startx problems

2001-04-09 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
When I execute startx, it exits with the following: _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' My /etc/X11/XF86Config has the following line: FontPath"unix/:-1

Re: C-A-Fx not working in XFree86 4.0.2?

2001-04-09 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thanks for the reply. es> does chvt work? I don't have chvt anywhere on my system (locate says no), nor can I find it with apt-cache search or the Debian web-based package search. Can someone who has it do a dpkg -S chvt and tell me where it comes fr

Via + kernel 2.4.3 + maxtor = crash?

2001-04-09 Thread Chun Kit Edwin Lau
Hi everyone, this is strictly speaking not a debian problem. I am using maxtor 9000 series harddisk with asus P3V4X via mother board using kernel 2.4.3. I don't know what's really happening, but linux gives me an error message saying the harddisk is busy and not ready for command.

Re: geforce2 'rapid' screen save

2001-04-09 Thread Herbert Ho
I mispoke. I have 4.0.2 xfree86. regardless, I left my computer off for the evening and the problem went away in the morning. and actually switching back to the 'nv' server that comes with the stock xfree had the same problem last night. maybe it's just bad hardware? or bad cooling? i tried ghetto

FIXED pon / pppd

2001-04-09 Thread redgirl
The problem was on the side of my isp, refusing to give me the correct configuration details (like dialin number and authentication details). thanks > redgirl writes: > > Here is /etc/ppp/peers/provider > > ... > > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/ipr" >

Re: pon / pppd

2001-04-09 Thread redgirl
- Original Message - From: "redgirl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian" Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:03 PM Subject: pon / pppd > Hi, > > I have an embarrassing problem with pon. > > It dials, negotiates and then exits on NO CARRIER. > > I've set up the connection with pppconfig, usin

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:45:43PM -0700, Aaron ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This may sound dumb, but how do I remove xdm? I am new to debian and don't > know how to do this. And once xdm is removed will the system then use > .xinitrc and start gnome? I've got a mini-HOWTO with some brief instruc

problem updating to perl 5.6.0

2001-04-09 Thread Yang Shouxun
Dear friends, How can I update my system to Perl 5.6.0-20? Perl-5.005 was installed. There is an evil dependency circularity that prevents me from upgrading the system: debconf depends on perl-5.005 and the like. Thanks!

Re: URGENT! help w/ Linux@work

2001-04-09 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 06:41:46PM -0500, Jason Pepas wrote: > That would be why i made the distinction between the gateway machine and > the machine on the internal network - indicating that I understand they > are not the same machine. The machine on the internal network would be > the machine i

Re: URGENT! help w/ Linux@work

2001-04-09 Thread Zac Epkes
Make sure the box has an IP of 192.168.0.* and a netmask the same as the gateway. Then try : route add default gw 192.168.0.1 then jsut type in "route" and see what it says... before u do that make sure the network card is actually running (ifconfig) otherwise it wouldnt see anything

Re: geforce2 'rapid' screen save

2001-04-09 Thread Zac Epkes
This maybe stupid... make sure u set the driver to "nvidia" instead of "nv" in the XF86Config-4 file [unless u already have, i would still check 4.0.3 POSSIBLE over wrote it w/ a default one] otherwise yeah it may be getting to hot... I have a GF2 GTS that runs at 1280x1024 in 24bit, i play qua

Re: ¡°Ð¦°Á½­ºþ¡±×¨ÓÃÖ÷ »úÍÆ³öÁË£¡¿ìÀ´Å¶¡£¡ £¡££¡

2001-04-09 Thread Arne Goetje
> I am sorry, but we are unable to read your message. Try to send it again > using western characters. > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ÄúºÃ£¡ [...} it's spam from china... (mainland china) using GB encoding. Cheers Arne -- GMX - Die Kom

Re: /etc/hosts.deny

2001-04-09 Thread Brandon High
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote: > I think this is interesting for you, too: > 6.1 - Known wrapper limitations > --- > > Many UDP (and rpc/udp) daemons linger around for a while after they > have serviced a request, just in case another request comes in. I

Re: Backup up the /dev/ directory

2001-04-09 Thread Brian May
> "S" == S Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "BM" == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BM> You don't need to do anything. The new devfs will mount over BM> the top of the old /dev directory hiding its contents. BM> BM> Just remember to say "mount devfs on star

Re: URGENT! help w/ Linux@work

2001-04-09 Thread Morgan Terry
Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Hey, > > I just finished installing Debian 2.2r2 at work (boss gave me > permission), but I don't know how to get the net working through a > gateway. We have a linux server (192.168.0.1). I added it to the > /etc/network/interfaces file (as the gateway), but when I

Re: Using Visioneer Scanner under Debian

2001-04-09 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 11:13:07PM +0100, Chris Howells wrote: > From: Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is anyone using a Visioneer 4400 Scanner successfully under > > Debian? > > http://panda.mostang.com/sane/ And where exactly did you see anything about Visioneer scanners there? -Rob

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:13:42 -0500 Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:53:14PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > Previously Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Media Contact: > > > Aaron Stenhoff > > > Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. > > > (317) 833-0313 (ext. 137) > > >

irq problems

2001-04-09 Thread Walter Schell
When I cat /proc/interrupts the irq of my onboard nic sis 900 is not listed. I have used diff irq for the nic. Windows works succesfully with the nic. I have also tried alternating between telling the bios that the os is PnP aware and that the os is not aware. Any suggestions? -Walter Get your FREE

Re: /etc/hosts.deny

2001-04-09 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hello Mario, * Mario Vukelic wrote: > On 08 Apr 2001 14:41:47 -0700, Tyrin Price wrote: > > > Here are some examples commented out :-) > > > > #:RPC: RPC based services > > #mountd/1 dgram rpc/udp waitroot/usr/sbin/tcpd > > /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd > > #rstatd/1-3 dgram rpc/udp wait

Re: URGENT! help w/ Linux@work

2001-04-09 Thread Jason Pepas
That would be why i made the distinction between the gateway machine and the machine on the internal network - indicating that I understand they are not the same machine. The machine on the internal network would be the machine in question, and the gateway machine would be the gateway machine. I

Re: apt-get update foible

2001-04-09 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, John Griffiths wrote: > I went to run apt-get update (like i do at elast once a week) and got a pile > of reponses like this: > > Get:3 ftp://ftp.debian.org potato/contrib Release > Err ftp://ftp.debian.org potato/contrib Release > Read error - read (9 Bad file descriptor)

apt-get update foible

2001-04-09 Thread John Griffiths
I went to run apt-get update (like i do at elast once a week) and got a pile of reponses like this: Get:3 ftp://ftp.debian.org potato/contrib Release Err ftp://ftp.debian.org potato/contrib Release Read error - read (9 Bad file descriptor) is there something i should be doing differently, or i

Re: geforce2 'rapid' screen save

2001-04-09 Thread Graham Williams
I've the NVIDIA driver on two machines, one a TNT2 M64 the other a GeForce 256. On the TNT M64 machine, when switching virtual screens using Ctl-Alt-F8 (e.g., running two X servers) the screen goes blank as usual, but then stays that way permanently! The whole machine is locked, keyboard and all.

RE: Please help with ADSL

2001-04-09 Thread Nathan
from the IP block i see you are using i assume that you are using Telstra ADSL. I am also using Telstra ADSL and everything works fine, i have set it up on 3 other machines now and they all work great as well so i can't think or what is going wrong. I get the same result as you when i type route -n

Re: Backup up the /dev/ directory

2001-04-09 Thread Brian May
> "S" == S Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: S> I'd like to move my Debian sid system over to DevFS. But before S> I take the plunge I am wondering if there is any way to backup S> the non-DevFS based devices under /dev, so that if anything S> goes majorly haywire when I

Re: URGENT! help w/ Linux@work

2001-04-09 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 06:45:02PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think you need to setup something on the gateway machine like ipchains > with MASQ (ip masquerading) to give your machine on the internal network > access to the internet. > > Go to linuxdoc.org and look for howto's on IPC

RE: URGENT! help w/ Linux@work

2001-04-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just set up a similar setup with a firewall myself. I think you need to setup something on the gateway machine like ipchains with MASQ (ip masquerading) to give your machine on the internal network access to the internet. Go to linuxdoc.org and look for howto's on IPCHAINS, MASQ, Firewalls,

Re: URGENT! help w/ Linux@work

2001-04-09 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 04:24:00PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > I just finished installing Debian 2.2r2 at work (boss gave me > permission), but I don't know how to get the net working through a > gateway. We have a linux server (192.168.0.1). I added it to the > /etc/network/interfaces fi

URGENT! help w/ Linux@work

2001-04-09 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I just finished installing Debian 2.2r2 at work (boss gave me permission), but I don't know how to get the net working through a gateway. We have a linux server (192.168.0.1). I added it to the /etc/network/interfaces file (as the gateway), but when I try to apt-get w/ http (for dist-u

Re: real player version 7

2001-04-09 Thread Eric Richardson
Bob Nielsen wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 10:46:23AM -0400, AR wrote: > > Bud Rogers wrote: > > > > > On Sunday 08 April 2001 09:09, AR wrote: > > > > I need the rpm real player 7, for 2 reasons: It is the version that the > > > > debian installer requests, and it is the version that is suppo

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeff Licquia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:53:14PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: >> So, do we get $1k for posting an advertisement now? > >We thought that this would be something that Debian people generally >would be interested in, which i

Printer setup?

2001-04-09 Thread Patrick Mauro
I can't seem to figure out how to set up my printer under linux. I've done almost everything else (with some help in some areas) but I've found that setting up a printer is now well documented. I have an Epson Stylus Color 400. I want to be able to use it with text, pictures, netscape, star o

need help with postfix and network email

2001-04-09 Thread tim
Hello debian-user, i setuped a mailsrerver with postfix. i fetch emails fetchmail, get them to the clients pc with qpopper and relay them with postfix. i am on dialup and my nonexisting domain (workgroup) is "atomstrahl.farm", while the real domain where i fetch(mail) my mails from is "

Re: No chance to get my IntellyMouse working under X

2001-04-09 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
GREAT, My mouse works now probbably BUT: If i try to resize some windows (keep pressd the left button) the mouse flps around and it seems that some keys are pressed wich I haven't pressed? Any ideas, do i need to add or remove some options? cheers, Raffaele - Original Message - From: Step

Re: nis login problems

2001-04-09 Thread Michael Soulier
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:34:25AM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > The RedHat server is also running shadow password which I know can cause > trouble for NIS. Seems like you already said it to me. I'm no NIS expert, but I'd double-check the maps that it's pushing out to the client. Make sure t

Re: Linux you say????

2001-04-09 Thread Jason Pepas
Brendan I had the exact same problem.   So i wrote a short tutorial on it.   http://jason.pepas.com/linux/tutorials/debianinstall.php   good luck, and welcome to the club.   jason [EMAIL PROTECTED]   - Original Message - From: Brendan King To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Re: Star Office + Unstable

2001-04-09 Thread Lee Elliott
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: > > :-> "Rainer" == Rainer Merz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 10:32:44AM +0200, Matthias Wieser wrote: > > >> Does anybody else has this problem? > > > yep, we are running three Sid Boxes here having exactly the >

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Nathan Dabney
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 03:30:52PM -0500, Jeff Licquia wrote: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:53:14PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > Previously Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Media Contact: > > > Aaron Stenhoff > > > Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. > > > (317) 833-0313 (ext. 137) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
As far as I am concerned and as far as I know, progeny is as debian as any other one. Charles Lewis wrote: > > I for one, do not consider announcements regarding Progeny to be spam. I > applaud Progeny for the contributions they are making to Debian and I > consider announcements such as this to

extrange /etc/passwd behavior

2001-04-09 Thread Felipe Alvarez Harnecker
Hi all, the usual entry :*: in /etc/passwd is getting replaced by an encripted passwd as /bin/passwd is used. I'm using shadow passwds. Why is this happenig ? Saludos. -- __ Felipe Alvarez Harnecker. QlSoftware. Tels. 665.

Re: TNT2 and Potato XF86 3.3

2001-04-09 Thread Aaron Brashears
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:36:00AM -0700, Brandon High wrote: > In my workstation, I've currently got a Matrox G200 card. I recently came > across a TNT2 card that I'd like to use instead, since it's a better card > overall. > > Looking a /usr/share/doc/xserver-svga/README.NVIDIA is metions that o

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:53:14PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Branden Robinson wrote: > > Media Contact: > > Aaron Stenhoff > > Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. > > (317) 833-0313 (ext. 137) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So, do we get $1k for posting an advertisement now? We thought that

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Charles Lewis
I for one, do not consider announcements regarding Progeny to be spam. I applaud Progeny for the contributions they are making to Debian and I consider announcements such as this to be equivalent to announcements of potato or woody being released. -- Charles Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] 817-556-4720

Re: Linux you say????

2001-04-09 Thread Michael Soulier
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 07:15:10PM +, Brendan King wrote: > > >Hi > >I'm a bit confused about what files I need to download in order to >set-up your flavor of Linux. Could you please help? http://cdimage.debian.org/ If you can be more specific about any problems

RE: Setting up a usb scanner

2001-04-09 Thread Thomas Wegner
Hi! On 09-Apr-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Under debian potato 2.2r2 I've installed the Gimp and sane together > with > xscanimage and the sane plugins for gimp. > Now I'm trying to set my epson 1240U usb scanner. I've followed the > instruction given in linux-usb.org. step by step > 1) I've

mouse configuration and pine compilation???

2001-04-09 Thread Hucheng CHEN
Hi, Everybody:   I am a newbie to Debian, but I like it very much. I have install 2.2r2 woody on my machine and I met two problems now.   1. Mouse configuration I can't make mouse work under both console and X. My mouse is Microsoft Intelligent PS/2 Mouse, if I run gpm, the mouse under consol

Re: How to fix wedged dpkg?

2001-04-09 Thread Joey Hess
Charles Thornhill-Cole wrote: > I've looked through /var/lib/dpkg/info/netsaint.postrm but can't tell what > exactly would exit with status 10. 10 is almost always a failure to catch a debconf return code. export DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer and you can see what it's missing; send that in a bug report

Re: Linux you say????

2001-04-09 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001, Brendan King wrote: Hi Brendan, See cdimage.debian.org for information on making a bootable CD. Otherwise, you can buy one for a buck or two (plus s/h) from linuxmall.com, cheapbytes, and many other places. In the future, you might want to consider not sending html-forma

Re: dpms problems with X 4?

2001-04-09 Thread Chris Majewski
I've had DPMS problems with 4.0.2 as well, though different from what you describe. In my case, APM seemed to conflict with DPMS. In particular, the sequence xset dpms force suspend apm --suspend did not work as expected (the second line would cancel out the effects of the first). FWIW,

Re: command for system beep?

2001-04-09 Thread Eric Richardson
hammack wrote: > > The bell: > You can use a script with the echo $'\a'. I did the following > #bell > # make the iteration length as desired or put in another line after the echo > with > # a call to another bell but with a different name. I did a recursive call > and the bell > # continued and

Linux you say????

2001-04-09 Thread Brendan King
  Hi I'm a bit confused about what files I need to download in order to set-up your flavor of Linux.  Could you please help?   Cheers   BrendanGet Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001, Chris Gray wrote: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as > >>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to > >>the package manager or do

Re: Network Monitoring

2001-04-09 Thread Brandon High
Dan wrote: > I work at a local ISP here in Gallup, New Mexico and I am looking for some software that monitors network time and as well as filtering software for a Public Access Computer Lab. We woll be running OpenBSD or Debian GNU/Linux the latest version. The time monitoring will a

Re: After potato install, why does 1st dselect install so much?

2001-04-09 Thread Robert Cymbala
David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:45:40 +0100 [...] > Quoting Robert Cymbala ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): [...] > > Just now I did a fresh install of potato (2.2r2) from CD and chose > > these tasks: > > [*] Dialup Dialup utilities > > [*] Laptop

Re: 8-bit characters

2001-04-09 Thread D-Man
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 01:38:10PM -0500, will trillich wrote: | [snip] | string Pause = "\033[P" | compose '`' 'A' to 'À' | compose '`' 'a' to 'à' | compose '\'' 'A' to 'Á' | compose '\'' 'a' to 'á' | [snip] | | If they look different on your dislpay, i'd

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2001-04-09 Thread Sebastiaan
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Network Monitoring

2001-04-09 Thread Dan
To Whom It May Concern,     I work at  a local ISP here in Gallup, New Mexico and I am looking for some software that monitors network time and  as well as filtering software for a Public Access Computer Lab.  We woll be running OpenBSD or Debian  GNU/Linux the latest  version.   The  time m

RE: need help compiling Debian source package: exim

2001-04-09 Thread Eugene van Zyl
Hi, Sorry, I thought I had the openldap dev packed installed but did not ... compiles fine now :-) Eugene

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-09 Thread Jason Pepas
as i remember it, you should have no problems with apt-get remove xdm gdm also, while we are on this subject, i seem to remember reading something about how ~/.xinitrc still works, but ~/.xsession is the "offical" X initialization script for debian? I ran into this while trying to figure out how

8-bit characters

2001-04-09 Thread will trillich
when i zless /etc/console-tools/default.kmap.gz and scroll to the 'compose' area at the bottom, i see [snip] string Pause = "\033[P" compose '`' 'A' to 'À' compose '`' 'a' to 'à' compose '\'' 'A' to 'Á' compose '\'' 'a' to 'á' [snip

TNT2 and Potato XF86 3.3

2001-04-09 Thread Brandon High
In my workstation, I've currently got a Matrox G200 card. I recently came across a TNT2 card that I'd like to use instead, since it's a better card overall. Looking a /usr/share/doc/xserver-svga/README.NVIDIA is metions that only 16-bit color is supported. Not good. Has this been corrected in XF8

Re: /etc/hosts.deny

2001-04-09 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 08:54:43PM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > On 08 Apr 2001 13:35:04 -0500, will trillich wrote: > > > # kill -HUP `pidof inetd` > > > > note spelling of INETD versus INITD (which i presume is a typo) > > Thanks for pidof. Someone should have told me that 3 yrs. ago. We

Re: C-A-Fx not working in XFree86 4.0.2?

2001-04-09 Thread Erik Steffl
"Paul D. Smith" wrote: > > It seems to me that I saw something about this a few months ago, but 30 > mins+ with Google and the Debian mailing list archive search engine > netted me zippo :(. > > I upgraded to the latest testing version a few days ago, and ever since > I did I can't use C-A-F{1,2,

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Igor Mozetic
> My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as > obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to the > package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and the Generate local Packages.gz of your debs, eg, in my mirror I use: dpkg-scanpackages di

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 10:38:36 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Then I would add this to sources.list: > > deb file:/usr/local/src/debian-local local/ It works now, except that the line needs to be deb file:/usr/local/src/debian-local local local with the given directory setup. Thanks again and sorry f

ISDN help (please! :)

2001-04-09 Thread Matt Thompson
Hello, list, Ok, this ISDN thing is killing me. I want to install a PCI ISDN card in our server here at work so that the server will be directly connected to the internet. Right now it's behind a ISDN router/firewall and therefore certain things don't work correctly (like you can't connect to ma

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 20:08:26 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > Uuhm, I did this now and it generates a nice Packages.gz, but the debs > still show up as obsolete ? (Yes, I did update) I'm a moron, the deb line in sources.list was commented out. Sorry -- I did not vote for the Austrian government

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 10:38:36 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: (...) > Then I would add this to sources.list: > > deb file:/usr/local/src/debian-local local/ Uuhm, I did this now and it generates a nice Packages.gz, but the debs still show up as obsolete ? (Yes, I did update) -- I did not vote for the

Re: /etc/network/interfaces help please

2001-04-09 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:51:17PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I need to set my static IP address on startup to x.y.z.141. > My router is on x.y.z.1 > My network is on x.y.z.0 > > I'm confused about what I should be writing in the interfaces file. > ifup gives the error: > "/etc/netw

need help compiling Debian source package: exim

2001-04-09 Thread Eugene van Zyl
Hi, I need some direction as to what to do to resolve the error that the debian/rules script in the source directory is giving me. I've attached the the output in rules-ouput.txt, but here's the last few lines with the error: make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/exim-3.12/build-Linux-i386/auth

gdm and NIS

2001-04-09 Thread Andrew D Dixon
Hi All, I'm trying to set up NIS to remote login to a server. The server is RedHat 7.0 which logs users into run level 3 and then lets them startx on thier own. The client is Debian (woody) using gdm to log users directly into run level 5. I was wondering if anyone knows how to tell gdm to get i

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:13:42 -0500, Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If you don't ever want announcements from Progeny on any subject posted to >any Debian mailing list ever again, speak up now. You desparately need to get your irony/tongue-in-cheek detector adjusted. Greetings Marc -

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 10:38:36 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > I used to put my local debs (kernels etc) into a directory > (/usr/local/src/debian-local/dists/local/local/binary-i386) > and then run this script: > > #!/bin/sh > cd /usr/local/src/debian-local > dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/local/binary-

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released *vote?*

2001-04-09 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
<>If you don't ever want announcements from Progeny on any subject posted to <>any Debian mailing list ever again, speak up now. I would appreciate it if you would continue the posts. About the public repository, WOW! Thanks and I wish you continued success. tatah -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls/TE

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RE: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
> Previously Branden Robinson wrote: > > Media Contact: > > Aaron Stenhoff > > Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. > > (317) 833-0313 (ext. 137) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So, do we get $1k for posting an advertisement now? > > Wichert. This is from http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ -

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Peter Makholm
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you don't ever want announcements from Progeny on any subject posted to > any Debian mailing list ever again, speak up now. And then I didn't write my oppinion on the subject. I have no problem giving Progeny a 100% reduce for sending Debian-relat

Re: /etc/network/interfaces help please

2001-04-09 Thread Colin Watson
Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I need to set my static IP address on startup to x.y.z.141. >My router is on x.y.z.1 >My network is on x.y.z.0 > >I'm confused about what I should be writing in the interfaces file. >ifup gives the error: >"/etc/network/interfaces: too many para

Re: Help! Accidentally started deleting /usr

2001-04-09 Thread David Wright
Quoting will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I've seen folks deride the use of > > alias rm 'rm -i' Absolutely. Just train yourself to type -i for rm, mv, cp... > If that is the case, then why not > > mv /bin/rm /bin/e-rad-i-cate and break all the scripts. OTOH there's nothing to

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Colin Watson
Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: >> Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as >>>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to >>>the package manager or do I have

C-A-Fx not working in XFree86 4.0.2?

2001-04-09 Thread Paul D. Smith
It seems to me that I saw something about this a few months ago, but 30 mins+ with Google and the Debian mailing list archive search engine netted me zippo :(. I upgraded to the latest testing version a few days ago, and ever since I did I can't use C-A-F{1,2,3...} to switch back to my text consol

Re: Help! Accidentally started deleting /usr

2001-04-09 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
On Sunday 08 April 2001 18:48, Mark Phillips wrote: http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls ICQ: 12741145 If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom!

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread ktb
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:13:42AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:53:14PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > Previously Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Media Contact: > > > Aaron Stenhoff > > > Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. > > > (317) 833-0313 (ext. 137) > > > [EMAIL PROTE

/etc/network/interfaces help please

2001-04-09 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I need to set my static IP address on startup to x.y.z.141. My router is on x.y.z.1 My network is on x.y.z.0 I'm confused about what I should be writing in the interfaces file. ifup gives the error: "/etc/network/interfaces: too many parameters for iface line" for the line below. iface

Re: geforce2 'rapid' screen save

2001-04-09 Thread Jason Pepas
just chiming in here i have a geforce2mx, and sometimes after startup the screen blanks for about half a second, then comes back to normal (this is right after I log in at the console). Doesn't seem to cause any problems, just one of those "whoa, that was weird" phenomena. jason [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Chris Gray wrote: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as > >>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to > >>the package manager or do

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 12:17:09 -0400, Chris Gray wrote: > If I understand the question correctly, it seems the canonical answer > is to raise the version number of the locally created package. This > should keep dselect or apt from thinking that the local package is > obsolete. You can change the versi

Re: nis login problems

2001-04-09 Thread Nate Amsden
Andrew D Dixon wrote: > The problem is that when I try to login with the username andrew.dixon > on my Debian box the login fails. It does fail differently then if > I just give it a garbage login so I do believe that it is accessing the > maps in some way. did you follow the directions noted wh

Re: Help! Accidentally started deleting /usr

2001-04-09 Thread will trillich
I've seen folks deride the use of alias rm 'rm -i' because it encourages sloppy thinking, and that one time when you're logged in from somewhere unusual and you don't actually have that alias available POOF you'll zap more than you expect (because there'll actually be no '-i' supplied to

Re: sendmail statistics(sendmail.st) not working ?

2001-04-09 Thread Nate Amsden
Richard A Nelson wrote: > > Debian, by default, doesn't include the file because keeping those > stats is a (minor, but unmeasured degradation). > > If you want the stats, simply touch the file as defined in sendmail.cf ok i'll try that! thanks > Offline, could you send me what kind of modiifica

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Chris Gray
On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as >>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to >>the package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and >>the l

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:53:14PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Branden Robinson wrote: > > Media Contact: > > Aaron Stenhoff > > Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. > > (317) 833-0313 (ext. 137) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So, do we get $1k for posting an advertisement now? Just out of curi

Re: nis login problems

2001-04-09 Thread Andrew D Dixon
Just figured out that this does actually work. The problem is that I had gdm running on the Linux box and the RedHat server logs you into runlevel 3. I'll start to look into gdm to tell it to deal with NIS but has anyone come across this problem before? thanks, Andy Andrew D Dixon wrote: > H

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Branden Robinson wrote: > Media Contact: > Aaron Stenhoff > Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. > (317) 833-0313 (ext. 137) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, do we get $1k for posting an advertisement now? Wichert. -- / Generally uni

Re: getting /bin files for debian unstable x86

2001-04-09 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:16:25PM -0400, Cyanide Morgoth Calcuterm wrote: > >= Original Message From "Karsten M. Self" = > >on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 04:28:45PM -0400, Cyanide Morgoth Calcuterm > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > >> > - OK, you don't have a backup system. Buy a DAT drive

Re: Help! Accidentally started deleting /usr

2001-04-09 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:18:10AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > All that an undelete would involve (as I currently see it) is: > > 1. Have rm move files to a "waste basket" instead of deleting them > outright. > > 2. After files have been in the waste basket a certain length of time, > say 5 day

Re: How to compile the debian way?

2001-04-09 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Mark Devin wrote: > > Nathan wrote: > > > goto www.roaringpenguin.com and u can download the rp-pppoe-3.0tar.gz file > > and > > untar it and cd into the directory and type ./go to do the setup. > > I am still having probles with this ADSL on Telstra Bigpond > > I did what you said above. It

Re: Good diet program?

2001-04-09 Thread Justin Miller
On 08 Apr 2001 09:14:12 -0400, Stan Brown wrote: > Can anyone recomend a good program to record the intake caloories of a > person, that > I can install on my Debian machine? > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 843-745-3154 > Charleston SC. > -- > Win

nis login problems

2001-04-09 Thread Andrew D Dixon
Hi All, I'm trying to implement NIS and I'm stuck. I've set up the server on our RedHat machine and the client on my Debian box. When I run ypcat I get the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ypcat passwd andrew.dixon:$1$h7CPc4pd$WilaTSJaZOPgHfvhqwVnJ.:11424:11424::/home/andrew.dixon:/bin/bash ming

Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread Branden Robinson
Media Contact: Aaron Stenhoff Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. (317) 833-0313 (ext. 137) [EMAIL PROTECTED] PROGENY LINUX SYSTEMS ROLLS OUT PROGENY DEBIAN Enhanced Version of Debian Available for Download INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - April 9, 2001 - Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. announces the release of the

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