Re: ifup eth0 -- but no connection! argh...

2002-02-16 Thread ben
On Saturday 16 February 2002 02:59 pm, will trillich wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:59:03PM -0800, ben wrote: > > On Friday 15 February 2002 11:43 pm, will trillich wrote: > > > 1) /etc/network/interfaces looks a lot like this: > > > > > > # The loopback interface > > > iface lo inet loopb

iptables port fowarding?

2002-02-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
How do I port forward with iptables? With ipchains the command was: ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $extip $port -R $intip $port -- "Once the principle of government -- judicial monopoly and the power to tax -- is incorrectly accepted as just, any notion of restraining government power and safeg

garbled chars in mutt

2002-02-16 Thread Michael C. Alonzo
i have mutt sort my mails by threads, the arrow (--->) now appears to be garbled(squares, unknown chars)... what should i do? -- "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --Sherlock Holmes _The Sign of Four_

Routing problems in stable

2002-02-16 Thread Cameron Kerr
Hello, I'm trying to set up a router for my friend (he wants to firewall his forwarded ports from the ADSL router, and prioritize traffic). I installed Stable, got the interfaces up and running, both interfaces work fine. I enable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward (via /etc/network/options, and manual

Re: OT: kvm alternatives? (was: booting with no keyboard or moue)

2002-02-16 Thread Cameron Kerr
On 16 Feb 2002, Alex Malinovich wrote: >Pardon me for a hideously off-topic question here, but does anyone know >of any cheap alternatives to getting a KVM for home use? I've got 3 PC's >tucked away under my desk, as well as a Sega Dreamcast that I connect my >monitor and my keyboard to, and none

Re: nfs is slow

2002-02-16 Thread Cameron Kerr
On 16 Feb 2002, Andreas Leitner wrote: >Is there some app in debian with which i could easily messure the >saturation of my connection? Yes, a few. Of the ones that come to mind, there are bing,nfsstone,tcpspray,ttcp I know bing is a .deb, not sure about the others Other things I have tried in

Re: Help with Expect & Xterm

2002-02-16 Thread darrell dupas
#!/usr/bin/expect -- # page 294 oriley expect set send_slow { 1 .001 } set prompt "(%|#|\\\$)" set shell $env(SHELL) #proc open_xterm_shell {} { #global shell # in order to talk to an xterm expect must obtain a pty and pass it to the xterm spawn -pty # the variable $spawn_out(slave,name) is

Re: digital camera reccomendations for debian

2002-02-16 Thread Craig Dickson
begin christophe barbé quotation: > selfish view of contribution. Don't be an ass. Nobody's under an obligation to help programmers fix their products. For a program I use, sure, I'll report bugs and help test fixes. But gphoto2 wasn't in that category once I got the CF reader. Besides, it coul

OT: kvm alternatives? (was: booting with no keyboard or moue)

2002-02-16 Thread Alex Malinovich
Pardon me for a hideously off-topic question here, but does anyone know of any cheap alternatives to getting a KVM for home use? I've got 3 PC's tucked away under my desk, as well as a Sega Dreamcast that I connect my monitor and my keyboard to, and none of them care about whether they're started u

Re: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic

2002-02-16 Thread Adam Majer
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 11:14:36PM +0100, Gr?gory Kar?kinian wrote: > Hello, > > Thank you guys, that's exactly the answer i needed :). I can't compile a > kernel on this machine (it's a 486 @ 66 mhz.. Slow even to untar :p). > I'll keep my 2.2 for now. You _can_ build it - it takes about 2-4h de

Re: cdrecord can't find scsi modules

2002-02-16 Thread Adam Majer
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 09:27:08PM -0500, James Hughes wrote: > Kernel command line: > > Shouldn't the value of append show up there? > > My next course of action, (and I'm running out of courses [:)] , is to > recompile the kernel without IDE/ATAPI support. Any other ideas? YEs, I have: Kerne

Re: booting with no keyboard or moue

2002-02-16 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya Mike to boot w/o kb is tricky mouse is less of an issue - and yeah...cant hit F1 to continue if there is no kb plugged in - if you can be there ... its easiest to just plug in the kb ... reboot it... and unplug it when the kb is needed on another pc - went poking aro

Re: hardware question

2002-02-16 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 09:26:34PM -0600, Richard wrote: > I am going to be putting together a new computer in the next couple of > weeks. When i do i want to install debian on it. I am looking at a kr7a > abit motherboard with the KT266A chipset. I was wondering if anyone has > heard anything abo

Re: nfs is slow

2002-02-16 Thread Adam Majer
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:13:58AM +0100, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > myhost:/mydir /myotherdir nfs > user,noexec,dev,suid,rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0 > > Is there some app in debian with which i could easily messure the > saturation of my connection? Try nload (package nload) Someti

Re: booting with no keyboard or moue

2002-02-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
Oops, I sent message too fast. On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:55:18PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 09:35:09PM -0600, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > > BIOS. Some BIOS' (notably the older Compaq's) halt on Boot if it can't > ... > > I looked for these in the past and I don't recall find

Re: booting with no keyboard or moue

2002-02-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 09:35:09PM -0600, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > BIOS. Some BIOS' (notably the older Compaq's) halt on Boot if it can't ... > I looked for these in the past and I don't recall finding anything (or > if I did it was above my budget). Your options are rather limited if > your BIOS

Re: booting with no keyboard or moue

2002-02-16 Thread Jeff J.
Depending on what PC it is.. Some old Compaq's that I have where I work must have a keyboard and mouse plugged in. No options in the BIOS. But most likely, there are.. Just a few exceptions to that. Jeff J. - Original Message - From: "Alex Malinovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Millne

Re: booting with no keyboard or moue

2002-02-16 Thread Elizabeth Barham
"Mike Millner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it a function of the hardware bios or the OS to be able to boot > without a keyboard or mouse? I have a Debian Potato system that is > up and running. I want to be able to boot the system with no > keyboard or mouse plugged in. I SSH to it when I nee

Re: customized debian installer

2002-02-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 09:39:16PM +0800, Michael C. Alonzo wrote: > hi! a friend of mine is asking me if i can "make" a debian installer > specific for KDE only. is there an available installer for woody > already? how should i do this? can someone point me to the right > direction please... than

Re: ppp problems with strange log diagnostics

2002-02-16 Thread Gary Turner
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 17:51:44 +0100, Laurent EVAIN wrote: >On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 05:21:52PM +, Karl E. Jorgensen >patiently answered: >> >> [ snip...] >> === >> All of these errors seem to point towards an unreliable modem >> connection. Perhaps you have noise on the phone line? >> >> Can

Re: ncftp can't put file!

2002-02-16 Thread nate
> | put index.html: PORT failed. sounds like you may be runing behind some sort of NAT and it isn't doing ftp right. try putting the client in passive mode before uploading .. if that fails, try to ftp without doing NAT. nate

Re: Browsers won't connect to modem

2002-02-16 Thread ben
On Saturday 16 February 2002 06:29 pm, Keith wrote: > ben wrote: > > how do you know that the modem isn't dialing? > > I have one of those modems you can hear when it dials. > > > have you configured /etc/resolv.conf in order to reach your isp's > > nameservers? > > That's what it was, a missing /e

Re: spamassassin. CAREFUL ON UPGRADE

2002-02-16 Thread Gary Turner
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 08:07:49 -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: >* David Roundy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 07:15:08PM -0500, Brian Clark wrote: >> > * Cam Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Feb 15. 2002 18:59]: >> > >> > > > [Hey Cam, you're not wrapping at 72, AFAICS. ] >> > >> > >

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 06:37:23PM -0800, ben wrote: > On Saturday 16 February 2002 06:33 pm, you wrote: > > On Saturday 16 February 2002 11:41 am, MH wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > and here is really no interest in ridiculing anyone and less someone > > > who would formulate constructively his critic

Re: windows commander clone

2002-02-16 Thread Steve Cooper
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 11:43:07AM -0200: > Does exist a clone of the Windows Commander file manager for Debian? It is > great. I don't feel very confortable using gmc... ---end quoted text--- I believe gentoo is similar, if you don't want a KDE-based solution. I think it depends on GTK. Cheers,

Re: ipmasq problem SOLVED

2002-02-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:30:44PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > The ipmasq rules files assume a ppp connection. I have a static ip so I > need to use SNAT instead of MASQUERADE. Congraturations. FYI: For this kind of simple gateway machine, you can simply install "ipmasq" package and foreget abou

ncftp can't put file!

2002-02-16 Thread Pun Kuan Tou
I am using testing debian, the ncftp can't put file to myisp a/c! the error is... -- / ncftp /public_html > put index.html | Invalid reply: "." | Passive mode refused. | put index.html: PORT failed. | ncftp /public_html > ls | Invalid reply: "." | List failed. \ ncftp /public_html > --

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread ben
On Saturday 16 February 2002 06:33 pm, you wrote: > On Saturday 16 February 2002 11:41 am, MH wrote: > [snip] > > > and here is really no interest in ridiculing anyone and less someone > > who would formulate constructively his criticism and suggestions ... > i really really don't want you to const

Re: Browsers won't connect to modem

2002-02-16 Thread Keith
ben wrote: how do you know that the modem isn't dialing? I have one of those modems you can hear when it dials. have you configured /etc/resolv.conf in order to reach your isp's nameservers? That's what it was, a missing /etc/resolv.conf file. Thanks to everyone for the help. I know it w

Re: cdrecord can't find scsi modules

2002-02-16 Thread James Hughes
Eduard Bloch wrote: #include James Hughes wrote on Fri Feb 15, 2002 um 10:34:37PM: And, following some instructions I found at http://linuxgazette.com/issue57/stoddard.html, I added alias scd0 srmod alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi options ide-cd ignore=hdc If your kerne

Re: ifup eth0 -- but no connection! argh...

2002-02-16 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 04:59:45PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:59:03PM -0800, ben wrote: ... > > don't you need an > > > > auto lo > > > > preceding the rest of the loopback interface? > > on my potato server at home, it doesn't seem to. should it? not on potato,

Re: cdrecord can't find scsi modules

2002-02-16 Thread James Hughes
Sorry, should have hit "reply-all" Dave Price wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 10:34:37PM -0500, James Hughes wrote: However, /sbin/lsmod says: sr_mod 12560 0 (autoclean) (unused) sg 21408 0 (autoclean) (unused) ide-scsi8016 0 scsi_mod

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:50:22PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > You are on crack. The maintainer's bug report against debhelper > > explicitly said that he didn't like the dependency on xutils. > > I'm on pot actually. I'm whining about a gene

Re: booting with no keyboard or moue

2002-02-16 Thread Alex Malinovich
Your BIOS should allow you to boot without a keyboard or mouse. My mail server is a P133 Potato system with nothing plugged into it but a network cable and a power cable. Been working fine for a few months now. -Alex On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 17:50, Mike Millner wrote: > Is it a function of the hardw

Re: lilo problems

2002-02-16 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 06:51:23PM -0500, Peter McConnell wrote: > > As a new debian User ie 48 hours I am having trouble with the > configuration of lilo. > I installed a 2.2r3 version of debian and imediately down loaded the > 2.4.16 > binary. > The configuration tool said I am going to add a n

Re: Browsers won't connect to modem

2002-02-16 Thread ben
On Thursday 14 February 2002 02:27 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just reinstalled Debian 2.2.r3 from disk, and now I can't get any > internet programs to connect to the modem (which was working fine before). > Mozilla gives " can't be found" error message and Lynx gives > "unable to connect to r

postgres upgrade for dummies?

2002-02-16 Thread Andreas Goesele
Hi, Short story: Is there an easy way to upgrade from postgresql 6.5 to 7.1? An easy to follow document explaining how to do it? Long story: Many tries, no success: I have a nicely working postgresql 6.5 on Debian woody. When I first upgraded to woody I too tried to upgrade to postgresql 7.1, bu

Re: ipmasq problem SOLVED

2002-02-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
The ipmasq rules files assume a ppp connection. I have a static ip so I need to use SNAT instead of MASQUERADE. On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:27:38PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:05:14PM -0500, Wayne wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 02:29:05PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: >

Re: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic

2002-02-16 Thread Wayne Topa
Grégory Karékinian([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi, > > I've been searching on google but found no way to boot a 2.4 kernel > without initrd. I indeed don't have any scsi hdd, so i don't think i > need it. What? I have been booting 2.4.x kernels for months now, without initrd, o

Re: dillo anybody?

2002-02-16 Thread ben
On Saturday 16 February 2002 01:04 pm, Andreas Goesele wrote: > Hi, > > I used to use a self compiled dillo 0.6.1 which ran fine. I did an > upgrade to the current debian (woody) package (dillo 0.6.4-1). Now the > font_factor entry in dillorc isn't headed anymore - which makes dillo > unusable for

Re: booting with no keyboard or moue

2002-02-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Mike Millner wrote on Sat Feb 16, 2002 um 04:50:19PM: > Is it a function of the hardware bios or the OS to be able to boot without a > keyboard or mouse? I have a Debian Potato system that is up and running. I > want to be able to boot the system with no keyboard or mouse plugged in. I >

Re: Procmail's {cur,new,tmp} subdirs

2002-02-16 Thread csj
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:33:24 +0100 Martin Wuertele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, csj wrote: > > > Having wrestled with mutt, I'm now trying to get procmail to work. > > From the looks of it, I've set up my .procmailrc correctly. > > /var/mail/foo is a big fat zero ;-) > > > >

what USB kernel module for Viking flash reader

2002-02-16 Thread Kurt Lieber
I am trying to get my VIking Intelliflash flash memory reader to work under linux. I've got all the generic USB kernel options, including mass storage, but I don't know what specific USB mass storage module to use. (i.e. Datafab, Microtech, SanDisk, Lexar, etc.) Googling around didn't turn up

Re: ARUGENT HELP!!

2002-02-16 Thread ben
On Saturday 16 February 2002 09:31 am, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2002 16:38 schrieb Ben Collins: > > When you boot Linux, edit the file /etc/lilo.conf. At the end, add these > > lines: > > > > other=/dev/hda1 > >label=windows > > I think you also have to add 'table'

booting with no keyboard or moue

2002-02-16 Thread Mike Millner
Is it a function of the hardware bios or the OS to be able to boot without a keyboard or mouse? I have a Debian Potato system that is up and running. I want to be able to boot the system with no keyboard or mouse plugged in. I SSH to it when I need to check it or do anything. If it is hardware any

Re: spamassassin. CAREFUL ON UPGRADE

2002-02-16 Thread Brian Clark
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Feb 16. 2002 14:30]: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 08:13:48AM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: > | * Brian Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > | > > | > What version are you using? I'm running 2.01. > | > | So am I. > Wrong file, then. Put your config in /etc/spamassassin/loca

Re: ppp problems with strange log diagnostics

2002-02-16 Thread ben
On Saturday 16 February 2002 08:51 am, Laurent EVAIN wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 05:21:52PM +, Karl E. Jorgensen > > patiently answered: > > [ snip...] > > === > > All of these errors seem to point towards an unreliable modem > > connection. Perhaps you have noise on the phone line? > > >

Re: CUPS

2002-02-16 Thread Cam Ellison
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:04:08PM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: > | * Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > | > * Cam Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > | > | > > What am I doing wrong, or not doing, please? > | > > | > You're not doing the followi

Re: (YASQ) - Yet another sound question

2002-02-16 Thread Jason Stechschulte
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 01:38:40PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > If you want to give that a try, recompile your kernel with > sound support (but no drivers). Install alsaconf and > alsa-[source|utils] packages, and follow the instructions for > building the intel82x driver. Install the driver, ed

Re: nvidia and 2.4.17 kernel

2002-02-16 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Titus Barik wrote: > Do the nvidia packages work with the 2.4.17 kernel? I installed the > packages using dselect, and followed the instructions in > /usr/doc/nvidia*. > > However, when I run X, I get the "no screen found" error. > > When I manually try to load NVdriver, I get

Re: Debian proxying using http/ftp, and writing to CD

2002-02-16 Thread Chris Halls
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 12:23:58PM +1300, Cameron Kerr wrote: > I've tried using debian-proxy, buts its a bit flaky, and only uses rsync. > I'd rather use a closer/faster mirror, none of which support rsync. I guess you mean apt-proxy. It's definately up to the job you're after. Which version did

Re: ifup eth0 -- but no connection! argh...

2002-02-16 Thread will trillich
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:59:03PM -0800, ben wrote: > On Friday 15 February 2002 11:43 pm, will trillich wrote: > > 1) /etc/network/interfaces looks a lot like this: > > > > # The loopback interface > > iface lo inet loopback > > don't you need an > > auto lo > > preceding the rest of

Re: ext3 commit time

2002-02-16 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:25:32PM +0100, Martin Wuertele wrote: > Hi Daniel! > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Daniel Faller wrote: > > > I am running the ext3 filesystem on a laptop. The default value for the > > commit time of ext3 seems to be 30 sec, which is too short for the HD to > > spin > > do

Re: Monitor vertical refresh rate

2002-02-16 Thread Patrick Kirk
thanks - I've got it working now. I must say setting up X is a bitch but given the immense range of video and sound kits out there, its probably hard to make it easier. Its puzzling that XF86Setup seems to disappear if you upgrade to sid but no doubt in due course I'll find out which particula

Re: From Testing back to Potato - or something!

2002-02-16 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 05:04:10PM -0800, Vaughan, Curtis wrote: > Read the bottom part to gain a little history as to why I did the following > actions: > > Basically, what happened is I installed GAIM per the instructions at the > bottom. Afterwards, however, I couldn't find even any file or di

RE: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic

2002-02-16 Thread Grégory Karékinian
Hello, Thank you guys, that's exactly the answer i needed :). I can't compile a kernel on this machine (it's a 486 @ 66 mhz.. Slow even to untar :p). I'll keep my 2.2 for now. Later. > -Original Message- > From: Martin Wuertele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: samedi 16 février 2002 2

Re: Monitor vertical refresh rate

2002-02-16 Thread ben
On Saturday 16 February 2002 03:33 am, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Progress: > Its a samsung lt133x2-122 and X sees it as having 4 MB RAM and a panel > clock of 65.14 MHz. > > startx flickers up a gray screen and then collapses complaining of no valid > mode at 800x600 and so on. > > Anyone know why ther

Re: spamassassin. CAREFUL ON UPGRADE

2002-02-16 Thread Cam Ellison
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 08:13:48AM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: > | * Brian Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > | > * Cam Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Feb 15. 2002 18:59]: > | > > | > | > > > I'm not using spamd, I'm firing off spamassassin with Procmail. But, > |

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 12:51:48PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > As far as I can tell the bug is between maintainer's chair and > > keyboard. I don't see how filing a bug against $PACKAGE will fix > > that, I fully expect that bug to be marked "

Re: kernel 2.4 - OK !!

2002-02-16 Thread Samuel J MacDowell
> > The 2.95.4 is the gcc in Debian unstable that is a snapshot of the 2.95 > branch in the gcc CVS. There's no officially released 2.95.4. Please would you mind be more specific about the URL :)) I´ve been drifting around ftp.debian.org and couldn´t find it :( > > smd > []s smd

dillo anybody?

2002-02-16 Thread Andreas Goesele
Hi, I used to use a self compiled dillo 0.6.1 which ran fine. I did an upgrade to the current debian (woody) package (dillo 0.6.4-1). Now the font_factor entry in dillorc isn't headed anymore - which makes dillo unusable for me. Is this a bug - as I assume - or is there anything I could do to ge

Re: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic

2002-02-16 Thread Martin Wuertele
Hi Grégory! On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Grégory Karékinian wrote: > I've been searching on google but found no way to boot a 2.4 kernel > without initrd. I indeed don't have any scsi hdd, so i don't think i > need it. works just as with 2.2 or 2.0. configure the kernel without initrd support, compile

Re: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic

2002-02-16 Thread dman
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 09:23:30PM +0100, Grégory Karékinian wrote: | Hi, | | I've been searching on google but found no way to boot a 2.4 kernel | without initrd. This is a snippet of the kernel configuration documentation : ~ Initial RAM disk (initrd) support CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD The in

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 12:51:48PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > As far as I can tell the bug is between maintainer's chair and > keyboard. I don't see how filing a bug against $PACKAGE will fix > that, I fully expect that bug to be marked "wontfix". Ridiculing > the guy in public, OTOH, might wor

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 01:09:31PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > Yup, I saw that. I get rather fed up with people who transmute a known, > > acknowledged issue into a rant about all of Debian though ... > > You didn't read my relpy to dman, did

Re: gcc 2.95.4

2002-02-16 Thread Paolo Falcone
Samuel J MacDowell wrote: >Ave ! > >I upgrade my potato to the 2.4.17 kernel-binary following >Adrian Bunk URL >http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/debian >which is compiled with gcc-2.95.4. >Mine is gcc-2.95.2 and I didn´t find anything newer than >ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.3.tar.gz http://

Re: ipmasq problem

2002-02-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:05:14PM -0500, Wayne wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 02:29:05PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > I'm running a 2.4.16 kernel and the default ipmasq from woody. The > > primary machine 192.168.0.1 (with 2 nics) talks to the internet just > > fine. The secondary machine 192.

RE: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic

2002-02-16 Thread Grégory Karékinian
Hi, I've been searching on google but found no way to boot a 2.4 kernel without initrd. I indeed don't have any scsi hdd, so i don't think i need it. Any help appreciated, thanks in advance. > -Original Message- > From: Hans Ekbrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: samedi 16 février 20

Re: nvidia and 2.4.17 kernel

2002-02-16 Thread Jeremy T. Bouse
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 12:07:36PM -0500, Titus Barik wrote: > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote: > > > Works fine for me... This is actually my workstation in the > > office... > > Just out of curiosity, did you compile agpgart as a module (M) or within > the kernel (Y)? > > Becaus

Re: Kernel 2.4, 8 megs of ram and kernel panic

2002-02-16 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:40:53PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: > Gr?gory Kar?kinian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I understand the reason of this error (only 8 megs of ram on this > > computer, but is is possible to boot a 2.4 kernel with 8 megs ? > > (Making a smaller ramdisk ? Been searching on

Re: Mouse Jumps Sometimes

2002-02-16 Thread Bob Thibodeau
I'm not using gpm. My XF86Config-4 has this Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" #

Re: ipmasq problem

2002-02-16 Thread Wayne
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 02:29:05PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I'm running a 2.4.16 kernel and the default ipmasq from woody. The > primary machine 192.168.0.1 (with 2 nics) talks to the internet just > fine. The secondary machine 192.168.0.5 (running windows 98) can access > the primary machine b

Re: pcmcia

2002-02-16 Thread dman
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 08:18:40PM +, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: | On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:26:36AM -0800, Vaughan, Curtis wrote: | > Try | > /etc/init.d/pcmcia start | > | > Here's what I get: | > Starting PCMCIA services: modulesinsmod: a module named pcmcia_core already | > exists | > i

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread MH
> "Dimitri" == Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dimitri> * MH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... >> What's about filing a bug against bitchx instead of passively >> complaining here... Dimitri> I'm complaining rather actively (check the archives). My Dimitri>

Re: digital camera reccomendations for debian

2002-02-16 Thread christophe barbé
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 11:00:56AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > begin christophe barbé quotation: > > > If gphoto2 'allegedly supports' your Canon PowerShot G2 then it > > CERTAINLY sypport it and if it is not the case it would be YOUR FAULT if > > it is wrongly supported because you don't repo

Re: (YASQ) - Yet another sound question

2002-02-16 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Jason Stechschulte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > I've been struggling to get sound to work on a Dell system I got > recently. I'm running Woody with a 2.4.17 kernel. I think my problem > has to do with the sound being integrated. According to WinXP which is > also on this box, the chip i

Re: Sound

2002-02-16 Thread Alan Shrimpton
Thanks Tom, I moved the cables around and got rid of the noise.. I just got to tidy my desk.. Al - Original Message - From: Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Sound > Alan Shrimpton wrote: > > > > Terribly sorry! I just found t

Re: nvidia and 2.4.17 kernel

2002-02-16 Thread Titus Barik
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Tobias Wolter wrote: > On 2002-02-16T 1:11:46+, Titus Barik wrote: > > > It works fine in kernel 2.4.6. Any suggestions? > > You did recompile it when upgrading to 2.4.17, right? I solved the problem. I used the stock kernel.org 2.4.17 kernel instead of the debian kernel-

ipmasq problem

2002-02-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
I'm running a 2.4.16 kernel and the default ipmasq from woody. The primary machine 192.168.0.1 (with 2 nics) talks to the internet just fine. The secondary machine 192.168.0.5 (running windows 98) can access the primary machine but cannot access the internet. I have samba set up and the Network Nei

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 01:06:02PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Colin Watson wrote: > > > Because that wouldn't make him feel so l33t? It would also require him > > > to actually read the changelog. > > > > > > * Depend on xutils to eliminate a g

Re: CUPS

2002-02-16 Thread dman
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:04:08PM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: | * Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: | > * Cam Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: | | > > What am I doing wrong, or not doing, please? | > | > You're not doing the following: RTFM and edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. | | I di

Re: ISDN & diald: router setup tale of woe

2002-02-16 Thread Tony Crawford
Richard Gaywood wrote (on 16 Feb 2002 at 18:37): > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:21:34PM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote: > > Richard Gaywood wrote (on 16 Feb 2002 at 18:05): > > > > > Hi. I'm having massive grief configuring a standalone ISDN > > > router and I could desperately use some pointers. > >

Re: digital camera reccomendations for debian

2002-02-16 Thread Craig Dickson
begin christophe barbé quotation: > If gphoto2 'allegedly supports' your Canon PowerShot G2 then it > CERTAINLY sypport it and if it is not the case it would be YOUR FAULT if > it is wrongly supported because you don't report the failure. Thing is, I DON'T CARE if gphoto2 supports it or not, be

Re: Mouse Jumps Sometimes

2002-02-16 Thread dman
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 07:16:13PM -0800, David Frey wrote: | On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 06:38:46PM -0800, ben wrote: | > this has worked for some people. in gpm.conf, set the repeat type to raw, and | > use /dev/gpmdata as the pointer device in your x config, and run gpm. if it | > doesn't work, l

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* MH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > What's about filing a bug against bitchx instead of passively > complaining here... I'm complaining rather actively (check the archives). My gripe is not with bitchx per se (I've only logged on to irc once or twice last year, I just did a dpkg --purg

Re: Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-16 Thread dman
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 02:54:39PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: | * dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: | > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:56:19PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: | > | Ok, now bitchx depends on xutils, who in turn suggests xfree86-common, | >

Re: spamassassin. CAREFUL ON UPGRADE

2002-02-16 Thread dman
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 08:13:48AM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: | * Brian Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: | > * Cam Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Feb 15. 2002 18:59]: | > | | > > > I'm not using spamd, I'm firing off spamassassin with Procmail. But, | > > > I'm setting required_hits in /etc/spamass

gcc 2.95.4

2002-02-16 Thread Samuel J MacDowell
Ave ! I upgrade my potato to the 2.4.17 kernel-binary following Adrian Bunk URL http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/debian which is compiled with gcc-2.95.4. Mine is gcc-2.95.2 and I didn´t find anything newer than ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.3.tar.gz Any help ? Thanks smd

Re: ISDN & diald: router setup tale of woe

2002-02-16 Thread Richard Gaywood
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:21:34PM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote: > Richard Gaywood wrote (on 16 Feb 2002 at 18:05): > > > Hi. I'm having massive grief configuring a standalone ISDN router > > and I could desperately use some pointers. > > Are you using pppd or ipppd? ipppd. Is this a bad idea? >

Re: Procmail's {cur,new,tmp} subdirs

2002-02-16 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 02:18:26 +0800, csj wrote: > :0 > * ^X-Mailing-List.*debian-user > inbox/Debian/Debian-User/ ^ Quoting procmailrc(5): :If the mailbox name ends in "/", then this directory is presumed to be a :maildir folder; i.e., proc­

Re: shutdown/halt as user

2002-02-16 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Eric G. Miller (egm2@jps.net) spake thusly: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 07:26:29PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > * Mark Ferlatte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 08:05:19AM +0800, csj wrote (0.28): > > > > Anybody has the formula for using the power button to shut

Re: Procmail's {cur,new,tmp} subdirs

2002-02-16 Thread Martin Wuertele
Hi csj! On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, csj wrote: > Having wrestled with mutt, I'm now trying to get procmail to work. > From the looks of it, I've set up my .procmailrc correctly. > /var/mail/foo is a big fat zero ;-) > > Mail which I set up as: > > :0 > * ^X-Mailing-List.*de

Re: recommendations for portable mp3 player

2002-02-16 Thread Martin Wuertele
Hi O! On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, O Polite wrote: > I'm getting tired of my minidisc, too much skipping, too short battery > life, no good. > > Maybe it's time to get a portable mp3. > > My sister in law just got an Ipod. Very nice thingy, but I understand > that it still doesn't work with linux. Besi

Re: ext3 commit time

2002-02-16 Thread Martin Wuertele
Hi Daniel! On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Daniel Faller wrote: > I am running the ext3 filesystem on a laptop. The default value for the > commit time of ext3 seems to be 30 sec, which is too short for the HD to spin > down. How can I increase this timeout ? > > Has anyone experineces of bad impacts in

Re: mutt and xfaces

2002-02-16 Thread Martin Wuertele
Hi Bostjan! On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Bostjan Muller wrote: > Does anyone know how to enable mutt and xfaces (adding your xface to > emails, and viewing others x-faces)? afaik add in ~/.muttrc my_hdr X-Faces: to view them check out the docs here http://www.spinnaker.de/mutt/#config yours martin

Are unofficial sid iso's bootable?

2002-02-16 Thread Charles Baker
Are the unofficial sid iso images bootable? Can I install directly from them, or do I have to write the floppy disk images they contain to floppies and then install? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hacking is a "Good Thing!" See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html __

Re: nvidia and 2.4.17 kernel

2002-02-16 Thread Titus Barik
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Tobias Wolter wrote: > You did recompile it when upgrading to 2.4.17, right? As far as I know yes. I now have two nvidia-kernel packages, one for 2.4.6 and for 2.4.17, both installed, with their respect NVdriver in /lib/modules/2.4.6 and /lib/modules/2.4.17. I also noticed t

Re: ISDN & diald: router setup tale of woe

2002-02-16 Thread Tony Crawford
Richard Gaywood wrote (on 16 Feb 2002 at 18:05): > Hi. I'm having massive grief configuring a standalone ISDN router > and I could desperately use some pointers. Are you using pppd or ipppd? What version? Have you read in the man page about the "demand" and "persist" options? T. -- -- Tony Cr

How to get a gamepad to work?

2002-02-16 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
Hello. I'm trying to configure a gamepad here, and can't get it to work... Tried Google, LDP and the kernel documentation, but still no luck. Maybe someone else can help me? I run sid, and have both OSS and ALSA 0.9 modules, so I may switch from one to the other if necesary. I have an

SAM9407 driver

2002-02-16 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
Hi! Did anyone get this driver to work (I tried to install this sam9407_1.0 driver written by Gerd Rausch)? Or is there any other driver for the Terratec EWS64? I'm fighting hard, but didn't get it to work yet. Any help appreciated, Christian

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