When I first started using Debian a few weeks ago, I got 1600x1200 in my X with 16-bit color. I no longer can do better than 1152x864. I have a S3 Savage4 card, which works OK in other OS's... and I have been sticking with tthe stable packages I have been thru xf86config and XF86Set

Re: Changing screen size along with screen resolution?

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
Lance Simmons wrote: > > I know how to change screen resolution using ctl-alt-plus or > ctl-alt-minus, but the absolute size of the screen doesn't change. Is > there a way to change resolution _and_ screen size at the same time? > > I usually use 1600x1200, but now I'd like to run a linux game >

Re: Can't start rpc.nfsd

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
> Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Hey, > > I have a slight problem with my file-swapping. When I try to start > rpc.nfsd, > it gives me the following error: > > nfssvc: Function not implemented a wild guess but you are not using the kernel nfsd package are you? Package: nfs-server Priority: stand

Re: 'sendmail' option -commented- in Muttrc but working??

2000-12-26 Thread Ignasi Tura
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 01:44:24AM +0100, Ignasi Tura wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > > > I am able to send mail correctly with Mutt. > > > > I take a look to what happens when I send mail with mutt, and the manual > > sends it sends a command to sendmail (in this case, aka exim). It seems >

Re: Linux does not run on my new motherboard :(

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
i'd suggest looking here http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html compare what chipset you have to see if its compadible, if it is, i'd suggest trying to build a new kernel to boot with and see if that helps, if it's not listed then get another IDE controller ... nate Ian Tan wrote: > > I have r

Re: 'sendmail' option in Muttrc but working??

2000-12-26 Thread Terry Boon
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 01:44:24AM +0100, Ignasi Tura wrote: > I am able to send mail correctly with Mutt. > I take a look to what happens when I send mail with mutt, and the > manual sends it sends a command to sendmail (in this case, aka > exim). It seems that it's done through the option 'set

Re: Warning: bad experience with KBackup and 100M zip disks

2000-12-26 Thread kmself
What in God's name are you doin with your headers? Reply-to is all fscked up. on Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 10:57:29AM +1030, Mark Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > So, I am still totally mystified about why it went so horribly wrong. > It would seem the KBackup software is at least partly to bla

Linux does not run on my new motherboard :(

2000-12-26 Thread Ian Tan
I have recently purchased an ASUS A7V motherboard (socket A) with built-in "Promise ATA/100 IDE controller", and so I happily bought a new 30Gb Quantum ATA/100 hard disk. :) However, Potato doesn't like my IDE controller and my hard disk is not detected, hence my system is paralised without a h

Re: 'sendmail' option in Muttrc but working??

2000-12-26 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 01:44:24AM +0100, Ignasi Tura wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > I am able to send mail correctly with Mutt. > > I take a look to what happens when I send mail with mutt, and the manual > sends it sends a command to sendmail (in this case, aka exim). It seems that > it's don

maildir vs mailspool

2000-12-26 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! what is the difference between a local mailspool and a local maildir? TIA Marcelo

Re: Cannot use TrueType fonts (xfstt)

2000-12-26 Thread John Foster
Richard Cobbe wrote: > > all seperately (with two of the three commented out each try). Using > > the "inetc/127.0.0.1..." line *does* cause TT fonts to work, but various > > windows take *too* long to open up. Mutt, for example, opens up almost > > instantly in it's normal Eterm window, but n

'sendmail' option in Muttrc but working??

2000-12-26 Thread Ignasi Tura
Dear colleagues, I am able to send mail correctly with Mutt. I take a look to what happens when I send mail with mutt, and the manual sends it sends a command to sendmail (in this case, aka exim). It seems that it's done through the option 'set sendmail' in /etc/Muttrc. But I have this option

Warning: bad experience with KBackup and 100M zip disks

2000-12-26 Thread Mark Phillips
Yesterday was a bad day. I do a bit of maintenance work for a friend's laptop. Yesterday morning he contacted me about problems he was having booting it. As it turned out he had accidentally used the rescue disk to destroy his system. "Initialize ext2 partition?" Why of course! Fortunately a

Re: keeping the screen on

2000-12-26 Thread cls/cs
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 04:22:48PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:08:27PM +, cls/cs wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:36:26PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:21:02PM +, q wrote: > > > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:16:14PM +, q wr

Re: bash-question

2000-12-26 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:55:13AM +0100, Stephan Kulka wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 10:21:52AM +0100, Stephan Kulka wrote: > > > That's quite a newbie question, but I don't know what to do. > > > Yesterday I made a new directory for programming, I added this directory > > > with exp

Re: ?? Lilo, Win NT, & MBR problems: a catch 22

2000-12-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 06:25:28PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At home I have a laptop where win98 and linux co-exist, with lilo offering > to boot either one at startup. But at office, after linux installs lilo to > MBR, > NT won't boot. So, I went to boot floppy, ran fdisk /mbr; but now

Re: ?? Lilo, Win NT, & MBR problems: a catch 22

2000-12-26 Thread Andy Bastien
Pending further investigation, we now allege that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At home I have a laptop where win98 and linux co-exist, with lilo offering > to boot either one at startup. But at office, after linux installs lilo to > MBR, > NT won't boot. So, I went to boot floppy, ran fdisk /mbr;

Re: ?? Lilo, Win NT, & MBR problems: a catch 22

2000-12-26 Thread John Foster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > At home I have a laptop where win98 and linux co-exist, with lilo offering > to boot either one at startup. But at office, after linux installs lilo to > MBR, > NT won't boot. So, I went to boot floppy, ran fdisk /mbr; but now > machine won't boot linux. Boot floppy

?? Lilo, Win NT, & MBR problems: a catch 22

2000-12-26 Thread DTi4565459
At home I have a laptop where win98 and linux co-exist, with lilo offering to boot either one at startup. But at office, after linux installs lilo to MBR, NT won't boot. So, I went to boot floppy, ran fdisk /mbr; but now machine won't boot linux. Boot floppy won't work for linux either. Reinst

Re: HTML editor

2000-12-26 Thread Michael Sauer
> Any suggestions for a good HTML editor that does color highlighting & > understands PHP? My favorite editor is HomeSite, and I have yet to find > anything comparable for Linux. I've tried running HomeSite with WINE, but > haven't gotten that to work :( thanks for any suggestions. give bluefis

Re: keeping the screen on

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:08:27PM +, cls/cs wrote: > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:36:26PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:21:02PM +, q wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:16:14PM +, q wrote: > > > > debs, > > > > > > > > since i use rather nice background

problem with lpd daemon

2000-12-26 Thread Caste
Hi,I have just installed Potato Debian (first contact with linux), and I havesome printing problems.Initially the BSD system didn’t run properly, but it ran, this took me totest cups 1.1.4, and it didn’t run as I expected, and I decided to uninstallcups, and install BSD Line Printer Spooli

apache: php vs mod_perl [OT]

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
regarding apache 1.3.9+ : php vs mod_perl -- all i've got under my belt is perl, and before launching on a whole new learning curve i thot i'd ask some of you who may know--- anybody got any benchmarkings on whether PHP outperforms MOD_PERL or vice-versa? how about development cycle -- which take

Re: can't play music cd

2000-12-26 Thread John Hasler
Matthew Sackman writes: > ...there was a group dialout. What is this group doing there? 'dialout' is the group for the serial ports. > and under which circumstances would one ever need to be a member of it? To open a serial port. You don't have to be in dialout to run pon because pppd is setuid

Re: keeping the screen on

2000-12-26 Thread cls/cs
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:36:26PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:21:02PM +, q wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:16:14PM +, q wrote: > > > debs, > > > > > > since i use rather nice background images for my > > > potato boxes, i like to keep the screens on even

Re: backingup /home/foo/.* files

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 11:59:45AM -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote: > Brian Frederick Kimball wrote: > > > If it's nvi (the default vi on Debian), you want "set wraplen=NN" in > > your $HOME/.exrc. But nvi is pretty slim on features-- it doesn't even > > have multi-level undo. Better to jus

Re: setting up apt-get "server"

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 02:11:12PM +0100, Igor Mozetic wrote: > > I setup an rsync mirror of the kde2 site for my home network. I was > > wondering how to set it up so I can apt-get from workstations in my > > network the packages off my rsync mirror. Has anyone done this? Any > > pointers for m

Re: Need help with software RAID

2000-12-26 Thread Dietmar Goldbeck
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 07:32:45PM -0600, Patrick wrote: > Hi, > > I would really like to use stable potato, 2.2.17, but I can't > get software raid working under debian for the life of me... > > I originally created the raid devices a year or so ago, on redhat 6.?, > which > used their custom ke

Re: keeping the screen on

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:21:02PM +, q wrote: > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:16:14PM +, q wrote: > > debs, > > > > since i use rather nice background images for my > > potato boxes, i like to keep the screens on even though, > > i may not be using my computers for more than 15 > > minutes,

Re: cut-and-paste

2000-12-26 Thread ktb
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:59:50AM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote: > Is there a cut-and-paste how-to or FAQ somewhere? > > 1. What are cut, copy, paste, and undo keys that would be equivalent to > ctrl-x, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, and ctrl-z keys in Windows? > > 2. What is gpm supposed to do and why does running

Re: High ASCII characters at console

2000-12-26 Thread John Galt
Another thing I've found to help is to more the same file (up arrow the minute you find things screwed up), and page through the file until the --more-- prompt looks normal, then quickly quit out of more and you should have a properly working console again. On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.co

Re: cdr recomendations

2000-12-26 Thread Jon Pennington
David Purton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Hi, > > I'm thinking of buying a cd writer. > > The howto suggests that most ide drives should work fine with Linux. I really like my Mitsumi, and recently I've had good experience with HP models. HP9k and 8k models are all fine; I had a LOT of prob

Re: help me

2000-12-26 Thread kmself
on Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 04:18:01PM -, seena saj nandan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > hello, > i am seena from india, i am new to debain, > i have some problem when i try make zlilo,(it show some error)can you > please help me to come out this problem First: Include a meaningful subject line

Re: Kernel 2.4 on potato

2000-12-26 Thread John Galt
Not a problem. You need make, gcc, and binutils at a minimum. Good things to have would be libncurses-dev (for menuconfig), TCl/TK (for xconfig), and kernel-package (makes things a LOT easier...). Just apt-get them--if you have apt set up for remote, you're golden: if it's still set up for CD,

Re: can't play music cd

2000-12-26 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 00:03:15 -0900, Ethan Benson said: > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 12:19:00AM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: > > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > NEVER *EVER* add yourself to group disk. *NEVER* > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id > > uid=1000(aphro) gid=1000(aphro) groups=1000(aphro),

Re: High ASCII characters at console

2000-12-26 Thread kmself
on Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 01:47:11AM +1100, Malcolm Miles ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I accidently more-ed a binary file and now everything I type at the > console is in high ASCII characters. Is there an easy way to get back > my normal console characters? "reset", as suggested. Running a progra

Re: CD Audio tracks/file system

2000-12-26 Thread Matthew Sackman
Yep, that's exactely what I've done - both /dev/cdrom and /dev/hdc* are chown root.cdrom Then make sure that you are adduser cdrom, and everything works as it should! Matthew On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 10:31:27 -0500, Scott Patterson said: > > > > >I had done that, but overlooked one small fact

Re: Squid error

2000-12-26 Thread kmself
on Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:01:43AM -0200, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi all, > I installed woody squid (2.3.4-2) from source in a potato system and it > worked fine for one week and then happens every time I access it. > Bellow is the erro

Re: Debian CD in store

2000-12-26 Thread John Galt
On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, urbanyon wrote: > > I was browsing Software Etc and saw the Debian retail CD. Is this Debian > > 2.1 or 2.2? It didn't say on the box anywhere. If it's 2.2 I'll pick it > > up. Thanks. > > if it's the boxed version that comes with the o'reilly book, than it's 2.2 The Bro

Re: Iomega PC2F SCSI Adaptor

2000-12-26 Thread kmself
on Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 04:31:36AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, I need desperate help. > I have looked all over the internet regarding Iomega's PC2F 8-bit SCSI > Adaptor. > > I need the drivers for the card or any drivers that will work for the > card. If you could

Re: Help! Panic! Accidentally initialized / partition!!!

2000-12-26 Thread kmself
on Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 12:59:02PM +1030, Mark Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > My friend has (had) Debian installed on his laptop. I got a call from him > this morning saying he can't boot his laptop anymore! I'm over his place > now and after using the rescue disk to mount his / partition

apt-get update and dist-upgrade as cron job?

2000-12-26 Thread Michael Meding
Hi all, I made a file called "update" containing apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -y in my cron.daily directory and changed it wih chmod +x as root. Ok, now the script is updating my machine when run by hand but not as a cron job. Why ? This is on unstable. Thanks in advance. With regar

Re: Cannot use TrueType fonts (xfstt)

2000-12-26 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Tuesday, December 26, Hall Stevenson did write: > * Richard Cobbe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001225 21:03]: > > > Did you add xfstt to your X server's font path? In /etc/X11/XF86Config, > > section "Files", the following line should work for the default setup: > > > > FontPath "unix/:710

Re: cut-and-paste

2000-12-26 Thread paul
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 11:59:50 -0800, Robin Rowe said: -> Is there a cut-and-paste how-to or FAQ somewhere? -> -> 1. What are cut, copy, paste, and undo keys that would be equivalent to -> ctrl-x, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, and ctrl-z keys in Windows? In apps that don't have copy/paste menu's, you can ju

Re: Cannot use TrueType fonts (xfstt)

2000-12-26 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Richard Cobbe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001225 21:03]: > Did you add xfstt to your X server's font path? In /etc/X11/XF86Config, > section "Files", the following line should work for the default setup: > > FontPath "unix/:7101" > > See also /usr/doc/xfstt/FAQ.gz, esp question 1.2. I've trie

Re: Kernel 2.4 on potato

2000-12-26 Thread Leszek Gerwatowski
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 09:25:32PM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote: > hi. not wanting to reinvent the wheel, is it possible to use the kernel > 2.4 with potato? if yes then what files, if any, should i get and from > where? i've heard people say that it is possible but being the stubborn > me i like to

cut-and-paste

2000-12-26 Thread Robin Rowe
Is there a cut-and-paste how-to or FAQ somewhere? 1. What are cut, copy, paste, and undo keys that would be equivalent to ctrl-x, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, and ctrl-z keys in Windows? 2. What is gpm supposed to do and why does running it freeze my mouse in X? Cheers, Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can't start rpc.nfsd

2000-12-26 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey,   I have a slight problem with my file-swapping.  When I try to start rpc.nfsd, it gives me the following error:   nfssvc: Function not implemented   I have no idea what this could mean, or how to fix it.  Please, if you know what's going on, help me.   Thanks, Cameron Matheson

Changing screen size along with screen resolution?

2000-12-26 Thread Lance Simmons
I know how to change screen resolution using ctl-alt-plus or ctl-alt-minus, but the absolute size of the screen doesn't change. Is there a way to change resolution _and_ screen size at the same time? I usually use 1600x1200, but now I'd like to run a linux game fullscreen at 800x600. That leaves m

Need help with software RAID

2000-12-26 Thread Patrick
Hi, I would really like to use stable potato, 2.2.17, but I can't get software raid working under debian for the life of me... I originally created the raid devices a year or so ago, on redhat 6.?, which used their custom kernel 2.2.5-15, and can use them fine if i boot into redhat or debian usi

Re: Navigating your drive in text mode

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 03:55:38PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > > --- Stephan Kulka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > To find new packages you don't know about look > > at the Debian homepage and > > use the search function. I like it very much > > and you also can search for > > words which are no packa

Re: Navigating your drive in text mode (was: Re: configuring network card solved.)

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 02:43:33PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > > --- "S.Salman Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But just know that you do not have to reinstall > > Debian to tweak and > > reconfigure the system. And telling newbies to > > reinstall Debian to do > > that, no matter how many smilies

Re: can't install Netscape (solved)

2000-12-26 Thread ktb
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 10:52:58AM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote: > Thanks, that works! > > I had already pulled down the gz for netscape and so took the manual install > route. (I didn't know how to point apt-get at the local copy.) Manual > install went smoothly, but netscape wouldn't load. Creating a

font-problems w/ KDE2

2000-12-26 Thread Florian Reiser
Hello guys, I've installed KDE2 today. All went fine except that after installing it and switching to the german environment the german umlauts are not correctly displayed. How can I make them appear correctly? For info: It's a debian potato system, running with the iso-8859-1 characterset. The c

Re: How to point apt-get at non-US?

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 11:32:20AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > This is my /etc/apt/sources.list > > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian dists/proposed-updates/ > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free non-US > deb http://security.debian.org/ potato/updates main contrib

Re: Where are the source packages for Debian?

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 05:02:44PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Sorry for this very elementary question, but where do you find the > source packages for Debian? apt-get install base-config apt-setup see also 'apt-get-intro.html' at eGroups.com/files/newbieDoc/ for more such dr

Re: procmail

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 05:07:42PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi to all! > > I am using fetchmail+exim+mutt as an email system. All the incomming emails > goes to /var/spool/mail/myaccount. I would like now to store the different > messages in separate mailboxes files defined in /home/m

Re: can't install Netscape (solved)

2000-12-26 Thread Robin Rowe
Thanks, that works! I had already pulled down the gz for netscape and so took the manual install route. (I didn't know how to point apt-get at the local copy.) Manual install went smoothly, but netscape wouldn't load. Creating an alias of the old lib name using ln faked 4.75 into accepting a newer

Re: UDMA66 boot problem/HPT370

2000-12-26 Thread Karl Hammar
To install debian potato on an abit kt7-raid motherboard: (well, this is what I roughly did) 1 Connect your disk to the first ide controller, not to the HTP370 controller 2 I used the debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/ 2.2.20.0.1-2000-12-03/images-1.44/idepci disk set 3 boot a

Re: ip forwarding setup

2000-12-26 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 01:06:45AM -0500, Aaron Solochek wrote: > Here is the situation: I have a laptop with wireless, and a desktop > with wireless and regular ethernet. > > Lets call the desktop machine A. A has eth0 (ethernet to the rest > of the world), and eth1 (10.0.10.1, in an adhoc wire

[Q] Painting problem with latest woody

2000-12-26 Thread Sudhakar Chandra
Hi, I'm running a box that has woody + Helixcode GNOME. I'm also a Debian developer. I recently tried removing Helixcode GNOME so that I can package GNOME dependent software. It was very painful. I noticed after I removed Helixcode GNOME that my X session has started having painting problems.

Re: Script error in xconfig

2000-12-26 Thread Bill Jonas
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:54:43PM +0900, Yoshiaki Goya wrote: > I want to rebuild kernel for USB and soud sopport. And I have installed > kernel-source-2.2.17. However, when I run "make xconfig", following > error appears. If you want USB, forget 2.2.17; it doesn't have USB support (unless you

RE: A Little Help for...!!!

2000-12-26 Thread Anderson, Tim TL33E
Yes, my consulting rates are very reasonable. (well, you _did_ say 'corporate') sendmail or exim, fetchmail and any of the many mailreader programs will provide a 'solution', whatever that is. GNOME Evolution might be what you're looking for, but it's not really finished yet. tka > -Origina

Re: PCMCIA - AVM ISDN Karte

2000-12-26 Thread Manuel Hendel
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 06:24:08PM +0100, Ralf Batri wrote: > Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 18:24:08 +0100 > From: Ralf Batri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian-User-Mailinglist > Cc: Manuel Hendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PCMCIA - AVM ISDN Karte > > > > > Sorry, but the following packages have

Kernel 2.4 on potato

2000-12-26 Thread Rino Mardo
hi. not wanting to reinvent the wheel, is it possible to use the kernel 2.4 with potato? if yes then what files, if any, should i get and from where? i've heard people say that it is possible but being the stubborn me i like to see it for myself so i'm willing to spend lots of time to make it wo

Re: PCMCIA - AVM ISDN Karte

2000-12-26 Thread Ralf Batri
> > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > pcmcia-modules-2.2.17: Depends: kernel-image-2.2.17 (= 1:2.2.17-1) > but it is not going to be installed > E: Sorry, broken packages > > can anyone help me out. how about overriding the depencies with apt-get install --nodeps pcm

Re: help me

2000-12-26 Thread Ralf Batri
On Die, Dez 26, 2000 at 04:18:01 -, seena saj nandan wrote: > hello, > i am seena from india, i am new to debain, > i have some problem when i try make zlilo,(it show some error)can you please > help me to come out this problem Where is the error-message, it's hard to handle without it. Gr

Re: PCMCIA - AVM ISDN Karte

2000-12-26 Thread Manuel Hendel
On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 05:02:47PM +0100, Ralf Batri wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 17:02:47 +0100 > From: Ralf Batri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian-User-Mailinglist > Cc: Manuel Hendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PCMCIA - AVM ISDN Karte > > On Mon, Dez 25, 2000 at 02:13:14 +0100, Manue

Re: help me

2000-12-26 Thread ktb
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 04:18:01PM -, seena saj nandan wrote: > hello, > i am seena from india, i am new to debain, > i have some problem when i try make zlilo,(it show some error)can you please > help me to come out this problem > One thing you need to do is post the error message.

Re: A Little Help for...!!!

2000-12-26 Thread Nate Amsden
"Marcolongo, Mariano" wrote: > > Hi... > > I´m looking for a full corporate email solution for linux... > > Can you help me in my search? for one of the corps i work for we use a combo of UW/IMAPD+qmail servers on redhat currently. i'm in the process of moving them to cyrus imap/pop+sendmail on

help me

2000-12-26 Thread seena saj nandan
hello, i am seena from india, i am new to debain, i have some problem when i try make zlilo,(it show some error)can you please help me to come out this problem _ Chat with your friends as soon as they come online. Get Rediff Bol at http://bol.r

help me

2000-12-26 Thread seena saj nandan
hello, i am seena from india, i am new to debain, i have some problem when i try make zlilo,(it show some error)can you please help me to come out this problem _ Chat with your friends as soon as they come online. Get Rediff Bol at http://bol.r

Re: cdr recomendations

2000-12-26 Thread Scott Patterson
>I have recently installed a CDRW drive on my machine. I chose a Philips >CDRW800, a 4x 8x 32x drive. It is IDE and Linux needs to see CDR drives as >SCSI - so a little configuring of the kernel and a couple of lines in >/etc/lilo.conf was all it took. I now have both my CD-ROM and CDRW drives >

pdflatex and dvips+ps2pdf

2000-12-26 Thread Vicente
I am starting to create an presentation based on slides. I want to use PDF format for this work. I will write the presentation with LaTeX. I have been testing pdflatex and dvips+ps2pdf, and get that text quality of the presentation is better with pdflatex than with dvips+ps2pdf. I want to use

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