Re: debian Xwindows -- query

2001-09-30 Thread ktb
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 12:48:55PM +0800, louie miranda wrote: > Hi, i try to install the xfree86*.deb files and some other libraries, and i > choose fvwm for my desktop. And i installed xterm and netscape only.. > > this was in "dselect", now after the dselect installed/configured the > packages.

debian Xwindows -- query

2001-09-30 Thread louie miranda
Hi, i try to install the xfree86*.deb files and some other libraries, and i choose fvwm for my desktop. And i installed xterm and netscape only.. this was in "dselect", now after the dselect installed/configured the packages.. i started running XF86Setup to setup some other things.. then after t

Re: A challenge: 8,000 serial number labels

2001-09-30 Thread Indraneel Majumdar
Isn't there a label.sty in LaTeX ? I've used it for printing labels for posters a long time back using perl to generate the numbers. Have to look for the source though. \Indraneel On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 11:56:14AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Greetings. > > For a study, I need a lot of little

Re: Package optimization

2001-09-30 Thread dman
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 05:21:49AM +0530, Jeffrin Jose T. wrote: | | | Hello all | | Is it possible to make *k7.deb instead of *i386.deb ? Yes, if you really want to. It would take you longer to recompile the packages than to wait for the un-optimized executables. The performance gain is n

Re: smbfs help

2001-09-30 Thread dman
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 07:43:37PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote: | hey, | | On a win2k machine, I have the "d drive" shared as a share called SEC. | However when I try to mount the drive on linux (using the following command) | it just says failed ... | | bash-2.05# mount -t smbfs -o username=fami

Re: slow sound

2001-09-30 Thread dman
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 03:48:02PM +0100, Knut Ivar Skattebo wrote: | Sound is playing at half speed on my Compaq Presario 9520 with ES1788 onboard. | I have searched the net for a solution, but couldn't find anything. It is using the right IRQ and DMA channel? I think if it is sharing an interru

kernel 2.4.10 and linus vs ac VM?

2001-09-30 Thread Randolph S. Kahle
I am confused about the state of the 2.4.10 kernel. It seems that there are two VMs that are going to "fight it out" moving forward: the original one (in the ac line of code) and a new one (in the main line of code). Before this became clear, I was planning to move up to 2.4.10 from 2.4.4 as it s

How do I change build options for debian/rules binary?

2001-09-30 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hello, I'm trying to build mutt with the pgp_outlook_compat patch. I know that I have to put the patch file into debian/patches and run `debian/rules binary`, but unfortunatelly this does not enable the compressed folders patch. So I tried to alter the debian/rules file and add the --enabled-com

Re: Cron puzzlement

2001-09-30 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 08:56:32AM +0100, P Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > What user in /etc/passwd runs the essential maintenance tasks in > /etc/cron.* ? root, though you can use tricks to get them to run as another user if you need to. > Can I add tasks by chucking them in that folder or do I nee

Re: list etiquette

2001-09-30 Thread Erik Steffl
Alex Hunsley wrote: > > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > > > on Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 01:02:16PM +0100, Alex Hunsley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > Who runs the debian list? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > I emailed the list owner address a little while ago and haven't > > > received a r

Re: adding a second NIC

2001-09-30 Thread Rory O'Connor
Thanks to everyone for help on this...I am getting closer, but still no ping to my other local machine. It's no longer giving me the "ping: sendto: Operation not permitted" error when I try to ping...it's lust looking for my other local machine and not finding it. Here's what I've got so far, per

Re: procmail: Suspicious rcfile "/home/erik/.procmailrc"

2001-09-30 Thread Erik Steffl
"Ralf G. R. Bergs" wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:43:16 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > > [...] it used to have 664 permissions but I changed it to: > > > >-rw---1 erik erik 660 May 12 19:41 > >/home/erik/.procmailrc > > > > and it still complains! > > > > any ideas? TIA.

Re: Courier IMAP and Ximian Evolution

2001-09-30 Thread Brian May
> "Ross" == Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ross> Which looks rather odd to me. Is this usual? Or is this a Ross> bug in Evolution, which I am using to create the folders? I Ross> am using the default namespace, but I have also tried using Ross> "INBOX." as the namesp

Re: list etiquette

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:03:14 CDT, Hall Stevenson writes: >* Alex Hunsley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010930 16:54]: >> I read my email from several places, not all of which have a linux box >> handy (e.g. work). Is there a promail equivelent for windows? > >I use Outlook Express when I'm at work and have

Re: Getting sound to work

2001-09-30 Thread Steven Farrier
On Sunday 30 September 2001 01:37 pm, Stephan Hachinger wrote: > Hmm, it seems to find no isa pnp board... that's quite strange... Maybe the > card is really attached to PCI; please try to find out about that by > looking at the properties of the sound devices once more... at least at my > win2000

Re: list etiquette

2001-09-30 Thread dman
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 09:51:04PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: | "Karsten M. Self" wrote: | > I'd recommend spending less time harranging the overworked list and more | > investing in a solid set of procmail filters. | | I would hardly describe a suggestion sent to list admin as "harranging". |

Re: list etiquette

2001-09-30 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Alex Hunsley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010930 16:54]: > I read my email from several places, not all of which have a linux box > handy (e.g. work). Is there a promail equivelent for windows? I use Outlook Express when I'm at work and have set up various rules for putting mail from different lists

Package optimization

2001-09-30 Thread Jeffrin Jose T .
Hello all Is it possible to make *k7.deb instead of *i386.deb ? -- Jeffrin Jose T. www.MSServices.org GPG:1024D/F5726A1B

Re: Can Linux use a Microsoft Proxy Server to access the Internet?

2001-09-30 Thread Frank Preut
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:32:42PM -0300, Vitor Silva Souza wrote: > However, I was able to run ftp and connect to ftp.debian.org.br > manually. When I did that, the command CD works, but LS and GET don't. > What's going on? Does this have anything to do with FTP being in passive > mode,

smbfs help

2001-09-30 Thread Sunny Dubey
hey, On a win2k machine, I have the "d drive" shared as a share called SEC. However when I try to mount the drive on linux (using the following command) it just says failed ... bash-2.05# mount -t smbfs -o username=family,password=family //main/sec /mnt/smb/ 1025: Connection to main failed SM

off topic: funny article

2001-09-30 Thread xucaen
I thought people on this list would get a kick out of this. I thought it was funny.. http://bbspot.com/News/2000/9/linux_laid.html enjoy. xucaen

Debian installation inside a live linux

2001-09-30 Thread igor
Hello. Is there way to launch debian installation from inside a live Mandrake system? There is a currently linux kernel 2.2.19 running. I'm planning to replace a mandrake system that has no video card inside. So if I boot of debian installation floppy disk, I have no way of seeing the output. A

Re: Need help recovering system

2001-09-30 Thread Ross Boylan
A happy ending: I copied the vmlinuz-2.4.9 (as I recall) image from my backup of /root over LINUX on the diskette I made from rescue.bin of the debian install disks.. I typed "linux root=/dev/hda6" at the boot prompt, and all was well. Apparently the boot sector image the NT Loader was using

Re: Cron puzzlement

2001-09-30 Thread P Kirk
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 09:38:57AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: >Any script you put into the /etc/cron.* folders will be executed as part of >that group. > >Craig Thanks for that.

Re: Kernel freezing at first boot of Potato

2001-09-30 Thread David Goodenough
On Sunday 30 September 2001 9:26 pm, Francois Fayard wrote: > Hi, > > I've just bought a new laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100), > and I have problems installing Debian on it. It seems > that the kernel freeze at the first boot (The dbootstrap > installation runs well, but not the first boot). It seems >

Re: networkcard etup

2001-09-30 Thread Jason Boxman
On Sunday 30 September 2001 06:57 pm, Hans Steinraht wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to get my homenetwork to work with debian. > What I understand till now is that I have to set up the two nics > in the gateway machine and then install ipmasq. > > My question is: >    How do I setup the second networ

Re: have to bring up network manually after reboot

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
David Mohr wrote: > > --On Sonntag, September 30, 2001 19:57:39 +0100 Alex Hunsley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Each time I reboot my debian box, I have to bring up the network manually. > > If I just try "ifup eth0", I get the error "Operation failed". To get the > > network back, I have t

networkcard etup

2001-09-30 Thread Hans Steinraht
-- Hi, I am trying to get my homenetwork to work with debian. What I understand till now is that I have to set up the two nics in the gateway machine and then install ipmasq. My question is: How do I setup the second network card (eth1)? I have found /etc/network/interfaces, do I have to ed

Re: list etiquette

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
"Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > on Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 01:02:16PM +0100, Alex Hunsley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Who runs the debian list? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I emailed the list owner address a little while ago and haven't > > received a response. > > > What I said in this emai

Re: Getting sound to work

2001-09-30 Thread Stephan Hachinger
Oh, sorry, I changed the subject line by mistake although the thread was the same... so this is a double-posting. Hi! >> -then: pnpdump > /etc/insapnp.conf (pnpdump is in the package >> isapnptools) >I did this but none of the entries seems to match my I/O Port Info :( >> -After isapnp succeeds

Re: fonts in X and everybuddy

2001-09-30 Thread Charles Baker
Check the lists archives there are several discussions of this, in particular one started by me on GTK fonts. I did find that a a mix of XFree 3.x and 4.x packages was the problem. --- Ben Hartshorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Ever since my last reboot, the 'everybuddy' > program has bee

Kernel freezing at first boot of Potato

2001-09-30 Thread Francois Fayard
Hi, I've just bought a new laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100), and I have problems installing Debian on it. It seems that the kernel freeze at the first boot (The dbootstrap installation runs well, but not the first boot). It seems that there is a Problem with the PCMCIA controler (I have a PCMCIA Ethern

Re: man-db cron.daily job

2001-09-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 07:30:57AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 02:42:33AM +0100, Carlos Sousa wrote: > > my 'man' apparently runs with root privileges: > > > > $ ll /usr/lib/man-db > > total 220 > > drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Sep 26 00:55 ./ > > drwxr-xr-x

Re: Memory problems, zombie processes

2001-09-30 Thread Dmitriy
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 02:04:12PM +, Dope on Plaztic,,, wrote: > Hi > > Please forgive me as this is my first post but i think i have the format > right ;> > > I have been experiencing problems on my Debian box(2.2r2, sid dist. pIII > 500mhz 128mb ram). The problems include 'zombie proces

slow sound

2001-09-30 Thread Knut Ivar Skattebo
Sound is playing at half speed on my Compaq Presario 9520 with ES1788 onboard. I have searched the net for a solution, but couldn't find anything. -- Knut Ivar Skattebo

Re: list etiquette

2001-09-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 01:02:16PM +0100, Alex Hunsley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Who runs the debian list? [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I emailed the list owner address a little while ago and haven't > received a response. > What I said in this email was: I think that it is > an omission not to

Re: Debian From Scratch: How Low Can You Go?

2001-09-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 04:37:27PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Is there is a possibility for using the Debian > > distribution for creating Linux routers? > > > > - How low can anyone go? > > - Has someone tried to use the debian distribution > > for diskless

Re: ftpd - slow to connect

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
Tommi Jensen wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > > I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in, > > there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to " and > > the > I'm guessing you are having these problems on a LA

Re: have to bring up network manually after reboot

2001-09-30 Thread David Mohr
--On Sonntag, September 30, 2001 19:57:39 +0100 Alex Hunsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Each time I reboot my debian box, I have to bring up the network manually. If I just try "ifup eth0", I get the error "Operation failed". To get the network back, I have to type the following each time: ins

Re: ftpd - slow to connect

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
Sven Hoexter wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in, > > there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to " and > > the > > login prompt actually coming up. Is

Re: unknown operator: ri

2001-09-30 Thread Pedro António Neves
Thanks for the ideas. I'll check it out. Regards > > My guess would be its a newer operator used in PDF's that your version > of Ghostscript doesn't know about. Perhaps a newer Ghostscript supports > it? There are experimental debs for alladin-gs 6.0, don't know if they > are being built for P

Re: Security on debian

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
Scott Henson wrote: > > Can any one point me to the best books, how-to's, articles, scripts, etc. on > hardening debian and making it really secure, but still easy to use? I was > looking on the debian site and I saw a security how-to, but for some reason > it would not let me access it. It said

have to bring up network manually after reboot

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
Each time I reboot my debian box, I have to bring up the network manually. If I just try "ifup eth0", I get the error "Operation failed". To get the network back, I have to type the following each time: insmod 3c59x update-modules ifup eth0 ..and then my network is back. Is this normal? I'm sure

Re: auto power off capabilites under linux

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
"Petr [Dingo] Dvorak" wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Alex Hunsley wrote: > > AH> Greg Wiley wrote: > AH> > > AH> > On Thursday, September 27, 2001 5:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > AH> > > AH> > > Is it possible to get some sort of driver to allow > AH> > > debian to auto power-off the machin

Re: Output of pnpdump

2001-09-30 Thread Stephan Hachinger
Hi! >> -then: pnpdump > /etc/insapnp.conf (pnpdump is in the package >> isapnptools) >I did this but none of the entries seems to match my I/O Port Info :( >> -After isapnp succeeds, try again starting the module. Maybe you also >> have to set io= / irq= / dma= etc. parameters in addition to the

Re: connecting MS-Win 2000 client to Linux server via ppp null modem

2001-09-30 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* John Kerr Anderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Has anyone been successful on connecting a MS-Windows 2000 computer to a > Linux server via ppp null modem? I have consulted the serial lap link > howto and PPP howto. > > I keep on getting a message from my Linux computer that the connecti

Re: pppd

2001-09-30 Thread Jason Boxman
On Sunday 30 September 2001 06:31 am, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > Hi! > > I configured pppd for dial on demand, but how can I get pppd to start > automaticaly > on boot time without immediately establishing a connection, but to wait > until there's > a demand for it? no idea. I use "diald" to

Re: unknown operator: ri

2001-09-30 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:36:55 +0100, Pedro António Neves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all: > > I get this error message (see subj line) on Ghostscript when I'm reading > some > of my PDF files. It doesn't happen with all PDF's, only the ones the > were > captured from the web via Adobe Ac

Re: Security on debian

2001-09-30 Thread Dope on Plaztic,,,
There are numerous ways of hardening a linux box - its not really debian spec. But anyhow, a good example of an all round hardening/security "patch" is the 'grsecurity' kernel patch (from www.securedlinux.org) which borrows heavily from solar designers openwall patch, and moddes the code, as wel

Security on debian

2001-09-30 Thread Scott Henson
Can any one point me to the best books, how-to's, articles, scripts, etc. on hardening debian and making it really secure, but still easy to use? I was looking on the debian site and I saw a security how-to, but for some reason it would not let me access it. It said i didnt have permision to view

Re: ftpd - slow to connect

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
Sven Hoexter wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in, > > there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to " and > > the > > login prompt actually coming up. Is

su on terminal?

2001-09-30 Thread martin f krafft
was there not a thread on debian-user about su'ing in a terminal, and the process eating up more and more memory as a result? where is it? i can't find it. thanks, martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- tr

unknown operator: ri

2001-09-30 Thread Pedro António Neves
Hi all: I get this error message (see subj line) on Ghostscript when I'm reading some of my PDF files. It doesn't happen with all PDF's, only the ones the were captured from the web via Adobe Acrobat 5 (I think!!). What is "ri" and how can I solve the problem? Any ideas? TIA Pedro

Re: AMD related

2001-09-30 Thread Tommi Jensen
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 09:59:25AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > * Jeffrin Jose T. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010930 06:49]: > > > > I have a AMD Duron processor and when i do "uname -m " i get related > > to i686 is it correct ? > > I've got an AMD K6-2, 450 mhz. 'uname -m' returns 'i586' for me. ix8

Re: Tomcat ?? Where to get it

2001-09-30 Thread dman
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 01:32:02PM +1000, Shane Broomhall wrote: | Hi All, | | I have to learn how to use a Java based web portal that will run on most web | servers. To run on Linux it needs to have Java on Apache, I have been | advised that it is better to use something called Tomcat. Could so

Re: How do you format a floppy on Linux ?

2001-09-30 Thread dman
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 10:53:43AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | My floppy shows (on Linux) as having a bad FAT partition , and | therefore , Linux will not read from the floppy . | | What commands and what flags do I use on Linux to format the floppy | (into whichever fs type I wish , say, FA

Re: auto power off capabilites under linux

2001-09-30 Thread Petr \[Dingo\] Dvorak
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Alex Hunsley wrote: AH> Greg Wiley wrote: AH> > AH> > On Thursday, September 27, 2001 5:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AH> > AH> > > Is it possible to get some sort of driver to allow AH> > > debian to auto power-off the machine like windows does? AH> > AH> > What's cool

Re: ftpd - slow to connect

2001-09-30 Thread Tommi Jensen
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 07:02:56PM +0200, Tommi Jensen wrote: > quickfix: add all clients to the ftp-server to hosts(5) de-garbled: add all client hosts to the ftp-server's hosts(5) -- Yours Digitally, Tommi Jensen ^ /e\There is no conspiracy --- pgpweAybHeB21.pgp Description:

Re: CD device permissions to rip?

2001-09-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Jeremy Whetzel wrote on Sun Sep 30, 2001 um 11:50:51PM: > Same goes for /dev/scd0 (except writing for "others", which is turned > off and I can't seem to change with a chmod +w /dev/scd0.) I still get Depends on the ripping program. Some access the device using generic SCSI interface,

Re: Fw: install freezing

2001-09-30 Thread Petr \[Dingo\] Dvorak
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Jeff Reed wrote: JR> the freezing is truly odd... JR> JR> note that i DO have win98 se installed and it seems to work fine. JR> JR> the freezing problem is quite random...it seems to occur at very random JR> intervals. sometimes, the install (whether it's deb, freebsd, mandr

Re: ftpd - slow to connect

2001-09-30 Thread Tommi Jensen
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in, > there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to " and > the I'm guessing you are having these problems on a LAN with client(lan)->server(lan) w

Re: atexit

2001-09-30 Thread Eric G. Miller
On 30 Sep 2001 12:26:59 -0400, Derek L Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I get this: > > gcc ae.c -o ae > /tmp/ccu0o440.o: In function `main': > /tmp/ccu0o440.o(.text+0x37): undefined reference to `atexit' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > with my test program. A similar test using

Re: auto power off capabilites under linux

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
Greg Wiley wrote: > > On Thursday, September 27, 2001 5:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Is it possible to get some sort of driver to allow > > debian to auto power-off the machine like windows does? > > What's cool is that the driver is in the kernel already! > You just have to turn it on

Re: ftpd - slow to connect

2001-09-30 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: Hi, > I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in, > there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to " and > the > login prompt actually coming up. Is there any reason for this delay? Is it

Re: Cron puzzlement

2001-09-30 Thread Craig Dickson
P Kirk wrote: > What user in /etc/passwd runs the essential maintenance tasks in > /etc/cron.* ? root, I believe. > Can I add tasks by chucking them in that folder or do I need to first > add them to a specific crontab? Any script you put into the /etc/cron.* folders will be executed as part of

Re: How do you format a floppy on Linux ?

2001-09-30 Thread Wayne Topa
Michael P. Soulier([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 10:53:43AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My floppy shows (on Linux) as having a bad FAT partition , and therefore , > > Linux will not read from the floppy . > > apt-get install fdutils > > sup

Re: AMD related

2001-09-30 Thread Wayne Topa
Jeffrin Jose T.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > Hello all > > > I have a AMD Duron processor and when i do "uname -m " i get related > to i686 is it correct ? AMD Athlon. uname -m says i686 also running kernel 2.4.10. -- .File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N) _

ftpd - slow to connect

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Hunsley
I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in, there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to " and the login prompt actually coming up. Is there any reason for this delay? Is it a setting somewhere or something? I can't imagine what it could be doing that

Re: atexit

2001-09-30 Thread Derek L Davies
I get this: gcc ae.c -o ae /tmp/ccu0o440.o: In function `main': /tmp/ccu0o440.o(.text+0x37): undefined reference to `atexit' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status with my test program. A similar test using on_exit works as expected. My stdlib.h has: /* Register a function to be called when `exi

Re: atexit

2001-09-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 11:02:39AM -0400, Derek L Davies wrote: > I've been having problems with atexit for a long time now. I've tried > various ways to figure out what's going on without luck. > > It looks like somewhere along the line atexit disappeared from libc6 > . I know on_exit does what

Re: atexit

2001-09-30 Thread Eric G. Miller
What makes you think it's not in libc6? The "atexit" function is declared in stdlib.h. $ grep atexit /usr/include/stdlib.h extern int atexit (void (*__func) (void)) __THROW; /* Call all functions registered with `atexit' and `on_exit', functions registered with `atexit' or `on_exit'. */ $ nm

Fw: install freezing

2001-09-30 Thread Jeff Reed
the freezing is truly odd... note that i DO have win98 se installed and it seems to work fine. the freezing problem is quite random...it seems to occur at very random intervals. sometimes, the install (whether it's deb, freebsd, mandrake) goes just fine. then, once i log in, even in good ol' CLI

Re: Hardware Requirement for Debian

2001-09-30 Thread Tarjei Huse
> BTW, IIRC ASP is a Microsoft product so you won't be able to set up an > ASP system on Debian. There's an asp module for apache. Tarjei > HTH, > -D > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DNS forwarding

2001-09-30 Thread Mark Lanett
From: "Robert Waldner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Can your DNS-forwarder resolve reverse-dns for your internal IPs? > Reverse-lookup is the most likely candidate for delays I can think of. I agree. I solved this all with djbdns but it is convoluted. I created two aliased IPs on my internal interface (

[voltan@bigpond.com: XF86_NONE]

2001-09-30 Thread Branden Robinson
-- G. Branden Robinson| Don't use nuclear weapons to Debian GNU/Linux | troubleshoot faults. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- US Air Force Instruction 91-111 http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | --- Begin Message --- Hi Branden,   Found your m

Re: DNS forwarding

2001-09-30 Thread Mark Lanett
From: "Christian Schoenebeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What do you mean with 'broken DNS entries on the intranet boxes'? My guess is that your intranet boxes are pointed to multiple DNS servers. They contact the first and it times out, then they contact your new DNS server (which works). ~mark

Re: "Simple" kernel compilation question

2001-09-30 Thread Michael C. Alonzo
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 01:20:51AM -0400, Akintayo Holder wrote: > Hi, > Could some one tell me what is initrd-2.X.X.gz, and how do i go about > creating a new one. I just compiled my kernel and i can't seem to find > any docs that explain this file, and how you create it. > > thanks > >

atexit

2001-09-30 Thread Derek L Davies
Hi, I've been having problems with atexit for a long time now. I've tried various ways to figure out what's going on without luck. It looks like somewhere along the line atexit disappeared from libc6 . I know on_exit does what atexit does and more - has atexit been deprecated and removed? Hop

Re: sendmail - blocking addresses

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 14:55:31 BST, Carlos Sousa writes: >Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Uhm? Quite "stock" sendmail 8.9.3-23: >(snip) > > ka:/etc/mail# grep -i access databases > > access_db:hash:-o:/etc/mail/access:: > >I'm using sendmail version 8.11.6+8.12.0.Beta19-0 > >$ gr

Re: sendmail - blocking addresses

2001-09-30 Thread Carlos Sousa
Carlos Sousa wrote: (snip) and my 'databases' file contains NO mention of 'access', hence my doubts on how to achieve my intended purposes. This begets the question: is some exim-friendly gremlin eating away at my sendmail files? Or was 'access' dropped from 'databases' after sendmail 8.9.3-2

Re: sendmail - blocking addresses

2001-09-30 Thread Carlos Sousa
Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uhm? Quite "stock" sendmail 8.9.3-23: (snip) > ka:/etc/mail# grep -i access databases > access_db:hash:-o:/etc/mail/access:: I'm using sendmail version 8.11.6+8.12.0.Beta19-0 $ grep -i access /etc/mail/databases $ and my 'databases' file conta

Re: AMD related

2001-09-30 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Jeffrin Jose T. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010930 06:49]: > > I have a AMD Duron processor and when i do "uname -m " i get related > to i686 is it correct ? I've got an AMD K6-2, 450 mhz. 'uname -m' returns 'i586' for me. Hall

Memory problems, zombie processes

2001-09-30 Thread Dope on Plaztic,,,
Hi Please forgive me as this is my first post but i think i have the format right ;> I have been experiencing problems on my Debian box(2.2r2, sid dist. pIII 500mhz 128mb ram). The problems include 'zombie processes', ie issuing a 'cat' of a file, and it does not happen, so i have to ctrl+c

Re: man-db cron.daily job

2001-09-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 02:42:33AM +0100, Carlos Sousa wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > (can't have been any vaguely recent version of man-db, as none of them > > run with root privileges ...). man-db can certainly work around it, > > my 'man' apparently runs with root privileges: > > $ ll /usr

Courier IMAP and Ximian Evolution

2001-09-30 Thread Ross Burton
Hi, I've installed Courier-IMAP and Evolution from unstable, but am having problems with folders... I have read that the correct structure for a folder tree of: INBOX |- Lists \- Debian User Is this on disk: ~/Maildir |-cur |-new |-tmp |-.Lists | |-cur | |-new | |-tmp | |-.Debian Us

Re: AMD related

2001-09-30 Thread Johnny Ernst Nielsen
> I have a AMD Duron processor and when i do "uname -m " i get related > to i686 is it correct ? Duron here too. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -m i686 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Cheers Johnny :o)

Re: display managers and kerberos5

2001-09-30 Thread Martin Maciaszek
--On Saturday, September 29, 2001 03:12:47 PM +0300 Serafim Zanikolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] What you need is PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), a layer between the application (in your case *dm) and the underlying authentication system. Depending on the authentication[0] re

Re: procmail: Suspicious rcfile "/home/erik/.procmailrc"

2001-09-30 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:43:16 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: [...] it used to have 664 permissions but I changed it to: > >-rw---1 erik erik 660 May 12 19:41 >/home/erik/.procmailrc > > and it still complains! > > any ideas? TIA. Could be the permissions of your home directory.

Re: nedit menu text messed up

2001-09-30 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 01:09:51 +0200, A.R. (Tom) Peters wrote: > When I run it, it appears with all menu text characters displayed as small > dashed squares, so it is unusable. See http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2001/23/ . HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other peop

AMD related

2001-09-30 Thread Jeffrin Jose T .
Hello all I have a AMD Duron processor and when i do "uname -m " i get related to i686 is it correct ? -- Jeffrin Jose T. www.MSServices.org GPG:1024D/F5726A1B

AW: DNS forwarding

2001-09-30 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Mark Lanett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Samstag, 29. September 2001 23:23 An: Christian Schoenebeck; Debian Mailing-List (E-Mail) Betreff: Re: DNS forwarding > For dns caching, I would say use dnscache from djbdns instead. However > running both a d

pppd

2001-09-30 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
Hi! I configured pppd for dial on demand, but how can I get pppd to start automaticaly on boot time without immediately establishing a connection, but to wait until there's a demand for it? I renamed /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot to /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot and chmoded it to a+x to be executed by /etc/init

Re: DNS forwarding

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:53:26 +0200, "Christian Schoenebeck" writes: >I configured one Debian box as an internet router for our local network, >but I've got a little problem with DNS. I installed bind 8.1x bind 8._1_? <*gasp*> Upgrade, please. Upgrade. 8.2.3 is the security-wise recommended one.

Re: sendmail - blocking addresses

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 22:57:44 BST, Carlos Sousa writes: >Richard A Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> add this to /etc/mail/access (create if necessary): >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] REJECT >(Gee... THE cowboy himself... like having the Pope answer your >question about your local church attendance sch

Re: sendmail or perl: which is the bad one..

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
>> >>Yup, perl is to old to understand character classes >> >> >> >>> sendmail is "8.11.3+8.12.0.Beta7-8". >How about: > 1) mkdir > 2) cd > 3) apt-get source sendmail/unstable > 4) cd sendmail* > 5) dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us > 6) dpkg --install ../*.deb <...

Re: sendmail virtusers question

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:17:16 EDT, Richard A Nelson writes: >On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Robert Waldner wrote: > >> I have a domain where some specific addresses ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> should be accepted and then be forwarded to another address >> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). >> >> So I thought that the perfect

Re: [TriLUG] Re: Typing umlauts on an english keyboard

2001-09-30 Thread A.R. \(Tom\) Peters
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, will trillich wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 05:28:12PM -0400, Stephen Ball wrote: > > I just caught hold of this thread so sorry if this fix has been mentioned > > but > > has anyone suggested the Multi_Key? You can setup Xmodmap to configure a > > key > > as the multi

Opti 82c924

2001-09-30 Thread Delphine
Hello, debian-user. How i can install my opti 82c924 soundcard in linux? (Debian 2.2.r0) -- With best regards, Delphine mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

procmail: Suspicious rcfile "/home/erik/.procmailrc"

2001-09-30 Thread Erik Steffl
I use uw-imapd-ssl, postfix and procmail to deliver email. I didn't do any system related changes (no config file changes, no apt-get fun) and suddenly my procmail filters don't work, all email is delivered into inbox and I get the message in subject in syslog, here's the relevant part:

Re: emacs related

2001-09-30 Thread Paul Huygen
Ben Hartshorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeffrin Jose T. wrote: >> How to fix emacs such that it does not typically do lines longer than 75 >> columns ? > [..] I don't know how to apply [set-fill-column] to the current > buffer, because it requires an arguments (the number of characters pe

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