Re: [users] Re: kernel rebuild w.o./ purging 3rd-party modules?

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Karsten M. Self (on Wed, 16 May 2001 09:30:37PM -0700): > > Anybody know how to do kernel rebuilds in such a way that existing 3rd-party > > kernel modules (ie those not included in the kernel src tree) aren't > > removed from /lib/modules/... ? > > Copy them off to the side, the co

Re: [users] potato isos

2001-05-16 Thread DvB
MaD dUCK wrote: also sprach DvB (on Wed, 16 May 2001 08:30:15PM -0500): I was going to burn myself a copy of potato to see how much the install's improved since I last ran it and noticed there are not one, not two, but _three_ freaking iso images (binary-i386-1 thru 3.iso) out there. Are the

Re: kernel rebuild w.o./ purging 3rd-party modules?

2001-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 14, 2001 at 09:01:22AM -0700, Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Anybody know how to do kernel rebuilds in such a way that existing 3rd-party > kernel modules (ie those not included in the kernel src tree) aren't > removed from /lib/modules/... ? Copy them off to the side,

Re: in.telnetd

2001-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 11:38:23AM -0700, Jon Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > In order to allow a friend to use a program on my machine, I wish to let > her telnet in (I dislike telnet, but she's not allowed to install SSH :( > ). Bollocks. You're going to compromise your system's security be

Re: mount/umount hangs after I messed with /etc/mtab

2001-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 09:17:10AM -0700, Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am unable to mount/umount anything after messing with my /etc/mtab > last night $ cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab ...and don't do that again. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What

Re: PHP

2001-05-16 Thread b3
Hi Keneth, The php3 and php3-mysql packages are for version 3 of php. The packages I mentioned are for version 4. If you want to use version 3, and NOT version 4, then you have the correct packages. If you want to upgrade to php4, install the ones I mentioned. I'm unfamiliar with the tweaks ne

Re: various selection/clipboard mechanisms in X

2001-05-16 Thread Erik Steffl
this works with most application (I guess you already know it): drag left mouse button to select click middle mouse button to copy the selected text to focused window (field) here comes the saviour: when it does not work, notably with staroffice, use xcutsel, try to select, click one o

X hangs in mysterious ways

2001-05-16 Thread Simon Law
Hello, I seem to have a small, and mysterious problem. I am running Sid with XFree86 4.0.3-3 on Linux 2.4.4. My predicament, you see, is that my X server seems to hang the machine whenever it fancies. I have maximum uptimes of about 15 to 20 minutes of usage. If I don't touch

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread John Willey
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 07:40:21PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: also sprach ktb (on Wed, 16 May 2001 06:23:07PM -0500): > give the executable an enviornment to work. Finding the board number > would take the time of two boots and a minute or less more. From there > finding the jumpers could take

Re: bothersome fsck on startup

2001-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:08:52AM -0500, Andrew Perrin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Folks- > > For some reason, my root mount (/dev/hdb3) *never* unmounts cleanly on > halt or shutdown; I always get an fsck on startup. Any idea why? How are you shutting down. $ shutdown now ...doesn't shu

Re: Woody network download

2001-05-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:01:22PM -0500, Mike Thompson wrote: > After having made root, rescue and driver disks 1 thru 4, when my system > goes to download the base system if I choose network I get the > following: "id: unknown user name: 0" then "[: 0: unexpected operator" > Serveral messages lat

Woody network download

2001-05-16 Thread Mike Thompson
After having made root, rescue and driver disks 1 thru 4, when my system goes to download the base system if I choose network I get the following: "id: unknown user name: 0" then "[: 0: unexpected operator" Serveral messages later about "trying to get" I end up back at the install base system scree

DHCP + ADSL = HELP

2001-05-16 Thread Hugh Brown
I'm running Debian 2.2, and I've got Telus (Vancouver, Canada) ADSL at home. Currently I'm using the 2.2.17 kernel, but I want to upgrade to 2.4.4 so I can rip CDs (my burner hangs the whole system under 2.2.17) and get a few improvements to IPv6 networking. Everything works fine when I try boot

Re: /dev/ttyS00?

2001-05-16 Thread Mark Hurley
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 07:56:14PM -0600, John Galt wrote: > >I'm trying to link to my agenda (through the serial cable). But it won't > >work I had to do a double take...thought I was on agenda-user? > >because when I try to start pppd, it gives me an error (ppp line not > >disciplined > >).

Re: dual NICs (fwd)

2001-05-16 Thread John Galt
I thought Matthew took this off list. Matthew then forwarded his questions to the list. I now do so with my reply... For the record, I prefer to keep things on-list when possible. -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Who is John Galt? Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft pro

shutdown -r now won't work

2001-05-16 Thread Brett
It does nothing. Just as if I typed nothing at all. The system doesn't hang; I'm still able to use it normally. But it doesn't reboot. I'm root too. I just did a kernel recompile but I've done a couple successful ones recently and I've gotten pretty good at it so I don't think I messed up anything

Re: /dev/ttyS00?

2001-05-16 Thread John Galt
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Cameron Matheson wrote: >Hey, > >I'm trying to link to my agenda (through the serial cable). But it won't work >because when I try to start pppd, it gives me an error (ppp line not >disciplined >). I was checking my kernel output, and I noticed that my serial ports are >tty

Re: [users] potato isos

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach DvB (on Wed, 16 May 2001 08:30:15PM -0500): > I was going to burn myself a copy of potato to see how much the > install's improved since I last ran it and noticed there are not one, > not two, but _three_ freaking iso images (binary-i386-1 thru 3.iso) out > there. Are they all really

Re: PHP

2001-05-16 Thread Keneth
I found that PHP3 and PHP3-MYSQL installed in "DSELECT", should I remove them and install the deb you mentioned? PIVO > > Very odd. Did you install apache/php/mysql from source, or from debs? > > IIRC, when installing the debs (at least in unstable) it asks to run > apacheconf to set things up.

Re: potato isos

2001-05-16 Thread John Griffiths
At 08:30 PM 5/16/01 -0500, DvB wrote: >I was going to burn myself a copy of potato to see how much the >install's improved since I last ran it and noticed there are not one, >not two, but _three_ freaking iso images (binary-i386-1 thru 3.iso) out >there. Are they all really necessary? Or can I i

potato isos

2001-05-16 Thread DvB
I was going to burn myself a copy of potato to see how much the install's improved since I last ran it and noticed there are not one, not two, but _three_ freaking iso images (binary-i386-1 thru 3.iso) out there. Are they all really necessary? Or can I install off one and add packages via apt a

various selection/clipboard mechanisms in X

2001-05-16 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
Greetings to everyone. May I ask where I may find a tutorial or explanation about the use of the mouse under X? I am puzzled by the variations. Some programs can cut and paste into others, while others cannot. Reading mail in Sylpheed, I just noticed, I was able to just highlight a URL (left

Re: [users] System.map does not match kernel data

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach omicron (on Wed, 16 May 2001 03:57:53PM +0530): > what does it mean ? I *did* compile (and recompile ) my kernel a > dozen times..is it because of that ? yes. copy the file /usr/src/linux/System.map to /boot/System.map-`uname -r` and you are set. System.map maps kernel address s

System.map does not match kernel data

2001-05-16 Thread omicron
hello when i do `ps` , i get the following error message on stderr... {inet_release} {inet_release_R__ver_inet_release} Warning: /boot/System.map-2.4.2 does not match kernel data. {inet_release} {inet_release_R__ver_inet_release} Warning: /boot/System.map does not match kernel data. {inet_

Re: LILO and multiple disks

2001-05-16 Thread Barry Mathieu
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:57:02PM -0500, Sean Morgan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 08:23:40PM +1000, Travis Place wrote: > > i managed to get windows to boot from /dev/hdb1 by inserting this into > > lilo.conf... > > > > > > > > other=/dev/hdb1 > >label=Win98 > >

Re: log server

2001-05-16 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 09:52:25PM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 09:50:39PM -0500, Bryan Andersen wrote: > > ktb wrote: > > > > > > I've set up a log server, which I fire up as - > > > /sbin/syslogd -r > > > > > > The machine I'm logging from I've recompiled Debian source and pointe

devfs. Virutal desktop size.

2001-05-16 Thread Ian Lee
I have kernel 2.4.2 with devfs installed.   Here are some the problems I have.   v4l has not been setup. /dev/video is a link to /dev/video0 wihich does not exist.   /dev/rtc does not exist.   And the only way to get alsa sound is to run ./snddevices each time a bootup.   There may be more b

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Dimitri Maziuk (on Wed, 16 May 2001 06:56:47PM -0500): > In that case I don't see any other option but to go and _carefully_ > open the fscker. With a flashlight and good eyesight you will find > whatever info the manufacturer printed on the board. Hopefully there > will be enough to go

Re: Ati All-In-Wonder 128 Pro AGP?

2001-05-16 Thread Dana J . Laude
On Tue, 15 May 2001 13:32:49 Bart Szyszka wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone have any experience with setting up the > Ati All-In-Wonder 128 Pro AGP graphics card with > the latest task-x-window-system in unstable? I tried all > the ati options in xf86config without any luck. When I > run startx, all I

Re: no mutt-ssl but we can have apacvhe-ssl? what's the deal?

2001-05-16 Thread Barry Mathieu
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 09:29:15PM -0700, Erik Steffl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > the README.Debian for mutt says: > > SSL > support > ~~~ > > SSL s

Re: Unable to gain access to secure sites

2001-05-16 Thread Barry Mathieu
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:00:07AM +0800, Tham Kine Seng ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi to all, > I'm a newbie to Linux sys and I need some help here. I am unable to > access secure sites using mozilla and netscape, is there any package > that I should install on my Debian before I can do i

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 07:40:21PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach ktb (on Wed, 16 May 2001 06:23:07PM -0500): > > give the executable an enviornment to work. Finding the board number > > would take the time of two boots and a minute or less more. From there > > finding the jumpers could tak

thankyou for debian jr

2001-05-16 Thread Fred Heltsley
I love you man! I have been trying like hell to get my local lug to adopt a young linux user program of some sort. Fred Heltsley

Dpkg broken.

2001-05-16 Thread Kieren Diment
I was trying to install LyX, with dpkg -i lyx*.deb, but was told that libforms0.89 was not installed. So after that I kept making errors, downloading libforms-bin and installing that by mistake, downloading libforms and Lyx for the wrong Architecture (Mk68 and Sparc) by mistake. I finally got t

Re: in.telnetd

2001-05-16 Thread Chris Cyll
On Wednesday 16 May 2001 13:38, Jon Hughes wrote: > In order to allow a friend to use a program on my > machine, I wish to let her telnet in (I dislike > telnet, but she's not allowed to install SSH :( ). How about MindTerm? An ssh client in a java applet. How's that for portable? Can be run w

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach ktb (on Wed, 16 May 2001 06:23:07PM -0500): > give the executable an enviornment to work. Finding the board number > would take the time of two boots and a minute or less more. From there > finding the jumpers could take 10 minutes to never. yeah well, you have a point. but then, if

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread ktb
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 07:16:17PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach ktb (on Wed, 16 May 2001 05:24:46PM -0500): > > Maybe this isn't a lot of help but there is a couple of programs out > > there that fit on a windows floppy that tells you the board number. That > > can be used to find the manuf

Re: [: Re: dual NICs]

2001-05-16 Thread Brandon High
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 11:22:06PM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: > > Um I'm getting slightly confused here: what I need is one card which has two > or more independant eth ports on it which can be assigned seperate IPs. I.e. > not IP aliasing - each eth port has only one IP address, but each eth p

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach ktb (on Wed, 16 May 2001 05:24:46PM -0500): > Maybe this isn't a lot of help but there is a couple of programs out > there that fit on a windows floppy that tells you the board number. That > can be used to find the manufacture and hopefully the documentation from > there. I used it on

Re: woody

2001-05-16 Thread Karshi Hasanov
I wasn't able to run the Xserver of potato-2.2r2, so I had to give up using it. I'll try agian, see if my video card can run on SVGA server. Thanks. Martin Würtele wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 06:21:50PM -0500, Karshi Hasanov wrote: > > > > > > I want to install 'woody' but don't

Re: [offtopic] recommendation on resources (books, websites) on object oriented programming?

2001-05-16 Thread Eric Richardson
Walter Tautz wrote: > > Just wondering if there are any books that explain in detail with > real-world (non-trivial) examples just what the OOP is about and > why it might be a good idea to use it. I have no particular > preference for languages, rather concepts should be emphasized > although I

Re: woody

2001-05-16 Thread Martin Würtele
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 06:21:50PM -0500, Karshi Hasanov wrote: > > > I want to install 'woody' but don't know where to start. Is there the > ISO image > of woody avaible ? If not , then what other method you would recommend > me to use. > I've tried the potato 2.2r2, but it does not support my

Re: woody

2001-05-16 Thread ktb
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 05:27:46PM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 06:21:50PM -0500, Karshi Hasanov wrote: > > > > > > I want to install 'woody' but don't know where to start. Is there the > > ISO image > > of woody avaible ? If not , then what other method you would recommend > > me

Re: woody

2001-05-16 Thread Kevin Ross
> I want to install 'woody' but don't know where to start. Is there the > ISO image > of woody avaible ? If not , then what other method you would recommend > me to use. > I've tried the potato 2.2r2, but it does not support my video card > (Voodoo5). Have you tried the SVGA driver in Debian 2.2?

Re: woody

2001-05-16 Thread ktb
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 06:21:50PM -0500, Karshi Hasanov wrote: > > > I want to install 'woody' but don't know where to start. Is there the > ISO image > of woody avaible ? If not , then what other method you would recommend > me to use. > I've tried the potato 2.2r2, but it does not support my

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread ktb
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 06:16:54PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Brandon High (on Wed, 16 May 2001 03:13:02PM -0700): > > You'll need to know the board manufacturer and BIOS version before upgrading > > the processor. You may need to flash the BIOS to make sure that it supports > > the new C

Re: woody

2001-05-16 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 16 May 2001, Karshi Hasanov wrote: > > I want to install 'woody' but don't know where to start. Is there the > ISO image > of woody avaible ? If not , then what other method you would recommend > me to use. there may be a better way, but here

Re: Compiling Galeon

2001-05-16 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:56:14AM -0500, Stephen E. Hargrove wrote: > when running ./configure, i get the following: > > checking for GNOME - version >= 1.2.0... yes > checking for additional GNOME modules... *** vfs library is not installed > configure: error: > *** GNOME 1.2.0 or better is requ

[: Re: dual NICs]

2001-05-16 Thread Matthew Sackman
- Forwarded message from - To: John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: dual NICs On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:06:31AM -0600, John Galt wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2001, Zac Epkes wrote: > > >You can not have 1 NIC with 2 IPs simply not possible, i think u can buy > >network cards with upto

woody

2001-05-16 Thread Karshi Hasanov
I want to install 'woody' but don't know where to start. Is there the ISO image of woody avaible ? If not , then what other method you would recommend me to use. I've tried the potato 2.2r2, but it does not support my video card (Voodoo5). Thanks.

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Brandon High (on Wed, 16 May 2001 03:13:02PM -0700): > You'll need to know the board manufacturer and BIOS version before upgrading > the processor. You may need to flash the BIOS to make sure that it supports > the new CPU. yes, i am aware of that. it's a standard award bios and i am

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread Brandon High
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 05:48:00PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Colin Watson (on Wed, 16 May 2001 10:40:45PM +0100): > > >is there any way to find out the motherboard make and model number of > > >a running system? i can't take it down... just not an option. but i > > >need the mobo info. >

Re: Mutt:Mailbox is read-only

2001-05-16 Thread ktb
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 03:43:20PM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > I am running testing. Recently I bought a new hard disk because I was > running out of space and copied some old partitions ( /usr and /var ) > using cp -R -d to partitions on the new hard disk. I use exim and > mutt. > >

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Dana J . Laude (on Wed, 16 May 2001 04:49:05PM -0500): > Open up the case and use a flashlight? ;-) That's about the > only option I can think of, but who knows... might just be > a program that does this. yeah well. you do that on a running system with 70 users and you are, um, brave

Re: apt-get offline

2001-05-16 Thread Karsten Heymann
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:28:12PM +0200 or thereabouts, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Hello List > > [...] NT one has no wget...) I use Windows Commander on my WinME/Woody Notebook when being forced to use the builtin winmodem. WC supports downloading files from a list - but you have to make it a dos

Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread Dana J . Laude
On Wed, 16 May 2001 14:58:49 MaD dUCK wrote: > hey debians, > is there any way to find out the motherboard make and model number of > a running system? i can't take it down... just not an option. but i > need the mobo info. Open up the case and use a flashlight? ;-) That's about the only option

Re: [users] Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Colin Watson (on Wed, 16 May 2001 10:40:45PM +0100): > >is there any way to find out the motherboard make and model number of > >a running system? i can't take it down... just not an option. but i > >need the mobo info. > > Assuming it's a PCI system, does /proc/pci give you what you n

Re: motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread Colin Watson
MaD dUCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >is there any way to find out the motherboard make and model number of >a running system? i can't take it down... just not an option. but i >need the mobo info. Assuming it's a PCI system, does /proc/pci give you what you need? Failing that, you could try /var/l

Re: apt-get seg fault

2001-05-16 Thread Colin Watson
"Stephen E. Hargrove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >here's the results of a recent install request. any pointers most >welcome. [...] >Selecting previously deselected package libnspr4. >(Reading database ... 73543 files and directories currently installed.) >Unpacking libnspr4 (from .../libnspr4_M18

Re: in.telnetd

2001-05-16 Thread morten
On 16, maj, 2001 at 01:02:40 -0600, ray p wrote: > What OS is your freind using it is the OS of evil might I suggest the latest > dev build of putty. It does not require that she be able to install anything. > Standalone .exe the dev build has support for ssh2 public key auth. Yes, a good thing

motherboard info

2001-05-16 Thread MaD dUCK
hey debians, is there any way to find out the motherboard make and model number of a running system? i can't take it down... just not an option. but i need the mobo info. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: logitech mouseManPlus and fourth button: how to make it work?

2001-05-16 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 09:46:10PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: ... > logitech cordless mouseMan wheel mouse (4 buttons & wheel) > XFree86 Version 4.0.3 I've a logitech mouseman wheel, but i'm running XFree version 3 something. The sixth button (the wheel when pressed is button 2, when w

Re: Printing with the Gimp

2001-05-16 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 04:51:15PM +, Victor wrote: > Well, Ethan, > I tried the same solution and it worked but, let's face it, it's a somewhat > makeshift solution! > > Is there anyone out there able to give the right hint? whether it's the _right_ hint... I'm no gimp guru, have hardly un

Re: openldap?

2001-05-16 Thread Tommi Komulainen
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:36:41PM -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > How do you disable the SASL? The library was installed by default > when I installed slapd. I'm not sure if you can, otherwise than recompiling the package. Just get used to the -x option, until you get SASL running. Oh,

Mutt:Mailbox is read-only

2001-05-16 Thread Sebastian Canagaratna
I am running testing. Recently I bought a new hard disk because I was running out of space and copied some old partitions ( /usr and /var ) using cp -R -d to partitions on the new hard disk. I use exim and mutt. Now I have two problems. 1. After I fetch my mail using fetchmail, and view it w

Re: openldap?

2001-05-16 Thread Robert L. Harris
How do you disable the SASL? The library was installed by default when I installed slapd. I did do the "ldapdadd" command again with the -x, put in my pass and it returned a diff error, "invalid credentials"... Off to check another course of action. Robert Thus spake Tommi Komulainen ([EM

Re: openldap?

2001-05-16 Thread Tommi Komulainen
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:16:22PM -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote: > but... > {0}:vampire:/etc/ldap>ldapadd -D > "cn=user1,dc=internal_domain,dc=my_domain,dc=com" -W < /home/user1/ldif > Enter LDAP Password: > ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: No such attribute You know SASL? I don't, I

Re: [offtopic] recommendation on resources (books, websites) on object oriented programming?

2001-05-16 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 15:15:09 -0400, Walter Tautz wrote: > Just wondering if there are any books that explain in detail with > real-world (non-trivial) examples just what the OOP is about and why it > might be a good idea to use it. I have no particular preference for > languages, rather concept

Re: Saved mail viewer

2001-05-16 Thread Åsmund Ødegård
Tue, 15 May skrev csj: > I'm looking for a stand-alone text viewer that filters out the mail > headers in saved mail, basically a prettifier. Is there such an animal? > > -- > Say I have: [snip] You may have a look on formail, e.g., pipe the message through formai

Re: no mutt-ssl but we can have apacvhe-ssl? what's the deal?

2001-05-16 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 21:29:15 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > SSL support has been disabled because debian cannot legally distribute > binaries of a GPLed program like mutt linked with a library with a four > clauses BSD-style license like the one of OpenSSL. Hmm... perhaps GnuTLS (http://www.gnu.o

Re: openldap?

2001-05-16 Thread Robert L. Harris
That's about what I did... modified the domain lines to be pretty much: -- # The base of your directory suffix "dc=internal_domain,dc=my_domain,dc=com" # Where the database file are physically stored directory "/var/lib/ldap" # Save the time that the e

[offtopic] recommendation on resources (books, websites) on object oriented programming?

2001-05-16 Thread Walter Tautz
Just wondering if there are any books that explain in detail with real-world (non-trivial) examples just what the OOP is about and why it might be a good idea to use it. I have no particular preference for languages, rather concepts should be emphasized although I wouldn't mind a material that le

Re: openldap?

2001-05-16 Thread Tommi Komulainen
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 11:59:16AM -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > Has anyone installed the openldap package slapd? I'm trying to get it > configured and running. For me the the whole installation was 'apt-get install slapd' and answering a few questions. It just worked (like everything else

Re: in.telnetd

2001-05-16 Thread ray p
What OS is your freind using it is the OS of evil might I suggest the latest dev build of putty. It does not require that she be able to install anything. Standalone .exe the dev build has support for ssh2 public key auth. On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 11:38:23AM -0700, Jon Hughes wrote: > In order t

in.telnetd

2001-05-16 Thread Jon Hughes
In order to allow a friend to use a program on my machine, I wish to let her telnet in (I dislike telnet, but she's not allowed to install SSH :( ). Anyhow, I tried to setup the telnet damian and when I attempt to start it by hand I get: $/usr/sbin/in.telnetd in.telnetd: getpeername: Socket oper

Re: [users] Re: email: Windows (Outlook, Eudora) -> Linux

2001-05-16 Thread morten
On 16, maj, 2001 at 06:40:15 +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 12:39:45AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 15, maj, 2001 at 06:16:09 -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > > > also sprach Viktor Lakics (on Tue, 15 May 2001 07:17:09PM +0100): > > > > The most comfortable way (I never tri

openldap?

2001-05-16 Thread Robert L. Harris
Has anyone installed the openldap package slapd? I'm trying to get it configured and running. Robert :wq! --- Robert L. Harris| Micros~1 : Senior System Engineer |For when quality, reliabil

Re: Can anyone help me with a modem problem ?

2001-05-16 Thread Paul Wright
On Wed, 16 May 2001 at 11:27:16 PDT Ricardo Maurcio wrote: > Hello, > I'm now using com3 irq 3... cause irq 4 would mess with com1... but i've > tried using minicom to dial to my isp and staying connected for a long > time... but after a few seconds i get disconnected, also with pppd, i dial.. > s

Problem with date in mutt

2001-05-16 Thread Tomasz Olszewski
I previously sent this to mutt-user's list but there was no answer. I have a little problem with displaying the proper date in mutt. My date_format is set to "%c". The problem is with the time zone which mutt shows when I reply to a message. Let's say I reply to my own mail. I am in the CEST t

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-05-16 Thread peanut butter
Hi, everyone. The problem I was having mid March is finally solved. I started this thread on Mar 16 having the problem of, though being able to print fine from the command line, not being able to print internally from applications such as acroread. Though this problem (which appears to be relate

Re: LILO and multiple disks

2001-05-16 Thread Sean Morgan
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 08:23:40PM +1000, Travis Place wrote: > i managed to get windows to boot from /dev/hdb1 by inserting this into > lilo.conf... > > > > other=/dev/hdb1 >label=Win98 >table=/dev/hdb >map-drive=0x80 > to=0x81 >map-drive=0x81 >

Re: mount/umount hangs after I messed with /etc/mtab

2001-05-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I am unable to mount/umount anything after messing > with my /etc/mtab last night (I had removed a floppy You shouldn't touch /etc/mtab. It's somewhat of a "live" file. It's a real-time representation of what's currently mounted. The file you would normally edit is /etc/fstab. > Any idea h

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Re: Install from single floppy

2001-05-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:57:36PM +0100, Patrick Colbeck wrote: > I am going with the DOS partition option. I have installed FreeDos in > a little 50 mb partition and that works OK. Now I have to get the > reuired Debian files on there (loadlin kernel etc) and it looks like > the best way to do t

Re: manual install

2001-05-16 Thread Peter Cordes
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 08:50:24AM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > That's consistent with what I've found so far. I can boot the box into > single user > mode but it'll hang trying to initialize inetd if I try a normal boot. The > network is > broken when I do get the box up so I'm guessing that

Re: XFree 4.0.3 and remote clients

2001-05-16 Thread David Z. Maze
mallum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: mallum> I apt-get upgarded my woody install this morning and Xfree mallum> 4.0.3 got installed. All working fine except when I try and mallum> launch an X app on a remote machine ( with DISPLAY set to the mallum> 4.0.3 machine ) I get an unable to connect error.

mount/umount hangs after I messed with /etc/mtab

2001-05-16 Thread Krzys Majewski
I am unable to mount/umount anything after messing with my /etc/mtab last night (I had removed a floppy without umounting it, and was getting "Device busy" when I tried to remount/umount it, so I nuked the floppy line in mtab, without backing it up, yay). Now when I try to mount or umo

Re: Linux compatible IDE CDRW

2001-05-16 Thread Scott_Patterson
>Which would be the best for me to get? > >Plextor CD-RW PX-W1210TA 12/10/32 IDE 2m Buffer Burn-Proof >Sony CD-RW CRX160EBK 12/8/32 Internal IDE Retail Kit 4mb PC/MAC >Yamaha CD-RW Internal 16Wx10RWx40R IDE Retail Kit CRW2100EVK > >If I had a choice of these, is there anything to choose between

Re: Compiling Galeon

2001-05-16 Thread Tommi Komulainen
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:56:14AM -0500, Stephen E. Hargrove wrote: > > however, dpkg -l *vfs* shows that gnome-vfs is installed: > ii libgnome-vfs0 1.0-2 > > what do i need to do in order to get the configure script to see my > lignome-vfs? Rule of thumb: if running a progra

Re: Linux compatible IDE CDRW

2001-05-16 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 12:36:02AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Which would be the best for me to get? > > Plextor CD-RW PX-W1210TA 12/10/32 IDE 2m Buffer Burn-Proof I have that drive and it works very well for me. Burn-proof is a must these days, and is supported in the recent versions of

Re: Compiling Galeon

2001-05-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
> when running ./configure, i get the following: > > checking for GNOME - version >= 1.2.0... yes > checking for additional GNOME modules... *** vfs library is not installed > configure: error: > *** GNOME 1.2.0 or better is required. > *** gnome-vfs 0.6.0 or better is required. > > however, dpkg -

XFree 4.0.3 and remote clients

2001-05-16 Thread mallum
Aloha; I apt-get upgarded my woody install this morning and Xfree 4.0.3 got installed. All working fine except when I try and launch an X app on a remote machine ( with DISPLAY set to the 4.0.3 machine ) I get an unable to connect error. This used to work fine and the remote machine is in xhost's

Compiling Galeon

2001-05-16 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 when running ./configure, i get the following: checking for GNOME - version >= 1.2.0... yes checking for additional GNOME modules... *** vfs library is not installed configure: error: *** GNOME 1.2.0 or better is required. *** gnome-vfs 0.6.0 or bette

Re: apt-get offline

2001-05-16 Thread Gordon Hart
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:34:20AM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > Sorry, I did not express myself clear enough. This sed thing changes > every line in the "wget-script" script. This, I did easily with emacs > (while sed is much more elegant). My problem is: I do not want to do > hundreds of > m

Re: Can anyone help me with a modem problem ?

2001-05-16 Thread Ricardo Mauricio
Hello, I'm now using com3 irq 3... cause irq 4 would mess with com1... but i've tried using minicom to dial to my isp and staying connected for a long time... but after a few seconds i get disconnected, also with pppd, i dial.. stablish a connection, and after a few secs, minutes at the most, i get

Re: Multi-platform software development

2001-05-16 Thread Andrzej Swedrzynski
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Preben Randhol wrote: > I recommend that you use Ada 95 and GtkAda. Yes, Ada 95 is a nice language. > The app I'm developing just > needed to be compiled under Windows to work. It is being developed under > Linux of course. Ada 95 is highly portable. C and C++ are not. I th

Re: /dev/ttyS00?

2001-05-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
Although dmesg shows ttyS00 and ttyS01, these in reality are dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1. Check 'setserial -ga /dev/ttyS?' to get a listing of what your system thinks you have. On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 07:11:09AM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > I'm trying to link to my agenda (through the

Re: Linux compatible IDE CDRW

2001-05-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Which would be the best for me to get? > > Plextor CD-RW PX-W1210TA 12/10/32 IDE 2m Buffer > Burn-Proof > Sony CD-RW CRX160EBK 12/8/32 Internal IDE Retail > Kit 4mb PC/MAC > Yamaha CD-RW Internal 16Wx10RWx40R IDE Retail > Kit CRW2100EVK > > If I had a choice of these, is there anything to choose

Re: bothersome fsck on startup

2001-05-16 Thread Andrew D Dixon
> nujoma:/# cat /etc/fstab > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # > > /dev/hdb3 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > /dev/hdb2 none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/hdd1 /src2 vfatumask

cd perms with devfs

2001-05-16 Thread The Doctor
My devfs (sid,2.4.4) seems to insist on making my cd as group disk: brw-rw1 root disk 22, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd I'd like it to be group cdrom. I've tried to make this happen with chgrp, but these changes aren't stable across reboots. It always sets

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