Re: apt-get and dselect misalignment

2001-11-18 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 12:22:18AM -0500, Mario Lombardo wrote: > I hope it's not too bad, but I've noticed my apt-get going to attain > .deb from Potato, yet I've upgraded to testing. How do you know? did you run "apt-cache policy packagename" to see situation after running "apt-get update"? >

Re: cyrus: how to make it authenticate against unix users?

2001-11-18 Thread nate
nate said: > Erik Steffl said: >> I would like to set the cyrus authentification to work with unix >> users >> that are defined on the system. How do I set it up? I though it >> would work with pam but when I set up pam: >> > > what version of cyrus? on both versions in potato and woody from ano

Re: added memory, should I increase swap?

2001-11-18 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Peter Christensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [08 18:01]: > So, two questions: > > Should I change my swap partition to 256MB, to match the new memory? The answer to this question really depends more on your kernel selection and typical load; less on Debian's "requirements." Will you be running a 2

apt-get and dselect misalignment

2001-11-18 Thread Mario Lombardo
I hope it's not too bad, but I've noticed my apt-get going to attain .deb from Potato, yet I've upgraded to testing. Dselect goes to acquire from the proper directory (testing). My questions are: How does this happen? How do I make sure both packaging tools, or all for that matter, are acquiri

Re: cyrus: how to make it authenticate against unix users?

2001-11-18 Thread nate
Erik Steffl said: > I would like to set the cyrus authentification to work with unix > users > that are defined on the system. How do I set it up? I though it > would work with pam but when I set up pam: > what version of cyrus? on both versions in potato and woody cyrus authenticates users in /

Xlibs conflicts with xlib6g, but both needed

2001-11-18 Thread JakeCatfox
Hi, I'm trying to install libglide3, and it needs xlibs. But when I try to install that, it says it'll conflict with xlib6g. Without xlib6g, X11 stops working altogether. What should I do? -- Deven Gallo

Re: Unable to configure index_format in Mutt

2001-11-18 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Ian Patrick Thomas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [08 14:14]: > I have tried unsuccessfully to change index_format in Mutt. The > problem is that I am > unable to put spaces between the different options. For example > > folder-hook in-l-debian-user set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b%d} %-15.15n >

Re: [root@dimension11.net: Cron rnews -U]

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
Thanks very much for your respone. I did look at inn.conf but did not understand what it was trying to do. I felt that the problem was deeper than I could see just looking at the conf file. First off I didn't understand why rnews was being called at all. Then I didn't understand why it could

Package Broke X (need libXmu.so.6?)

2001-11-18 Thread JakeCatfox
Hi, I tried to install some xlib packages, and it broke X! It says it needs libXmu.so.6 whenever I run it. What do I need to install to fix this? Thx, Deven gallo

Re: Increasing Swap

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Steffl
Mark Lanett wrote: > > Unless I'm mistaken, swap in the 2.2 and 2.4 kernels only gets used when you > run out of RAM. So if you are upping your RAM and not upping the number of > tasks you run, there would be no need to increase swap. Less reason if > anything, but disk space is too cheap to make

cyrus: how to make it authenticate against unix users?

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Steffl
I would like to set the cyrus authentification to work with unix users that are defined on the system. How do I set it up? I though it would work with pam but when I set up pam: sasl_pwcheck_method: PAM I just get an error saying that PAM authentification was not successful. what do I need to

Re: Increasing Swap

2001-11-18 Thread Mark Lanett
Unless I'm mistaken, swap in the 2.2 and 2.4 kernels only gets used when you run out of RAM. So if you are upping your RAM and not upping the number of tasks you run, there would be no need to increase swap. Less reason if anything, but disk space is too cheap to make it worth repartitioning downwa

sieve (and cyrus) - doesn't work - how to troubleshoot?

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Steffl
Hi everybody, I have the following problem, I would appreaciate any help: briefly: sieve does not work. here's my setup (these are unofficial cyrus packages from www.boxedpenguin.com): jojda:~>dpkg -l \*cyrus\*|grep ^ii ii cyrus-admin1.5.19-9 CMU Cyrus mail system (administra

Re: [root@dimension11.net: Cron rnews -U]

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Steffl
Eric Brooks wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone could shed light on what I need to do to get rid of > this error message. I am a new Debian user and I think that I don't have my > network setup correctly yet (though email is working) and I am not sure what > the source of this email is? > > i

Re: added memory, should I increase swap?

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Steffl
Peter Christensen wrote: > > I started with Debian 2.1 on my Pentium 200 MHz with 32 MB of memory, > then upgraded with apt-get to Potato. I recently replaced the single 32 > MB SDRAM with two 128 MB SDRAMs. > > When I installed Debian I created a 32MB swap to match the size of the > memory. Sh

Re: VooDoo3 Problem *someone must know*

2001-11-18 Thread Jason Healy
At 1006141318s since epoch (11/18/01 22:41:58 -0500 UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, me again. :) Sorry if I'm getting annoying. I've got a Duron 880mhz > system with 196 mb ram, and a VooDoo 3, plenty to run Quake 3. I'm assuming you're using xfree 4.x. I too have a voodoo3, and had a lot

Re: missing XFree86 executable in woody (and perhaps potato too) :(

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Steffl
Glen Coates wrote: > > I am a redhat user trying to migrate to debian and have had no luck > with getting X to work on any version of debian. I have posted this > query to linux.debian.user with no helpful replies, and now turn to you > good people for guidance :) > > I installed woody (nov-09 I

Re: GPG Signature

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
I don't know whether you want to include a lot of gpg usage information in your howto on Mutt and GPG but here's what I had to do to export my key to the key server and validate that it was exported. Assuming that the key is created already which may be a big assumption: gpg --keyserver wwwkeys

weird X or icewm bug - mouse doesn't follow pointer

2001-11-18 Thread Richard Hector
I'm running X 3.whatever on woody, with icewm, and an S3 Vision968 card and serial mouse. Sometimes, after clicking the icon on the task/launch bar to start nescape, the mouse can be moved, the pointer moves around the screen, but left clicking activates the same netscape button again. This resul

Re: Latest Galeon displaying JavaDoc poorly?

2001-11-18 Thread ragOO
[Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:32:47PM -0800] Bill Wohler : > killall gconfd-1; restart galeon Doing this fixed many of the problems with galeon here. Java is making galeon crap and freeze. So had to remove the jre deb package and do without it. Java sucks everywhere... One small doubt: How d

VooDoo3 Problem *someone must know*

2001-11-18 Thread JakeCatfox
Hi, me again. :) Sorry if I'm getting annoying. I've got a Duron 880mhz system with 196 mb ram, and a VooDoo 3, plenty to run Quake 3. But when I try to run it, it goes at about 1fps. The options say it's using "default" GL driver, not 3Dfx like it should be. I'm told that means it's using MESA

Re: How-to

2001-11-18 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 11:26:24AM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > Thank you so Very much. This is exactly whatI needed. > > Try this: > > > > http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:tinyplanet.ca/pubs/debian/html/book1.html > > > > -- > > Stephen Cope - http://sdc.org.nz/ what a nice write-up! i'd

Re: debconf (dialog?) in mono

2001-11-18 Thread Richard Hector
Joey Hess wrote: > > Richard Hector wrote: > > Is this something I'm doing wrong, or is it a bug in debconf or dialog > > (ignoring TERM, or not knowing how to deal with it)? > > It's probably some bug in whiptail, or dialog, or newt, or ncurses. You > can try installing whiptail (if you have onl

Re: vncserver ignoring ~/.vnc/xstartup :(

2001-11-18 Thread Jeff
Martin Rowe, 2001-Nov-18 22:47 +: > Hi all > > I'm trying to get VNC running on my home box and vncserver sems to be > bypassing the xstartup script. Instead of running Blackbox, it pulls up > KDE. The .vnc/ session log doesn't report any problems, and I can run > xstartup within the VNC wi

Re: Latest Galeon displaying JavaDoc poorly?

2001-11-18 Thread Shaya Potter
ok, I've somewhat figured it out (or at least a work around) if i reselect a western encoding the tables refresh to look normal. On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 00:32, Bill Wohler wrote: > Looks like the Gnome settings are different. Note the difference in > the mnemonics and toolbar grab bars. Unfort

Re: tdfx in 2.4.5 Kernel - Where?

2001-11-18 Thread jeff
On Sunday 18 November 2001 21:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, can anyone please tell me where tdfx is in the 2.4.5 Kernel > configuration programs, like xconfig and menuconfig? I looked in Character > Devices as told, but it's not there! .. > > Thx, > Deven Gallo heck bub...why use 2.4.5 anyway

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2001-11-18 Thread E-mails do Brasil
Colocamos a sua disposição um cadastro único com até 3.000.000 (3 milhões de e-mails) filtrados e atualizados, além de cadastrar seu site em 2.700 sistemas de busca. São serviços ideais para a divulgação de seu web site, marca, produto ou serviço, afinal são milhões de internautas a apenas um

Re: tdfx in 2.4.5 Kernel - Where?

2001-11-18 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
[Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 09:24:42PM -0500] JakeCat : > looked in Character Devices as told, but it's not there! .. Ahhh...then you have not looked enough ;-) Scroll down to enable the DRM module for 3dfx cards. The section 'Console Drivers' also has 3Dfx modules for frame buffering. The more

Re: Unable to configure index_format in Mutt

2001-11-18 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 05:03:06PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 12:45:21AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > > Welcome in shell quoting hell. > > You need extra single quotes around the full command like: > > > > folder-hook in-l-debian-user 'set index_format="format of your

Re: GPG Signature

2001-11-18 Thread Justin R. Miller
Thus spake Eric Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Newbie question: Do I need to export my gpg signature to a server in > order for it to be validated when someone opens my mail or is the > signature just a data block associated with the email, unverified? You may upload your public key, which people

Re: Apt-get install removes?

2001-11-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 10:31:33AM +0800, Paolo Falcone wrote: > Iiro A K Jantunen wrote: > >I tried to install (upgrade) perl on my Debian Potato. What happened, > >was shocking to me. > > > >What was the problem? Why did install start such removing mayhem? > > > >I have used both potato and woody

tdfx in 2.4.5 Kernel - Where?

2001-11-18 Thread JakeCatfox
Hi, can anyone please tell me where tdfx is in the 2.4.5 Kernel configuration programs, like xconfig and menuconfig? I looked in Character Devices as told, but it's not there! .. Thx, Deven Gallo

GPG Signature

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
Newbie question: Do I need to export my gpg signature to a server in order for it to be validated when someone opens my mail or is the signature just a data block associated with the email, unverified?

[root@dimension11.net: Cron rnews -U]

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
I was wondering if anyone could shed light on what I need to do to get rid of this error message. I am a new Debian user and I think that I don't have my network setup correctly yet (though email is working) and I am not sure what the source of this email is? i'm running on a laptop (dell latit

added memory, should I increase swap?

2001-11-18 Thread Peter Christensen
I started with Debian 2.1 on my Pentium 200 MHz with 32 MB of memory, then upgraded with apt-get to Potato. I recently replaced the single 32 MB SDRAM with two 128 MB SDRAMs. When I installed Debian I created a 32MB swap to match the size of the memory. Should I now increase the size of the

Re: slavage options for broken /hdb

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
I had the same messages on a Debian system that I setup. I thought it was a hardware problem at first so I put another hard drive in with the same result, the same messages. I changed the BIOS settings so that they correctly described the hard drive geometry and it fixed the problem. The hard d

Re: Problem with glade compilation [SOLVED]

2001-11-18 Thread Javier Sieben
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 14:41:03 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 08:59:46AM -0300, Javier Sieben wrote: > | Helo list!! > | > | I'm trying to learn how to build some apps with glade(0.5.5), and made > | some examples extracted from the docs. But, when I run make, I get

Re: missing XFree86 executable in woody (and perhaps potato too) :(

2001-11-18 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
Glen Coates wrote: I am a redhat user trying to migrate to debian and have had no luck with getting X to work on any version of debian. I have posted this query to linux.debian.user with no helpful replies, and now turn to you good people for guidance :) I installed woody (nov-09 ISO's) usi

Re: G400 vs. DRM

2001-11-18 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
> (WW) Open APM failed > (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mga_hal > (WW) MGA(0): Video BIOS info block not detected! > (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0) > > Just in case it would shed any light, I am running Athlon on Biostar > M7MKA motherboard... > > Thanks

Re: Will the Progeny graphical install process inspire our developers ?

2001-11-18 Thread Bob Underwood
On Friday 16 November 2001 03:03 pm, Patrik Modesto wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 11:16:37AM +1000, Jason Currey wrote: > > A GUI installer might not make install easier, but it gives first time > > linux users a much better feeling about installing the product. > > Yes! But it makes it a bit ea

Re: Unable to configure index_format in Mutt

2001-11-18 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 12:45:21AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > Welcome in shell quoting hell. > You need extra single quotes around the full command like: > > folder-hook in-l-debian-user 'set index_format="format of your liking"' >^

Re: Unable to configure index_format in Mutt

2001-11-18 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 05:10:29PM -0500, Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > I have tried unsuccessfully to change index_format in Mutt. The > problem is that I am > unable to put spaces between the different options. For example > > folder-hook in-l-debian-user set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b%d}

missing XFree86 executable in woody (and perhaps potato too) :(

2001-11-18 Thread Glen Coates
I am a redhat user trying to migrate to debian and have had no luck with getting X to work on any version of debian. I have posted this query to linux.debian.user with no helpful replies, and now turn to you good people for guidance :) I installed woody (nov-09 ISO's) using the first 2 CD's o

xscreensaver no longer works (also gnomecc preview)

2001-11-18 Thread Ron Farrer
#include After doing a dist-upgrade on my testing box last night, xscreensaver no longer runs. After logging in xscreensaver used to be started automatically by gnome. So I figured it must have gotten removed or something. I fired up gnomecc, but when I click on the screensaver button it comes u

Re: perl modules ?

2001-11-18 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 07:05:56PM -0500, Greg Lopp wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 05:44:24PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > Or use the CPAN module to download, build, test, install these > packages. The interface leaves a little to be desired, but it > does have some dependency checking.

Re: perl modules ?

2001-11-18 Thread Greg Lopp
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 05:44:24PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 07:47:55PM +, Irvine Russell wrote: > > Hello all. > > > > I wanted to use a small script that I found on the > > internet, and it says that I would need to have > > the following modules inorder fo

Re: Unable to configure index_format in Mutt

2001-11-18 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 05:10:29PM -0500, Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > I have tried unsuccessfully to change index_format in Mutt. The > problem is that I am > unable to put spaces between the different options. For example > > folder-hook in-l-debian-user set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b%d}

Re: ARRGH!!! Tulip card again

2001-11-18 Thread JakeCatfox
Dunno if this is relevant or not, but here goes. I have a Tulip card too, the Linksys Network-Everywhere NC100 card. I got mine to work by making a 2.4.5 kernel with support for anything with "DecCHIP" listed in "Network" and "network devices", and by Enabling the "TULIP" driver in Network Devic

Re: ARRGH!!! Tulip card again

2001-11-18 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 02:01:41PM -0800, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 13:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > HELP! > > > > This is driving me absolutely positively mad. > > > > I have a Netgear F? 310TX network card, which is a PNIC 82c168 (tulip > > clone). > > > > I *cannot*

woody upgrade

2001-11-18 Thread ben
i've just finished the upgrade and everything that was still is, in that nothing seems in any way broken. i was under the impression that kde would be automatically upgraded from 2.0 to a newer version but no. how do i upgrade kde?

Re: gnome-session problems

2001-11-18 Thread Greg Lopp
On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 03:31:04PM -0500, Jacob I. Stowell wrote: > Hi All, > > I am having trouble with gnome-session and was hoping someone might be > able to help me out. The problem is that I cannot get gnome-session to > start. When I have gnome-session in my .xinitrc, X crashes. X will run

Problem

2001-11-18 Thread kazHiu
Mam male pytanko nie chodzi mi internet na debianie mam swoje ip ale mam DHCP co mam zrobic proszze o pomoc Grzesiek

Re: request

2001-11-18 Thread Shaul Karl
You might want to look at http://www.debian.org/international --- Begin Message ---   Dear Sir, I was a 1997 graduate of Nanking (Nanjing) University, and I am now teaching in the Department of Computer Science of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.  I am extremely interested wi

Re: make: no such command

2001-11-18 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hi -- > > I've just installed Potato from floppy images and a local drive. I downloaded > 2.2.26-2001-06-14 to my Win98 harddrive E, made the disk images using > rawrite2, and the installation process found the base installation files in > E. So far so good. > > However, my PCI Netgear FA3

Re: Print daemons

2001-11-18 Thread Mark Ferlatte
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:41:37PM +, Ross Burton wrote: > I am going to be printing via Samba to a printer on my girlfriends > Windows 98 PC. The printer is a Epson Stylus Color 740. What daemons > is easy to configure, links with Samba and will allow me to customise > the properties of the

vncserver ignoring ~/.vnc/xstartup :(

2001-11-18 Thread Martin Rowe
Hi all I'm trying to get VNC running on my home box and vncserver sems to be bypassing the xstartup script. Instead of running Blackbox, it pulls up KDE. The .vnc/ session log doesn't report any problems, and I can run xstartup within the VNC window and it runs (just lanches an aterm) fine - j

Nautilus

2001-11-18 Thread Ross Burton
Hi, In Nautilus 1.0.6 in unstable I only have a choice of 1 smooth font - Helvetica. Why is this? At work under RH62 I have access to all of the scaled fonts X has, so why do I only have one here? I have about 50 TTF fonts installed. Ross

Print daemons

2001-11-18 Thread Ross Burton
Hi, I am about to set up my debian unstable box to print and have a choice of print daemons: * lpr * lpr NG * CUPS I am going to be printing via Samba to a printer on my girlfriends Windows 98 PC. The printer is a Epson Stylus Color 740. What daemons is easy to configure, links with Samba and

Unable to configure index_format in Mutt

2001-11-18 Thread Ian Patrick Thomas
I have tried unsuccessfully to change index_format in Mutt. The problem is that I am unable to put spaces between the different options. For example folder-hook in-l-debian-user set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b%d} %-15.15n %(41)%s" I get an error when I try and use this as a strin

not-quite-trivial 'repeat' problem since upgrade

2001-11-18 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi, Sorry 'bout the vague subject line - I'm tired from watcing the Leonids last night. The problem I'm having (I can only guess a recent upgrade did it) is that in order to repeat-backspace -- or left/right/up/down arrow -- I have to press the particular key x number of times, rather than jus

Re: libasound.h

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Steffl
Roberto Diaz wrote: > > Hi! > > Could somebody tell me in which package is this file now? (I have all the > alsa packages from the stable distribution but I havent this file :???) go to debian.org, click on Packages (left side menu), use the last form on the page. erik

Re: ide-scsi module

2001-11-18 Thread Jeff
Raffaele Sandrini, 2001-Nov-18 13:24 +0100: > Hi > > I use the ide-scsi module for my ATAPI burner with cdrecord. I have a > DVD-ROM and a CD-RW wich is slave. If i execute modprobe ide-scsi the > driver assigns allways both the DVD und the RW. I want only the burner > to be emulated. I set in th

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than ...

2001-11-18 Thread Erik Steffl
Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:38:30PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > > > > > I have been getting this message on bootup > > > > > > Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/`uname > > > -r`/modules.dep > > > > > > Whe

Re: Powering down green monitor

2001-11-18 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Morbo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [08 11:44]: > Hi, > > Is there a way to power down a VESA green monitor from software, and switch > it on again on a key event etc. X or console? xset and setterm, respectively. Try googling for "vesa power linux" or some such thing. Search the xset manpage for dp

Re: apt/preferences and dselect

2001-11-18 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, apt_preferences are GREAT! I used to set same kind of pin but I think it is better to set pin for unstable below 100 to when a unstable package get renewed, it stays same and eventually tracks testing. (But this is your choice. Nothing wrong here, see below.) It should work. Did you update

SOLUTION (Re: GNUPG and multiple keyservers?)

2001-11-18 Thread Ron Farrer
Andras BALI ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 08:43:37PM -0800, Ron Farrer wrote: > > > Does anyone know if it is possible to get GNUPG to use multiple > > keyservers? > > AFAIK it's not possible. > > > I'm running GNUPG 1.0.6-2. Basically what I would like to do > > is have

Re: nis problem on woody

2001-11-18 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dariush Forouher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i have a small problem with nis on woody: >at shutdown the network-deconfiguration takes about three minutes. >This occurs only if "nis" is somewhere in /etc/nsswitch.conf > >The nis-server (192.168.0.1) runs with potato.

RE: best chart authoring tools

2001-11-18 Thread JFahnenmueller
A good tool for creating flowcharts and such is kivio (KDE based). Regards, Joachim

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-18 Thread Fredrik Jagenheim
> > Mark Seven Smith, 2001-Nov-16 15:52 -0800: > > > > > > What sort of a laptop should I look for, in terms of what is really > > > compatible with Linux, and especially DEBIAN? > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > I have installed it on my Compaq Armada m700. Never had any problems with it with Deb

Re: What is the usage of '.list' files

2001-11-18 Thread David Z Maze
ENG YI HAN writes: ENG> I've found the ISO files to make Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r4 at this address: ENG> ENG> http://planetmirror.com/pub/debian-cd/2.2_rev4/i386/ ENG> ENG> Do I need the '.list' files to make the ISO 9660 CDs? WHat is the usage ENG> of the '.list' files? ENG> ENG> Can I just downl

apt/preferences and dselect

2001-11-18 Thread Morbo
Hi, I've read through several mails in this list on the topic of using apt_preferences to have the main bulk of the software come from testing and install some from unsteable. I've done the setting up of the pin priorities stuff and also included all three distributions in the sources.list. Shoul

eth0: abnormal interupt, status 0x00....

2001-11-18 Thread Timo Boewing
Hello, it is me again. after a strange problem with a friends computer, one of my workstations is getting strange... That computer has a SiS900 Ethernet 100 card that worked pretty okay so far. When i booted my box today, this card caused a strange error message kinda: eth0: abnormal inter

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-18 Thread dman
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:22:37AM +1100, Simon Wong wrote: | On Sun, 2001-11-18 at 03:33, dman wrote: | > part). The only problem I have is if I close the cover I lose the | > NIC. I have to re-insert it and cycle the interface. | | Have you got apmd installed no | with "apm=on no -- it is

Powering down green monitor

2001-11-18 Thread Morbo
Hi, Is there a way to power down a VESA green monitor from software, and switch it on again on a key event etc. Many thanks in advance! best regards, Balazs

nis problem on woody

2001-11-18 Thread Dariush Forouher
Hi, i have a small problem with nis on woody: at shutdown the network-deconfiguration takes about three minutes. This occurs only if "nis" is somewhere in /etc/nsswitch.conf The nis-server (192.168.0.1) runs with potato. the following messages appears at shutdown with or without nis in use: eth

Re: Problem with glade compilation

2001-11-18 Thread dman
On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 08:59:46AM -0300, Javier Sieben wrote: | Helo list!! | | I'm trying to learn how to build some apps with glade(0.5.5), and made | some examples extracted from the docs. But, when I run make, I get he | following error | | /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldb | | What's wrong? Is

Re: Mozilla not sending email

2001-11-18 Thread David P James
On Saturday 17 November 2001 22:53, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > David P James wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I just started using mozilla today after getting a little tired of > > Netscape's quirks (scroll wheel problems in particular). The amount of > > configuration in Mozilla is a vast improvement. Anywa

Re: xmixer?

2001-11-18 Thread Timo Boewing
Stan Brown wrote: [...] xmixer. Any idea where I can get this program? Hello Stan, i think it is xmix, the pure X Window sound mixer. A simple "apt-get install xmix" or dselect should do the job. greetz, Timo

Re: HP DeskJet 632C - can't print

2001-11-18 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* John R. Daily ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Never mind, finally got it to work with lpdomatic. Is foomatic > really not packaged for Debian? Save yourself the pain, install cups. Find the ppd for your printer, and copy it over /etc/cups/ppd/yourprinter.ppd (IIR the path C). Dima -- The

Re: Virus warning on this mailing list

2001-11-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Dominic Y. Deferia wrote: > I have recently seen the presence of Nimbda virus in this mail list (I > always see files ATTnumbers.eml). This is an indication of Nimbda virus. To > get rid of this virus go to Fsecure website and download the program for > nimbda virus. Update y

Virus warning on this mailing list

2001-11-18 Thread Dominic Y. Deferia
Virus warning: I have recently seen the presence of Nimbda virus in this mail list (I always see files ATTnumbers.eml). This is an indication of Nimbda virus. To get rid of this virus go to Fsecure website and download the program for nimbda virus. Update your anti-virus programs. good luck.

Re: C++: Indenting and formatting program sources.

2001-11-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 18-Nov-2001 Shaul Karl wrote: > Can anyone recommend a program to indent and format C++ program sources > for consistency of style and perhaps better readability? > Specifying the used options or attaching a suitable configuration file > (like a .ident.pro for GNU indent) is desirable. > > G

Re: debconf (dialog?) in mono

2001-11-18 Thread Joey Hess
Richard Hector wrote: > Is this something I'm doing wrong, or is it a bug in debconf or dialog > (ignoring TERM, or not knowing how to deal with it)? It's probably some bug in whiptail, or dialog, or newt, or ncurses. You can try installing whiptail (if you have only dialog installed), or installi

Re: font problem in woody (gimp and gnucash)

2001-11-18 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 09:12:32AM -0800, Richard Seymour wrote: > > A few weeks ago some upgrade to my woody system broke my gnucash. > Whatever font is used to display the register began showing only > rectanlges and squares. > > Later I installed the gimp and all its menus show up as rectangle

Re: mozilla and XML

2001-11-18 Thread Ilya Martynov
JT> Dear all, JT> I was highly pleased when I found that mozilla (0.9.5) formats my XML JT> files nicely according to a CSS2 style sheet (well, not all, but most JT> features seems to be implemented). Imagine my surprise when I put a JT> file online and mozilla asked if I wanted to download the fi

Re: How long has your Linux system been up ?

2001-11-18 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 08:58:50AM -0600, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: > | Just curious how long people have left their system running > | without reboot. > | I once left my server at a co-locate for over 3 months and it ran > | fine. In > | three years, I have never had to reboot because of crash. >

card with IRQ0?

2001-11-18 Thread Timo Boewing
Hello all, I have a very strange problem i nevr have had: i build a new computer from scratch and installed woody. The funny problem is that linux detects all cards but cannot use'em cos they are assigned to interupt zero. Thus lspci and modprobe works onn all cards in the pci slots but the BI

Re: Questions on pop3 servers

2001-11-18 Thread martin f krafft
* Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.11.16 09:30:15-0500]: > What program would i use to remove old messages automatically once a month > or something? > > Although, I suspect some ls -l magic with a sort piped into rm would work > ;) find . -ctime 60 | xargs rm -f check before doing it. --

Re: Questions on pop3 servers

2001-11-18 Thread martin f krafft
* Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.11.15 17:07:59-0500]: > Any solution will need the same setup on mail, that I need to archive old > mail and be able to easily restore it. two things: go with Maildir instead of mailbox format. your users won't notice the difference, and it's easy to archiv

Re: libasound.h

2001-11-18 Thread Kazuhiko Uebayashi
Hi, Roberto. How about "apt-cache search alsa|grep lib", then you will find some packages. On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:10:51 +0100 (MET) Roberto Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Could somebody tell me in which package is this file now? (I have all the > alsa packages from the stable distrib

libasound.h

2001-11-18 Thread Roberto Diaz
Hi! Could somebody tell me in which package is this file now? (I have all the alsa packages from the stable distribution but I havent this file :???) --- Roberto Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ..For a Brave GNU World.. Concerto Grosso Op. 3/8 A minor

Re: i can't run cgi in user_dir

2001-11-18 Thread hero
Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > # test.pl > !#/usr/bin/perl -w sorry i type wrong this is my test.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "Test cgi\n";

Re: Recording externaly sourced sound?

2001-11-18 Thread Dave Carrigan
First, apt-get install gramofile. It's way better for recording, especially from albums or tapes. Also apt-get install snd. It's a pretty good tool for loading the waves you record and fine-tuning the editing, especially when gramofile gets the track splitting wrong. Second, run your mixer and mak

mozilla and XML

2001-11-18 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Dear all, I was highly pleased when I found that mozilla (0.9.5) formats my XML files nicely according to a CSS2 style sheet (well, not all, but most features seems to be implemented). Imagine my surprise when I put a file online and mozilla asked if I wanted to download the file or if I wanted to

Re: request

2001-11-18 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, gcqzh wrote: > people in China couldn¡¯t read the original text in English. So I think, > with your permission, I would try to translate the material, etc., into > Chinese. And I would try to publish it for the promotion of the > popularization of this excellent system. We

C++: Indenting and formatting program sources.

2001-11-18 Thread Shaul Karl
Can anyone recommend a program to indent and format C++ program sources for consistency of style and perhaps better readability? Specifying the used options or attaching a suitable configuration file (like a .ident.pro for GNU indent) is desirable. GNU indent does not targeted directly to C++ co

request

2001-11-18 Thread gcqzh
  Dear Sir, I was a 1997 graduate of Nanking (Nanjing) University, and I am now teaching in the Department of Computer Science of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.  I am extremely interested with the Debian Linux Operation System.  But I think the only problem is that, in Ch

xmixer?

2001-11-18 Thread Stan Brown
I'm starting to explore the mysteries of recordingsound from an external source. A kind soul on this lsit has pointed me to a nifty looking tool called gramaphone, so I'm exploring it. It seems to ned something callde xmixer. Any idea where I can get this program? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTE

debconf (dialog?) in mono

2001-11-18 Thread Richard Hector
I tried to install some packages via my NCD X terminal, which is mono. Unfortunately, when debconf ran, it made several things the same colour (black) - only the selected option was legible. So I could tab between yes and no, but couldn't read the question. Having selected the default, I reset my T

What is the usage of '.list' files

2001-11-18 Thread #ENG YI HAN#
Hi, I've found the ISO files to make Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r4 at this address: http://planetmirror.com/pub/debian-cd/2.2_rev4/i386/ Do I need the '.list' files to make the ISO 9660 CDs? WHat is the usage of the '.list' files? Can I just download all ISO image files and use Easy CD-Creator to make

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