Anyone played with Festival?

2001-09-15 Thread Andrew Pollock
Hi, I had a bit of a play with Festival on my laptop today. I've got it working (or talking as the case may be) but I wanted to try and get the client/server mode part of it working, as the delay in initializing was annoying me. The server starts fine, but whenever I try to connect to port 1314,

Re: Debian 2.2r3 potato - linux core release?

2001-09-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Roger Broadbent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010915 16:59]: > It appears that the potato release (2.2r3) uses the Linux kernel version > 2.2.19pre17. However, I can only seem to find kernel headers for 2.2.18 or > 2.2.19 on the release CD. This appears to mean that to install any modules > without error

Re: quick perl check

2001-09-15 Thread Adam McDaniel
Thanks for all your help.. I found out what my problem was. In the testing version of perl, it doesn't include that file ioctl.ph. I was trying to get the package libdevice-serial-perl installed and when setting the handshaking to cts/rts only, it was complaining becuase it didn't know 'how' to do

Re: pine for Debian

2001-09-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Faheem Mitha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010915 19:03]: > > > On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Joe Koenig wrote: > > > Trying to install pine on Potato. > > Downloaded the official sources. cd pine-3.96M. dpkg-buildpackage. > > dpkg --install pine-tech-notes_3.96M-5.0_all.deb > > > > -- snip ---

Re: Speeding up GPG

2001-09-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Casper Gielen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010915 14:04]: > Hi, > I've set up to use GPG, it seems to work fine. However loading a signed > message takes annoyingly long, 10 to 20 seconds. As I get quite a lot of > mail, much of which is signed this is a pain in the butt. I'm on a > PIII500 so processor

RE: problems with apt and signatures

2001-09-15 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > I found in a list that I can eliminate the problem removing the packet > debsig, but the system doesn't permit it. Again, I found the advice to put > a --no-debsig option to apt, but it doesn't work. > please explain "the system does not permit it".

Mozill and spell checking.

2001-09-15 Thread hanasaki
Has anyone seen a date for when Mozilla will have a spell checker? -- Seek not to find people that aren't crazy, for we all are. Seek to find someone who is crazy enough to be compatible with you. - hanasaki

Re: how to mail an attachment from a script

2001-09-15 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 10:35:41PM -0400, dman wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 05:43:29PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > | > | hi sean > | > | to send an attachment via cron or any script > | > | create the attachment...say /tmp/a.html > | > | echo "this is a text msg and attachment " | > | m

Re: uptime

2001-09-15 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Jason Boxman (on Sat, 15 Sep 2001 08:22:26PM -0400): > Dude, what kernel version is on those?! > > piper:/var/log# uptime > > 16:58:42 up 854 days, 11:46, 67 users, load average: 0.05, 0.05, 0.01 2.0.22 > > titan:~# uptime > > 11:06am up 1556 day(s), 4:30, 113 users, load average: 0.

Re: Speeding up GPG

2001-09-15 Thread Rino Mardo
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 11:01:09PM +0200 or thereabouts, Casper Gielen wrote: > Hi, > I've set up to use GPG, it seems to work fine. However loading a signed > message takes annoyingly long, 10 to 20 seconds. As I get quite a lot of > mail, much of which is signed this is a pain in the butt. I'm on

Re: Slackware / Dragon Linux

2001-09-15 Thread Rino Mardo
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 07:34:23PM +0530 or thereabouts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am having a version of Slackware called Dragon Linux. > As per the manuals , you can have it on a Windows partition . > I installed it in E:\Dragon Linux\ from the Cd > > Then I went to MSDOS mode and run the

Re: uptime

2001-09-15 Thread Rino Mardo
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 01:45:41PM -0500 or thereabouts, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > will trillich wrote: > > > > > $ uptime > > > 12:44am up 365 days, 1:31, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.03, 0.01 > > > > > > break out the root beer! > > >

Re: quick perl check

2001-09-15 Thread Rino Mardo
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:37:50AM -0600 or thereabouts, Adam McDaniel wrote: > Hey...i think i've found a slight issue/bug with the testing version of perl, > but I need someone running stable to run this command: > > # dpkg -S ioctl.ph > > Actually, now that I think about it, anyone running eit

Re: Problem with resolv.conf and search list

2001-09-15 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:26:49AM +0200, Bruno BEAUFILS wrote: > The resolver is unable to find it. Let's see it with an example : > > {watney-root-/etc}# host sole > sole.lifl.fr does not exist (Authoritative answer) host is not using the system resolver but contacting name servers directly. Yo

Re: how to mail an attachment from a script

2001-09-15 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 05:43:29PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: | | hi sean | | to send an attachment via cron or any script | | create the attachment...say /tmp/a.html | | echo "this is a text msg and attachment " | |mutt -s "Testing attachment=a.html" -a /tmp/a.html | | a.html can be fo

Re: Problem with resolv.conf and search list

2001-09-15 Thread Philippe Troin
[moving the discussion to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruno BEAUFILS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There is something I do not understand about resolving hostnames. It seems the > search primitive of resolv.conf does not work properly in sid, nor in woody. > > Let's see some of my configuration files : >

Re: pine for Debian

2001-09-15 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > > On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Joe Koenig wrote: > > > Trying to install pine on Potato. > Then refresh and do (as root!) > > apt-get source -b pine > > By the way, I tried this just now, and I'm getting some bizarre permission > problems I've never se

Re: pine for Debian

2001-09-15 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Joe Koenig wrote: > Trying to install pine on Potato. > Downloaded the official sources. cd pine-3.96M. dpkg-buildpackage. > dpkg --install pine-tech-notes_3.96M-5.0_all.deb > > -- snip -- > Preparing to replace pi

problems with apt and signatures

2001-09-15 Thread Paolo Benvenuto
Hi all! I'm trying to upgrade from progeny to testing (apt-get -f dist-upgrade). After downloading all the packets, it stops saying: debsig: Origin Signature check failed. This deb might not be signed. And continues saying that foo.deb hasn't a signature. I found in a list that I can eliminate

Re: uptime

2001-09-15 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 08:22:26PM -0400, Jason Boxman wrote: > On Saturday 15 September 2001 11:08 am, Martin F Krafft wrote: > > also sprach will trillich (on Sat, 15 Sep 2001 12:45:15AM -0500): > > > $ uptime > > > 12:44am up 365 days, 1:31, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.03, 0.01 > > > > p

Re: how to mail an attachment from a script

2001-09-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi sean to send an attachment via cron or any script create the attachment...say /tmp/a.html echo "this is a text msg and attachment " | mutt -s "Testing attachment=a.html" -a /tmp/a.html a.html can be foo.jpg too and i think it did the "right thing"... c ya alvin On Sat, 15 Sep 2

Re: Which are the network .deb-s of Debian GNU/Linux ?

2001-09-15 Thread Marvin Stodolsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I understand that there are certain .deb-s that : > 1) make your Linux box a router (I want him\her to at least identify on being > ping-ed > by others on the network , and accept telnet and ftp connections) . > > 2) that get on with the basic bit of networking., DH

Re: how to extract attached files after they have been moved to /~/mbox?

2001-09-15 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:33:56PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hi, | | Help! I've moved an important message with an attachment to /~mbox without | saving the attachment! now I can't go back and try to get it since it's now | in ascii format and I basically don't know how to extract it or pi

Problem with resolv.conf and search list

2001-09-15 Thread Bruno BEAUFILS
There is something I do not understand about resolving hostnames. It seems the search primitive of resolv.conf does not work properly in sid, nor in woody. Let's see some of my configuration files : resolv.conf search lifl.fr univ-lille1.fr iut-info.univ-lille1.fr nameserver

Re: uptime

2001-09-15 Thread Jason Boxman
On Saturday 15 September 2001 11:08 am, Martin F Krafft wrote: > also sprach will trillich (on Sat, 15 Sep 2001 12:45:15AM -0500): > > $ uptime > > 12:44am up 365 days, 1:31, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.03, 0.01 > > piper:/var/log# uptime > 16:58:42 up 854 days, 11:46, 67 users, load averag

Debian 2.2r3 potato - linux core release?

2001-09-15 Thread Roger Broadbent
It appears that the potato release (2.2r3) uses the Linux kernel version 2.2.19pre17. However, I can only seem to find kernel headers for 2.2.18 or 2.2.19 on the release CD. This appears to mean that to install any modules without error messages (I need them for my video chipset & my [lin]modem) I

Lyx and ispell problems.

2001-09-15 Thread Kamil Kisiel
I have recently installed the Lyx 1.1.6fix3 package from Debian/Unstable and I am having some problems using the spellchecker feature. Whenever I try to use the spellchecker from the "edit" menu I get an error message saying the ispell-process has died and that I probably do not have the diction

apt-proxy error

2001-09-15 Thread David Mohr
Hi everyone, I have a big problem with apt-proxy. I just installed it for the very first time, tried to get it working but get the following error in the log file: -- Sun Sep 16 00:39:55 CEST 2001 Request /debian/dists/woody/non-free/binary-i386/Release rcmd

Re: "ifup eth0" works only once

2001-09-15 Thread Marco Franzen
On Fr, 14 Sep 2001 17:18:28 -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > It's most likely pump. You were absolutely right, thanks! Nothing wrong with my config or driver. I simply installed the package dhcp-client over my existing configuration, and it worked immediately with no additional change. I di

RE: how to extract attached files after they have been moved to

2001-09-15 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 15-Sep-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Help! I've moved an important message with an attachment to /~mbox without > saving the attachment! now I can't go back and try to get it since it's now > in ascii format and I basically don't know how to extract it or pipe it out > in binary form

how to extract attached files after they have been moved to /~/mbox?

2001-09-15 Thread jdls
Hi, Help! I've moved an important message with an attachment to /~mbox without saving the attachment! now I can't go back and try to get it since it's now in ascii format and I basically don't know how to extract it or pipe it out in binary format... Thanks!

Re: quick perl check

2001-09-15 Thread Jakob B. Jensen
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:37:50AM -0600, Adam McDaniel wrote: > Hey...i think i've found a slight issue/bug with the testing version of perl, > but I need someone running stable to run this command: > > # dpkg -S ioctl.ph > > Actually, now that I think about it, anyone running either stable OR t

isdn on woody?

2001-09-15 Thread Martin F Krafft
hi, our ISDN router for a local network is running potato, and i'd really like to update it to woody. however, i can't afford to lose the ISDN capabilities... are there reports about woody and german ISDN? martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|

Re: .m2v files which format ?

2001-09-15 Thread Casper Gielen
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 01:07:45PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > > > Has anybody comeacross this file format ? > > > > 'fraid I have no fish for this request, but here's a fishing rod: > > Package: file Then here is a net: eckage: bitcollider Status: install ok installed Priority: optional

Speeding up GPG

2001-09-15 Thread Casper Gielen
Hi, I've set up to use GPG, it seems to work fine. However loading a signed message takes annoyingly long, 10 to 20 seconds. As I get quite a lot of mail, much of which is signed this is a pain in the butt. I'm on a PIII500 so processor speed is probably not the bottleneck. I suspect it's connectin

OT: [jays@panix.com: [free-sklyarov] Please make stable NON-US homes for strong crypto projects (fwd)]

2001-09-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
This is peripherally related to Debian. Those with an ability to do so, please act. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ Praying for the victims. --- Begin Message --- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:32:12 -0700 From: John Gilmore <[EM

apt-proxy error

2001-09-15 Thread David Mohr
Hi everyone, I have a big problem with apt-proxy. I just installed it for the very first time, tried to get it working but get the following error in the log file: -- Sun Sep 16 00:39:55 CEST 2001 Request /debian/dists/woody/non-free/binary-i386/Release rcmd

apt-proxy error

2001-09-15 Thread David Mohr
Hi everyone, I have a big problem with apt-proxy. I just installed it for the very first time, tried to get it working but get the following error in the log file: -- Sun Sep 16 00:39:55 CEST 2001 Request /debian/dists/woody/non-free/binary-i386/Release rcmd

Re: quick perl check

2001-09-15 Thread Andrew Perrin
nujoma:~> dpkg -S ioctl.ph perl-5.005: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux/asm-alpha/ioctl.ph perl-5.005: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux/asm-mips/ioctl.ph nujoma:~> cat /etc/debian_version 2.2 nujoma:~> uname -a Linux nujoma 2.2.19pre17 #1 Sat Jun 30 15:49:52 EST 2001 i586 unknown ---

Re: logrotate still not workin

2001-09-15 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 15:12, nate wrote: > i sent this once, and didn't see a reply, i have some > followup info to the original message. > > I changed /etc/logrotate.conf : > /var/log/radacct/ras-ca/detail { > size=1k > create 0664 root adm > rotate 10 > postrotate >

Re: Exim delivery to a maildir (or just use procmail?) questions

2001-09-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michael Heldebrant ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010914 18:08]: > Ok, I've got courier-imapd installed and configured. > > How do I get exim to deliver all localy generated mail to stay in the > standard mail spool for the system but all other mail which is coming in > through fetchmail to go into a mail

Re: quick perl check

2001-09-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Adam McDaniel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010915 08:39]: > Hey...i think i've found a slight issue/bug with the testing version of perl, > but I need someone running stable to run this command: > > # dpkg -S ioctl.ph > > Actually, now that I think about it, anyone running either stable OR testing > if

Re: tar copying problems for "/" to "/mnt"

2001-09-15 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >cd /; tar cf - / | (cd /mnt; tar xf - ) > >this works fine but i get this timestamp messages: > >tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2001-09-16 20:33:45 One problem with this command is it will copy /mnt to /mnt/mnt to /mnt/mnt/mnt The -l option

Re: Unstable -> Testing

2001-09-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jeremy Nickurak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010914 22:40]: > A while ago I had to set myself up a little low-priority router. Now, > being the irresponsible person I am, I just had to install unstable to > get a few toys testing was missing at the time. :) doh! You should have used pin priorities in /e

logrotate still not workin

2001-09-15 Thread nate
i sent this once, and didn't see a reply, i have some followup info to the original message. I changed /etc/logrotate.conf : /var/log/radacct/ras-ca/detail { size=1k create 0664 root adm rotate 10 postrotate /etc/init.d/radiusd restart

Re: .m2v files which format ?

2001-09-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Rajesh Fowkar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010915 12:10]: > Hi, > > My friend has got a CD on which he has got some mpeg files and some files > are in .m2v format ? Which format is this ? It also looks to be a video > file from its size. Has anybody come across this format ? Which player can > play thes

Re: postgresql/horde/imp problem on woody (was Re: testing)

2001-09-15 Thread Oliver Elphick
Martin F Krafft wrote: >i am running testing. i constantly get > > /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/do.maintenance: /etc/postgresql/postgresql.env: > +No such file or directory > >from cron. > >postgresql is installed, standard woody package. absolutely no >databases are defined yet, i j

Re: uptime

2001-09-15 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > > $ uptime > > > 12:44am up 365 days, 1:31, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.03, 0.01 > > > > > > break out the root beer! > > > > Congrats! I think I'll show this to a few Windows users. In the mid-80's we ran IBM 3090 mainframes. Big Iron. On

Re: uptime

2001-09-15 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 01:45:41PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: | * Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: | > will trillich wrote: | > | > > $ uptime | > > 12:44am up 365 days, 1:31, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.03, 0.01 | > > | > > break out the root beer! | > | > Congrats! I t

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Carlos Sousa
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ls -l /dev/lp* crwxr-x---1 root lp 6, 0 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp0 crw-rw1 root lp 6, 1 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp1 crw-rw1 root lp 6, 2 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp2 Did you attempt my previous command as root or as a normal user?

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem: SOLVED!!

2001-09-15 Thread Dale Morris
Yep, reconfiguring the kernel made a big difference, printer is printing a test page right now. I'm using the cups printing system along with turboprint. It seems to work thanks again for the help! dale

Re: mutt & send hook

2001-09-15 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
dman saw fit to inform me that: >On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:10:14PM +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote: >| >| -- >| rajeshsign.sh is : >| >| INFILE=$1 >| echo -en "\n\n\n" >> $INFILE >| cat $HOME/.rajeshsign >> $INFILE >| fortune -s

Re: Installed netscape, but how do I start it?

2001-09-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:57:57PM -0400, Peter Christensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Thanks for all the suggestions! I really am trying to learn the > basics of Linux, a few weeks ago bought Peter Norton's _Complete Guide > to Linux_, but am finding it not too helpful at this point. (The bo

.m2v files which format ?

2001-09-15 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
Hi, My friend has got a CD on which he has got some mpeg files and some files are in .m2v format ? Which format is this ? It also looks to be a video file from its size. Has anybody come across this format ? Which player can play these files ? I tried mplayer but it does not play them. Has anybod

Re: uptime

2001-09-15 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > will trillich wrote: > > > $ uptime > > 12:44am up 365 days, 1:31, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.03, 0.01 > > > > break out the root beer! > > Congrats! I think I'll show this to a few Windows users. Hmm. We had an NT swerver with about

Re: gnumeric needs libgdk_imlib.la

2001-09-15 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 12:07:54 -0400, Mark Copper wrote: > I am running dpkg-buildpackage on "unstable" Gnumeric sources. Make > exits with error saying that it cannot find /usr/lib/libgdk_imlib.la. Check the debian/control file. It states the build dependencies, including libgnome-dev which in

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 12:56, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 12:51, Dale Morris wrote: > > On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Ron Farrer wrote: > > > > > Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > > When I do that I get the following: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dlm lp > > > > The user

Re: Fonts in KDE2.2

2001-09-15 Thread Julio Merino
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 05:02:49PM +0200, Thomas Apel wrote: > On Saturday, 15. September 2001 12:09, Julio Merino wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've installed KDE2.2 on sid. The first time I run it, it apperes the > > setup wizard, and everything looks fine. But when I restart it, I get > > very weir

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 12:51, Dale Morris wrote: > On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Ron Farrer wrote: > > > Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > When I do that I get the following: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dlm lp > > > The user `dlm' is already a member of lp. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > t

postgresql/horde/imp problem on woody (was Re: testing)

2001-09-15 Thread Martin F Krafft
guten abend! also sprach Gerhard Kroder (on Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:04:32PM +0200): > you should convert to testing, maybe... just kidding. But: on testing > postgres runs quite well, too. Currently as of 7.1-4 i am running testing. i constantly get /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/do.maintenance: /etc/pos

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Dale Morris
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Ron Farrer wrote: > Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > When I do that I get the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dlm lp > > The user `dlm' is already a member of lp. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > that's what's so frustrating.. > > Does it give the same error if yo

Re: Exim delivery to a maildir (or just use procmail?) questions

2001-09-15 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 08:48, Ramin Motakef wrote: > Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ok, I've got courier-imapd installed and configured. > > > > How do I get exim to deliver all localy generated mail to stay in the > > standard mail spool for the system but all other mail whi

Re: Which are the network .deb-s of Debian GNU/Linux ?

2001-09-15 Thread Jakob B. Jensen
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:45:03PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I understand that there are certain .deb-s that : > 1) make your Linux box a router (I want him\her to at least identify on being > ping-ed > by others on the network , and accept telnet and ftp connections) . ... First off, as

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Ron Farrer
Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When I do that I get the following: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dlm lp > The user `dlm' is already a member of lp. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > that's what's so frustrating.. Does it give the same error if you do: echo test > /dev/lp0 as root? If so, then printer supp

Re: tar copying problems for "/" to "/mnt"

2001-09-15 Thread Jakob B. Jensen
On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 01:08:29PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote: ... > partition) to "/mnt" which points to my spare partition. to do this i > use tar with the commands: > > cd /; tar cf - / | (cd /mnt; tar xf - ) > > this works fine but i get this timestamp messages: > > tar: Archive contains futur

Which are the network .deb-s of Debian GNU/Linux ?

2001-09-15 Thread shyamk
I understand that there are certain .deb-s that : 1) make your Linux box a router (I want him\her to at least identify on being ping-ed by others on the network , and accept telnet and ftp connections) . 2) that get on with the basic bit of networking., DHCP,DNS ,Samba,etc. What are the .deb-s

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Dale Morris
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ls -l /dev/lp* > > crwxr-x---1 root lp 6, 0 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp0 > > crw-rw1 root lp 6, 1 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp1 > > crw-rw1 root lp 6, 2 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp2 > > Did you attempt my previous command as root or a

Re: dpkg

2001-09-15 Thread Jakob B. Jensen
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 05:56:38PM -0500, Stathy G. Touloumis wrote: > What is 'start-stop-daemon'? When I try to install a package using dpkg I > get this error. > > > dpkg: `start-stop-daemon' not found on PATH. > dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. > NB: root's PATH should usu

Re: mutt & send hook

2001-09-15 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:10:14PM +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote: | Hi, | | I have got the following in my muttrc : | | set default_hook="~C %s" | send-hook ! ^(howtos|linux-india|debian-user|ilug-goa|icewm) | "set editor='/usr/local/bin/rajeshsign.sh'" | send-hook ^(howtos|linux-india|de

Re: CDROM with device file system.

2001-09-15 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 05:02:50PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: | On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 16:39, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: | > My ATAPI CDROM drive /dev/hdc is fine, | > provided the devfsd daemon is not implemented during bootup. | > If /dev/hdc mounting is attempted AFTER devfsd is called, | > the mount

Re: CDROM with device file system.

2001-09-15 Thread Ross Burton
On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 16:39, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > My ATAPI CDROM drive /dev/hdc is fine, > provided the devfsd daemon is not implemented during bootup. > If /dev/hdc mounting is attempted AFTER devfsd is called, > the mount fails. Insights? Under devfsd the mount point will be /dev/ide/... R

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Ron Farrer
Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Ron, it shows: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ls -l /dev/lp* > crwxr-x---1 root lp 6, 0 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp0 > crw-rw1 root lp 6, 1 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp1 > crw-rw1 root lp 6, 2 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp2

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Dale Morris
> > > results of that command are: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$echo test > /dev/lp0 > > bash: /dev/lp0: Permission denied > > What does this command show: > ls -l /dev/lp* Ron, it shows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ls -l /dev/lp* crwxr-x---1 root lp 6, 0 Jul 5 2000 /dev/lp0 crw-rw

Error message at boot time

2001-09-15 Thread Keith O'Connell
I have an old 400 Mhz Pentium, that I want to use as a firewall. It has 80Mb ram and a 6Gb disk. Now I understand that this is easily ample for the task. It only has one network card in it at the moment, but that card seems to generate this message at boot time. None of the other computers running

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Ron Farrer
Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > results of that command are: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$echo test > /dev/lp0 > bash: /dev/lp0: Permission denied What does this command show: ls -l /dev/lp* Ron pgpj5ZdQUbhps.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Dale Morris
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Ron Farrer wrote: > Perhaps try something simple, such as: > echo test > /dev/lp0 results of that command are: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$echo test > /dev/lp0 bash: /dev/lp0: Permission denied

CDROM with device file system.

2001-09-15 Thread Marvin Stodolsky
My ATAPI CDROM drive /dev/hdc is fine, provided the devfsd daemon is not implemented during bootup. If /dev/hdc mounting is attempted AFTER devfsd is called, the mount fails. Insights? MarvS

quick perl check

2001-09-15 Thread Adam McDaniel
Hey...i think i've found a slight issue/bug with the testing version of perl, but I need someone running stable to run this command: # dpkg -S ioctl.ph Actually, now that I think about it, anyone running either stable OR testing if you could run that command and dump the output that would help me

mutt & send hook

2001-09-15 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
Hi, I have got the following in my muttrc : set default_hook="~C %s" send-hook ! ^(howtos|linux-india|debian-user|ilug-goa|icewm) "set editor='/usr/local/bin/rajeshsign.sh'" send-hook ^(howtos|linux-india|debian-user|ilug-goa|icewm) "set editor='/usr/local/bin/lostsign.sh'"

Re: major problems (was:Re: fetchmail)

2001-09-15 Thread Marvin Stodolsky
The XF86Config serving Root must then be in /root Copy it to /etc/X11/XF86Config for use by other users. MarvS >Frank Zimmermann wrote: > > On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > > > With respect to startx, > > check for a .xsession files in your /root/ and /home/user/ folders. > > You

Re: mutt and vi

2001-09-15 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Fri, 14 Sep 2001 06:46:35PM -0500): > Is autocmds a vi thing or a mutt thing? neither. it's vim. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- anyone around? -- no, we're all irr

New book [was Installed netscape, but how do I start it?]

2001-09-15 Thread Wendell Cochran
> ... a few weeks ago bought Peter Norton's _Complete Guide to >Linux_, but am finding it not too helpful at this point. (The book was >on sale, remaindered, I guess not a big seller!) Karsten, I will check >out the books that you recommended. See also _The Linux Cookbook_ by Michael Stutz (2001

Re: uptime

2001-09-15 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach will trillich (on Sat, 15 Sep 2001 12:45:15AM -0500): > $ uptime > 12:44am up 365 days, 1:31, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.03, 0.01 piper:/var/log# uptime 16:58:42 up 854 days, 11:46, 67 users, load average: 0.05, 0.05, 0.01 titan:~# uptime 11:06am up 1556 day(s), 4:30, 113 use

Re: how to mail an attachment from a script

2001-09-15 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 08:25:33AM -0300, Christoph Simon wrote: | On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 21:24:04 -0700 (PDT) | "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > On 15-Sep-2001 dman wrote: | > > | > > I need to set up a script to be run by crontab. This script needs to | > > mail a (html) file a

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Ron Farrer
Dale Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm still trying to get my printer working, not much luck. When I run > dmesg it shows: > > PCI: Using IRQ router default [1022/7006] at 00:00.0 > isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... > isapnp: No Plug & Play device found > Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 > Based

Re: Fonts in KDE2.2

2001-09-15 Thread Thomas Apel
On Saturday, 15. September 2001 12:09, Julio Merino wrote: > Hi all, > > I've installed KDE2.2 on sid. The first time I run it, it apperes the > setup wizard, and everything looks fine. But when I restart it, I get > very weird fonts. I go to the control center to change them, but I > only get thre

Re: Linux Administration ?'s

2001-09-15 Thread Bob Hilliard
on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 11:04:03AM -0700, Stephen Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED] m) wrote: > I am relatively new to Linux, and have a class that I am required to be > a Linux Administrator for. I need to know some of the basic questions > to ask in order to be effective. I am using Linux Mandrake. Thanks

Re: major problems (was:Re: fetchmail)

2001-09-15 Thread Frank Zimmermann
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > With respect to startx, > check for a .xsession files in your /root/ and /home/user/ folders. > You may be missing /home/user/.xsession > See > /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/examples/xsession > > MarvS > Sorry i did not include any error messages. It

Re: Newbie dselect questions

2001-09-15 Thread David Roundy
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 04:38:36PM +0900, rikiwarren wrote: > > I'd like to run a woody system with kde 2.2 added from sid. What's the > proper way to do this? Should I just go ahead and move everything to sid? I > seem to be having a lot of trouble using dselect, as it often wants to > delete

menu

2001-09-15 Thread Roger Keays
Hi, Does anybody know how to use the menu package to remove complete subtrees from the menu? Also, I've had some strange outputs from editting /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus... substitute section->section Apps/Math Apps/Trash endtranslate Update-menus[3592]: key=Apps/Math match=Apps/Math

Re: Linux + Digital Cameras

2001-09-15 Thread Philippe Marzouk
Le sam, 15 sep 2001 15:34:34, Lukas Ruf a écrit : > Dear all, > > does anyone have any NEGATIV experience with digital cameras that should > be > connected to Linux via a USB interface? > > The reason I am asking this question: I would like to buy a Pentax Optio > Digital Camera. As usual, the m

Re: epson stylus 600 setup problem

2001-09-15 Thread Dale Morris
I'm still trying to get my printer working, not much luck. When I run dmesg it shows: PCI: Using IRQ router default [1022/7006] at 00:00.0 isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... isapnp: No Plug & Play device found Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Initia

Slackware / Dragon Linux

2001-09-15 Thread shyamk
I am having a version of Slackware called Dragon Linux. As per the manuals , you can have it on a Windows partition . I installed it in E:\Dragon Linux\ from the Cd Then I went to MSDOS mode and run the setup file as mentioned by them. I got into Dragon Linux (the Login prompt , etc.) I was aske

major problems (was:Re: fetchmail)

2001-09-15 Thread Frank Zimmermann
I apologise for my late response but i was quite busy and the about what happend in the Us i couldn't get myself on the PC to solve my little problem. But today I thought it's time to do so. I found out that I have multiple problems that seemed to have appeared suddenly. It's the fetchmai problem

Re: Adaptec 1542 with slink/potato?

2001-09-15 Thread Sean Quinlan
--- John Conover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-15 11:50): > Anyone using an Adaptec 1542 with slink/potato? > > CD work OK? I have that card in my firewall machine, running potato, and it works fine. I used the boot floppies to install from though (I installed from the net because my potato CD 1

Re: Exim delivery to a maildir (or just use procmail?) questions

2001-09-15 Thread Ramin Motakef
Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, I've got courier-imapd installed and configured. > > How do I get exim to deliver all localy generated mail to stay in the > standard mail spool for the system but all other mail which is coming in > through fetchmail to go into a maildir so I

ide zip drive problem with 2.4.9 ?

2001-09-15 Thread Rino Mardo
is there a known problem with the kernel-2.4.9 and ide zip drives? i have this ide zip drives which i can use without problems with the stock kernel that comes with debian2.2r0. as soon as i updated the kernel to 2.4.9 i'm getting this during boot: ide-floppy driver 0.97 hdd: No disk in drive hd

Linux + Digital Cameras

2001-09-15 Thread Lukas Ruf
Dear all, does anyone have any NEGATIV experience with digital cameras that should be connected to Linux via a USB interface? The reason I am asking this question: I would like to buy a Pentax Optio Digital Camera. As usual, the manufacturer state only some infos regarding Myrcosoft and MacOS --

Re: mail direct to Internet

2001-09-15 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > On laptop from Home, my mail is sent through Netscape Messenger to > smtp.rcn.com, with rcn.com my IP. RCN.COM does not accept smtp from > other domains. > > With laptop at work I have a LAN gateway to the Internet, and should be > able to sen

mail direct to Internet

2001-09-15 Thread Marvin Stodolsky
On laptop from Home, my mail is sent through Netscape Messenger to smtp.rcn.com, with rcn.com my IP. RCN.COM does not accept smtp from other domains. With laptop at work I have a LAN gateway to the Internet, and should be able to send mail directly from the laptop. But how should Messenger + exim

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