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

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:27:36PM -0500, William T Wilson wrote: | Casting you can't really get away from nor do you really need to. In fact | the more strongly typed the language is, the more casting you have to do. This statement is incorrect. The strength and staticness of typing are two i

upgrading from potato

Hi All, i am a debian newbie. i recently installed 2.2r4 potato. i custom built a kernel with some required options. now, i am thinking of upgrading to woody. i have a few questions regarding this: 1. do i need to watch out for any pitfalls if i do apt-get dist-upgrade? or is there a bette

is there linux software that create animation

i wish both the software and the animation file format is open source

Re: Securing bind..

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 01:18:43PM +1100, Donovan Baarda wrote: > An interesting thing about djb is he does have knack for identifying > real problems with existing defacto standard software and re-inventing > it. he also reinvents things that don't have any significant problems, sometimes just be

how to reset the video mode?

Hey people. Sometimes when I'm experimenting with one of the Loki games that draws straight to the framebuffer, and it crashes, the screen is locked with the last image in screen memory. I can login remotely, shut down X and kill all my terms, but the screen doesn't reset. A reboot fixes it of c

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

Lo, on Monday, December 31, Erik Steffl did write: > "Eric G. Miller" wrote: > > > > On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:46:15 -0800, Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > > > > > > Lo, on Sunday, December 30, Dimitri Maziuk did write: > > > > > > > > > * William T Wilso

Re: OT: Type safety (was: Language War (Re: "C" Manual))

Lo, on Monday, December 31, Jeffrey W. Baker did write: (First, a quick note about my credentials. For the last 3.5 years, I've been working as a software developer at a telecommunications company. I do most of my work in C++. However, as an undergraduate, I concentrated on programming language

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

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: > consider perl which doesn't have strong types but it's quite > impossible to make it segfault and C++ on the other side which is That is true but it doesn't mean that type safety won't prevent it also. Consider a hypothetical language that doesn't have

Re: resuming apt-get downloads

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 11:59:35AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:19:07PM +0200, Serafim Zanikolas wrote: > >I've noticed that apt-get doesn't anymore resume a partially > > downloaded package, it prefers to fetch the whole one. Any hints? > > > >BTW I'm running an

Re: resuming apt-get downloads

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 02:24:16AM +0200, Serafim Zanikolas wrote: >I'm afraid that /etc/apt/sources.list has mostly ftp entries, and > apt-get output indicates that these are the ones actually being used. > I haven't found any of the keywords ``resume'' or ``partial'' neither > in the releva

Re: Securing bind..

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 04:15:18AM +0100, jernej horvat wrote: > 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 packag

Some Crazy and Happier Ideas for 2002

Hi, I hereby restart my long-forgotten, yet ancient, tradition of posting ridiculous mails to this newsgroup. Why ? I believe in the allmighty power of self-organisation :P And have to work till 11pm 31/12/01 until 07am today 01/01/2002. I'm not looking to cause flame-wars, rants or what so eve

Re: mkisofs USELESS #!@!#@*

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Penguin wrote: > Anyone got an example command line for me to use mkisofs and cdrecord to get > an ElTorito boot image thingo on a CD-R? If you can't figure it out, go apt-get install xcdroast and use the gui frontend. > - /root is the directory where my boot image is, and is

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

ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > have you considered upgrading the kernel? you might also need to reinstall > gcc. it's sounding more and more like you've got a busted system. when > configure fails, what's it telling you in the output? Even before this message I had thought of reinstalling gcc, a

Re: mkisofs USELESS #!@!#@*

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 10:43:51AM +1100, Penguin wrote: > Can't make the damn thing work. Manual is USELESS and only understandable by > PhDs in computer science, and perhaps the author. I found the CD-Writing HOWTO far more useful than any man pages. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECT

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

"Eric G. Miller" wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:46:15 -0800, Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > > > > Lo, on Sunday, December 30, Dimitri Maziuk did write: > > > > > > > * William T Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > > ... > > > > > So... why *s

Re: mkisofs USELESS #!@!#@*

Have you tried "man cdrecord" . For your purposes I think it's better than the mkisofs man page. -- Ray

Re: OT: Type safety (was: Language War (Re: "C" Manual))

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Richard Cobbe wrote: > No, type-safety is important. Type-safety makes several guarantees, but > the most important for our purposes is the following: > > If an expression E has (static) type T, then the result of > evaluating E is *always* one of two things: > >

Re: resuming apt-get downloads

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 11:59:35AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:19:07PM +0200, Serafim Zanikolas wrote: > >I've noticed that apt-get doesn't anymore resume a partially > FTP can resume partially downloaded file transfer. > > HTTP can not resume partially downloaded fil

Re: mkisofs USELESS #!@!#@*

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 10:43:51AM +1100, Penguin wrote: > Can't make the damn thing work. Manual is USELESS and only > understandable by PhDs in computer science, and perhaps the author. > (As an example, one example command line I found with Google started > with `mkisofs 1.31' and it complained

Re: Virtual PC

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 02:14:54PM -0800, nate wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I have installed Debian on my imac using Virtual PC, but I am > > having problems with X window. > > > > Do you know if Debian can run on VPC or will I have to change to > > redhat? > > what video chip does virtualPC emulat

RE: MAC Address and Ethx

Bob Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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

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

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:46:15 -0800, Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > > Lo, on Sunday, December 30, Dimitri Maziuk did write: > > > > > * William T Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > ... > > > > So... why *should* the programmer concern himself with

LDAP packages with TLS

How would one use TLS functionality with the client ldap packages (libnss-ldap, ldap-utils, etc)? They don't seem to support it out-o-the-box. Do I need to compile the PADL modules by hand for this? Connections in the clear to port 389 (on my already-functioning server) work flawlessly, BTW. On

mkisofs USELESS #!@!#@*

Can't make the damn thing work. Manual is USELESS and only understandable by PhDs in computer science, and perhaps the author. (As an example, one example command line I found with Google started with `mkisofs 1.31' and it complained that it couldn't find `1.31' - like HTF am I supposed to know

OT: Type safety (was: Language War (Re: "C" Manual))

Lo, on Monday, December 31, Erik Steffl did write: > Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > > Lo, on Sunday, December 30, Dimitri Maziuk did write: > > > > > * William T Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > ... > > > > So... why *should* the programmer concern himself with individual > > > > bytes

is there any linux software that create animation

i wish such program is open source and animation file format is open source

Re: The Debian Way

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 31 December 2001 07:32 am, Wendell Cochran wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > > I periodically see references to a document in > > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - > > T

Re: 2.2 kernel vs. 2.4 kernel, please help!

> I am trying to figure out what kernel I should use, for the next 6 > months at least anyway. Security is my main objective, most other > things can go to the wall if they conflict. > > But I would like my Nvidia card to work with a 2.2 kernel, and I > would like to be able to use cdrecord/xc

Re: Tarball conversion

> newbiedoc is a project, not a document. The project consists of many > smaller documents that are small enough and detailed enough to help a > newbie get started. That may be it. It is confusing tho: their home page states you can obtain "The complete Newbiedoc documentation in HTML format. V

Re: Tarball conversion

> newbiedoc is a project, not a document. The project consists of many > smaller documents that are small enough and detailed enough to help a > newbie get started. That may be it. It is confusing tho: their home page states you can obtain "The complete Newbiedoc documentation in HTML format. V

Re: Virtual PC

> Hi > > I have installed Debian on my imac using Virtual PC, but I am > having problems with X window. > > Do you know if Debian can run on VPC or will I have to change to > redhat? what video chip does virtualPC emulate? i haven't used it myself. when using VMWare it uses it's own video chip wh

Re: MAC Address and Ethx

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 03:30:30PM -0500, Bob Underwood wrote: > On Monday 31 December 2001 14:59, Ray wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 06:36:17PM -0500, Bob Underwood wrote: > > > I had a phone call from my Cable ISP the other day, stating that I should > > > reconfigure my computer or risk losi

A Happy New Year From Romania to all of you!

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Re: Securing bind..

* Craig Sanders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > > unfortunately, bernstein's software is severely limited by his views. > > he's a fairly good programmerbut a lousy systems administrator, with > no concept of how real world sysadmins use tools or how they automate > them. Did he fina

Re: apache/mysql/php4/tomcat install on Woody

> > Apt sure beats compiling. Just do all at once, e.g., "apt-get install > apache mysql php tomcat". Or in any order--apt will ensure the proper > dependencies are met. Do it through dselect if you wish. Not sure of > the mysql and php package names. I did so and have found myself with a

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

Richard Cobbe wrote: > > Lo, on Sunday, December 30, Dimitri Maziuk did write: > > > * 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 > >

Re: apache/mysql/php4/tomcat install on Woody

Seeing someone elses post maybe I am wrong about apt compiling for you. If apt does not allow php and mysql to communicate my previous post describes how to compile by hand. Lance On Mon, 2001-12-31 at 04:55, Rachel Andrew wrote: > Hi > > I'm at the point of needing to get my apache/mysql/php4

Re: apache/mysql/php4/tomcat install on Woody

Alas, No. See my post from a bit earlier (Like a few hours--I am using postgresql instead of mysql but the install is basically the same). Basically, you can install Apache from apt. You can install Mysql from apt. You will need to get the source for php4 and install yourself. Lance On Mon, 2

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

Lo, on Sunday, December 30, Dimitri Maziuk did write: > * 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 s

Re: Tarball conversion

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:01:38PM -0800, Paul A. Thomas wrote: | > Given that you're still in windows (and you want to view the docs | > on-line) I recommend the HTML format : | > | > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tarballs/newbiedoc-html-0.3.0.tar.gz | > | > They also have the HTML docs availab

Re: Tarball conversion

> Given that you're still in windows (and you want to view the docs > on-line) I recommend the HTML format : > > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tarballs/newbiedoc-html-0.3.0.tar.gz > > They also have the HTML docs available directly on their web server so > you can browse them without downloadin

Re: 2.2 kernel vs. 2.4 kernel, please help!

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002, Penguin wrote: > Debian website says 2.4 is not really mature enough yet, does this mean > mature enough security wise also? > > I am trying to figure out what kernel I should use, for the next 6 months at > least anyway. Security is my main objective, most other things can

Re: 2.2 kernel vs. 2.4 kernel, please help!

As far as XFree86 version 4.1, you can see http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/ Penguin wrote: Given that I am super paranoid, maybe my old Debian 2.2r2 Potato is the best bet for me. Is there any reason why I may not be able to upgrade X to XFree 4.1 with this version of Potat

Re: 2.2 kernel vs. 2.4 kernel, please help!

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 07:17:33AM +1100, Penguin wrote: | Debian website says 2.4 is not really mature enough yet, does this mean | mature enough security wise also? 2.4 is newer than 2.2 and (therefore) hasn't been tested as much. | I am trying to figure out what kernel I should use, for the n

Re: MAC Address and Ethx

On Monday 31 December 2001 14:59, Ray wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 06:36:17PM -0500, Bob Underwood wrote: > > 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

2.2 kernel vs. 2.4 kernel, please help!

Debian website says 2.4 is not really mature enough yet, does this mean mature enough security wise also? I am trying to figure out what kernel I should use, for the next 6 months at least anyway. Security is my main objective, most other things can go to the wall if they conflict. But I would

Re: MAC Address and Ethx

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 06:36:17PM -0500, Bob Underwood wrote: > 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

Re: resuming apt-get downloads

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:19:07PM +0200, Serafim Zanikolas wrote: >I've noticed that apt-get doesn't anymore resume a partially > downloaded package, it prefers to fetch the whole one. Any hints? > >BTW I'm running an up-to-date testing system with apt 0.5.4 Which file transfer mode did

Re: Tarball conversion

> "Paul" == Paul A Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The format is a "gzipped tarball" (gzip is a different format >> and algorithm than zip). Both winzip and power archiver can >> open gzipped and tarred files without any trouble. Once >> opened, I think the documents ar

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The > Debian Way", but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I would like to > read it. > >

Re: Tarball conversion

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 11:25:52AM -0800, Paul A. Thomas wrote: | > The format is a "gzipped tarball" (gzip is a different format and | > algorithm than zip). Both winzip and power archiver can open gzipped | > and tarred files without any trouble. Once opened, I think the | > documents are in HT

Toms Root Boot ElTorito Image

When I burn this onto a CD, does it matter if I burn track-at-once as opposed to CD-at-once or whatever; and when I use the boot options, should I choose the floppy image boot, hard disk image boot, or no disk emulation boot? Thx heaps. -- Penguin [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Girls are for pleasure; bo

Re: Tarball conversion

> The format is a "gzipped tarball" (gzip is a different format and > algorithm than zip). Both winzip and power archiver can open gzipped > and tarred files without any trouble. Once opened, I think the > documents are in HTML format, but I'm not certain. I was able to get the files using Winz

Re: downgrading xemacs using apt-get

David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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! Segfaults are not typically the price of using unstable. It would be more helpful to yourself and

Re: How can I get the Euro symbol?

> > It might be worth having a look at the Euro-Char-Support mini-HOWTO > (/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/mini/Euro-Char-Support/index.html if you > have doc-linux-html installed, or somewhere on > http://www.linuxdoc.org/). I'm not sure if it's good enough either - it > was put together quite recen

Re: How can I get the Euro symbol?

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 06:37:27PM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I have carefully read through the Debian Euro HOWTO and am now more > confused than before. Basically I do not understand what I am supposed to > do. In true Linux style, the HOWTO makes too many assumptions about what I > already u

Re: sid - mozilla .97 weirdness?

On Monday 31 December 2001 05:13, Jérémy SIMON wrote: > 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

Re: What's a diversion?

Christopher Wolf wrote: > Can anyone tell me what the following means: [snip] > Unpacking ssltelnet (from .../ssltelnet_0.16.3-1.1_i386.deb) ... > No diversion `diversion of /usr/bin/telnet to /usr/bin/telnet.nossl by > ssltelnet', none removed > No diversion `diversion of /usr/man/man1/telnet.

How can I get the Euro symbol?

I have carefully read through the Debian Euro HOWTO and am now more confused than before. Basically I do not understand what I am supposed to do. In true Linux style, the HOWTO makes too many assumptions about what I already understand about locales etc.. All I want is a simple set of instructions,

What's a diversion?

Can anyone tell me what the following means: Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main ssltelnet 0.16.3-1.1 [7406B] Get:2 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main telnet-ssl 0.16.3-1.1 [72.6kB] Get:3 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main telnetd-ssl 0.16.3-1.1 [40.5kB] Fe

Re: apache/mysql/php4/tomcat install on Woody

Rachel Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm at the point of needing to get my apache/mysql/php4/tomcat environment up > > I'm wondering if apt will happily install all this stuff and if so is there > any specific order i should install them in? Apt sure beats compiling. Just do all at once

Re: xlockmore - disabling public logout

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ani, I'm using `xlock ... -logoutButton -1` ... some months ago I found that on man page but now it isn't there. Looks like manual isn't friendly enought ;) Anyway you can try use xscreensaver it works much better for me ... I need to blank screen

Re: Windowmaker 0.80 key bindings

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 04:51:06PM -0800, Charles Baker wrote: > > Yes, I checked in WPrefs and all is set as expected. I > even went so far as to use the capture feature to make > sure it had alt+n for all my workspaces. No luck. Odd. I just upgraded my wmaker to 0.80.0 and have no problems.

Re: via-rhine module won't load on deb 2.1

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 07:07:25PM +0100, Lucien wrote: | Hi, | I'm trying to use a d-link DFE-530TX on my pII 333 Mhz box running debian | 2.1 slink is _very_ old (even potato, 2.2, is old). I recommend that you upgrade your system, if at all possible, and get a new kernel. | The via-rhine modu

via-rhine module won't load on deb 2.1

Hi, I'm trying to use a d-link DFE-530TX on my pII 333 Mhz box running debian 2.1 The via-rhine module shipped with the distro didn't work but I found on the scyld web site that it was normal ( my nic's device id is 3065 which requires a version >= 1.07 and deb 2.1 delivers v 1.01. I have no idea o

Re: Tarball conversion

http://tucows.mirror.ac.uk/system/preview/194295.html You're a bit unluky because this one was not long time ago a very good freeware but now it looks like it is know a shareware. You can try it anyway. --- "Paul A. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In trying to view the document named 'new

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

> On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:09:08AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > | Keith O'Connell wrote: > | > > | > Hi, > | > > | > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in > | > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The > | > Debian Way", but I cannot

Re: Tarball conversion

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:20:58AM -0800, Paul A. Thomas wrote: | In trying to view the document named 'newbiedoc' I find the only format | it is offered in is tarball zip. The conversion programs I was able to | find all seem to translate from one Linux format to another. | | I am hoping that

Re: A instalação não se completa

e dai? voce deve ter algum problema de hardware gata. Pegue o manual de instalacao da distribuicao debian... On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Ana Claudia wrote: > N?o consigo instalar o 2.2 num athlon 850 placa m?e M810 por que na hora em > que o instalador n?o consegue ir para a tela gr?fica e volta para a

Re: Parallelport trouble...?

well the first thing I would do is to investigace configuration files for control panel or something. As usual, parallel ports come in /dev/lpx ( where x= 0,1,2 etc). You parallel port sould be /dev/lp0. On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup my HP LaserJet

Re: How to delete Exims' queue

Hi. Thanks a lot for your help. Mateusz Mazur

Tarball conversion

In trying to view the document named 'newbiedoc' I find the only format it is offered in is tarball zip. The conversion programs I was able to find all seem to translate from one Linux format to another. I am hoping that once the document is unzipped I will be able to read it with Word or Not

A instalação não se completa

Não consigo instalar o 2.2 num athlon 850 placa mãe M810 por que na hora em que o instalador não consegue ir para a tela gráfica e volta para a tela texto dizendo que vai para a tela gráfica...   O único que consegui instalar nesta máquina foi o Slackware 8 e

Re: Strange boot problems.

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 06:43:25PM +, Jason Wood wrote: :All I need to do now is to figure out how to mount the root partition as read :only, so that I can run fsck on it manually, back to google I go... mount -o remount,ro / after fsck either reboot or: mount -o remount,rw / HTH, -Jon

The Debian Way

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > I periodically see references to a document in > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The > Debian Way" > If it exists could someone give me the url for it please? Ask Google for 'Debian Way'. Wendell

Re: When will Woody be thawed ?

penguin1 writes: P> AKA taken out of frozen and put into stable or whatever. P> Is it worth waiting for the first Woody proper rather than getting a frozen P> Woody right now? Only parts of woody are actually "frozen" right now. I suspect it will be several months still before we see a "stable

Re: How to clear confused package state

Just use dselect and put the stock kernel-image-2.2.19 package on hold Then it won't fuss Christopher Wolf wrote: I downloaded a 2.2.19 kernel and source a while back, and modified then built a new 2.2.19_di30 kernel from it that supports my tape drive. For some reason, dselect has decided

Re: Debian installer

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 10:20:14PM +1100, Penguin wrote: | How does it work? Broad overview: does it install a root filesystem and | simply do a huge cp /mnt/cdrom/package /wherever then configure, or what? It depends on what you tell it to do. It does all the basic setup of a system (partition

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:09:08AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: | Keith O'Connell wrote: | > | > Hi, | > | > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in | > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The | > Debian Way", but I cannot seem to find it,

Re: Advice for fetchmail & exim config

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:19:11PM +0200, Serafim Zanikolas wrote: | On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 07:45:06PM -0800, scott worley wrote: ... | > | > When fetchmail is executed I get a rejection error message from exim | > which has | > ...reject relay (host) ... | |By default, exim drops every inco

Re: Virtual PC

Certainly Debian will run under VPC *if* RedHat can. Are you running OS X? Consider running a rootless X server on your Mac native, and telling Linux apps to display their output, via the network, there. VPC can network with the host environment, right? If you need more help with this, I sugges

How to clear confused package state?

> I downloaded a 2.2.19 kernel and source a while back, and modified > then built a new 2.2.19_di30 kernel from it that supports my tape drive. > For some reason, dselect has decided that the 2.2.19 kernel was > updated, and it wants to update the package > kernel-image-2.2.19 2.2.19-2 (usin

Re: Packages on a cd..

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 09:02:27PM -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 mount the disk and browse it. The pack

How to clear confused package state

I downloaded a 2.2.19 kernel and source a while back, and modified then built a new 2.2.19_di30 kernel from it that supports my tape drive. For some reason, dselect has decided that the 2.2.19 kernel was updated, and it wants to update the package kernel-image-2.2.19 2.2.19-2 (using kernel-ima

Exim and frozen error mails

My exim tends to gather frozen messages caused when a fake email address tries to deliver to a no-longer existing email address on my domain. It generates an error response saying that user does not exist, but it cannot deliver the error to the fake user nor the intended address on my server,

Re: Securing bind..

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Petre Daniel wrote: > 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. Hi Petre, Maybe the initial suggestion to use djbdns wasn't worded in the best possible way, but might I suggest t

Format/Tool-Chain for scanner->images->document->printer

What would you consider the appropriate image and document format in this situation: Most documents will be created by scanning paper and combine the images (=pages) to one doc. Most of the time the documents will be printed on a PS Kyocera, sometimes 2- or 4-up, always with small dynamic text nea

Re: Securing bind..

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 06:52, P Prince wrote: > > there are two major problems with all of bernstein's software. the > > first is that it requires you to throw away your existing > > configuration...no big deal for a caching only name-server or if you > > only have one or two domains to serve. a sev

HOWTO->rid Mozilla of putrid green background color ?

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Re: Securing bind..

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 01:20, jernej horvat wrote: > 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. Are t

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Hi I have installed Debian on my imac using Virtual PC, but I am having problems with X window. Do you know if Debian can run on VPC or will I have to change to redhat? Thanks Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Securing bind..

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 05:31, Jor-el wrote: > > DNS cache machine sents out requests from source port 54 (not obscure - > > every administrator of every DNS server on the net can easily discover > > this). > > Not sure I follow what you are saying here. Are you saying that it > is pretty easy fo

Re: Securing bind..

Russell Coker wrote: > DNS cache machine sents out requests from source port 54 (not obscure - every > administrator of every DNS server on the net can easily discover this). > Recursive requests go to port 53 (getting a DNS client to even talk to > another port is difficult or impossible dependi

Re: Kernels - The Debian Way

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:59:50AM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > Hi, > > As I wander about sites, I periodically see references to a document in > ascii/html/pdf format with a title along the lines of "Kernels - The > Debian Way", but I cannot seem to find it, and I think I would like to > read

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Re: Advice for fetchmail & exim config

On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 07:45:06PM -0800, scott worley wrote: > > Trying to setup fetchmail & exim. Hi there! I'll just put it the way it works for me. I'm not satisfied with my configuration but it actually works :) > ... > > When fetchmail is executed I get a rejection error message

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