Re: ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]

2001-02-26 Thread Saad Kadhi \(Home Tech Accnt\)
Offhand, I'd recommend updating OpenSSH on the Debian box to 2.5.1p1, available from many mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/portable.html. Will do. a fast ! :)) I have run into the same problems some time ago & upgrading solved all the issues + corrected some vulnerabilities at th

[sgaerner@gmx.net: ]

2001-02-26 Thread Branden Robinson
- Forwarded message from Sven Gaerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Sven Gaerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Branden, I tried to install XFree86 Version 4.0.2 on a Potato system. Unfortunately apt/dselect does not upgrade xbase-client, so I

Re: How did linux corrupt hda1 (C: drive) fat16 filesystem?

2001-02-26 Thread Matthew Dalton
M David Tilson wrote: > > You didn't do 'cp foo /dev/hda1', did you? > > > Probably yes. Is there any way to recover? Have you tried running fsck.msdos under Linux?

Samba problem

2001-02-26 Thread Jason N. Price
I'm trying to get Samba up and running on my debian box (2.4.2 kernel), but am having a bit of a problem. I've got everything installed and SWAT working properly. The debian box shows up in Network Neighborhood. When I try to connect to the debian box, I get the error: \\boxname not available

Re: Printing Problems

2001-02-26 Thread hammack
My problem also with an Epson SC 600. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Dale Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:46 PM Subject: Printing Problems > I've been installing debian most all day, so I'm probably missing something > really obvious h

debconf / perl in unstable

2001-02-26 Thread Forrest English
last time i tried to apt-get upgrade my potato/sid system to unstable, it completely broke perl, debconf and apt. i was really displeased. i thought i'd give a shout and see if that's been fixed before i gave it another try. late nights of reinstalling doesn't sound like much fun. -- Forrest E

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:28:59PM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:08:20AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > > > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > > > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as

Printing Problems

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
I've been installing debian most all day, so I'm probably missing something really obvious here, but I'm having a real problem with the printer setup. How do I get printing setup correctly in debian? I have installed lprng and magic filter but I can't get it to print. I have also tried printtool,

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:08:20AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure th

Re: How does Debian handle local mail?

2001-02-26 Thread Ilia Lobsanov
I think Debian comes with exim by default. So poke with that. I personally replaced exim with postfix. ilia. On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 10:51:41PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > How does Debian handle mail local to the machien? > > And where can I find out how the mail system is configured

Re: Printer recommendations

2001-02-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:26:36PM -0500, Alec Smith wrote: > I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit > is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or > less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will > be connect

How does Debian handle local mail?

2001-02-26 Thread Stan Brown
How does Debian handle mail local to the machien? And where can I find out how the mail system is configured? There does not seem to be an /etc/mail directory. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows

Re: [ot] grub with 2 hard disks (was [OT] Grub)

2001-02-26 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Joey Kool wrote: > (For purpose of clarity, the previous problem of os not found was due to > the fact that I did not change the bios bootup sequence. I had to specify the > 2nd harddisk as the bootup disk instead of the first in bios. Most BIOS I know are braindamaged enoug

Re: Printer recommendations

2001-02-26 Thread csj
On Tuesday 27 February 2001 09:56, Bud Rogers wrote: > On Monday 26 February 2001 19:36, Sean wrote: > > I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they > > are often of better construction than inkjets, and the cost per > > page is significatnly less. Not to mention the benefit of

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 09:22:36PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > Lo, on Monday, February 26, Ethan Benson did write: > > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:05:03AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > > > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running > > > "xhost > > > +" inside the t

Re: HELP: i need to ping an ipx server

2001-02-26 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
yes, :). i JUST got it to work though. i tracked down the source code, recompiled the thing and BLAM. it worked. very strange. guess the distributed binary is sour? i dunno. wierd. pete On Mon 26 Feb 01, 7:21 PM, Nate Amsden said: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > > dear all, > > >

[ot] grub with 2 hard disks (was [OT] Grub)

2001-02-26 Thread Joey Kool
Ok, I was finally able to boot /dev/hdb and sees "GRUB" on the monitor. But that's all. Seems like the thing hang or something though a cursor is blinking. I suppose I should be seeing "GRUB Loading stage2" like what the grub boot floppy does. Have checked out "info grub" but couldn't

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Monday, February 26, Ethan Benson did write: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:05:03AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost > > +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... > > let's see if it works

Re: HELP: i need to ping an ipx server

2001-02-26 Thread Nate Amsden
Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > dear all, > > this is kind of esoteric, but i'll ask it anyway ... > > i'm writing a program to ping a bunch of servers. it's done, except we have > a bunch of netware machine which know IPX, not IP. i found an RPM of a > utility named "ipxping". i converted it i

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:05:03AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost > +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... > let's see if it works.. just a guess.. don't do that, that disables ALL X securit

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 06:00:41AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > Here's the error message I get with the make xconfig command: > > ake[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/scripts' > wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect

Re: KDE2 install - Fixed + ?

2001-02-26 Thread John Mautz
All thanks for the help. I got it working by adding the kde.tdyc.com/pub/dke and doing the following: apt-get update apt-get install kdebase I had to issue a dpkg --configure -a as I got a segfalt. But it must have recoverd correctly as I'm using Netscape under KDE to send this. :) My impress

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:08:20AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > permission. What's the right

Re: Printer recommendations

2001-02-26 Thread mike polniak
Alec Smith wrote: > I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit > is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or > less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will > be connected to the LAN through an old HP JetDirect

Re: debian-user: strange problem with VIM and cursor keys.

2001-02-26 Thread Matthew Dalton
Brendan J Simon wrote: > > When I use VIM in an X terminal (eg. gnometerm), I can't use the cursor > keys to navigate whilst in insert mode. > *However*, if I have a ~/.vimrc file with nothing in it, I *can* > navigate with the cursor keys in insert mode. > Very strange. Is this a bug or have I g

Re: anyone played with amanda?

2001-02-26 Thread Nate Amsden
Stan Brown wrote: > Mmm, wierd. Have you check the debug files in /tmp/amanda? You did > build > --with-debuging, right? i'm using the amanda from debian..not sure how they built it. but i do have /tmp/amanda (didn't know about it before, thanks!) but it doesn't give much additio

Compaq Proliant 6500 Install Problems...

2001-02-26 Thread Steve Beitzel
Hello All, I have a Compaq Proliant 6500 (P11) Server in my lab, and I have spent the last 3 days trying valiantly to install Debian 2.2 on it, with no success. Here is the set of steps that I have taken: - Perform Compaq System Erase with SmartStart utilities - Configure SMART 3200 Array Cont

never mind how to view man pages.

2001-02-26 Thread Xucaen
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Re: how to view man pages.

2001-02-26 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Xucaen (on Mon, 26 Feb 2001 06:06:48PM -0800): > when I type man clear(3NCURSES) i get > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src$ man clear(3NCURSES) > bash: syntax error near unexpected token > `clear(3' man 3 clear i know it's weird, but that's how it goes... martin [greetings from the heart of

Re: how do I enable telnet or ssh access?

2001-02-26 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 06:41:54PM -0600, Jason N. Price wrote: > I have a debian install running the 2.4.2 kernel. I want to allow external > telnet/ssh access, but am not sure how. I apt-get'ed ssh and telnetd, but > don't really know where to go from here. If anyone could help me out, I"d

Re: Disabling system beep

2001-02-26 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:47:50PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: > Quick and stupid question: Is there any way to disable the console system > beeps short of yanking out the damn speaker? Put this in your .inputrc: set bell-style none Phil

how to view man pages.

2001-02-26 Thread Xucaen
Hi all. I just installed libncurses5-dev. man ncurses gives me a very nice overview of ncurses. It also gives me a very big list of function within ncurses. Next to each function name is the matching man page name. for instance, clear() has the man page clear(3NCURSES). when I type man clear(3NCUR

gnome-core-devel

2001-02-26 Thread ilia
Hi, I'm looking for a .deb package that provides libgnomeui/gnome-window-icon.h and status-docklet.h There's an RPM package (gnome-core-devel) but I don't see a debian equivalent. When will that be? Or what am I missing? Thank you. ilia.

Re: anyone played with amanda?

2001-02-26 Thread aphro
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:59:21PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > > Make certain Amanda (the user) is in the group that owns the disk > devices. i don't have an amanda user. i do have a 'backup' user which runs the amanda program according to xinetd: service amanda { socket_type

Re: Printer recommendations

2001-02-26 Thread Bud Rogers
On Monday 26 February 2001 19:36, Sean wrote: > I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they are > often of better construction than inkjets, and the cost per page is > significatnly less. Not to mention the benefit of not having all your > printed type simply disappear into a b

Re: MODEM LATENCY SOLVED

2001-02-26 Thread D. Hoyem
I appreciate the help that I got on this, my modem is just singing right along... changet it to 56700. Thanks --- Matthew Sackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you may be suffering from what I've come > across > lately: the modem gets stuffed up if the serial port > baud > rate is too high.

Disabling system beep

2001-02-26 Thread Brian Nelson
Quick and stupid question: Is there any way to disable the console system beeps short of yanking out the damn speaker?

This list is quite bugged

2001-02-26 Thread Jefsey Morfin
For several weeks I try to be unsusbcribed from this list. Without any success. I sent a mail to the list master without any result. Is this list run under Debian? Is someone able to fix the bug? Thank you. Jefsey Morfin

Re: Printer recommendations

2001-02-26 Thread Sean
I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they are often of better construction than inkjets, and the cost per page is significatnly less. Not to mention the benefit of not having all your printed type simply disappear into a blurry mess if the paper happens to get wet. Sean

Printer recommendations

2001-02-26 Thread Alec Smith
I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will be connected to the LAN through an old HP JetDirect EX. Right now we're lookin

Re: ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]

2001-02-26 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 04:37:20PM -0800, Dave Taira wrote: > A google search reveals a few other people having the same problem. > Ed Vazquez, Jr. seems to have avoided the error by avoiding any > references to the AES/rijndael cipher in ssh_config > (http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/OpenBSD/256

Re: Printer not printing

2001-02-26 Thread Brian S Enyart
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 12:44:22PM -0600, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > > Where did you get the StylusColor-740 magicfilter from? I haven't seen > that in the Debian distribution. What driver does it end up using? > I've never gotten stcolor to work with my 740, but stp does. Actually, the Styl

Re: ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]

2001-02-26 Thread Dave Taira
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Darren Wyn Rees wrote: > Would somebody please clarify what needs changing to enable me to > ssh into an OpenBSD (2.7) box, using Debian (OpenSSH 1.2.3, protocol > version 1.5). (a) the ssh client on the Debian box, (b) the > ssh daemon on the OpenBSD one, or (please, no) (c)

how do I enable telnet or ssh access?

2001-02-26 Thread Jason N. Price
I have a debian install running the 2.4.2 kernel. I want to allow external telnet/ssh access, but am not sure how. I apt-get'ed ssh and telnetd, but don't really know where to go from here. If anyone could help me out, I"d appreciate it. Thanks.

anyone played with amanda?

2001-02-26 Thread aphro
hi. i am messing around with amanda tryin to get it working. and am unsure why i recieve this error message: Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check ERROR: mail-wa2: [can not access /dev/hda7 (hda7): Permission denied] ERROR: mail-wa2: [can not access /dev/md0 (md0): Pe

Re: debian-user: strange problem with VIM and cursor keys.

2001-02-26 Thread Rob Hudson
Happens to me too (over an ssh connection). Don't know why. > On 20010227.1109, Brendan J Simon said ... > > > When I use VIM in an X terminal (eg. gnometerm), I can't use the cursor > keys to navigate whilst in insert mode. > *However*, if I have a ~/.vimrc file with nothing in it, I *can* >

Multiple slapds?

2001-02-26 Thread Keith G. Murphy
I'm running slapd, and I notice I always get 3 processes. At loglevel 1096, my daemon.log looks like this: Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 35 (database^Ildbm) Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 38 (suffix^I^I"dc=institute") Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 41 (di

debian-user: strange problem with VIM and cursor keys.

2001-02-26 Thread Brendan J Simon
When I use VIM in an X terminal (eg. gnometerm), I can't use the cursor keys to navigate whilst in insert mode. *However*, if I have a ~/.vimrc file with nothing in it, I *can* navigate with the cursor keys in insert mode. Very strange. Is this a bug or have I got something wrong with my setu

Re: Upgared stable to testing, and I broke X, help please.

2001-02-26 Thread Robert A. Jacobs
* Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [260201 15:27]: > I am trying to upgarde a fairly important production machien from > stabel to testing. I built a test machine at home this weekend and > tried this, and all went well. I wish I could have said "all went well" with my recent upgra

Re: Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"

2001-02-26 Thread Jonathan Matthews
From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] > > the version in 2.2.r2 is the wrong version. They updated the kernel in r2 > without putting in a new mount package. Trust me, I maintained the mount > package at the time. > Ye-haw! I'll drink to that :-) Thanks for the quick response Sean

waiting for x server to begin...

2001-02-26 Thread michael young
recently installed xfree86-4. now when I try to start x I get: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .. ... . and so on...What else do I need to do? tia pls cc me since I'm not in the list ___ Visit http:

Re: Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"

2001-02-26 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 26-Feb-2001 Jonathan Matthews wrote: > From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > Is there some file I can touch and make this go away? >> > >> >> no it is hardcoded in the code. If you simply can not survive with > the >> message, grab the util-linux source from woody and compile

Re: Getting to the GUI...

2001-02-26 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 10:57:43PM -0800, Rick Commo wrote: > > It starts up XF86Setup and I configure what I think > is the correct monitor choice - 8514 for starters. Not a big deal here. It's your rates that are important. > (6) Change /etc/inittab to level 5 and reboot. > Th

Re: Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"

2001-02-26 Thread Jonathan Matthews
From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Is there some file I can touch and make this go away? > > > > no it is hardcoded in the code. If you simply can not survive with the > message, grab the util-linux source from woody and compile it on your box. > So why hasn't it been complaini

SOLVED!: Upgrade Problems (Stable->Testing)

2001-02-26 Thread Robert A. Jacobs
Here's how I ironed out the problems in my system after upgrading from Potato to Woody: * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [250201 21:56]: I was pretty sure everything other than my GUI and Sound was working properly based on watching the screen messages during boot and perusing dmesg. The only problem I re

ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]

2001-02-26 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
Would somebody please clarify what needs changing to enable me to ssh into an OpenBSD (2.7) box, using Debian (OpenSSH 1.2.3, protocol version 1.5). (a) the ssh client on the Debian box, (b) the ssh daemon on the OpenBSD one, or (please, no) (c) both. *Thnx* -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAI

RE: Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"

2001-02-26 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Is there some file I can touch and make this go away? > no it is hardcoded in the code. If you simply can not survive with the message, grab the util-linux source from woody and compile it on your box.

Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"

2001-02-26 Thread Jonathan Matthews
Hi - I'm getting this pesky warning each time I use autofs now . . "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel" . . and it's really starting to annoy me, as I know that it's not true (well, it wasn't complaining yesterday!) Here's /proc/version: Linux version 2.2.18pre21 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gc

Re: Communicator-after-Mozilla

2001-02-26 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 02:18:15PM +0100, Tibor D. wrote: > Hello, > I've installed the Netscape Communicator debs, and I installed the > Mozilla 0.8 from mozilla.org. > When I start up only the communicator, it runs ok. > When I start up only mozilla, it runs ok. > But: when I first start up mozi

Re: Drawing diagrams of servers

2001-02-26 Thread Brian May
> "Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Russell> Thanks, I'm using DIA and it's pretty good. It misses a Russell> few things such as the ability to put text in the center Russell> of a box and have the text get moved whenever the box Russell> gets moved. But

Re: install questions-SOLVED

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
Got it working thanks for your help! I'm now using kernel 2.4!! #KUNDAN KUMAR# [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost > +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... > let's see if it works.. just a guess.. >

PPP, DNS and IP Update, Mess... HELP ;(

2001-02-26 Thread Martin Marconcini
Hi there: I am running a Bind 8.x.x and have an ADSL link. Obviously my IP is DHCPed each time I connect. I run a couple of Virtual Domains in apache and have the Bind configured as master for those domains. (which allows me to work in the Internal Lan smooth). The problem

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Jo Geraerts
Hello, On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Dale Morris wrote: > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > permission. What's the right permission?

HELP: i need to ping an ipx server

2001-02-26 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, this is kind of esoteric, but i'll ask it anyway ... i'm writing a program to ping a bunch of servers. it's done, except we have a bunch of netware machine which know IPX, not IP. i found an RPM of a utility named "ipxping". i converted it into deb (no problems) and installed the pa

wmbiff in unstable broken

2001-02-26 Thread Jordi Mallach
Hello, If anyone uses wmbiff and unstable, be careful not to install the package that hit the archive today, it's completely broken. Put the package on hold and wait for 0.2n-2, which should fix the problem. Sorry for the inconvenience, Jordi -- Jordi Mallach PĂ©rez || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Redisc

Re: MODEM LATENCY

2001-02-26 Thread Matthew Sackman
I think you may be suffering from what I've come across lately: the modem gets stuffed up if the serial port baud rate is too high. Try setting the port speed (use pppconfig) down to 56700 instead of 115200, and I think you may find things start to work better for you. (worked here...) As for conf

Win4Lin

2001-02-26 Thread The Doctor
The win4lin installer seems heavily rpm-centric. Has anyone had any luck getting win4lin to work? I just tried running alien on the rpm but I'm getting nowhere fast. I recompiled my 2.2.18 kernel with their patches, but I'd appreciate anyones experience in a sequence of events to make this succ

Re: #! syntax

2001-02-26 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 04:23:52PM -0300, Christoph Simon wrote: > > This one should work (didn't try it): > > #!/bin/sh > > PERL=`which perl` > tail +7 $0 | $PERL > exit 0 > > # start perl code > ... > > ..assuming that perl code starts on line 7. it woul

Re: wine and woody

2001-02-26 Thread Pollywog
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:46:14 -0700 (MST), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > You need Windows in order to run win apps under Wine. I don't believe that is true. I have managed to use a few Windows apps without it. I am not sure how I would go about installing Windows on a Linux machine anyway. Most re

RE: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread #KUNDAN KUMAR#
Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... let's see if it works.. just a guess.. Kundan -Original Message- From: Dale Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
Here's the error message I get with the make xconfig command: ake[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display

webmail, jserv, on woody

2001-02-26 Thread waynes
I've installed jserv and webmail on my Debian(woody) webserver. I can't seem to get it to work. I installed it on a different computer and it works fine. On this one the error logs have this Feb 26 15:27:35 2001] [notice] Apache/1.3.9 (Unix) Debian/GNU ApacheJServ/1.1.2 configured -- resumin

libter-stool-perl?!

2001-02-26 Thread eamon roque
Hi! apt-get says that the package is listed, but the whereabouts of said package are unknown. Slang can't start without it ( that's what I get as an error message: during the installation, etc.). During the installation, I got a long list of processing errors. Most of them were eventually insta

Re: wine and woody

2001-02-26 Thread debuser
You need Windows in order to run win apps under Wine. > Now the problem seems to be that when I try to install Windows apps, > they look for Windows files that WINE does not yet have, and point to > where they can be obtained at Microsoft's website. At least the > xlibosmesa errors are no longer

Re: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
I get an error2 message when I try to use make xconfig #KUNDAN KUMAR# [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. its alright, as far as i know.. > 2. ncurse5-devel is the package for developing ncurse... you would probably > need to install ncurse only.. i am not sure.. why not use make xconfig?? > > Kundan

IDE problems

2001-02-26 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I just found my machine had crashed with some weird hard-disk related messages. When hard-disk has actually crashed on me, I have gotten other errors than these, and just pressing reset helped. Do the messages indicate a kernel bug, or should I try to get the ahard-disk replaced on warranty?

RE: install questions

2001-02-26 Thread #KUNDAN KUMAR#
1. its alright, as far as i know.. 2. ncurse5-devel is the package for developing ncurse... you would probably need to install ncurse only.. i am not sure.. why not use make xconfig?? Kundan -Original Message- From: Dale Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:0

kde 2.1

2001-02-26 Thread #KUNDAN KUMAR#
Hi, I just installed kde2.1 and had soe problems. Firstly the task-kde is not working, it asks for another packages like koffice which are unavailable. Next I installed the kdebase. Everything went well, except that I don't get knoqueror. I suppose its part of kdebase... Any idea? Kundan

Re: Printer not printing

2001-02-26 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
Keith, Brian I have Epson 740 up and running with 360x360, 720x720, and 1440x720 resolutions. I use "enscript" and "ghostscript" to print. I have a all the necessary "printtab", "print filters", and a simple install script. Send me a email if you want this information. -=[cwa]=- -- Christophe

Re: Lilo on other archtechtures ?

2001-02-26 Thread John Galt
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: > >Can Lilo be used to boot Linux on non-Intel hardware ie PowerPC and >StrongARM ? Or is Lilo only for Intel based systems. There are variants for each. Look in the port for the specific architecture. >Thanks. > > -- Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtro

install questions

2001-02-26 Thread Dale Morris
I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper permission. What's the right permission? 2. If I try to compile the kernel I get errors when I t

usbmgr: can't install or uninstall

2001-02-26 Thread Charles Lewis
Getting the following error when I try to install usbmgr: Preparing to replace usbmgr 0.4.5-2 (using .../usbmgr_0.4.6-2_i368.deb) ... Stopping usbmgr: dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... Stopping usbmgr: dpkg: er

Re: trying to *touch* makefile to fix the date stamp

2001-02-26 Thread jdls
yes.. I forgot I changed the cmos battery and never corrected it after that..everything works now... thanks - Original Message - From: Daniel Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 2:33 AM Subject: Re: trying to *touch* makefile to fix the date

lastb. usefull ?

2001-02-26 Thread Felipe Alvarez Harnecker
Hi, i wonder if lastb and the companion btmp file are usefull. Making some testing, i only get to record failed telnet connections, but nor ftp nor ssh, etc. is it a per deamon feature ? Cheers. -- __ Felipe Alvarez Harnecker. QlSoftware

"testing" & 24.2 kernel = mtx problems

2001-02-26 Thread Stan Brown
mtx which was workign perfectly on "stable" with the default kernel now gives me the following error: mtx: faile to set sg timeout - Invalid Argument Any sugestiosn as to how to fix it so I can use my tapechanger again? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]84

Re: box does weird stuff

2001-02-26 Thread Vince Mulhollon
I've gotten errors like that in the past. I'd suspect a hard drive, IDE cable, or controller problem. The easiest thing you can do is open the machine up, disconnect the drives control and power cables and plug them back in. This never seems to help much for me, but maybe you'll be lucky to disc

Re: MODEM LATENCY

2001-02-26 Thread D. Hoyem
I hate to ask this cause it is really a DUHHH ... How do I select the mirror that I want to go to? This is part of the address in the sources file htpp://security.debian.org/dists/potato/ binaryi386... that is not the complete address, but how do I specify the mirror that I want to use? Don --- For

Re: MODEM LATENCY

2001-02-26 Thread Forrest English
apt-get install hdparm but, i kinda doubt that it is a latency problem on the hard drives. i'm guessing your connection to the mirror you have selected in your sources.list is just poor. try another mirror closer to you. just a suggestion, but the slowest drive i've ever seen was .89 megs a se

MODEM LATENCY

2001-02-26 Thread D. Hoyem
I have been trying to use the apt-get update ; apt-get install communicator to get Netscape downloaded from the Debian non-free site that is in the sources. I can connect and download but then I get timed out... I was told on #Debian irc.debian.org that it might be a latency problem...So I did a se

Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D (fwd)

2001-02-26 Thread Heather
> > Okay, > > I found elsewhere and ran apt-get install x-core something... > > It worked, I've got X running (crappy colors, but whatever) now I'm > experiencing the 1" offset everyone talks about. > > I tried to set the vga=770 in lilo.conf but nothing happens, and I get an > error: Try 7

Re: Which IMAP server to use?

2001-02-26 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 11:29:08AM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Does bash (or whatever shell you use) notify you when you have new mail? This > is > important to me. If not, how can I enable or replace this functionality? It's > so convenient! No, not currently. I've no idea whether this can b

Re: sblive

2001-02-26 Thread Alexander Pott
Rob VanFleet wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:45:02AM +0200, Alexander Pott wrote: > > Can anyone help? > > > > I am having trouble setting up my sblive. > > When I use lsmod I can see that the emu10k1 driver is loaded but is > > unused. The soundcore module is also loaded. > > When I list the

Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D

2001-02-26 Thread Heather
> Hello everybody, > > So, here is the story, A friend gave me his old Lifebook 420D and I > decided to go with a Debian install on it. I read up on the difficulties > some have had getting XFree86 to work on it, and I've used their > information to the best of my knowledge in getting X to work.

Re: #! syntax

2001-02-26 Thread Christoph Simon
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:49:29 +0300 Alexey Vyskubov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This one should work (didn't try it): #!/bin/sh PERL=`which perl` tail +7 $0 | $PERL exit 0 # start perl code ... ..assuming that perl code starts on line 7. > > The

Problems with rsh and ssh after an apt-get upgrade and reboot

2001-02-26 Thread Jeff Green
After apt-get upgrading a server and rebooting ssh and rsh no loger will work to hosts in /etc/hosts giving these errors rsh server1 rcmd: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known Does anyone know which package has caused this (so I can stop it happening on my other 40 servers!) or better still a f

Re: Where is the kernel-package .deb?

2001-02-26 Thread Chun Kit Edwin Lau
Try to search the package at the debian website then. and download it from there. Make sure you have the correct distribution (unstable, stable, etc) Edwin Lau On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:43:58 Stan Brown wrote: > I'm trying to do actial useful work from behind a stupid firewall, and > I'm > frustrate

Re: sblive

2001-02-26 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:45:02AM +0200, Alexander Pott wrote: > Can anyone help? > > I am having trouble setting up my sblive. > When I use lsmod I can see that the emu10k1 driver is loaded but is > unused. The soundcore module is also loaded. > When I list the pci device the sblive is there and

Re: 2nd try - Faxgetty, MGetty and data calls

2001-02-26 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Barry Samuels wrote: > > I've spent hours and hours trying to set up Hylafax/Faxgetty to auto > detect fax/data calls and respond appropriately for data calls. > > I have had partial success in that I can now get it to distinguish between > fax and data calls and accept the fax or start mgetty fo

Re: KDE2 install

2001-02-26 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 04:26:32PM -0800, John Mautz wrote: > As pointed out by hogan, there is no security.debian.org for testing/woody. Yes, but those running testing still have a sizable portion of packages from stable/potato that security.debian.org is needed to update. -Rob

Re: How do I get larg file support?

2001-02-26 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Stan Brown wrote: > > On Sun Feb 25 14:33:51 2001 brian moore wrote... > > > >On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 02:08:38PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > >> Let;s just cut to the chase on this. > >> > >> I need to be able to create, and work with larg files (> 2G) under > >> Debian Linux. Secondly I need the m

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