Re: How to untar a file

> I am a new Debian user that has almost no unix background. I was > wondering how to untar a file so that I can burn it on a CD? > Thanx, Matt! if it ends in .tar: tar -xvf filename.tar (you don't need the v, it is for verbose, i like verbose though) if it ends in .tar.gz: tar -zxvf filename.ta

Re: Securing bind..

This is well out of hand, and I've delt with it before, so this is my less mailing on teh subject. On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 08:34:32PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > Craig Sanders wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 07:31:30PM -0600, Michael D. Sc

Re: Securing bind..

> > jernej horvat wrote: > ``Zone transfers are an archaic alternative mechanism for copying > DNS information. Instead of immediately sending new data to the > slaves, you run a zone-transfer service that accepts periodic > connections from the slaves; your users complain while they're > waiting

Re: Please help with Python error.

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 08:34:17PM -0800, Chris Yeun wrote: | Hello, | | I upgraded to the "Woody" versions of Squishdot 1.3.0-1, Zope 2.4.2-0.2, | and Python 2.1.1-7. I'm receiving an error message when running | Squishdot and trying to post a new article...the error is: | | python2.1: ../Py

Re: Securing bind..

Hey, On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 07:31:30PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > ``By combining all these tools, you can finally approach the > > functionality of a trivial rsync script. Wow.'' > > > > Enough said . . . > > by throwing away all your existin

Re: Securing bind..

One phrase, sir: "WTF?!" You fail to make sense. -Tech On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > jernej horvat wrote: > > > > [ snip ] > > > And this is what djb has to say for zone transfers :-) > > > > "Zone transfers are an archaic alternative mechanism for copying DNS > > informat

Re: Securing bind..

Russell, On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Russell Coker wrote: > Please read my messages carefully before flaming me. Ack! My apologies. Poor reading and poor wording. > > DNS cache machine sents out requests from source port 54 (not obscure - every > administrator of every DNS server on the net

Re: How to untar a file

"tar xf file.tar" perhaps would do.. "tar xzf file.tar.gz" for tar.gzs At 08:27 PM 12/30/01 -0800, Matt D wrote: I am a new Debian user that has almost no unix background. I was wondering how to untar a file so that I can burn it on a CD? Thanx, Matt! __

Please help with Python error.

Hello, I upgraded to the "Woody" versions of Squishdot 1.3.0-1, Zope 2.4.2-0.2, and Python 2.1.1-7. I'm receiving an error message when running Squishdot and trying to post a new article...the error is: python2.1: ../Python/ceval.c:687: eval_code2: Assertion `(stack_pointer - f->f_valuestack)

Re: dysfunctional env?

alec1976nyc writes: Alec> I have the following script: Alec> - Alec> #!/bin/bash Alec> echo $PWD Alec> - Alec> and I try to run it with Alec> Alec> env PWD=/bin script Alec> Alec> but it always prints the correct working directory instead

How to untar a file

I am a new Debian user that has almost no unix background. I was wondering how to untar a file so that I can burn it on a CD? Thanx, Matt! _ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

Re: application level firewalling in linux?(was:ipchains...masq..spyware)

wsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: wsa> My question was about linux and how to accomplish security wsa> on application level, like what happens in windows with a personal wsa> firewall. wsa> Because i don't understand how i can achieve full security when opening wsa> ports...like port 80 for the web

Re: php postgres apache howto?

* Lance Hoffmeyer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Dec 30. 2001 17:31]: > Is there a Howto or docs on this subject? > I have heard it is rather difficult to set > this stuff up. Not at all. Assuming you don't want to install this stuff with apt-get: wget php 4.1.0, upack it into /usr/local/src wget apache 1

Re: PUBLIC GPG KEY REVOCATION FOR DAVID DOWNEY

David D. W. Downey muttered: > I have since made a new key. the **correct** gpg key is as follows Nice try, Moriarity, but I happen to know the real David D. W. Downey. Not only is he one of the few truly pure and beautiful people on this planet, he has an eidolonic memory and had memorized his pg

Re: Securing bind..

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 08:34:32PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > Craig Sanders wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 07:31:30PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > > ``By combining all these tools, you can finally approach the > > > functionality of a trivial rsync script. Wow.'' > > > > > > Eno

Re: MailMan List problem

You may wish to inquire on the mailman user list instead of this one. I know that the admin address for the developers list is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try sending a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see if you get reply telling you how to contact them. HTH, Paul -- Paul Mackinney | Who profi

Re: Need url for debian sources..

On Monday 31 December 2001 2:10 am, dman wrote: > http://cdimage.debian.org/rsync-mirrors.html I would use that page but I've yet to get a page from that server :( I can ping it but I never get a page *sigh*. I thought it was a Freeserve problem but it also happens on other ISP's :(... The only

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

Hi Joyner's article is very old. Has he updated it recently? I didn't care much for Joyner's article either, but I learned a great deal about C++ from reading it. If you want or need to deal with the hardware, then you should use a language that permits this access. If not, then by what ever y

kupdated & bdflush hogging CPU

I'm running sid w/ 2.4.17 on an Athlon XP 1700 w/ 512MB RAM. When I try to copy a large number of files across an nfs share (~1000 files & ~7GB) bdflush and kupdated start consuming massive amounts of CPU cycles, to the point where the entire system is extremely sluggish and unresponsive. (the mou

Re: Securing bind..

On Monday 31 December 2001 03:34, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > Because of that policy there are no precompiled packages of djbdns, because: "You may distribute a precompiled package if - installing your package produces exactly the same files, in exactl

Re: Securing bind..

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, P Prince wrote: >The eaisest and most failsafe way to secure bind is to install djbdns. Because after djbdns, bind 4.2 looks like a pinnacle of security... >Google is your friend. Apparently it didn't get you a clue... >-Tech > >On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Petre Daniel wrote: > >

dysfunctional env?

Hi I have the following script: - #!/bin/bash echo $PWD - and I try to run it with env PWD=/bin script but it always prints the correct working directory instead of "/bin". Why? Thanks Alec

Re: The only non-beep sound I can get is a SQUAWK

As I had previously wrote: > This is getting to the point that I am actually thinking of trying ALSA Well, I had tried that, and found that the package alsadriver is not available for the version of the kernel that I am using (2.2.19). I downloaded the drivers, followed the installation instructio

Sources...

sorry i got them,they're safe and secured at ftp.fi.debian.org damn, i was looking at ftp.fsn.hu and ftp.at.debian.org thank god i got them .. Petre L. Daniel,System Administrator Canad Systems Pitesti Romania, http://www.cyber.ro, email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:+4048220044, +4048206200

Debian sources CDS!

i cant find the sources,all i see are binaries cds.. Petre L. Daniel,System Administrator Canad Systems Pitesti Romania, http://www.cyber.ro, email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:+4048220044, +4048206200

Re: Securing bind..

Craig Sanders wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 07:31:30PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > ``By combining all these tools, you can finally approach the > > functionality of a trivial rsync script. Wow.'' > > > > Enough said . . . > > by throwing away all your existing zonefiles, DNS config

Re: Packages on a cd..

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 04:09:01AM -0800, Petre Daniel wrote: | At 09:02 PM 12/30/01 -0500, dman wrote: | >On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 03:28:01AM -0800, Petre Daniel wrote: | >| What's the simpliest way to see what packages i got on a debian cd,using | >| command line? | > | >'ls' :-). | > | >Just moun

Re: Need url for debian sources..

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 03:56:15AM -0800, Petre Daniel wrote: | i need some european servers with the potato 2.2.r4 sources cds isos.. | thx Again, RTFM http://cdimage.debian.org. In particular the follow are the lists of mirrors : http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist http://cdimage.debian.org/

Re: Packages on a cd..

Uhm.. well,i know.. mount,ls ,hehe but there are lots of directories and many are empty.. another quick and smart solution? thx At 09:02 PM 12/30/01 -0500, dman wrote: On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 03:28:01AM -0800, Petre Daniel wrote: | What's the simpliest way to see what packages i got on a debian

Re: Securing bind..

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 07:31:30PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > ``By combining all these tools, you can finally approach the > functionality of a trivial rsync script. Wow.'' > > Enough said . . . by throwing away all your existing zonefiles, DNS configuration, DNS tools and a bunch of feat

Re: trident: incredibly crappy sound

Thus spake martin f krafft: > also sprach Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.30.0002 +0100]: > > > by now, i have two of those SiS chipset pieces of crap under my > > > control... but what do you do if someone offers a $300 computer with > > > 1.8GHz, 1Gb RAM, 16x CD-RW, DVD, and a 60Gb Hdd??? > > >

lilo warning

I just did an upgrade on my woody machine using apt-get update && apt-get upgrade and after make a minor mod to my lilo.conf, and running lilo, I get the follow error: Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80 Added Linux Added Lin

Re: Packages on a cd..

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 03:28:01AM -0800, Petre Daniel wrote: | What's the simpliest way to see what packages i got on a debian cd,using | command line? 'ls' :-). Just mount the disk and browse it. The packages are all .deb files. -D -- If Microsoft would build a car... ... Occasionally you

Re: CUPS, SAMBA and Windows

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 03:44:59PM +0100, Jens Müller wrote: | dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > Say, in windows what did you specify the printer as? I picked HP | > Laserjet IIIp (the postscript version) so that windows generates | > postscript and lets CUPS translate it to the printer's ow

Need url for debian sources..

i need some european servers with the potato 2.2.r4 sources cds isos.. thx Petre L. Daniel,System Administrator Canad Systems Pitesti Romania, http://www.cyber.ro, email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:+4048220044, +4048206200

Re: "C" Manual

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 09:13:10AM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: | Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > I learned C before Schildt started publishing (AFAIK), so I've never | > read any of his books. He actually used "void main()" in his examples? | > Ouch. Someone who does that is definite

Re: Securing bind..

jernej horvat wrote: > > On Monday 31 December 2001 01:29, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > <...> > > It is always amazing to me how *intelligent* people try to make their > > point by taking other people's words out of context . . . > <...> > > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/faq/axfrdns.html#what > i ad

ADAPTEC 2040U2W PROBLEM

Hello! I am trying to install Debian 2.2.26 intoa a SCSI-LVD hard disk, and my SCSI card is Adaptec 2040u2w. The installer somehow cannot proceed after the SCSI card is detected. I have managed to get the installer to work if I do NOT load the SCSI support, and thus it seems that the problem is th

unresolved symbols in modules - GPL issues?

Hopefully someone can help with this. I am trying to get my linksys WPC11 card working on my laptop running Debian woody. I compiled kernel and modules, including pcmcia (Debian 2.2.20 source, pcmcia_cs source 3.3.30 from sourceforge.net - Debian pcmcia_cs source wouldn't compile for some reason)

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * William T Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > ... > > So... why *should* the programmer concern himself with individual bytes of > > memory? (Assuming he is writing an ordinary application and not a hardware > > driver or something similar). > > Because if he does

Re: Securing bind..

On Monday 31 December 2001 01:29, Michael D. Schleif wrote: <...> > It is always amazing to me how *intelligent* people try to make their > point by taking other people's words out of context . . . <...> > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/faq/axfrdns.html#what i added the URL so i that everyone could look

Re: Windowmaker 0.80 key bindings

--- Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 02:20:02PM -0800, Charles > Baker wrote: > > Did an apt-get upgrade today and got WindowMaker > 0.80. > > Now none of the Windowmaker keybindings seem to be > > working, > > Since they're all configurable, have you checked to >

RE: sid - mozilla .97 weirdness?

I havn't experienced the specific problem you are seeing... mainly because I don't use that function much. BUT I have noticed other "weirdness" in mozilla from "sid" ... enuf to make me think it is "mozilla from hell" . After about a day or so, my ability to connect to sites that use SSL d

Re: Windowmaker 0.80 key bindings

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 02:20:02PM -0800, Charles Baker wrote: > Did an apt-get upgrade today and got WindowMaker 0.80. > Now none of the Windowmaker keybindings seem to be > working, Since they're all configurable, have you checked to see if they are still set as you expect them to be? -- Marc

Re: Securing bind..

jernej horvat wrote: > [ snip ] > And this is what djb has to say for zone transfers :-) > > "Zone transfers are an archaic alternative mechanism for copying DNS > information." > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/faq/axfrdns.html#what ``Zone transfers are an archaic alternative mechanism for copying

Re: New release of dillo

On Sunday 30 December 2001 04:44, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, csj wrote: > > On Saturday 29 December 2001 06:59, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > > > The funny thing about dillo is that people frequently say "... > > > Dillo ... faster than Mozilla ..."  But, it isn't true!  I've > > >

Re: Securing bind..

On Sunday 30 December 2001 22:58, Russell Coker wrote: > 2.4.x kernels support the --bind option to mount which avoids the syslogd yep. linux v2.4.x and bind v9.x are easier to set up. debian has almost out-of-the box chroot solution. > I disagree with the supposed security benefits of disabling

Re: application level firewalling in linux?(was:ipchains...masq..spyware)

* wsa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > HI, > > Maybe in my original mail i wasn't very clear judging from the > responses i got...so i'll try one more time. > > I wasn't asking what to do in windows...although i did mention > windows which probably made everyone run for the hills:) > > My que

Re: Parallelport trouble...?

Pontus Edvardsson, 2001-Dec-30 19:27 +0100: > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup my HP LaserJet 6L on Woody, (kernel 2.4.17), using CUPS. > I have investigated as much as I can, and tried to find info on the web as > well, but failed. I enabled the FIFO option and added 'append="parport=auto"' > in /e

MAC Address and Ethx

I had a phone call from my Cable ISP the other day, stating that I should reconfigure my computer or risk losing connectivity. The web site they pointed me to is a windows site, basic config stuff. Later phone call to tech service (level one and level two) confirms they are going to start che

Re: python2.1 and MySQLdb

* Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011226 18:11]: > I just apt-get upgraded my python and the MySQLdb module now > gives the following error: > > Python 2.1.1 (#1, Nov 11 2001, 18:19:24) > [GCC 2.95.4 20011006 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2 > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more info

Re: application level firewalling in linux?(was:ipchains...masq..spyware)

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, wsa wrote: > HI, > > Maybe in my original mail i wasn't very clear judging from the > responses i got...so i'll try one more time. > > I wasn't asking what to do in windows...although i did mention > windows which probably made everyone run for the hills:) > > My question wa

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

* William T Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > So... why *should* the programmer concern himself with individual bytes of > memory? (Assuming he is writing an ordinary application and not a hardware > driver or something similar). Because if he does not, his application will segfault a

Re: sid - mozilla .97 weirdness?

On Sunday 30 December 2001 22:42, Hank Marquardt wrote: > I haven't seen any talk on this so maybe it's just me -- anyone else > having trouble with FORM submissions in Moz since it went to .97 > mid-week? > > I can't submit a form from anywhere ... (google search for example), nor > do javascript

php postgres apache howto?

Is there a Howto or docs on this subject? I have heard it is rather difficult to set this stuff up. Lance

Re: Securing bind..

> Hello Nate,it seems i cant get the link of the advisory.Its about > some sort of amplyfing flood,when an ousider makes spoofed queries > to the bind daemon and another one ,the victim is flooded along > with me the attacked.. Thx.. if you do find it please pass it along to me, i am intereste

Windowmaker 0.80 key bindings

Did an apt-get upgrade today and got WindowMaker 0.80. Now none of the Windowmaker keybindings seem to be working, for instance alt-n where n=1..10 to switch between workspaces, or F12 to bring up the application menu. Anyone else experiencing this? Any work arounds or particular places to look? =

Re: Securing bind..

Hello, On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Russell Coker wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:02, jernej horvat wrote: > > On Sunday 30 December 2001 18:46, P Prince wrote: > > > The eaisest and most failsafe way to secure bind is to install djbdns. > > > > If you have nothing to say - do not speak. Heh, I didn't s

Re: Securing bind..

thank you all very much. you're right.if one doesn't have anything useful to say i'll recommand him to let others help.. thx guys. At 10:02 PM 12/30/01 +0100, jernej horvat wrote: On Sunday 30 December 2001 18:46, P Prince wrote: > The eaisest and most failsafe way to secure bind is to install

Re: Securing bind..

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:02, jernej horvat wrote: > On Sunday 30 December 2001 18:46, P Prince wrote: > > The eaisest and most failsafe way to secure bind is to install djbdns. > > If you have nothing to say - do not speak. Perhaps a discussion of the relative merits of djbdns and bind is in order.

Re: Securing bind..

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 16:17, Jor-el wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Russell Coker wrote: > > Also don't allow recursion from outside machines. > > Why does this help? When someone sends a recursive query to your server then they know (with a good degree of accuracy) what requests are going to be made

Re: sid - mozilla .97 weirdness?

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 02:42:39PM -0600, Hank Marquardt wrote: > I haven't seen any talk on this so maybe it's just me -- anyone else > having trouble with FORM submissions in Moz since it went to .97 > mid-week? > > I can't submit a form from anywhere ... (google search for example), nor > do ja

Re: wwwoffle loading Newbie #61

On 2001.12.30 20:21 Ian Balchin wrote: Hi, My default installation, console mode only, installed woffle. [EMAIL PROTECTED] suggested that I change the names in the /etc/rc?.d files from, say, @S20wwwoffle to, say, @s20wwwoffle which I did. However, watching top while I did my wvdial/ppp/exim/f

Re: sid - mozilla .97 weirdness?

le dim 30-12-2001 à 21:42, Hank Marquardt a écrit : > I haven't seen any talk on this so maybe it's just me -- anyone else > having trouble with FORM submissions in Moz since it went to .97 > mid-week? > > I can't submit a form from anywhere ... (google search for example), nor > do javascript met

Re: Crashes with woody

why not try with other kernel and see? --- Ro0tSiEgE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using Debian woody, with a 2.4.18-pre1 kernel > with preempt patch, and everytime I try to install > something with apt-get, My computer immediately > freezes solid. Is this a kernel problem or have you > seen

Re: Securing bind..

On Sunday 30 December 2001 18:46, P Prince wrote: > The eaisest and most failsafe way to secure bind is to install djbdns. If you have nothing to say - do not speak. -- Configuration options for BIND are listed on http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/docs/config/ List of URL that might be usefull i

Re: sid - mozilla .97 weirdness?

It seems to be working fine here... On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 02:42:39PM -0600, Hank Marquardt wrote: > I haven't seen any talk on this so maybe it's just me -- anyone else > having trouble with FORM submissions in Moz since it went to .97 > mid-week? > > I can't submit a form from anywhere ... (go

Re: multiple copies of getty running Newbie #61

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Ian Balchin wrote: > Hi, > > I see in top that there are always copies of getty running - 4 copies > that I can see all owned by root. > > Is this normal? > Ian, 'man getty' produces (among other things) : DESCRIPTION getty opens a tty port, prompts for

Re: trident: incredibly crappy sound

On Saturday 29 December 2001 18:19, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.30.0002 +0100]: > i am not giving up. i can't, it's got no ISA slots. otherwise, > i would have used the SB16 i still have (which, mind me, is > still a very good piece of hardware from times

Re: multiple copies of getty running Newbie #61

Ian Balchin wrote: > I see in top that there are always copies of getty running - 4 copies > that I can see all owned by root. > > Is this normal? > > I thought getty was to listen on the modem for incoming calls, and since > that is not going to happen perhaps I should unistall this, or is th

Re: application level firewalling in linux?(was:ipchains...masq..spyware)

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, wsa wrote: > HI, Hey, > Maybe in my original mail i wasn't very clear judging from the > responses i got...so i'll try one more time. I don't seem to have your first mailing around, but no worries. > I wasn't asking what to do in windows...although i did mention > windows

sid - mozilla .97 weirdness?

I haven't seen any talk on this so maybe it's just me -- anyone else having trouble with FORM submissions in Moz since it went to .97 mid-week? I can't submit a form from anywhere ... (google search for example), nor do javascript methods involking submit work ... It's not the end of the world, I

Re: nmbd problem?

On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 15:39, Russ Cook wrote: > Attached is an excerpt from the syslog of one > of my Debian boxes. It is the gateway for > my home LAN, consisting of two Debian boxes > and two Windows boxes. P633 is one of the > Windows boxes. Can anyone tell me what > the syslog excerpt indica

dselect stalls

Hello, I am running Debian UNSTABLE inside a local network that uses windows 2000 (workstation) as a server with winroute controlling the proxy and a DirecPC one way satt dish USB for access outside. My debian is 3.0 with all current "unstable" updates. My "ONLY" problem is with "dselect" st

application level firewalling in linux?(was:ipchains...masq..spyware)

HI, Maybe in my original mail i wasn't very clear judging from the responses i got...so i'll try one more time. I wasn't asking what to do in windows...although i did mention windows which probably made everyone run for the hills:) My question was about linux and how to accomplish security on a

wwwoffle loading Newbie #61

Hi, My default installation, console mode only, installed woffle. [EMAIL PROTECTED] suggested that I change the names in the /etc/rc?.d files from, say, @S20wwwoffle to, say, @s20wwwoffle which I did. However, watching top while I did my wvdial/ppp/exim/fetchmail email run I was suprised to se

multiple copies of getty running Newbie #61

Hi, I see in top that there are always copies of getty running - 4 copies that I can see all owned by root. Is this normal? I thought getty was to listen on the modem for incoming calls, and since that is not going to happen perhaps I should unistall this, or is there a way to temporarily dis

Re: auto-mounting /cdrom

On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, martin f krafft wrote: > yo! > > i've seen it done before, but i can't remember how. i believe it was a > gnome feature, but there's got to be a way to do this underneath any > desktop environment... when i insert a CDROM, i want it to be available > without having to mount.

downgrading xemacs using apt-get

The newest sid xemacs crashes at start. No problem, I think, that's the price of using unstable -- I'll just downgrade to testing. But it doesn't work! > apt-get install xemacs21/testing complains about unmet dependencies (isn't apt-get supposed to resolve depndencies?! it works with the sid

Re: fetchmailconf problem

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 01:00:48PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > Thank you. Sorry I missed the obvious. That's okee. We all do (at times:) -- groetjes, carel

RE: strange log

If nothing is logged for a twenty minute period, "-- MARK --" gets added to your syslog basically to let you know that the machine is alive. It also helps if something happens and the box crashes, you can narrow down a bit when it occured. j. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

strange log

Hi I found this in log, what it is Dec 30 06:50:55 debian syslogd 1.3-3#33.1: restart. Dec 30 07:13:36 debian -- MARK -- Dec 30 07:33:36 debian -- MARK -- Dec 30 07:53:36 debian -- MARK -- Dec 30 08:13:36 debian -- MARK -- Dec 30 08:33:36 debian -- MARK --

Re: Strange boot problems.

On Sunday 30 December 2001 4:36 pm, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 04:03:00PM +, Jason Wood wrote: > :# ln /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17 vmlinuz.old > :ln: creating hard link `vmlinuz.old' to `/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17': > : Invalid cross-device link > > Not clear on your large

Re: Securing bind..

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 12:46:55PM -0500, P Prince wrote: > The eaisest and most failsafe way to secure bind is to install djbdns. Troll. > > Google is your friend. > > -Tech > > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Petre Daniel wrote: > > > Well,i know Karsten's on my back and all,but i have not much time t

Parallelport trouble...?

Hi, I'm trying to setup my HP LaserJet 6L on Woody, (kernel 2.4.17), using CUPS. I have investigated as much as I can, and tried to find info on the web as well, but failed. I enabled the FIFO option and added 'append="parport=auto"' in /etc/lilo.conf. I thought I might have forgotten something

Re: Securing bind..

Jor-el wrote: > > Another possibility is to have the port for outgoing connections be > > something > > other than 53 (54 seems unused) and use iptables or ipchains to block data > > from the outside world coming to port 53. [...] > Of course, in the case of DNS servers, you could be OK, s

Re: fetchmailconf problem

Thank you. Sorry I missed the obvious. Tom George Carel Fellinger wrote: On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:37:55AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: Test configuration fails with the message: "fetchmailrc:6; parse error at 123456" where 123456 is the password for the account. From the man page t

Re: Securing bind..

The eaisest and most failsafe way to secure bind is to install djbdns. Google is your friend. -Tech On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Petre Daniel wrote: > Well,i know Karsten's on my back and all,but i have not much time to > learn,and too many things to do at my firm,so i am asking if one of you has > any

Re: CD-ROM mount problems

* Jeffrey W. Baker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > Try: rm /dev/scd0 && mknod /dev/scd0 b 11 0 > > Optionally, chgrp cdrom /dev/scd0 excellent! that did the trick. thanks to everyone for their assistance. -- ) ,_),_) (-(__ |_ _ _ |/ ) | |(_)(_ |\ ( \

modules won't compile

Output from make-kpkg modules_image is below (most output - I redirected to a file, but some info still showed up on console??) This error occurs no matter what kernel source I use. Kernel sources and pcmcia-cs source are from woody. what am I doing wrong? __

Re: fetchmailconf problem

Run 'fetchmail -Vv' and post the results. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: fetchmailconf problem

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:37:55AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > Test configuration fails with the message: "fetchmailrc:6; parse error > at 123456" where 123456 is the password for the account. From the man > page the 6 might refer to a permission problem but parse error suggests > to me

Re: Linksys router DHCP dhclient hostname

All works now. In addition to send host-name "Linux" I also added (uncommented) lease { option host-name "Linux"; } Lance On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 23:40, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 10:27, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > No, the actual name is a single word with no space

Re: Strange boot problems.

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 04:03:00PM +, Jason Wood wrote: :# ln /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17 vmlinuz.old :ln: creating hard link `vmlinuz.old' to `/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17': Invalid :cross-device link Not clear on your larger problems, but this bit I can. You're trying to make a "hard" link whi

fetchmailconf problem

Test configuration fails with the message: "fetchmailrc:6; parse error at 123456" where 123456 is the password for the account. From the man page the 6 might refer to a permission problem but parse error suggests to me that an all numeric password may not be allowed. If the latter is the prob

Re: Lost icons in KDE

Hi! I had the same problem with the lost icons! Upgrading today brought almost everything back to normal! The only icons I'm missing at the moment are in Korganizer! HTH, Michael Bartl On Saturday 29 December 2001 18:13, David Bellows wrote: > Hello all, > > I thought I'd live on the edge a bit

KDE default terminal

Hello, For some reason, KDE doesn't seem to be listening to my selection for default terminal -- I switched to Aterm for a while but would now like to run console apps by default in Konsole. KDE is set to do so, but refuses to listen. What files in my user's .kde holds the default terminal optio

Re: again CD-burning probs

Hi Kerstin, > You don't have to answer that question anymore, I looked it up with a > search engine. You think, I should try phthalocyanine dyes - right? I've had good luck with phthalocyanine (you're right -- that's the chemical used on short strategy discs). Kodak Gold Ultima's are good quali

Strange boot problems.

Hi, When I came to try and boot Linux today, I hit into a strange problem, which I can't really understand, and am not sure how I managed to get Linux working again. I apologise for the vagueness of some of the errors here. As far as I am aware, this is what happened: I turn the computer on, l

Re: apt expectations

On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 08:29:31PM -0800, Jim McCloskey wrote: > > I have a system that is mostly debian testing. But I have apt set up > so that apt-get update fetches information about both the > testing(woody) and unstable(sid) archives. I have /etc/apt/preferences > set up thus: > > Package:

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