Re: Poor sound output with new emu10k1 drivers

2001-09-02 Thread Brian Nelson
"Daniel T. Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Has anyone else noticed this? Why update a "stable" kernel with a > > broken driver? > > It happens, just keep abreast of the mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a feeling another patch will be > sent to Linus and Alan quite soon. But it shou

Samba problem with user level share permissions under Windoze

2001-09-02 Thread Andrew Pollock
Hi, I'm trying to configure a Windoze 98 PC on my home network to use user level share permissions instead of share level permissions, and when I go to add users to a particular share, Windows barfs: You cannot view the list of users at this time. Please try again. and I get: [2001/09/03 14:21:

Re: man v. info (was Re: mandb gets stuck!)

2001-09-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:54:09PM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote: > I also agree. I think what bothers me most about info pages is that > they often read like books. They're usually arranged in a format > resembling chapters covering each topic in thorough detail. This is > fine if I want to read a

Help: I forgot my root password :(

2001-09-02 Thread Tao Liu
Now I can give arguments to kernel when boot. I tried : LILO Linux init=/bin/sh but my / (reiserfs) is mounted readonly. I can't change my /etc/shadow so, I did: cp /bin/bash /base/bash chmod +s /base/bash then, I reboot, login as a common user, and type /base/bash but I did't get the root rig

Re: DRI for 3dFX Voodoo 4/5 and Xfree86 4.1.0

2001-09-02 Thread Eloy Aguirre
In addition to the X module and the kernel modules you need ALL of the libraries and headers in the 'Resources' section of the DRI homepage. I've written a small guide for DRI and the Voodoo3 which you can read at home.earthlink.net/~earmando/v3guide.html. Let me know if the guide helps you any. Go

Re: man v. info (was Re: mandb gets stuck!)

2001-09-02 Thread Brian Nelson
"Karsten M. Self" writes: > The problem is that this is often specifically what is *not* sought by > those who are looking for manpages. What's wanted is a short, concise, > but illustrative reference providing: > > - A functional description of the command. > > - A synopsis of all options

exim: how to modify the "Sender:" header

2001-09-02 Thread Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim
Hello: My debian system is inside an intranet, and therefore I use a smart host for forwarding emails. There is a problem on how to set the "Sender:" header of an email. It seems that the smarthost adds "Sender:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" since (apparently) neither exim nor netscape (mail reader) put an ap

Re: Off Topic: Mailing Agents?

2001-09-02 Thread Calvin Chong
> also sprach Adam Bell (on Wed, 25 Jul 2001 04:04:35PM -0400): > > Okay, so can anyone tell me what popular (to Debian Users) MUA sends every > > single message as an attachment to an empty message? > > as others have said, it's micro$oft's inability to stick to standards > --- PGP/GPG nowaday

Re: Problems with APM after recompiling of kernel.

2001-09-02 Thread Calvin Chong
I suggest NO APM for SMP machines... Ma che mistero, e la mia vita, che mistero! Sono un peccatore dell'anno ottantamila, un menzognero! Ma dove sono e cosa faccio, come vivo? Vivo nell'anima del mondo perso nel vivere profondo! - Original Message - From: "Osamu Aoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

DRI for 3dFX Voodoo 4/5 and Xfree86 4.1.0

2001-09-02 Thread Eric Whitestone
Ok, I have compiled the Direct Rendering Manager into my kernel, including the 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3+. I have Xfree86 4.1.0. My Video card is a voodoo 4/5. I am wondering if I need to do anything besides compile the kernel for my vid card. Xfree86 works fine, other than when i want to pla

Re: Poor sound output with new emu10k1 drivers

2001-09-02 Thread Daniel T. Chen
On 2 Sep 2001, Brian Nelson wrote: > I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.9 to try out the updated emu10k1 drivers > for my SB Live soundcard. However, the newer drivers sound like > crap. The sound is somewhat distorted, tinny, and lacking in bass. > It doesn't matter if I'm playing a wav, mp3, or ogg.

Re: Debian Parititioning Trouble

2001-09-02 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya jake.. what is your partitions ?? * all of um * ??? typically i like to keep / at 64M or 128Mb range... / includes /boot and other partitions are not as critical to installing and booting... if your disk is say 20Gb or more... you might need to use "lba32" in yur lilo config

Re: Debian Parititioning Trouble

2001-09-02 Thread ktb
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 09:58:08PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to set up a machine I just built to run Debian. It installs fine, > but LILO says it cannot install itself on the hard disk due to an error, (I > forgot what it says precisely, but it says this is a common problem wit

Re: Poor sound output with new emu10k1 drivers

2001-09-02 Thread Scott
> I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.9 to try out the updated emu10k1 drivers > for my SB Live soundcard. However, the newer drivers sound like > crap. The sound is somewhat distorted, tinny, and lacking in bass. > It doesn't matter if I'm playing a wav, mp3, or ogg. All suck. > > Reverting back to m

Re: Debian Parititioning Trouble

2001-09-02 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi, You could try this: boot up with a dos or windows boot disk that has fdisk on it run this: fdisk /mbr then reboot and start your install over or use a debian rescue disk to boot into the system, and then re-run lilo. HTH, Mike Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I'm trying to set up a machine I j

Re: man v. info (was Re: mandb gets stuck!)

2001-09-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 03:13:10PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > Personally, I'd strongly recommend that the GNU project revisit the > issue of info pages altogether. They're not popular, they don't > adequately replace man pages, and there is a far more successful and > ubiquitous hypertext mod

Re: Problems with APM after recompiling of kernel.

2001-09-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 12:06:58PM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote: > Interestingly, I have a similar problem on my laptop. The 2.4.9 > kernel broke apm (/proc/apm didn't exist) but it appeared to load > properly on bootup. 2.4.8 still works fine though. I can not see /proc/apm even in my stock 2.4.8-

Re: Poor sound output with new emu10k1 drivers

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 22:59:11 -0400, Brian Nelson wrote: > I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.9 to try out the updated emu10k1 drivers > for my SB Live soundcard. However, the newer drivers sound like > crap. The sound is somewhat distorted, tinny, and lacking in bass. > It doesn't matter if I'm playing a wa

Re: nvidia-glx and dpkg-divert

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 19:20:32 -0700, Geoffrey Romer wrote: > > > On 02 Sep 2001 21:29:56 +0100, David wrote: > > > > > Just use the drivers from nVidia. > > > > ...and encourage a company to continue releasing non-Free software. > > Dude, the Debs are just a packaged version of the Nvidia drivers, an

Missing "Cd Audio Player" XMMS input plugin...

2001-09-02 Thread Robert A. Jacobs
Deb-heads, Just installed XMMS 1.2.5 from Debian's Woody branch and everything seems to be fine EXCEPT when it comes to playing CDs. Poked around a bit and what I discovered is that I am missing the "Cd Audio Player" input plugin from my list of available input plugins. So...where can I find

Poor sound output with new emu10k1 drivers

2001-09-02 Thread Brian Nelson
I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.9 to try out the updated emu10k1 drivers for my SB Live soundcard. However, the newer drivers sound like crap. The sound is somewhat distorted, tinny, and lacking in bass. It doesn't matter if I'm playing a wav, mp3, or ogg. All suck. Reverting back to my old 2.4.6 k

Re: mounting CDs? and emacs under SU?

2001-09-02 Thread John Galt
DO NOT use xhost + without a hostname, that literally allows anything connecting to your computer to open up an X client running on your computer. If you MUST use xhost to do this, use xhost +localhost On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Akintayo Holder wrote: > >> when you open up normal emacs with DISPLAY va

Re: ipchians and ssh

2001-09-02 Thread dman
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 02:54:47PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: | Quoting dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: | | > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 10:10:25AM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: | > | Hi all, | > | | > | What would be a good ipchains command to block all tcp traffic | > | to and from a box except "ssh"

Re: mounting CDs? and emacs under SU?

2001-09-02 Thread Akintayo Holder
when you open up normal emacs with DISPLAY variable set, it tries to create it's own window (and I repeat emacs, not Xmeacs). So you just have to figure out how to allow root from su session to conncet to xserver. look at xhost as advised. try xhost + -- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizar

Re: nvidia-glx and dpkg-divert

2001-09-02 Thread Geoffrey Romer
> On 02 Sep 2001 21:29:56 +0100, David wrote: > > > Just use the drivers from nVidia. > > ...and encourage a company to continue releasing non-Free software. Dude, the Debs are just a packaged version of the Nvidia drivers, and auto-download from Nividia's site, so it makes no difference. And,

imp 2.2.6 help.php3 problem

2001-09-02 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hey Matt, I was looking thru the imp mailing list archives and noticed your problem, I had the exact same problem. I know nothing about php3 programming but I had an old 2.2.3 imp system still up. So I peeked at the help.php3 and compared it to the new horde one. They were different from each oth

Debian Parititioning Trouble

2001-09-02 Thread JakeCatfox
I'm trying to set up a machine I just built to run Debian. It installs fine, but LILO says it cannot install itself on the hard disk due to an error, (I forgot what it says precisely, but it says this is a common problem with disks over 500mb.) It suggests making a /boot partition at the start o

Re: mounting CDs? and emacs under SU?

2001-09-02 Thread Dmitriy
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 09:24:58PM -0400, Stephen Gran wrote: > Thus spake Peter Christensen: > > I'm still learning about the basics of Linux, so please excuse a very > > basic question: If I want to access a CD do I need to add a line to > > /etc/fstab: > > > > /dev/cdrom /cd iso9660 ro,user,

Re: mounting CDs? and emacs under SU?

2001-09-02 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake Peter Christensen: > I'm still learning about the basics of Linux, so please excuse a very > basic question: If I want to access a CD do I need to add a line to > /etc/fstab: > > /dev/cdrom /cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide > > and then under superuser type: > > mount -t iso9660

Re: DRI

2001-09-02 Thread Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Eric Whitestone wrote: > I have a Voodoo 4/5 and I am running kernel 2.4.8 on potato. I just installed > quake and got it to run, but it runs so slow that it isn't playable. I was > wondering if there was a way to check if i had the correct drivers, or if i > need to downlo

Re: krb5 and fetchmail

2001-09-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
(please leave me in the Cc line, I'm not subscribed to debian-user) On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:53:30PM -0400, "Aaron M. Ucko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I just built a fetchmail binary that can talk KPOP to my MIT PO > server, so I suspect the problem is with your setup. Try insta

mounting CDs? and emacs under SU?

2001-09-02 Thread Peter Christensen
I'm still learning about the basics of Linux, so please excuse a very basic question: If I want to access a CD do I need to add a line to /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide and then under superuser type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom This is how I did it (I think

Re: exim don?t like to send

2001-09-02 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Dear Debian Users! > > I?m trying to configure exim. I?ve read the manpage and the docs and now i?m > very confused. How i have exim to tell, that it shall send the mails to my > SMTP > account (mail.gmx.at)? > > Timo > > P.S.: Is there a HOWTO or thomething else

Re: What replaces glimpse?

2001-09-02 Thread Andras BALI
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 03:14:58PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Apt/dselect has just removed my glimpse package :-( > > What is supposed to replace this? > I've occasionally found packages removed in updates, recently it was > aptitude. Not sure why. No, glimpse is removed from the Debian

Re: changing date's output

2001-09-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 06:23:53PM -0500, Patrick Albuquerque ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:45:47PM +0200, andrej hocevar wrote: > > hello > > i'd like to change the names of the months into slovenian ones, that is > > the old-style names (like vinotok for october). Of co

Re: Mounting a windows partition with full access

2001-09-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 12:21:34AM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I have set im my fstab to load my windows partition with vfat. > The right are set defaultly set to 755 for all files. So only Root can write. > I want that it will be mounted with 666 rights set. How

Re: Xserver problem

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
[resent with correct formatting] On 02 Sep 2001 22:47:39 +, Giri X wrote: > I was trying to get Xwindows running on my PC. It has Intel Direct 2x > AGP for graphics. I found the Xserver(XFCom_i810) In this case I would suggest that, as you have an i810, you simply go with a standard XFree86

Re: Mounting a windows partition with full access

2001-09-02 Thread Dmitriy
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 12:40:24AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Raffaele Sandrini wrote on Mon Sep 03, 2001 um 12:21:34AM: > > > The right are set defaultly set to 755 for all files. So only Root can > > write. > > I want that it will be mounted with 666 rights set. How can i make tha

Re: Xserver problem

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
Hello, I apologise for the formatting of my previous mail...maybe I can win a prize from Ximian for adding it to the Evolution bug reports :) In any case, I like evolution and am currently engaged in a magazine review of it but it does have problems - most especially its total inability to corre

Re: changing date's output

2001-09-02 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:45:47PM +0200, andrej hocevar wrote: > hello > i'd like to change the names of the months into slovenian ones, that is > the old-style names (like vinotok for october). Of course, there are the > locale files sl_SI, among them the LC_TIME, which states only those > 'inter

Re: Xserver problem

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 22:47:39 +, Giri X wrote: > I was trying to get Xwindows running on my PC. It has Intel Direct 2x AGP > for graphics. I found the Xserver(XFCom_i810) In this case I would suggest that, as you have an i810, you simply go with a standard XFree86 4.x install. The XFCom drivers f

Re: ipchians and ssh

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 14:54:47 -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Do you think its best to change the state of the input chain to DENY and > then just allow ssh ? Yes absolutely. --jcm

Re: Mounting a windows partition with full access

2001-09-02 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Raffaele Sandrini wrote on Mon Sep 03, 2001 um 12:21:34AM: > The right are set defaultly set to 755 for all files. So only Root can write. > I want that it will be mounted with 666 rights set. How can i make that? Put "umask=000" to the other options in /etc/fstab. "man mount" will tell

Thanks for alll your help

2001-09-02 Thread Ian Perry
Guys and Gals, I am off on leave for a while so have unsubscribed (hopefully successfully). Thanks for all your help... Take care and talk to you when I get back. Sun, Sand, Surf, no phones... bliss h... I wonder if my PC will fit in the suitcase... Ian

Xserver problem

2001-09-02 Thread Giri X
hi I was trying to get Xwindows running on my PC. It has Intel Direct 2x AGP for graphics. I found the Xserver(XFCom_i810) and the agpgart kernel module(i810Gtt_0.2-4.src.rpm) from the Intel website. Both are in .rpm format. The Releasenotes for the agpgart said that with thses 2 , one shuld b

Re: gcc

2001-09-02 Thread xucaen
Thanks!!! I can't believe I forgot that! it has been a few months since I have used the g++ compiler. jim On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:59:26PM +0200, Peter Ross wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 05:00:03PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/projects/test$ gcc myapp.cpp test1.

man v. info (was Re: mandb gets stuck!)

2001-09-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:44:45PM +0200, Cliff Sarginson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:49:11AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote: > > > getting a little OT here but can all the man databases be converted to > > > in

Re: What replaces glimpse?

2001-09-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 02:57:33PM +0100, Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Apt/dselect has just removed my glimpse package :-( > > What is supposed to replace this? I've occasionally found packages removed in updates, recently it was aptitude. Not sure why. Try manually reinstalli

Mounting a windows partition with full access

2001-09-02 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi, I have set im my fstab to load my windows partition with vfat. The right are set defaultly set to 755 for all files. So only Root can write. I want that it will be mounted with 666 rights set. How can i make that? cheers, Raffaele -- Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For encrypted Mail g

Re: gcc

2001-09-02 Thread Peter Ross
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 05:00:03PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/projects/test$ gcc myapp.cpp test1.o In fact I tried it out and using g++ works perfectly and using gcc gives you those error messages. Pete

Re: ipchians and ssh

2001-09-02 Thread Mike Egglestone
Quoting dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 10:10:25AM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > | Hi all, > | > | What would be a good ipchains command to block all tcp traffic > | to and from a box except "ssh"? > | I have a box that will only be running rsync thru ssh. > | > | This is w

Re: vmware: kernel-source vs. kernel-headers

2001-09-02 Thread Herbert Xu
Martin F Krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > trying to install vmware, it needs > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h, which is not in the > kernel-source package but in kernel-headers. however, kernel-headers > alone doesn't suffice for vmware: If you're compiling the modules for a precompile

Re: Timezone

2001-09-02 Thread Thomas Weinbrenner
Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If i type 'date' i'll get > CEST > but i am in CET where can i edit the timezone setting? Are you sure you don't want CEST? CET = Central European Time CEST = Central European Summer Time -- Thomas Weinbrenner

Timezone

2001-09-02 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi, If i type 'date' i'll get CEST but i am in CET where can i edit the timezone setting? cheers, Raffaele -- Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For encrypted Mail get my Public Key from "search.keyserver.net" ID is: 0xEC4950E9

Re: gcc

2001-09-02 Thread Peter Ross
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 05:00:03PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -- > here's the error messages: > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/projects/test$ gcc myapp.cpp test1.o Try using g++ which calls the C++ compiler instead of the C compiler. Pete

gcc

2001-09-02 Thread xucaen
hi all.. I know I'll probably figure this out 2 mins after I post this but this is driving me crazy. After my hard drive went a few months ago, I've been slowly rebuilding my debian system. I think I may not have installed gcc correctly. I am trying to compile a very simple test program and I'm g

Re: nvidia-glx and dpkg-divert

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 21:29:56 +0100, David wrote: > Just use the drivers from nVidia. ...and encourage a company to continue releasing non-Free software. --jcm

Re: bash: /dev/lp0: No such device

2001-09-02 Thread greggy
John Kittel wrote: > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, GECOS wrote: > > > John Kittel wrote: > > > > > > /var/log/ker.log has kernel entry > > > parport0: pc-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2] > > > the kernel found the parallel port LPT1 > > > modprobe -c has entry > > > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > > > /lib/

Re: nvidia-glx and dpkg-divert

2001-09-02 Thread David
On Sunday 02 September 2001 5:31 pm, Andreas Tscharner wrote: > Hello Debian users, > > Since XFree86 4.1.x is in sid, I have a problem updating my system. > nvidia-glx (The binary driver from nvidia) conflicts with the new version > of XFree86. Therefore dselect (apt respectively) tries to remove

Re: Programming in Java

2001-09-02 Thread Dmitriy
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 07:57:52PM +0100, Jon Masters wrote: > On 02 Sep 2001 14:34:56 -0400, Steve Dondley wrote: > > > I'm interested in learning the Java programming language. > > I suggest aquiring a good book, a number of these are available :) > > > What do I need to install the JVM and pr

Re: ProC on Debian

2001-09-02 Thread Erik Steffl
Bashar wrote: > > Regards, > I've installed Oracle 8.1.7 perfectly and working fine but when i > installed > ProC compiler it gave me error when compiling one of the sample codes as > below: > make -f /home/oracle/OraHome1/precomp/demo/proc/demo_proc.mk OBJS=sample1.o > EXE=sample1 build

Re: ./configure dies with --with-pam --with-pam_smbpass

2001-09-02 Thread Matthew Sackman
Thanks for that - typical for me to miss the obvious. I'd of course forgot to get the pam development libs which makes compiling pam modules rather hard! Thanks for your help. Matthew On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 01:28:59PM +0200, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 10:38:17 +0100, Matthew S

exim don´t like to send

2001-09-02 Thread timohart
Dear Debian Users! I´m trying to configure exim. I´ve read the manpage and the docs and now i´m very confused. How i have exim to tell, that it shall send the mails to my SMTP account (mail.gmx.at)? Timo P.S.: Is there a HOWTO or thomething else for exim, that is easyer to understand, then the

Re: exim woes

2001-09-02 Thread Stephen Gran
Just a follow up - When I re-read my original message, I realized that I was a bit unclear. What I am hoping to discover is why exim finds an apparently bad IP for my smarthost when I send messages to some servers. It looks to me like some kind of DNS issue, although I'm not sure, as I'm stil

Re: lesser memory usage: galeon or netscape?

2001-09-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 08:27:09PM -0700, Eric G. Miller (egm2@jps.net) wrote: > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 07:51:51PM -0700, michael young wrote: > > Hello > > > > which consumes lesser memory...galeon or netscape? At startup, Netscape's the lighter program, about 9 MB for Netscape, vs. somewha

Re: Programming in Java

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 14:34:56 -0400, Steve Dondley wrote: > I'm interested in learning the Java programming language. I suggest aquiring a good book, a number of these are available :) > What do I need to install the JVM and program in Java on my Debian There are a number of JDKs available for Debian

mame & quake obsolete?

2001-09-02 Thread Rich
I'm running woody - why have mame and quake both become obsolete? (i could do without quake, but mame is a must!) thanks in advance

Re: My superblock has been destroyed - please help!

2001-09-02 Thread Stephan Hachinger
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:51:55 -0700 "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 09:19:36PM +0200, Stephan Hachinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Hmm, the subject says almost everything... my almost new (!) IBM hard disk suddenly had some bad sectors and one was the superb

Re: My superblock has been destroyed - please help!

2001-09-02 Thread Stephan Hachinger
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:33:51 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Hmm, the subject says almost everything... my almost new (!) IBM hard disk > > suddenly had some bad sectors and one was the superblock of my linux > > partition. So, I cannot boot in

Programming in Java

2001-09-02 Thread Steve Dondley
Hi, I'm interested in learning the Java programming language. What do I need to install the JVM and program in Java on my Debian system (ver. 2.2.19pre17) to get going? Thanks, STeve

Re: Native filesystem of SCO Unix

2001-09-02 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >By what name is the native filesystem of SCO Unix known as ? If I remember correctly EAFS Mike. -- "Answering above the the original message is called top posting. Sometimes also called the Jeopardy style. Usenet is Q & A not A & Q."

ProC on Debian

2001-09-02 Thread Bashar
Regards, I've installed Oracle 8.1.7 perfectly and working fine but when i installed ProC compiler it gave me error when compiling one of the sample codes as below: make -f /home/oracle/OraHome1/precomp/demo/proc/demo_proc.mk OBJS=sample1.o EXE=sample1 build make[1]: Entering directory `/h

unknown files in /

2001-09-02 Thread ---
im running 2.4.7 with initrd.. i noticed that whenever i boot to this kernel, filenames that starts with errs* appears in my / directory. i always delete them whenever i boot... what are those errs* files -- "Just For Fun" --Linus Torvalds

Re: Why is it called "extended filesystem"

2001-09-02 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Why is the native filesystem of Linux called "Extende filesystem " ? Linux originally came with (a clone of ) the Minix filesystem. Then some people developed the Extended File System. I'm not sure who they were, but probably Remi Card a

Re: ipchians and ssh

2001-09-02 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 10:10:25AM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Hi all, > > What would be a good ipchains command to block all tcp traffic > to and from a box except "ssh"? > I have a box that will only be running rsync thru ssh. > > This is what I tried, but I don't think it worked. > > ipch

Re: Native filesystem of SCO Unix

2001-09-02 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 05:34:48PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > By what name is the native filesystem of SCO Unix known as ? (guess) isn't it some UFS flavor? -- ,---. > Name: Alson van der Meulen < > Personal:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: x app without login

2001-09-02 Thread ---
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:14:59AM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote: > Martin F Krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > hi, > > i need to configure a computer such that when it boots, it starts the > > X server and then, as a regular user, starts an X application. i don't > > want any xdm login screen o

Re: ipchians and ssh

2001-09-02 Thread dman
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 10:10:25AM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: | Hi all, | | What would be a good ipchains command to block all tcp traffic | to and from a box except "ssh"? | I have a box that will only be running rsync thru ssh. | | This is what I tried, but I don't think it worked. | | ipch

Re: Gnome Freeze (me too!)

2001-09-02 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 11:22:23PM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: | On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, dman wrote: | | > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 11:24:08AM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: | > | > | Jon Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked about sound. That makes a bit | > | of sense in my case, because sound doesn't wo

Why is it called "extended filesystem"

2001-09-02 Thread shyamk
Why is the native filesystem of Linux called "Extende filesystem " ? Thanks, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Shyam "Quality can Never be Quantified . It exists by itself and Quantity might hand it an untimely demise if blown out of the very fragile proportions that constitute it ."

Re: ALERT: XFree86 4.1.0-3 maintainer scripts hosed; please wait for 4.1.0-4

2001-09-02 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 09:58:05PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: | dman wrote: | > I use bash as my shell. However the depends for initrd and/or | > kernel-image want ash,... | | Fine, but if they really need it they have to call it as 'ash' or they are | buggy. I guess you mean at runtime, not in t

ipchians and ssh

2001-09-02 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi all, What would be a good ipchains command to block all tcp traffic to and from a box except "ssh"? I have a box that will only be running rsync thru ssh. This is what I tried, but I don't think it worked. ipchains -I input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 ! ssh -j DENY any help is great!! Thanks Mike

Native filesystem of SCO Unix

2001-09-02 Thread shyamk
By what name is the native filesystem of SCO Unix known as ? Thanks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Shyam "Quality can Never be Quantified . It exists by itself and Quantity might hand it an untimely demise if blown out of the very fragile proportions that constitute it ."

nvidia-glx and dpkg-divert

2001-09-02 Thread Andreas Tscharner
Hello Debian users, Since XFree86 4.1.x is in sid, I have a problem updating my system. nvidia-glx (The binary driver from nvidia) conflicts with the new version of XFree86. Therefore dselect (apt respectively) tries to remove nvidia-glx, but this fails with: Removing nvidia-glx ... dpkg-divert:

Re: bash: /dev/lp0: No such device

2001-09-02 Thread John Kittel
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, GECOS wrote: > John Kittel wrote: > > > > /var/log/ker.log has kernel entry > > parport0: pc-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2] > > the kernel found the parallel port LPT1 > > modprobe -c has entry > > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > > /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21-compact/modules.dep >

Re: x app without login

2001-09-02 Thread Brian Nelson
Martin F Krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi, > i need to configure a computer such that when it boots, it starts the > X server and then, as a regular user, starts an X application. i don't > want any xdm login screen or anything. > > how can this be done in the best way? Dunno what your pu

Re: bash: /dev/lp0: No such device

2001-09-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 10:41:59AM -0400, John Kittel wrote: > On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, GECOS wrote: > > maybe IRQ needs "none" as in > > (/etc)lilo.conf > > . > > . > > . > > append="parport0=0x378,none" > > . > > . > > . > > ??? > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > w

Re: bash: /dev/lp0: No such device

2001-09-02 Thread John Kittel
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, GECOS wrote: > John Kittel wrote: > > > > /var/log/ker.log has kernel entry > > parport0: pc-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2] > > the kernel found the parallel port LPT1 > > modprobe -c has entry > > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > > /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21-compact/modules.dep >

Re: conflicting network-cards?

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 11:29:23 +0200, Joerg Huber wrote: > But I wasn´t right, when saying that eth0 works properly. When I deconfigure > eth1 with "ifconfig eth1 down" eth0 is stopping to work, too. All connections > freeze and I have to bring down eth0 and up again to make them work again. This was a

Re: scsi 19160, 29160 && 29160N Adaptec cards

2001-09-02 Thread Alan Davis
The 19160 worked for me, using the aic7xxx scsi driver. I installed using potato disks. Works fine with more recent kernels too, and woody. I had some issues with this motherboard (ASUS A7V-133) and PCI/interrupts, and I had to reinstall a couple of times after installing another PCI card. Al

What replaces glimpse?

2001-09-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
Apt/dselect has just removed my glimpse package :-( What is supposed to replace this? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Debian GNU/Linux (Windows-free zone). For electronic books (Homeomythology and The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 130 book reviews, go to http://www.acam

Re: Returned message - mailbox size exceeded - what's going on

2001-09-02 Thread Tom Massey
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:08:09PM +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote: > I am subscribed to the list with gmx address. That mailbox in no case be > full. Mmm, it's not complaining that your mailbox is full, it's complaining that the mailbox it's sending to is full. It's not an error at your end, it's ju

Re: overkill...

2001-09-02 Thread Joel Mayes
Jeff> ok, I installed overkill and the data file. How do I run Jeff> it? it seems to need a server and a port. any ideas? G'day Jeff, You need to run the overkill server /usr/games/overkill-server (it might be in a seperate package) you can then connect to that, the default port shoul

Re: mandb gets stuck!

2001-09-02 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:49:11AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote: > > getting a little OT here but can all the man databases be converted to > > info files? what can a "python" newbie do or have to follow in order > > to do this? > > You m

guess what: ip-masquarading and firewall

2001-09-02 Thread Daniel Zuidema
Hello all, after working with Red Hat 6.0 for several months running with a firewall and ip-forwarding I thought it was time for the real stuff and deleted RH and installed Debian. All is fine and up and running. Like the better X-windows and started with the network. With some reading I got that

Re: 2.2

2001-09-02 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "Debian GNU/Linux 2.2", is the "2.2" a release of Debian or is it the version of the Linux kernel? It is the Debian release. It is coincidence that it is shipped with kernel 2.2 (2.2.19 now), but it is easy upgradable to kernel 2.4. Greetz, Se

2.2

2001-09-02 Thread ac021
"Debian GNU/Linux 2.2", is the "2.2" a release of Debian or is it the version of the Linux kernel? Thank You

Re: mandb gets stuck!

2001-09-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote: > getting a little OT here but can all the man databases be converted to > info files? what can a "python" newbie do or have to follow in order > to do this? You might be able to do it, but then I'd have to kill you ;) Besides, the info

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V101 #1347

2001-09-02 Thread Vikram
Hello Bud Rogers, When I last ventured into WinLinux, the only advantage was its installation on an existing Windows partition using UMSDOS. This is similar to what Slackware used to do (still does?) The installation was fast, and I did not get any option to select what I wanted to install. It

Re: vmware: kernel-source vs. kernel-headers

2001-09-02 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Martin F Krafft (on Sun, 02 Sep 2001 12:10:31PM +0200): > trying to install vmware, it needs > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h, which is not in the > kernel-source package but in kernel-headers. oh well: http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0107.2/0897.html i am still inte

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