On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 20:23, Bob Thibodeau wrote:
> I just fired up my cd writer after a year or so, and
> some issues came up.
snip
> Google search fixed this. I'm running kernel 2.2.14 and aparently
> the latest cdrecord (used by xcdroast) only works with 2,4 kernels
>
> I downgraded cdrecord an
I just fired up my cd writer after a year or so, and
some issues came up.
1. xcdroast now set suid, making gtk refuse to start as user
What happened to setting up as root and running later as non-root?
Am I forgetting something?
Is there a better program for creating data cd's? I made some
audio
Thanks to Caleb and Noah for their advice, which I have saved along with
Bens.
To repeat: I'm a-ok with using a floppy to boot Debian until I
become skilled enough with it to be able to dump XP.This won't take
long.
I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear, but the heart of my
question is
Ben-
Thank you very much. But my posting makes very clear that
the dual-boot arrangement is only temporary, and that I'll be dumping XP
I've read tons of material on dual-boot arrangements, but
only for the purpose of hanging onto XP until I've got my basic Linux
chops d
I have a multiboot system that presently boots Win98, Windows NT and Linux on a
SCSI drive.
I recently added an IDE drive and am able to boot BeOS off this second drive
using the GRUB installed on the SCSI drive. My machine's bios is set to start
up from SCSI.
Is it possible to install Wind
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 08:31:50PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote:
> I want to install some software that I downloaded as a .deb file, but it
> did not come from a Debian mirror. Instead it came from a ftp download
> from a developer's web site. The only way I have ever used dselect, dpkg, or
> apt-get
begin Paul E Condon quotation:
> I want to install some software that I downloaded as a .deb file, but it
> did not come from a Debian mirror. Instead it came from a ftp download
> from a developer's web site. The only way I have ever used dselect, dpkg, or
> apt-get have been to get stuff from
I want to install some software that I downloaded as a .deb file, but it
did not come from a Debian mirror. Instead it came from a ftp download
from a developer's web site. The only way I have ever used dselect, dpkg, or
apt-get have been to get stuff from a Debian mirror and then unpack and
insta
I've done this. GRUB boots WinXP just fine. The relevant entry in
menu.lst (assuming XP is the first partition on the first hard drive)
is:
Title WinXP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 20:17, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> GRUB may be able to boot both operating
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 07:45:08PM -0800, Bruce Burhans wrote:
> Because I despise XP, I will just boot Debian from a floppy (will
> make several copies with rawrite) 'til I have a handle on Linux, then
> use dd to write over the first partition with zeros, then dd again to
> copy Woody verbat
On Saturday 09 February 2002 07:45 pm, Bruce Burhans wrote:
> I've got XP, and a 20Gb harddrive, and I want to add Debian. Only
> Woody will handle the USB stuff, so that's that.
> So I re-install XP on the first 10Gb, leaving the rest as free
> space.
> Then I use -m and -n commands
On Saturday 09 February 2002 08:03 pm, Michel Loos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to use konqueror as the default browser (instead of
> netscape) when I click on a hyperlink in a mail message (using
> Evolution)
>
> How can I configure this?
>
> Michel.
control panel, file browsing, file associatio
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:17:25PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Setting up gdm (2.2.5.3-2) ...
> dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Well, if you want some debugging output, try adding the -x flag to the
#!/bin/sh line in /var
Em Dom, 2002-02-10 às 02:03, Michel Loos escreveu:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to use konqueror as the default browser (instead of
> netscape) when I click on a hyperlink in a mail message (using
> Evolution)
>
> How can I configure this?
>
> Michel.
Answering my own question, obviously I asked for
>>"Stan" == Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stan> Do you have any insight on that?
The last update (and the last message on the mailing list) was
on 22 Aug 2001. I think the author is swamped with RL stuff
(spambouncer updates have been more and more infrequent). However,
sinc
Hi,
I would like to use konqueror as the default browser (instead of
netscape) when I click on a hyperlink in a mail message (using
Evolution)
How can I configure this?
Michel.
Cameron Kerr wrote:
> Hello, can anyone tell me why there is no longer any packages for dhcpcd
> in testing or unstable. I'd rather not use pump, since I've heard that it
> has problems with multiple interfaces. dhcpcd is in stable, and is what I
> have been using.
Security problems, and crap code
Bruce Burhans wrote:
I've got XP, and a 20Gb harddrive, and I want to add Debian. Only
Woody will handle the USB stuff, so that's that.
So I re-install XP on the first 10Gb, leaving the rest as free
space.
Then I use -m and -n commands to create a Linux-only maximized
(extended) parti
I've got XP, and a 20Gb harddrive, and I want to add Debian. Only
Woody will handle the USB stuff, so that's that.
So I re-install XP on the first 10Gb, leaving the rest as free
space.
Then I use -m and -n commands to create a Linux-only maximized
(extended) partition from the free sp
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Cameron Kerr wrote:
> Hello, can anyone tell me why there is no longer any packages for dhcpcd
> in testing or unstable. I'd rather not use pump, since I've heard that it
> has problems with multiple interfaces. dhcpcd is in stable, and is what I
> have been using.
Yo
Hello, can anyone tell me why there is no longer any packages for dhcpcd
in testing or unstable. I'd rather not use pump, since I've heard that it
has problems with multiple interfaces. dhcpcd is in stable, and is what I
have been using.
Cameron Kerr
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://homepages.paradise
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 11:23:19PM -0800, Patrick Kirk wrote:
| I got it working using the web interface of CUPS under Lynx. Took about 4
| attempts and some mild swearing but after 5 years of using Linux its the
| first time I got it to print ;-)
|
| Would you mind posting what you've put in smb
Hi there --
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 11:31:43AM -0700, Dan Owens wrote:
> On Saturday 09 February 2002 08:15 am, Timothy Burt wrote:
>
> >
> > 2) Did you generate the config file by hand? If not, you could try
> >to let X configure itself, with the -configure option (which will
> >generat
Hello,
I didn't follow this thread, but to get mine to work, I downloaded
the binaries of X 4.2 on ftp.xfree86.org, launched ./install.sh and
ohh miracle, it worked right away :) No AGP, No FBdev.
The garbage on the screen might also come from an incorrect RAM setting.
I'd like to acknowledge t
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On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 10:15:47AM -0500, Timothy Burt wrote:
> 1) Have you compiled support for agpgart in the kernel? And are you
>using the kernel-supplied radeon driver?
Following your suggestion, I installed the radeon driver in the
kernel. This caused a temporary disruption in display,
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 16:34:39 -0800 (PST)
"nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 2.in MS-Windows, the monitor is turned down (the LED blinks) after
> > a period of in-activity. In X, it just blanks. what is the
> > difference? how to make the LED blinks in X?
>
> not sure, i don't trust APM, i rathe
Hi!
I still cannot delete mails under Mutt. The output of ls -ld 'which mutt'
'which mutt-dotlock' is:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 484796 Jan 2 07:18 /usr/bin/mutt
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 7152Jan 2 07:18 /usr/bin/mutt_dotlock
The output of mutt -v is attached.
Sincerely,
Terence N
I am trying to get my palm m125 to sync with my woody system. Now I
went to visor list and they said that I needed the latest CVS version oh
pilot-link. I was wondering if anyone had it packaged so maybe I could
keep dpkg happy. Thankyou.
--
-Scott Henson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Eternal vigilance
"a" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1.how to fsck /dev/hda3 which is root? it's mounted rw, and fsck warns it is
> dangerous to check it.
You need to remount it read-only (ro). See mount(8) for details:
mount /dev/hda3 -o remount,ro
e2fsck /dev/hda3
mount /dev/hda3 -o remount,rw
> 2.in MS-Windo
> 1.how to fsck /dev/hda3 which is root? it's mounted rw, and fsck
> warns it is dangerous to check it.
to do it without rebooting:
init 1
mount / -o remount,ro
e2fsck /dev/hda3
mount / -o remount,rw
init 2
if you have other partitions mounted you have to unmount them
first (umount /mountpoint)
1.how to fsck /dev/hda3 which is root? it's mounted rw, and fsck warns it is
dangerous to check it.
2.in MS-Windows, the monitor is turned down (the LED blinks) after a period
of in-activity. In X, it just blanks. what is the difference? how to make
the LED blinks in X?
hi there,
i want to run a quake3 server from behind a firewall.
what ports do i need to open up and forward in order to run a quake 3
server?
pete
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Adam Majer wrote:
> I think you could buy Linux only version that came with the data files :)
Yeah, back when Loki existed.
--
Baloo
Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 12:43:30PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
> > Colin Watson wrote:
> > > I've checked binutils_2.11.92.0.12.3-6_powerpc.deb, and it does indeed
> > > contain /usr/bin/as. This wouldn't be something screwing up $PATH,
> > > perhaps?
> >
> > I must be missing
hi ya jens
lots of free backup scripts that also writes to cdr
http://www.Linux-Backup.net/app.gwif.html
have fun linuxing
alvin
- other way is to save your /etc especially sources.list
and have a way to boot your vigin machine and it can
rebuild itself...again and use your saved /etc to
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 06:05:19PM -0500, Jens Gecius wrote:
>
> So, I thought to take the information about the running system from
> the file /var/lib/dpkg/status, and just backing up those files
> deviating from the packages default-configs (the full files, no
> diffs). Additionally, /home gets
I got it working using the web interface of CUPS under Lynx. Took about 4
attempts and some mild swearing but after 5 years of using Linux its the
first time I got it to print ;-)
Would you mind posting what you've put in smb.conf to share it?
Patrick
- Original Message -
From: "Robert
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:19:51PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> When I run "dpkg-reconfigure ssh", I just get dropped back to a command
> prompt. No questions; no disk thrashing; no bells and whistles.
>
> I originally told sshd to not run; now I want it to run. I know I can
> just delete the file
Hi folks,
I'd like to get some input on an idea I had to backup a pure debian
system.
I like my backups on cd-r, so my current system backup eats roughly 10
cd-r. For me, this seems a little too much, because all packages are
available via the internet, nowadays pretty fast with dsl/cable.
So, I
* Lance Hoffmeyer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020208 14:58]:
> What have people done in order to get sftp to connect to a remote host?
> The FAQ mentions something about an interactive mode on the shell but
> I am not sure what this means? My .bashrc is basic with color-dir set
> and a few aliases. Any
Interesting...I use vi on the server but the machine I'm configuring has a
non-techie owner so needed somthing that offered at least a clue as to how
to exit without rebooting the machine ( and yes - that's how he exitted vi
first time!)
Nano is fine. I just wanted the ^X stuff on the bottom to k
Thanks for the response, but when I put this in the sendmail.mc and run
either make or sendmailconfig it gives the following error:
***WARNING: Missing -T in argument of FEATURE(`access_db', hash -o
/etc/mail/access)
It does accept the mail for delivery, but does anyone know what this warning
When I run "dpkg-reconfigure ssh", I just get dropped back to a command
prompt. No questions; no disk thrashing; no bells and whistles.
I originally told sshd to not run; now I want it to run. I know I can
just delete the file /etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run, but I'd rather do it
the "correct" way.
Lance Hoffmeyer, 2002-Feb-08 16:16 -0600:
> What have people done in order to get sftp to connect to a remote host?
> The FAQ mentions something about an interactive mode on the shell but
> I am not sure what this means? My .bashrc is basic with color-dir set
> and a few aliases. Any suggestions?
I've gotten into a situation on Woody where I can not install nor
uninstall xdm or gdm or wdm. I can install other things.
Here's some relevant output:
fafsa-01:~# apt-get install xdm
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, xdm is already the newest version.
0 packa
On 2/9/02 2:06 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> debian(woody). All works except using the access.db to decide who can RELAY.
> During installation and setup with dselect no mention of the access file or
> access.db is made. Can someone help me to turn this switch on?
I'm running potato sendmail 8.9.3-23.
You add a line into sendmail.mc:
FEAT
* MH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Feb 09. 2002 16:23]:
[...]
> Brian> Just be sure to change your sources.list back to testing
> Brian> when you're done. ;-)
> There are some more elegant ways in apt now.
> Check man apt-get (-t) and man apt_preferences, though I'm not using
> this options (uns
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 05:51:17PM -0800, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > I remember pine is only available as source due to licensing issue and
> > removed from binary distribution. If I were desparate, I might download
> > source package and compile. (Which I believe comes with pico.)
> >
> "Brian" == Brian Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Brian> * stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Feb 09. 2002 14:49]:
>> How can I install galeon?
Brian> I change my sources.list to point to unstable, then apt-get
Brian> update, then apt-get -u install galeon. I haven't had any
Bri
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 05:27:16AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Joey Hess wrote:
>
> > Did loki put all their games up there for free or something?
>
> No, but thier binaries were publically avalible. You'll have to buy the
> Windows version to get the data files to c
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 12:36:53AM -0800, Aaron Brashears wrote:
> Can anyone supply a copy of their working XF86Config-4 they use with
> the ATI Radeon? Here's a few choice lines from my configuration - can
> you spot the error?
>
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "ATI Radeon"
> Driver
Tom,
sorry for the typo. should be
echo echo -n \> \$1 > /tmp/truncate &&
find /var/log -type f -exec sh /tmp/truncate {} \;
another way to do it would be
find /var/log -type -f -exec cp /dev/null {} \;
HTH
- Forwarded message from Johannes Franken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Patrick Kirk([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib
> non-free
>
> Hi all,
>
> My sources list is above. I can't find pine, pico or smbpasswd.
On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 20:49, stan wrote:
> I've got a machien runing mostly woody packages, with
> a few unstable packages thrown in. When I look in dselect,
> I see galeon, yet when I try to isntall it, dslect complains
> about the version of Mozilla, and one library.
>
> How can I install galeon
> > > # find /var/log -type f -exec echo -n > {} \;
> > > Why find create a file called "{}", instead to erase files contents
> > Try find /var/log -type f -exec cp /tmp/blankfile {} \;
> But the files permissions/owner/group would be changed.
You're right. What about
echo echo -n
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 15:47:05 -0500, Brian Clark wrote:
> Just be sure to change your sources.list back to testing when you're done.
Or create an /etc/apt/preferences containing
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
in which case you can leave the "unstable" entries in sources.list,
* stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Feb 09. 2002 14:49]:
> How can I install galeon?
I change my sources.list to point to unstable, then apt-get update, then
apt-get -u install galeon. I haven't had any problems what so ever.
Just be sure to change your sources.list back to testing when you're
done. ;-)
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 11:05:13AM -0800, Jon Hughes wrote:
> The linux side appears to recognize the NIC, assigns
> the IP and so forth. Netstat looks right. THe problem
> is I can't even ping the gateway.
You might have a broken ipchains ruleset.
What do "ipchains -L -n" and "tcpdump -n & ping
On Saturday 09 February 2002 11:45 am, Brian Nelson wrote:
> Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
> > > > where did you extract from any part of my post to the list that i
> > > > welcome replies to my address? post it to the list, or not at
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:04:52PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Feb 2002, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > What is the remedy? Any pointer to information will be nice.
>
> There is none.
Sad :( ...
> I gave up the entire pgp.net keyserver system, and since I loathe the
> non-DFSG-c
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 11:46:34PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:56:52PM +, Gerard Robin wrote:
..
> > My vendor suggest me to use the video card ATI expert 2000
> > with linux (my dist is potato 2.2r2 with xfree 3 )
..
> I found ATI to be the best supported cards in X (
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, CaT wrote:
>Just did an upgrade of my woody setup and found my xterm's default
>resource settings changed. Most annoying. Anyhow... in trying to change
Hmm, so /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm* mustn't be marked as a conf file
(perhaps).
>Anyhow... How can I do this? Can anyone h
D & E Radel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/02/2002 (12:53) :
> Sad to hear about Loki Game's demise. What good free/GPL 3D games are there
> for Linux, now that they are gone. Am I gonna be stuck with tuxracer? No
> disrespect
> for ol' tuxracer intended. :-)
What's wrong with IF games :-) ?
I've got a machien runing mostly woody packages, with
a few unstable packages thrown in. When I look in dselect,
I see galeon, yet when I try to isntall it, dslect complains
about the version of Mozilla, and one library.
How can I install galeon?
--
"They that would give up essential liberty for
whoops, yes, that is. it's just 192.168.0.1
my bad:) fustrating day
--- Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > netstat -rn
> > Dest GW Genmask Flags MSS Win irtt Iface
> > 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 eth0
> > 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 YG 0 0 0 eth0
>
> Is that 192.168.0.
On Thursday 07 February 2002 22:49, Nick Jennings wrote:
> *Please CC me in the response as I am not subscribed to debian-user*
>
> Hello.
>
> I'd like to make a slight customization to the debian kernel. I do not
> understand the debian packing scheme for getting the complete source
> to the D
Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
>
> > > where did you extract from any part of my post to the list that i welcome
> > > replies to my address? post it to the list, or not at all. unless someone
> > > indicates that they want you to cc: t
> netstat -rn
> Dest GW Genmask Flags MSS Win irtt Iface
> 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 YG 0 0 0 eth0
Is that 192.168.0.0.1 a typo?
mike
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 12:43:30PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > I've checked binutils_2.11.92.0.12.3-6_powerpc.deb, and it does indeed
> > contain /usr/bin/as. This wouldn't be something screwing up $PATH,
> > perhaps?
>
> I must be missing something here:
>
> - $PATH loo
I have a new system that I'm setting up Debian 2.2 on.
It's a dual boot and i have windows on the other
side which at the moment recognizes the NIC, and can
surf the net without a problem.
The linux side appears to recognize the NIC, assigns
the IP and so forth. Netstat looks right. THe problem
On Saturday 09 February 2002 10:31 am, Dan Owens wrote:
> On Saturday 09 February 2002 08:15 am, Timothy Burt wrote:
> > 2) Did you generate the config file by hand? If not, you could try
> >to let X configure itself, with the -configure option (which will
> >generate an XF86Config-4 file
Em Sáb, 2002-02-09 às 15:57, Dimitri Maziuk escreveu:
> * Greg Murphy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> > I recently switched from slackware to debian. Under slack, when users were
> > added they were defaultly added to the group "users". I see debian gives
> > each
> > user his/her own group.
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 00:36:53 -0800
Aaron Brashears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just went out and got an ATI Radeon to replace my dusty old video
> card. However, X doesn't seem to like my configuration for it, and
> won't start as a result.
>
> Can anyone supply a copy of their working XF86Conf
On Saturday 09 February 2002 08:15 am, Timothy Burt wrote:
>
> 2) Did you generate the config file by hand? If not, you could try
>to let X configure itself, with the -configure option (which will
>generate an XF86Config-4 file for you).
>
Would you please give the exact command you have
* Phil Edwards ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 02:21:24PM -0600, Chris Cheney wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 02:03:09PM -0500, Phil Edwards wrote:
> > > BUT
> > >
> > > - librpm4 conflicts with librpm0, and
> > >
> > > - something called "kpackage" depends
* Curtis Vaughan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> Ok, a theoretical question.
>
> If I wish to network linux computers along with Windows computers, it seems
> that I have to have Samba server on each Linux workstation.
>
> Is this correct?
>
> Originally, it was my understanding that Samba
On Saturday 09 February 2002 09:54 am, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> On a sid system, which package? I'm just tired of fighting this friggin
> printer.
>
'apt-get install cupsys' did it for me.
btw, don't cc to my address. if i weren't reading the list, i wouldn't be
writing to it, either.
Johannes Franken wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 02:48:36PM -0200, Antonio Alberto Lobato wrote:
> > # find /var/log -type f -exec echo -n > {} \;
> > Why find create a file called "{}", instead to erase files contents
>
> That's proper behavior.
>
> The "> {}" goes to your shell (creatin
On Sat, 09 Feb 2002, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> What is the remedy? Any pointer to information will be nice.
There is none. One could get the keyserver software, and fix it (good luck,
that thing is NOT easy to grok), then waste a few days of machine cicles
purging all screwed up keys from the keyring..
Hello,
I'm at it again. I am currently trying to convert my mailserver to
debian(woody). All works except using the access.db to decide who can RELAY.
During installation and setup with dselect no mention of the access file or
access.db is made. Can someone help me to turn this switch on?
TIA
* Greg Murphy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> I recently switched from slackware to debian. Under slack, when users were
> added they were defaultly added to the group "users". I see debian gives each
> user his/her own group.
>
> 1. Why did debian adopt this method?
ISTR that it was discu
Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 02:48:36PM -0200, Antonio Alberto Lobato wrote:
> >
> > # find /var/log -type f -exec echo -n > {} \;
> >
> > Why find create a file called "{}", instead to erase files contents?
>
> Oi!
>
>From the find manpage:
>
>-exec command ;
On a sid system, which package? I'm just tired of fighting this friggin
printer.
Thus spake ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Saturday 09 February 2002 09:12 am, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > I've given up on getting my hp882c to print under linux. Filters dont
> > work, etc.
> >
>
> have you trie
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 09:49:00AM -0800, ben wrote:
| On Saturday 09 February 2002 09:12 am, Robert L. Harris wrote:
| > I've given up on getting my hp882c to print under linux. Filters dont
| > work, etc.
|
| have you tried installing cups? if not, it's definitely worth the time it
| takes to
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 02:48:36PM -0200, Antonio Alberto Lobato wrote:
> # find /var/log -type f -exec echo -n > {} \;
> Why find create a file called "{}", instead to erase files contents
That's proper behavior.
The "> {}" goes to your shell (creating that file), so the arguments
left f
On Saturday 09 February 2002 09:12 am, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> I've given up on getting my hp882c to print under linux. Filters dont
> work, etc.
>
have you tried installing cups? if not, it's definitely worth the time it
takes to investigate.
[snip]
> I remember pine is only available as source due to licensing issue and
> removed from binary distribution. If I were desparate, I might download
> source package and compile. (Which I believe comes with pico.)
>
> But, I will recommend you to move to "mutt" if you used "pine" or
> "el
Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 01:34:15PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
> > I've got a new powerpc woody system up and running, but I cant compile
> > because
> > ...cannot exec 'as': No such file or directory.
> >
> > Contents-powerpc tells me the assember should be part of
> > devel
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 02:48:36PM -0200, Antonio Alberto Lobato wrote:
>
> # find /var/log -type f -exec echo -n > {} \;
>
> Why find create a file called "{}", instead to erase files contents?
Oi!
From the find manpage:
-exec command ;
Execute command; true if 0 sta
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 02:36:23PM -0200, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote:
>Did squid cache got corrupted? why? what happened?
check /var/log/squid/squid.out*
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I've given up on getting my hp882c to print under linux. Filters dont
work, etc.
I've attached the sucker to a P200 windows box and shared it out.
Windows boxes can print correctly now. (Aka, wife can print her
research) Is there a way using samba without filters or the like that I
can put
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 03:39:47PM +0100, Martin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Whenever I mount a filesystem (Woody) without file permissions (like
> vfat, iso9660), all files are marked as executable -- this is quite
> annoying because then the syntax highlighting on the console is irritating.
>
> I think
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:36:28PM -0800, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib
> non-free
>
> Hi all,
>
> My sources list is above. I can't find pine, pico or smbpassw
Hi all!
In the command below,
# find /var/log -type f -exec echo -n > {} \;
Why find create a file called "{}", instead to erase files contents
?
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On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 01:24:29AM -0600, Greg Murphy wrote:
> I recently switched from slackware to debian. Under slack, when users were
> added they were defaultly added to the group "users". I see debian gives each
> user his/her own group.
>
> 1. Why did debian adopt this method?
Same reas
Hi Folks,
It installed Squid in a server three months ago and I had no problem
with it since the instalation date.
But yesterday, it stopped working well. It only sent to clients the
first 6910 bytes of the page and then stopped. Every computer in the
localnet using it as a proxy, only coul
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib
non-free
Hi all,
My sources list is above. I can't find pine, pico or smbpasswd. Is there
something essential I messed up when I changed from stable to w
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 01:24:29AM -0600, Greg Murphy wrote:
> I recently switched from slackware to debian. Under slack, when users
> were added they were defaultly added to the group "users". I see
> debian gives each user his/her own group.
>
> 1. Why did debian adopt this method?
I don't kno
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