Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels

2001-09-08 Thread Brian Nelson
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Nelson wrote: > > > Why not just download the kernel-source package? Similar to the > > vanilla ones, but usually with a few patches applied. > > That's exactly why not. I'd rather have a vanilla Linus kernel source > tree to which I can apply p

Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels

2001-09-08 Thread Craig Dickson
Nathan E Norman wrote: > Once you manage more than one machine, you will find reasons to prefer > kernel-package :) You mean, once I manage more than one machine that will run exactly the same kernel. Right now, I have two Debian boxes, but one is a P3 running Sid (kernel 2.4.9) and the other is

Re: enlightenment disappearing icons

2001-09-08 Thread jeffconder
Thanks Hall!! Actually, on my system it didn't make any difference what I did in the ...e_session-XX.snapshots.0 file. I did exit E and X to edit the file, but no change to my desktop. I finally ended up backing up my ...e_session-XX file before deleting it (just in case). After star

Re: OT - blocking mail from specific email addresses

2001-09-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:39:53AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > hi > > i help to run a potato server for a group of elderly/disabled people. > we use exim 3.12 as the MTA. > > some of our members have been getting offensive email from a > certain person and i would like to block this. the problem

Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels

2001-09-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 01:55:41PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: > I have not found any reason to prefer make-kpkg over "make bzImage" and Once you manage more than one machine, you will find reasons to prefer kernel-package :) -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Microm

Re: OT - blocking mail from specific email addresses

2001-09-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:39:53AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > i would be grateful if any of the assembled could advise me > or point me to docs to find out what syntax to use in the exim.conf > to block email from specific email addresses. > > i have looked at the exim docs and searched with g

Re: dpkg-scanpackages on an official mirror

2001-09-08 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach der.hans (on Sat, 08 Sep 2001 01:38:13PM -0700): > Am 08. Sep, 2001 schwäzte Martin F Krafft so: schwätzte... soso... > This is just letting you know that you have two different versions for that > package and it's taken the highest versi

Trying to use lvm

2001-09-08 Thread tim
I have patched and compliled 2.4.9. I am getting the following error at reboot lvm -- lvm_chr_ioctl: unknown command 4004fe0a lvm -- lvm_chr_ioctl: unknown command 4004fe0a more details from dmesg: As a result I can not create a volume group vgcreate -- ERROR "vg_create_remove(): open" crea

menu scroll in xfontsel

2001-09-08 Thread mgzachar
I'm new to debian and still feeling my way around. I have been following discussions and Q&A's on this list for while, hoping to find answers to my problems. Most of them I have been able to solve so far,sometime even with help of hints found in this list. I have one particular problem I need

nfs file execute permission

2001-09-08 Thread Ron Reinhart
I just got NFS running to build a kernel on a small hd laptop to apply a fix for the trackball (DEC HiNote CS450) using the NFS-HOWTO. I can access files for read and write as root on the client fine. (rw,no_root_squash set in exports) but cannot run an executable on the nfs mounted filesystem. T

Re: enlightenment disappearing icons

2001-09-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010908 23:48]: > I am using potato distribution with gnome desktop manager and the > enlightenment windows manager. All has been running very well. Then I > screwed something up, can't figure out what. > > When I minimize a window the icon is suppose to appe

enlightenment disappearing icons

2001-09-08 Thread jeffconder
I am using potato distribution with gnome desktop manager and the enlightenment windows manager. All has been running very well. Then I screwed something up, can't figure out what. When I minimize a window the icon is suppose to appear on the desktop. It did before, but now it doesn't. I have to

re: kylix compatibility

2001-09-08 Thread Cédric Paquot
I run kylix on sid without any problem.

Re: Question about Apt/dpkg/dselect

2001-09-08 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, hoffy wrote: > Are these applications, which I am beginning to understand are all > interelated and you have the finest amount of control with dselect, > primarily used for upgrading entire systems or can they be used to > update a single package especially if the single pack

Re: dhcp-dns problem

2001-09-08 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 03:02:54PM -0700, Dean A. Roman wrote: > For future reference, I was using an alias for the NS name in my > database records. yep, you can't use a CNAME for an NS record. like MX records, NS records can only point at A records. btw, i strongly recommend using a subdomain f

Request for testers for new gphoto package

2001-09-08 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
I have just compiled a new version of the gphoto package built from CVS sources (and branded it gphoto-0.6). However, since this is a developer's release I'm not confident enough to substitute the current version of gphoto (0.4.3) in testing/unstable with this even if it includes some new cameras,

Re: networking trouble

2001-09-08 Thread Jason Boxman
On Saturday 08 September 2001 01:06 pm, Robert Schweikert wrote: > > I want to set up ppp such that it dials on demand. I have this working > on my RedHat system and figured I should be able to do the same on > Debian. Thus I copied > > /etc/ppp/options > /etc/ppp/pap-secrets > /etc/ppp/chap-scrip

Help! How do I increase user proc limit

2001-09-08 Thread David McNab
help - i'm trying to increase a user's process limit i've increased it in /etc/security/limits.conf. But when I log in as that user, and run 'ulimit -u 1024' (a bash builtin), I get 'operation not permitted' Also, even with the limit of 1024 set in /etc/security/limits.conf, 'ulimit -a' still r

Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels

2001-09-08 Thread Jason Boxman
On Saturday 08 September 2001 04:55 pm, Craig Dickson wrote: > Brian Nelson wrote: > > > The package > > installs the bzip2'ed source in /usr/src. Just tar -jxf it, configure > > with 'make menuconfig' or whatever, and then build a custom > > kernel-image package with 'make-kpkg kernel_image'. >

aterm and ~/.Xdefaults

2001-09-08 Thread Rob VanFleet
Aterm doesn't seem to want to read my ~/.Xdefaults file even though its manpage declares it will. Before anyone tells me to try ~/.Xresources, I already have, and xterm reads ~/.Xdefaults just fine. All I have in my ~/.Xdefaults is the background and foreground color: XTerm*background: black XTe

Re: cannot use microsoft intellimouse 1.2A ps/2 compatible

2001-09-08 Thread Helmut Trinkl
carlos mena wrote: can anyone help me. i'm in the process of installing the official binary-i386 version 2.2_r3 of debian, but when i get to the part of configuring xf86 and i'm trying to configure the mouse wich is a microsoft intellimouse 1.2A ps/2 compatible. i've tried different cconf

Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels

2001-09-08 Thread Gary L. Dolan
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 01:55:41PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: > Brian Nelson wrote: > > > Why not just download the kernel-source package? Similar to the > > vanilla ones, but usually with a few patches applied. > > That's exactly why not. I'd rather have a vanilla Linus kernel source > tree to

Re: networking trouble

2001-09-08 Thread Sam Varghese
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 01:28:53AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > > I am still trying to migrate to Debian from RedHat but having little > > success. After many tries I finally got X and GNOME working, now I am > > trying to get the networking going, in particular ppp. I tried various > > things alread

Re: ATTENTION! Was: Re: Install Problems...

2001-09-08 Thread David Huttleston Jr
Dmitriy's message was signed with a digital signature, apparently it choked your version of balsa. Nothing sinister going on :) On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 10:13:48AM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > On Saturday Sep 08 02:01 Dmitriy wrote: > > ** On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 05:22:10PM -0500, Andy Ward wrote: >

Re: networking trouble

2001-09-08 Thread Shaul Karl
> I am still trying to migrate to Debian from RedHat but having little > success. After many tries I finally got X and GNOME working, now I am > trying to get the networking going, in particular ppp. I tried various > things already but without success, and right now I am about all out of > ideas w

Re: OT - blocking mail from specific email addresses

2001-09-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:39:53AM +1000, Sam Varghese ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > hi > > i help to run a potato server for a group of elderly/disabled people. > we use exim 3.12 as the MTA. > > some of our members have been getting offensive email from a > certain person and i would like to bl

Re: dhcp-dns problem

2001-09-08 Thread Dean A. Roman
Craig, I believe I answered my own questions. For future reference, I was using an alias for the NS name in my database records. nsupdate barfs when it encounters this and won't do the update. I was getting "res_nupdate: res_findzonecut failed (0)" error on stderr when I ran nsupdate by

PCMCIA & 2.4.9

2001-09-08 Thread secher
Hey Folks, I've been building my own kernels for quite some time now, but I think I've stumbled onto a doozie. I've not had these sorts of problems before. I'm trying to compile PCMCIA into 2.4.9. I now have PCMCIA 3.1.29, after having tried .27 & .28 to no avail. The system is an Armada 7800,

OT - blocking mail from specific email addresses

2001-09-08 Thread Sam Varghese
hi i help to run a potato server for a group of elderly/disabled people. we use exim 3.12 as the MTA. some of our members have been getting offensive email from a certain person and i would like to block this. the problem is that i cannot block mail from the domain as it is a fairly public one.

Re: dhcp-dns problem

2001-09-08 Thread Dean A. Roman
Craig, Another tidbit of info. to help out... After running the nsupdate command by hand with what dhcp-dns had created, here is what I got. There is a "res_findzonecut failed (0)" message. Does this mean anything to you? Thanks, ---Dean. srfs1:/var/lib/dhcp-dns# nsupdate -d ./n

Can the scsi emulation kill the hard drive?

2001-09-08 Thread Herbert Pirke
Hi, It's been a while since I tried to use my CD-burner under Linux. I remember that the last time ended in some strange error messages saying that parts of the /var directory are unreadable. This made the whole Linux setup unusable. I had a similar problem with my debian box a few weeks ago. Unf

Re: cdrom not valid block device?

2001-09-08 Thread Peter Christensen
dman wrote: > > What does 'dmesg' say about the cd drive? Is it the master drive on > the second IDE bus? If not then it isn't /dev/hdc. Thanks! That solved the problem for me. I had installed the cdrom drive without looking at the jumper setting. It was in slave mode. Now I can get to the

Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels

2001-09-08 Thread Craig Dickson
Brian Nelson wrote: > Why not just download the kernel-source package? Similar to the > vanilla ones, but usually with a few patches applied. That's exactly why not. I'd rather have a vanilla Linus kernel source tree to which I can apply patches without worrying about whether they'll conflict wi

Re: Kernel 2.4.x woes

2001-09-08 Thread der.hans
Am 08. Sep, 2001 schwäzte dman so: > If you compile your kernel without initrd support then you don't need > an initrd. The stock kernels need the initrd AFAIK. (Well, I didn't > get it to work without it) We keep saying stock kernels. It should be pointed out that we mean the kernel-image* pac

Re: Install Problems (Now in text!!!)

2001-09-08 Thread Dmitriy
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 01:12:06PM -0500, Andy Ward wrote: [nothing] This time it is not a binary, but still HTML :-) I'll post it for you: Original messgage: - Sorry for the HTML posting... OWA 2000 doesn't let me select which form

Re: dpkg-scanpackages on an official mirror

2001-09-08 Thread der.hans
Am 08. Sep, 2001 schwäzte Martin F Krafft so: > hi, we operate a full debian mirror and need to redo the Packages > every now and then, if last night's rsync did not complete all the > way. but i am confused, and trying to recreate every Packages file > results in many "duplicate" errors such as >

Re: Kernel 2.4.x woes

2001-09-08 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 10:53:19PM +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote: | Matt Jones saw fit to inform me that: | >>>| Could you please explain straightforwardly, step by step how you | >>>| compiled your kernel? | > | >Make sure you enable initrd when you are doing the xconfig. It is not | >something tha

Re: networking trouble

2001-09-08 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 13:06:42 -0400 Robert Schweikert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am still trying to migrate to Debian from RedHat but having little > success. After many tries I finally got X and GNOME working, now I am > trying to get the networking going, in particular ppp. I tried various >

Re: udf & linux

2001-09-08 Thread glynis
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 04:05:44PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > Is there anybody who has tested success in reading, writing or > > reading/writing CD's burnt using DIRECT CD software from Windows. The > > CD is burnt in UDF format. > > I have compiled the kernel with UDF read support (as modul

Re: udf & linux

2001-09-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Rajesh Fowkar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010908 15:57]: > > Is there anybody who has tested success in reading, writing or > reading/writing CD's burnt using DIRECT CD software from Windows. The > CD is burnt in UDF format. > > I have compiled the kernel with UDF read support (as module). But when >

Re: VA fullon 2240, DAC960, and Woody install problems.

2001-09-08 Thread Dennis Edwards
Okay, nevermind. The compact disk set seems to work fine. I must have had my images mixed up. At 07:46 PM 9/7/2001 -0600, you wrote: I keep seeing that the DAC960 raid controller is supported by the install set for woody.. but can't find any builtin support nor a module in order to install on t

Re: Kernel 2.4.x woes

2001-09-08 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
Matt Jones saw fit to inform me that: >>>| Could you please explain straightforwardly, step by step how you >>>| compiled your kernel? > >Make sure you enable initrd when you are doing the xconfig. It is not >something that stands out greatly and I missed it a few times. After >enabling the init

udf & linux

2001-09-08 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
Hi, Is there anybody who has tested success in reading, writing or reading/writing CD's burnt using DIRECT CD software from Windows. The CD is burnt in UDF format. I have compiled the kernel with UDF read support (as module). But when I mount the CD after loading the udf module, I get the follow

Re: dhcp-dns problem

2001-09-08 Thread Dean A. Roman
Craig, I did find this error in /var/log/messages and looked it up, the mails I've read seem to indicate that the name server can't find this domain? However, everything(nslookup) seems to work fine. The messages log file is listed below if you feel like looking at it. ===>>> "Sep 8 0

Install Problems (Now in text!!!)

2001-09-08 Thread Andy Ward
Title: Install Problems (Now in text!!!) Sorry for the HTML posting... OWA 2000 doesn't let me select which format I want.. =P I recently switched my hard-disks over to RAID 0 on my iWill KK266-R (AMI IDE MegaRAID controller, which is based on a CMD649 chip), but I cannot for the life of me

Thanks, Re: cron: how ? WAS: cron: why not?

2001-09-08 Thread G. Crimp
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 06:29:39AM +0200, Martin F Krafft wrote: > also sprach G. Crimp (on Fri, 07 Sep 2001 07:34:41PM -0700): > > Suppose one wants a command to run on the third of every month at 8:30 am, > > and only then. Neither "30 8 3 * * " nor "30 8 3 * 0 " > > will work according to the cr

Re: GUI in Debian 2.2r3

2001-09-08 Thread Timeboy
On Saturday Sep 08 15:20 debi narge wrote: > ** Hi guys, > ** > ** I recently installed Debian on my computer. The > ** problem is I can't seem to get the GUI to show up. > ** > ** I'm not even sure if I chose to install the GUI or > ** not. > ** > ** If I didn't install the GUI, is there

Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels

2001-09-08 Thread Brian Nelson
John Toon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday 08 September 2001 10:05 am, Ross Burton wrote: > > Personally I would always recommend downloading yourself a vanilla 2.4.x > kernel tarball from http://www.kernel.org. With kernels, this is one of the > few areas where I think it is better to

networking trouble

2001-09-08 Thread Robert Schweikert
I am still trying to migrate to Debian from RedHat but having little success. After many tries I finally got X and GNOME working, now I am trying to get the networking going, in particular ppp. I tried various things already but without success, and right now I am about all out of ideas wht to try

Re: imwheelrc not used in sid?

2001-09-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Marc Becher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010908 13:11]: > On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 11:02:14AM -0400, dman wrote: > > imwheel is old and not needed anymore. X now has wheel support > > built-in. Use the proper protocol (IMPS/2 for me) and include > > ZAxisMapping4 5 > > in the mouse section of your

How to diagnose slow Samba server?

2001-09-08 Thread Tony Crawford
Hi Gang! We have mostly Windows boxes here on the LAN--20 computers in all--but also two Linuces running Samba. The one I was thinking of using as a file server for a workgroup here, though, has proved to be strangely slower than the other when sending files to a Windows box. Both are Pentium

Re: Re: imwheelrc not used in sid?

2001-09-08 Thread Marc Becher
ok, that explains why imwheelrc is not used. Thanks for the hint. But what about configurability, is it gone? -- marc On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 11:02:14AM -0400, dman wrote: > imwheel is old and not needed anymore. X now has wheel support > built-in. Use the proper protocol (IMPS/2 for me) and in

Re: Why doesn't 2.2r3 CD boot on Toshiba 4080 XCDT ...

2001-09-08 Thread Tony Crawford
Rino Mardo wrote (on 8 Sep 2001 at 7:59): > curious indeed. i remember having the same problem with hamm and a > toshiba notebook of the satellite series, but much older than your > notebook, and if i recall correctly there is a special boot diskette > image that you have to download and use t

kylix compatibility

2001-09-08 Thread G. Grimestad
Is the current version of Debian compatible with Borland's Kylix?

Re: how do i setup a maildir structure with postfix?

2001-09-08 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Rino Mardo (on Sat, 08 Sep 2001 11:39:54AM +0800): > the question is: how do i setup a maildir structure in linux with the above > configuration in mind. Maildir uses the directory ~/Maildir/ by default, so add the following line to your postfix's main.cf: home_mailbox = Maildir/ fro

Re: imwheelrc not used in sid?

2001-09-08 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 01:51:46PM +0200, Marc Becher wrote: | I really like using the imwheel in X. And so far it works (as I can use it | with some programs like mozilla or a simple xterm). imwheel is old and not needed anymore. X now has wheel support built-in. Use the proper protocol (IMPS/

Re: Sources for apt-get sources.list

2001-09-08 Thread David Z Maze
John Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JP> I'm running Woody and I'm confused about what sources to list for apt-get. JP> When I look at the ftp sites I see directories for Potato and Stable. I JP> thought Potato was Stable. Also I see Woody as well as Unstable AND JP> Testing. I'm not sure wha

Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable

2001-09-08 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 10:05:33AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: | Yes, it's me again. | | Once this is sorted I'll stop bugging you, I promise! | | Does the kernel-image for 2.4.x from unstable come with devfsd on? I ^ devfsd and devfs

dpkg-scanpackages on an official mirror

2001-09-08 Thread Martin F Krafft
hi, we operate a full debian mirror and need to redo the Packages every now and then, if last night's rsync did not complete all the way. but i am confused, and trying to recreate every Packages file results in many "duplicate" errors such as ! Package pcmcia-source (filename ./debian/dists/Debian

Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels

2001-09-08 Thread John Toon
On Saturday 08 September 2001 10:05 am, Ross Burton wrote: > Yes, it's me again. > > Once this is sorted I'll stop bugging you, I promise! > > Does the kernel-image for 2.4.x from unstable come with devfsd on? I > tried mounting a zip disk (external ppa) and the device was > /dev/scsi/0/... not /

Re: X windows Mouse

2001-09-08 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 09:43:08AM +0200, Timeboy wrote: | | On Saturday Sep 08 03:56 dman wrote: | | > ** On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 06:34:05PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: | | > ** | > It is a microsoft mouse, connected to the COM1 serial port. I have | > ** | > editted the "/etc/X11/XF86Config"

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-09-08 Thread Helmut Trinkl
Jack Grigg wrote: Dear Debian support, I have subscribed with mail address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (but the return address for this email is also valid) I'm installing release 2.2 r2 and I'm having trouble getting my mouse to work in the X windows system. It is a microsoft mouse, connected to th

Re: GUI in Debian 2.2r3

2001-09-08 Thread Johnny Ernst Nielsen
>Hi guys, > >I recently installed Debian on my computer. The >problem is I can't seem to get the GUI to show up. > >I'm not even sure if I chose to install the GUI or >not. > >If I didn't install the GUI, is there a way to install >it without reinstalling the entire OS? > >If the GUI is inst

Re: cannot use microsoft intellimouse 1.2A ps/2 compatible

2001-09-08 Thread Johnny Ernst Nielsen
Actually I think that should be /dev/psaux Best regards Johnny :o) >If your mouse is a PS/2 compatible the device you should be using is /dev/aux >(which is usually symlinked to /dev/mouse, but sometimes not..). Hope this is >of help. > >On September 7, 2001 18:50, carlos mena wrote: >> can a

G4 Powerbook

2001-09-08 Thread Bob Koss
I'm thinking of buying the Apple G4 Powerbook. Is the PPC distribution the CD set that I want to buy? -- Robert Koss, Ph.D. | Training, Mentoring, Contract Development Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design, C++, Java www.objectmentor.com | Extreme Programming

GUI in Debian 2.2r3

2001-09-08 Thread debi narge
Hi guys, I recently installed Debian on my computer. The problem is I can't seem to get the GUI to show up. I'm not even sure if I chose to install the GUI or not. If I didn't install the GUI, is there a way to install it without reinstalling the entire OS? If the GUI is installed, how d

searching for a recording tool

2001-09-08 Thread Timeboy
Dear Debian Users! I'm searching for a simple recording tool like grecord. The only thing that i miss in grecord is a grafical analyzer for incomming sound. I need a feature like this to control and adjust the volume of my records. Is there a tool like this in Woody? TIA Timo -- Wer Käse mag,

Re: dpkg/debconf complaining

2001-09-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 02:56:14AM +0200, Ingvaldur Sigurjonsson wrote: > From: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If you could try 'DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --configure man-db' > > (probably with the 'set -x' removed), that would be helpful. > > Following you find the output of the command

Debian as Toilet Paper?

2001-09-08 Thread Holger Rusch
Hi, (i am not on the list) I found something funny in a store here in germany. Look at http://sub-etha.de/Debian-Zewa-Toilet-Paper.jpeg Toilet paper with something near to the debian logo on it. I use it regulary. Debian and the paper. :) SCNR -- + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + http://sub-etha.de/ + I

imwheelrc not used in sid?

2001-09-08 Thread Marc Becher
hello i am new to this list coming along with a question i didn't find in the archives (maybe my fault, but all of the archives would have been really too much). So I hope somebody has a solution for this: I really like using the imwheel in X. And so far it works (as I can use it with some progr

Re: more fun with mutt, locale and perl

2001-09-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Mike Pfleger([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > * Wayne Topa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Try this instead of the above > > > > export LANGUAGE=en_UK > > export LANG=en_UK > > > > Let the list know if that works, OK. > > Hey Wayne, thanks for the reply. > > Sorry about the dela

Re: How to produce Hungarian documents?

2001-09-08 Thread Glyn Millington
Paul Huygen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Can anyone point me to a program which will allow her to produce her >> letters and essays and articles in Hungarian? > > I know of an excellent way to produce documents in many languages. It > is TeX/LaTeX. Paul, Many thanks for the response. I

kernel 2.4.x and unstable

2001-09-08 Thread Ross Burton
Yes, it's me again. Once this is sorted I'll stop bugging you, I promise! Does the kernel-image for 2.4.x from unstable come with devfsd on? I tried mounting a zip disk (external ppa) and the device was /dev/scsi/0/... not /dev/sda4 where it normally sits. I tried installing devfsd and it didn'

Re: Install directly from SID?

2001-09-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 01:06:06AM -0500, frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 12:10:29AM -0500, frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is there any way to install directly from SID? A set of floppy image

Re: How to produce Hungarian documents?

2001-09-08 Thread Paul Huygen
Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > I'm trying to convert my wife from W95 to Linux - Debian of course. Good idea! > The only difficulty is to find a way of producing documents in Hungarian, > preferably in as painless a manner as possible [..] > Can anyone point me to a program which

ATTENTION! Was: Re: Install Problems...

2001-09-08 Thread Timeboy
On Saturday Sep 08 02:01 Dmitriy wrote: > ** On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 05:22:10PM -0500, Andy Ward wrote: > ** [nothing] > ** > ** > ** Please refraun from using HTML in mail lists. It is depricated. Even i posted here i had to delete this strange mail by hand. It was NOT a HTML code what i delet

Re: network backup advice - windoze

2001-09-08 Thread Robert Waldner
(*please* do *not* cc me on list-mail) On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 00:43:36 PDT, Alvin Oga writes: >havent had any problems using linux to backup windoze boxes... Think disaster recovery, think windos nt: I surely *don´t* want to have to re-install the OS, the applications, make 100k settings and then

Re: Install Problems...

2001-09-08 Thread Timeboy
On Saturday Sep 08 02:01 Dmitriy wrote: > ** On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 05:22:10PM -0500, Andy Ward wrote: > ** [nothing] > ** > ** > ** Please refraun from using HTML in mail lists. It is depricated. Yea! What was that for a mail? My balsa was hanging by opening this and i had to delete this nons

Re: X windows Mouse

2001-09-08 Thread Timeboy
On Saturday Sep 08 03:56 dman wrote: > ** On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 06:34:05PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > ** | > It is a microsoft mouse, connected to the COM1 serial port. I have > ** | > editted the "/etc/X11/XF86Config" file with the "microsoft" protocol , > ** | > and port "/dev/ttys0". >

Re: About lilo and text modes

2001-09-08 Thread Timeboy
On Friday Sep 07 23:15 MRZ wrote: > ** On this note, can anyone confirm for me that this feature is supported in > (for?) kernel 2.4.2? > ** And please refresh me on what elements have to be > ** set/configured - (*how* as well?) for this to work. > ** > ** And please don't refer me to the ma

Re: automount and samba

2001-09-08 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya roger use "soft,intr" in your mount options for autofs or amd c ya alvin http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Amd_AutoFS/autofs-HOWTO.html - little/way out of date but... On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Roger Keays wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I have a remote samba fs mounted using automount,

RE: network backup advice -- rsyn + ssh

2001-09-08 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya from the examples...http://www.linux-Backup.net/examples.gwif.html rsync -e ssh -av [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/Backup/xfer/* xfer c ya alvin On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > Brad Cramer wrote: > > > I have a small network at home (4 linux machine 2 win98 machines) and I > > w

Re: network backup advice - windoze

2001-09-08 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya robert... havent had any problems using linux to backup windoze boxes... ( even if they had illegal linux filename chars that is allowed in windows windoze files names like: "Tom's special excel spread sheet" dd is NOT reliable...if the original disks has a bad block at 12345 on

Re: network backup advice

2001-09-08 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya Mike yes... good point, you(a hacker/cracker) can remove the backups tooo ... no question ... but how many levels of backups and what type of backups one wants ??? ( one can do backups securely ... or not.. - sorta endless game... - once we are almost ready to use a "crdom array"

Re: Newbie : Modem question

2001-09-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Narasimhamurthy Giridhar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010907 15:45]: > hi > I have a ITU V.90 56K modem. I dont know the manf. Is there a driver for > this in Debian ?? I don't have a definitive answer, but a few tips: Debian doesn't drive modems. Linux does. If it works in Linux, it works in Debian. W

Re: thread hijacking [was: shell script for bash]

2001-09-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Mike Pfleger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010905 19:55]: > * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Give it a later number in /etc/rc?.d (probably /etc/rc2.d) than the > > sendmail init script. They're started in sequence by /etc/init.d/rc. > > Hey Colin. > > Yeah, that was my first thought. I

Re: exim woes

2001-09-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Stephen Gran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010902 12:51]: > 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 li

Re: Install directly from SID?

2001-09-08 Thread frank
Ugg, I feel so dumb now; it's late. Sid, still in development. On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 12:10:29AM -0500, frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there any way to install directly from SID? A set of floppy images > > which will draw the b

Re: Install directly from SID?

2001-09-08 Thread frank
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 12:10:29AM -0500, frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there any way to install directly from SID? A set of floppy images > > which will draw the base system et all from SID eliminating the need to > > either up

Re: Install directly from SID?

2001-09-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 12:10:29AM -0500, frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to install directly from SID? A set of floppy images > which will draw the base system et all from SID eliminating the need to > either upgrading from stable or hand defining your sources when you

automount and samba

2001-09-08 Thread Roger Keays
Hello everyone, I have a remote samba fs mounted using automount, however when I reset this machine (as you often need to do with windows boxes!) I have to manually umount it before it can be used again. Is this usually a cron job? Am I just being impatient? Thanks in advance Roger

Install directly from SID?

2001-09-08 Thread frank
Hi, Is there any way to install directly from SID? A set of floppy images which will draw the base system et all from SID eliminating the need to either upgrading from stable or hand defining your sources when you are installing from a CD-ROM meant for installing 2.2r3? Thanks a zillion!, -- fr

Re: 2.4.8 + umount'ing ZIP

2001-09-08 Thread Rino Mardo
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 04:41:30PM -0700 or thereabouts, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > i am confused. if i mount my zip disk as root, i can still umount as a normal > user. i have specified 'user,noauto' as the options in fstab, but i am seeing > behavior expected of 'users,noauto' (not the pl

how can i adapt my mta/mda to pop-before-smtp auth?

2001-09-08 Thread Rino Mardo
hi. i'm using "postfix-20010228-pl04", "mutt-1.2.5i", and potato 2.2r0 with kernel 2.4.9. i have checked the faqs and mans of these three entities trying to find out how i can use multiple email address from one unix account. before pop-before-smtp this is easy to do but now that senders have to