Re: setting alias for DHCP client

2002-04-02 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The main motive for this is that it should then be possible for the > > DNS server to use this information. Long shot? Better go talk to our > > network admin? > > only way DNS server could is if you managed to have the dhcp server > send DN

Re: setting alias for DHCP client

2002-04-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > The main motive for this is that it should then be possible for the > DNS server to use this information. Long shot? Better go talk to our > network admin? > only way DNS server could is if you managed to have the dhcp server send DNS updates (yes this is possible). Why does your machine

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PS/2 mouse erratic in X and more

2002-04-02 Thread Brian W. Carver
Hi, I have never installed linux before, unless you count SuSE Live Eval 7.3 (the cd-rom thing), but I spent most of Monday dragging Debian 2.2 r5 potato kicking and screaming onto my desktop. I've made it a long way, but I may finally be stuck and cannot find suitable answers in the archive. Fi

Re: relocation error installing nautilus

2002-04-02 Thread Jeff
Eric G. Miller, 2002-Apr-02 20:50 -0800: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:25:30PM -0800, Jeff wrote: > > Help! > > > > Anyone know how to fix this: > > > > Setting up nautilus (1.0.6-2)... > > scrollkeeper-update: relocation error: > > /usr/lib/libscrollkeeper.so.0: undefined symbol: > > xmlLoadExtD

setting alias for DHCP client

2002-04-02 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Dear .debs, I would like to let our DHCP server know that my machine goes by more than one hostname. I already send the host-name, but would like to add something like host-name-alias so it knows host and alias are the same machine in a different guise. Is there any parameter in /etc/dhclient.co

Re: mail stuck in queue

2002-04-02 Thread Andy Saxena
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 04:36:40PM +0200, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > Hello, > > Running exim and potato here. My last two sent messages are stuck in > the mail queue... It get this message: > > > Due that I am not at home much (only weekends), and I don't use it much to > send mail this could b

Re: relocation error installing nautilus

2002-04-02 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:25:30PM -0800, Jeff wrote: > Help! > > Anyone know how to fix this: > > Setting up nautilus (1.0.6-2)... > scrollkeeper-update: relocation error: > /usr/lib/libscrollkeeper.so.0: undefined symbol: > xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultV Do you have libxml installed properly? -- Eri

relocation error installing nautilus

2002-04-02 Thread Jeff
Help! Anyone know how to fix this: Setting up nautilus (1.0.6-2)... scrollkeeper-update: relocation error: /usr/lib/libscrollkeeper.so.0: undefined symbol: xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultV jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: Problems upgrading Python in Sid

2002-04-02 Thread dman
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 09:46:18PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote: | Hi ! | | It seems that python has some kind of dependency problem which prevents | me to purge python1.5-base and to upgrade some other packages. I keep | them on hold by now. | Here is what I see in dselect. If I try either to p

Re: Lost addresses or an IMAP type address store question

2002-04-02 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi Jaldhar, > > There was no connection. The memory still makes me smile - sorry if it > appeared as a criticism - it really wasn't. > Oh ok. I wasn't so much offended as puzzled as to what exactly you were trying to get at. -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL

rawrite2

2002-04-02 Thread fti International
Hello all,   When I use rawrite2 to wirte root.bin to a floppy, the resulting floppy contains files with their names corrupted, not readable at all. I did this from the Dos box within Win98,  by double-clicking on the rawrite icon, and even reboot my PC into MS-DOS mode.   None of these work

Re: rescue floppy

2002-04-02 Thread Vineet Kumar
* fti International ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020401 23:03]: > Hello, > > My question is simple. The size of the rescue floppy on debian web > site, under the directory /...1.44/, is 1.4mb.But a floppy > labeled "1.44mb", once formatted by DOS or Windows, has only > 1.38mb available.H

Re: [HELP] RAID chunk-size - alternatives

2002-04-02 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya dave ypppers on your comments... another major point... - raid protects aginst disk failure ... but if raid wont come back online ... ( not mountable ) ... you lose all data ... -->> make sure your data is backed elsewhere and tested On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Dave Sherohm

Kernel idle interference??

2002-04-02 Thread H. S. Teoh
[Please Cc: replies to me, I'm not subscribed due to high volume.] Recently, I noticed this very odd phenomenon with my sound card. I'm using an SB16 with the OSS drivers, and there is this persistent background static hum, which is noticeably loud on my headphones. This hum also has buzzes which

Re: I hate printers

2002-04-02 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya you need to fix/upgrade lpd or whichever printer daemon you are using /etc/init.d/lpd start ( for example might be all that might be needed ?? ) what is the results of ... /etc/init.d/lpd status what is in /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny, your firewall configs

Re: Debian unstable / VMware panic AIO NOT_IMPLEMENTED

2002-04-02 Thread Kevin C. Smith
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 11:06:37AM +1000, Ewing Jeff wrote: > > Upgraded unstable around 27/28 March and made other changes. > > Running kernel 2.4.17 (SMP) and VMWare 3.0.0 since December 2001. > > All VMWare Guest OS's (Win98, Debian GNU/Linux and WinNT) fail on > boot up. > > VMWare log file

Re: Problems upgrading Python in Sid

2002-04-02 Thread Simon Hepburn
Make that what error messages does apt-get --ignore-hold upgrade give ? it's getting late over here, time to go to bed. Simon Hepburn wrote: > What error messages does apt-get upgrade give ? > > Daniel Toffetti wrote: > > Hi ! > > > > It seems that python has some kind of dependency problem

Re: Problems upgrading Python in Sid

2002-04-02 Thread Simon Hepburn
What error messages does apt-get upgrade give ? Daniel Toffetti wrote: > Hi ! > > It seems that python has some kind of dependency problem which prevents > me to purge python1.5-base and to upgrade some other packages. I keep > them on hold by now. > Here is what I see in dselect. If I try eithe

Re: What does this mean?

2002-04-02 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
What version of debian are you running? I noticed this with the new logrotate utility as well... At 07:56 PM 4/2/2002, you wrote: On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:07:09PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > This is from /var/log/apache/error.log > > [Tue Apr 2 07:35:20 2002] [notice] SIGUSR1 received. Doi

Debian unstable / VMware panic AIO NOT_IMPLEMENTED

2002-04-02 Thread Ewing Jeff
Upgraded unstable around 27/28 March and made other changes. Running kernel 2.4.17 (SMP) and VMWare 3.0.0 since December 2001. All VMWare Guest OS's (Win98, Debian GNU/Linux and WinNT) fail on boot up. VMWare log file contains : VMware PANIC: (ide0:0) NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(831):688 VMware PANIC: (

Re: What does this mean?

2002-04-02 Thread Jason Majors
> > This is from /var/log/apache/error.log > > > > [Tue Apr 2 07:35:20 2002] [notice] SIGUSR1 received. Doing graceful > > restart > > [Tue Apr 2 07:35:23 2002] [notice] Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) Debian > > GNU/Linux mod_perl/1.26 configured -- resuming normal operations > > [Tue Apr 2 07:35:23 2

Re: What does this mean?

2002-04-02 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is from /var/log/apache/error.log > > [Tue Apr 2 07:35:20 2002] [notice] SIGUSR1 received. Doing graceful > restart > [Tue Apr 2 07:35:23 2002] [notice] Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) Debian > GNU/Linux mod_perl/1.26 configured -- resuming normal ope

mondo / mindi in testing with grub

2002-04-02 Thread Eric White
Hello, I'm running an up to date testing machine and I've just started playing with Mondo / mindi. When I run mindi I make just a bit of headway until I'm presented with: Making 1722KB boot disk...Which boot.b file do you want to use? I use grub not lilo and I'm guessin

Re: Restore CD image equiv.

2002-04-02 Thread Chris Kenrick
Try SystemImager (google for it) - Chris - Original Message - From: "Chapman, Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian Users" Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:00 AM Subject: Restore CD image equiv. Hi, I would like to know if anyone has something that will work for debian in the followin

Re: What does this mean?

2002-04-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:07:09PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > This is from /var/log/apache/error.log > > [Tue Apr 2 07:35:20 2002] [notice] SIGUSR1 received. Doing graceful > restart > [Tue Apr 2 07:35:23 2002] [notice] Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) Debian > GNU/Linux mod_perl/1.26 configured -- resu

Problems upgrading Python in Sid

2002-04-02 Thread Daniel Toffetti
Hi ! It seems that python has some kind of dependency problem which prevents me to purge python1.5-base and to upgrade some other packages. I keep them on hold by now. Here is what I see in dselect. If I try either to purge python1.5-base or to upgrade the packages that are on hold, dselect cla

Re: help

2002-04-02 Thread Kent West
icewolf wrote: Hey i have problems when i finish installing woody3.0 , i trys to login using gnomelogin but it displays a error X server when i try to debug it it simply doesnt do anything can u help me out? This is a bit skimpy on info. Here's what I would recommend: I assume by

Re: help

2002-04-02 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin quoting what icewolf said on Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 01:24:52AM +0100: > when i finish installing woody3.0 , > i trys to login using gnomelogin but it displays a error > > X server > when i try to debug it it simply doesnt do anything can u help me out? Well, based on the amount of informati

help

2002-04-02 Thread icewolf
Hey i have problems when i finish installing woody3.0 , i trys to login using gnomelogin but it displays a error   X server when i try to debug it it simply doesnt do anything can u help me out?  

What does this mean?

2002-04-02 Thread Tom Allison
This is from /var/log/apache/error.log [Tue Apr 2 07:35:20 2002] [notice] SIGUSR1 received. Doing graceful restart [Tue Apr 2 07:35:23 2002] [notice] Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) Debian GNU/Linux mod_perl/1.26 configured -- resuming normal operations [Tue Apr 2 07:35:23 2002] [notice] suEXEC mechan

Re: [HELP] RAID chunk-size - alternatives

2002-04-02 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 01:15, Dave Sherohman wrote: > Don't know where you got the "typically 5 disks" bit from. RAID5 > costs you one drive's worth of capacity. Also, if I were to set up a > 5-disk RAID5 for critical data, I'd go with 4 active disks, plus one > spare. I've noticed that 5 disks seem

Re: I hate printers

2002-04-02 Thread Tom Allison
Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya comment out all the stuff for "raw" and restart your lpd daemon lpr -Plp /etc/printcap to print the file lpq -Plp root# lpc lpc> status c ya alvin OK, tried that. With the following results thorin:/usr/doc/apsfilter# lpr -Plp /etc/printca

Re: [HELP] RAID chunk-size - alternatives

2002-04-02 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 00:29, Alvin Oga wrote: > > Chunk size does not matter for RAID-1, but does matter for other RAID > > levels. > > humm ..thought was the otehr way ... time for me to go look at some > raid source code i suppose .. when time permits The chunk size determines physical location of

Re: [HELP] RAID chunk-size - alternatives

2002-04-02 Thread Dave Sherohman
Since I'm feeling bored at the moment... On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 02:29:28PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > typically a minimum of 2 disks used for raid0 or raid1... > raid1(mirroring) protects against one disk failure > ( one disk's capacity is used as a redundant copy and not for user) >

Re: Debain admin book? - deb parts

2002-04-02 Thread dman
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 02:40:21PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: | > debian or debianized config files | | eximconfig, ... Any specifics? eximconfig is debian-specific. For a seasoned UNIX hand (or at least someone familiar with SMTP) it is self-explanatory. It isn't a be-all tool like linux

Re: I viewed your web site-http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting

2002-04-02 Thread Sean
WOW! If this was used, I'd use the Bug Reporting page _every_day_! What a deal! On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 05:51, AndreaFredricks wrote: > Hello. > We are replying to your inquiry about a Low Cost pay per click programs of > your website: > > http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting > Super Special! We

Re: doc for building a deb

2002-04-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 02:26:17PM -0800, Michael K. O'Brien wrote: > I've got a set of documentation that I would like to package as a deb so that > it is easier to rev across several machines. > > So, I've got a directory that contains html and man pages. I want a deb file > that installs these

Re: using windoze keys

2002-04-02 Thread Travis \"Ash\" Bradshaw
Hey Petro, http://freshmeat.net/projects/hotkeys/?topic_id=861 They have debs. Travis Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 15:11, Petro wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:25:43PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > > > Create afile called .Xmodmap using the command touch .Xmodmap > >

Re: T.120 client?

2002-04-02 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Timo --Blazko-- Boewing ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020402 13:07]: > At least the images show the chat client. i tried to manually compile > the actual version, but got the well-gnown "GnomeConf not found" error What's the actual error message you're getting? It sounds to me like it's a simple matter o

Re: Debain admin book? - deb parts - more

2002-04-02 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya osamu another biggie file (non-debian) people would be looking for... /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh :-) i'd say exim is generic... can be installed/run on any *nix ( just happens to be debians default mta ) donno if eximconfig is debian pkg or part of exim ( i dont use ex

Re: Debain admin book? - deb parts

2002-04-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi Alvin, On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 02:03:40PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > i think from a big over-view part... > > debian-specific stuff are.. > apt-get > dselect Yes. > alien Good point. I should add this to my "Debian reference" > file-system of where files are kept ..

Re: [HELP] RAID chunk-size - alternatives

2002-04-02 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya russell On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Russell Coker wrote: > On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:48, Alvin Oga wrote: > > chunk size does NOT matter for raid5... > > Chunk size does not matter for RAID-1, but does matter for other RAID levels. humm ..thought was the otehr way ... time for me to go look at some

doc for building a deb

2002-04-02 Thread Michael K. O'Brien
Hola~ I've got a set of documentation that I would like to package as a deb so that it is easier to rev across several machines. So, I've got a directory that contains html and man pages. I want a deb file that installs these files to the doc and man directory. Is there a document that describes

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Re: debian and oracle clients

2002-04-02 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 01:31:06PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > I've convinced my employer to try debian for our main processing boxes, but > have run into a few problems. > We have Oracle 8i running on a solaris 2.6 box. The Linux boxes we use need > to be able to connect to them as a client. We n

Re: apt-proxy woes

2002-04-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
FYI: squid cache server is easier for me to set up. More generic and no need to reconfigure even if you fetch from other sources. On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:25:52PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to use apt-proxy at home so that I can share debs between my > desktop and laptop

bootpd

2002-04-02 Thread Shem Page
Crazy unknown stuff occuring. I'm trying to use bootpd to offer addresses to DUTs When I use my server to offer up addresses using DHCP, everything works fine. ( I'm saying this to convince myself and you that there is nothing wrong with my routes, 2 ethernet cards, or iptable filters) But whe

Re: Debain admin book? - deb parts

2002-04-02 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya i think from a big over-view part... debian-specific stuff are.. apt-get dselect alien file-system of where files are kept ... debian or debianized config files debian-ized kernels ... ( which modules are used, which are not.. )

Re: changing the screen resolutionctrl alt + not working

2002-04-02 Thread Siward de Groot
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 01:59:10AM +0800, Aldous B Bernardo wrote: > >Hi, > > How do I change the screen resolution in X? I want to be able to shift to > > different resolutions. I read that i can change resolution by pressing > > ctrl+alt and numpad + but it doesnt work. I tried checking the

WindowMaker setup with gdm

2002-04-02 Thread Michael Madden
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:03:51PM -0600, Michael Madden wrote: >How do I tell gdm or xdm to start WindowMaker instead of the default GNOME? Hi, In the top left corner of the GDM screen you see a menu that allows you to choose a Debian session, a Gnome session, X session etc. Chose Debian sess

HP LaserJet 4Si + CUPS

2002-04-02 Thread Bostjan Muller
Hi! I am using CUPS for printing on my HP LaserJet 4Si printer with duplex personality installed. I have the following problem: whenever I try to print with duplex on - two sided printing (two-sided-long edge) I get quite big left border on the even pages. Does anyone know how to fix this and mak

Re: 802.11b

2002-04-02 Thread Stephen A. Witt
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Jason Majors wrote: > I'm thinking of getting an 802.11b network, so I can carry my debian based > notebook around the house without running cables everywhere. > I'll be getting a PCMCIA network card, and a receiver that I can plug into > my existing 10/100 switch. > Any sugges

Re: trouble unmounting

2002-04-02 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:45:35PM -0100, andrej hocevar wrote: > Hello -- I'm having trouble unmounting a drive. In order to do some > administrative work on a newly set up server on a little local > network, I had to install some programs from a cd. Since the server > doesn't have a cd drive I mo

Re: using windoze keys

2002-04-02 Thread Petro
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:25:43PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > Create afile called .Xmodmap using the command touch .Xmodmap > > then edit it to read: > > keycode 115 = F13 > keycode 116 = F14 > keycode 117 = F15 > > Now add the following to .xsession: > modmap ~/.Xmodmap > exec gnome-sessi

Re: toshiba laptop support

2002-04-02 Thread Timo --Blazko-- Boewing
On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 23:11, chris Parker wrote: > Has anyone gotten a toshiba satellite 1005-S157 to work under potato? I > haven't been able to get it to even boot---pci unsupported(unknown pci). i have a toshi sat 3000-100 and hat the same probs: any debian version i had did not boot although

FW: kcalc math bug?

2002-04-02 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Forgot to add this link in my earlier mail. Interesting to go through in your free time! http://www.hpmuseum.org/rpn.htm -Ramesh | -Original Message- | From: Panuganty, Ramesh | Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:39 PM | To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' | Subject: FW: kcalc math

Re: configure error 10 with dpkg

2002-04-02 Thread Simon Hepburn
Looks like you need to install console-data to me. If you use dselect it will insist on doing so because console-common recommends console-data. Andreas Grabner wrote: > Hi > i have got a problem since some weeks which doesn't solve it self and i > can't solve it. There are more and more packa

Re: T.120 client?

2002-04-02 Thread Timo --Blazko-- Boewing
On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 06:00, Nick Hastings wrote: > >I've just started using gnomemeeting as an H.323 client. I quite like > it, but its lack of H.120 support is making life difficult. Hello Nick, I recently got into gnomemeeting (had much trouble with firewalling, but it finally works). i a

Re: Restore CD image equiv.

2002-04-02 Thread Petro
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:00:13AM -0500, Chapman, Matt wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know if anyone has something that will work for debian > in the following scenario. > > I build a server with Debian on it as well as a filter (url) and squid > for caching. I ship the box. The customer has

Re: trouble unmounting

2002-04-02 Thread Jason Majors
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:45:35PM -0100, andrej hocevar scribbled... > Hello -- I'm having trouble unmounting a drive. In order to do some > administrative work on a newly set up server on a little local > network, I had to install some programs from a cd. Since the server > doesn't have a cd driv

Re: 802.11b

2002-04-02 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 02 April 2002 15:35, Jason Majors wrote: > I'm thinking of getting an 802.11b network, so I can carry my debian based > notebook around the house without running cables everywhere. > I'll be getting a PCMCIA network card, and a receiver that

RE: VNC serving KDE

2002-04-02 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| I am a newbie at all this, but thought this might help someone else | get started. I have not been able to get the -depth option to work. The vnc defaults can be set and overridden per user. This is my ~/.vncrc file: $geometry="800x600"; $depth="16"; Give it a try. HTH, Brooks -- To UNS

trouble unmounting

2002-04-02 Thread andrej hocevar
Hello -- I'm having trouble unmounting a drive. In order to do some administrative work on a newly set up server on a little local network, I had to install some programs from a cd. Since the server doesn't have a cd drive I mounted the cd onto my own computer and then mounted the /cdrom directory

Re: Xfree86 4.2.XXX

2002-04-02 Thread David Z Maze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I've recently gotten a new laptop, a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6000 (a > model that came out early last year). It's got a Trident CyberBlade > XP Ail graphics adapter. > > I've been trying to get X support for it, and have come to the > following conclusions: > > * XFree8

Re: Xfree86 4.2.XXX

2002-04-02 Thread Jason Majors
> I've recently gotten a new laptop, a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6000 (a model that > came out early last year). It's got a Trident CyberBlade XP Ail graphics > adapter. > > I've been trying to get X support for it, and have come to the following > conclusions: > > * XFree86 (hereafter referred t

802.11b

2002-04-02 Thread Jason Majors
I'm thinking of getting an 802.11b network, so I can carry my debian based notebook around the house without running cables everywhere. I'll be getting a PCMCIA network card, and a receiver that I can plug into my existing 10/100 switch. Any suggestions on brand/model? And what does or doesn't work

Re: Xfree86 4.2.XXX

2002-04-02 Thread Jeremy T. Bouse
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 which has a Trident CyberBlade XP chip on it... Not sure about the "Ail" portion of that description you gave... I have it install'd with XFree86 4.1.x from 'Woody' and works fine... Although I am runnin it in 1024x768 frame buffer mode as I had problems

debian and oracle clients

2002-04-02 Thread Jason Majors
I've convinced my employer to try debian for our main processing boxes, but have run into a few problems. We have Oracle 8i running on a solaris 2.6 box. The Linux boxes we use need to be able to connect to them as a client. We need to be able to run Pro/C and PL/SQL commands from our C++, so we ne

Re: rescue floppy

2002-04-02 Thread dave mallery
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, fti International wrote: > Hello, > > My question is simple. The size of the rescue floppy on debian web > site, under the directory /...1.44/, is 1.4mb.But a floppy > labeled "1.44mb", once formatted by DOS or Windows, has only > 1.38mb available.How can a 1

Re: VNC serving KDE

2002-04-02 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Glenn Murray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020402 12:05]: > I was able to get vncserver to work with KDE after some effort. It's > not hard once you understand it. My troubles stemmed largely from not > understanding the principal of Linux vnc, being somewhat misled by the > Windoze version. I thought

Re: Junkbusting flash ads?

2002-04-02 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Rob Weir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020402 05:52]: > For the first problem, there's always esdplay realplayer, which > according to the manpage 'attempt[s] to reroute the audio device to > esd'. No idea about the second, sorry. That's esddsp, not esdplay. It's a wrapper that attempts to make programs

configure error 10 with dpkg

2002-04-02 Thread Andreas Grabner
Hi i have got a problem since some weeks which doesn't solve it self and i can't solve it. There are more and more packages which exits with exit status 10. Because i can't find a solution i ask the list for help thanks Andreas Grabner here te debugging output: dpkg -i console-common_0.7

Re: changing the screen resolutionctrl alt + not working

2002-04-02 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Patrick Kirk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020402 10:29]: > Have you made sure NumLock is on when you use Ctrl Alt + NumLock doesn't affect Ctrl Alt (+|-) here, on my sid system. -- Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume.shtml pgpKEU3Ew3di8.pgp De

VNC serving KDE

2002-04-02 Thread Glenn Murray
I was able to get vncserver to work with KDE after some effort. It's not hard once you understand it. My troubles stemmed largely from not understanding the principal of Linux vnc, being somewhat misled by the Windoze version. I thought it would export the existing desktop when what it appears t

Re: accented characters in linux/Debian?

2002-04-02 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 14:03:56 -0300 Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will have to use some accented characters, along with some 'enye's > > in my documents in Spanish. Does anyone know how to quickly get > > these characters, possibly through a keystroke toggle or some such? > > (I

Re: Xfree86 4.2.XXX

2002-04-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > The problem is Debian. > > I have potato installed, which of course uses X 3.3.6 (which by the way isn't > even supported by XFree86 anymore it's so old). There are no X 4.2.0 debs to > be found for potato (hell, 4.1 for potato is still a development release!!), > so that option is pretty m

Re: unsubscribe

2002-04-02 Thread timothy bauscher
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://lists.debian.org/ > > -- > Baloo > Sorry Baloo. (==timothy==) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Xfree86 4.2.XXX

2002-04-02 Thread MallarJ
I've recently gotten a new laptop, a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6000 (a model that came out early last year).  It's got a Trident CyberBlade XP Ail graphics adapter. I've been trying to get X support for it, and have come to the following conclusions: * XFree86 (hereafter referred to as simply X) 4.2.

Re: Lost addresses or an IMAP type address store question

2002-04-02 Thread Patrick Kirk
Hi Jaldhar, There was no connection. The memory still makes me smile - sorry if it appeared as a criticism - it really wasn't. Someday, I'll learn the knack of telling the right anecdote at the right time. sigh. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Re: Lost addresses or an IMAP type address store question

2002-04-02 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:36:22AM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > >apt-cache search openldap for the Debian packages. It's not a turnkey > >setup so you might have to do some RTFMing. > > Reminds me of my first job in IT as a traineee salesman. I don't

Re: Lost addresses or an IMAP type address store question

2002-04-02 Thread Patrick Kirk
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:36:22AM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: >On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote: >apt-cache search openldap for the Debian packages. It's not a turnkey >setup so you might have to do some RTFMing. Reminds me of my first job in IT as a traineee salesman. I was replying to

Fwd: Re: How to mount external usb drive

2002-04-02 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Dienstag, 2. April 2002 16:43 schrieben Sie: > > "Joerg" == Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Joerg> is detected. usbview says "Can not open > Joerg> /proc/bus/usb/devices", which does not exist. It says > Joerg> furthermore "verify that the usbdevfs is mounted". >

Re: X window system

2002-04-02 Thread john gennard
On Saturday 30 March 2002 17:17, Kent West wrote: > john gennard wrote: > >[snip] > > > >[snip] get the error message:- > >'probable hardware bug:clock timer configuration > > lost - probably a VIA686a. > > restoring chip configuration' > > If you custom compile a ke

FW: kcalc math bug?

2002-04-02 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
I have another interesting observation: the UNIX calculators don't give a choice, but the windows Calculator gives an option to select "Scientific" or "Standard" mode. In scientific mode, I got, 1+2*3=7 In standard mode, I got, 1+2*3=9 May be kcalc defaults to the scientific mod

FW: Sound Problem

2002-04-02 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
If it is SoundBlaster PCI 16 (not the ISA), you can do what I did on my system to get sound working. Here is the procedure: http://panuganty.tripod.com/debiantips/sound.htm | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 5:34 AM

Re: changing the screen resolutionctrl alt + not working

2002-04-02 Thread Patrick Kirk
Have you made sure NumLock is on when you use Ctrl Alt + On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 01:59:10AM +0800, Aldous B Bernardo wrote: >Hi, > How do I change the screen resolution in X? I want to be able to shift to > different resolutions. I read that i can change resolution by pressing > ctrl+alt and nu

apt-proxy woes

2002-04-02 Thread Ross Burton
Hi, I am trying to use apt-proxy at home so that I can share debs between my desktop and laptop. However, when I run "dselect update" with my sources.list pointing at the proxy (which points at the UK mirrors), I get a list of packages which does not seem complete. In particular over time it seem

Re: using windoze keys

2002-04-02 Thread Patrick Kirk
Create afile called .Xmodmap using the command touch .Xmodmap then edit it to read: keycode 115 = F13 keycode 116 = F14 keycode 117 = F15 Now add the following to .xsession: modmap ~/.Xmodmap exec gnome-session Logout and login again and now you can use the F13, F14 and F15 keys represent th

Re: Optimisations for gcc

2002-04-02 Thread Patrick Kirk
Thanks to all. Putting them in /etc/profile was the easiest way to make sure it worked for everyone on the system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mail server possibilities

2002-04-02 Thread Ramin Motakef
Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am considering moving some of my mail servers at work to a mix of > debian/exim/courier-imap and pop/squirrelmail. This will house about > 500 users and am trying to figure out the best way to go about this. > > I now currently use actual linux

Re: debian installation problem: AT keyboard detection with ASUS-A7A266,

2002-04-02 Thread Travis Bradshaw
On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 03:12, Eduard Bloch wrote: > FIRST: Please subscribe the linux-usb-user mailing list at linux-usb.org > and help tracking this problem down. I have another keyboard USB > keyboard that breaks when Linux is loaded. I'm would gladly help in any way that I can... but I don't be

changing the screen resolutionctrl alt + not working

2002-04-02 Thread Aldous B Bernardo
Hi, How do I change the screen resolution in X? I want to be able to shift to different resolutions. I read that i can change resolution by pressing ctrl+alt and numpad + but it doesnt work. I tried checking the settings in XF86Setup and included 640x480 800x600 and 1024x728 as the supported r

using windoze keys

2002-04-02 Thread Aldous B Bernardo
Hi, How do i use the windoze keys of my keyboard in X? I want ot use it just like in windoze - to pop up the main menu. I am using potato with ximian-gnome and sawfish as my window manager. thanks Aldous -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Please Help! Can't install packages!

2002-04-02 Thread Anthony R. J. Ball
When I try to install packages I get the messages below. If I reboot I can install packages for about 10 minutes till the problem rears its ugly head once again. It seems to be a problem in the default CHLD handler, but I don't know for sure. Can anyone offer advice? www:/home/ant# apt-get

Re: package / java / swing /

2002-04-02 Thread dman
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 09:52:42AM +0200, François Chenais wrote: | Hello, | | I'm under Woody and I'm looking for a deb package including the swing | java package. j2sdk1.3 Get it from a blackdown mirror. -D -- He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from th

Re: Restore CD image equiv.

2002-04-02 Thread Paul Seelig
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Chapman, Matt") writes: > I build a server with Debian on it as well as a filter (url) and squid > for caching. I ship the box. The customer has a hardware issue and > replaces bad drive etc. Then needs to restore to the "factory" > defaults. How could I distribute a cd tha

Re: accented characters in linux/Debian?

2002-04-02 Thread Daniel Toffetti
> I will have to use some accented characters, along with some 'enye's > in my documents in Spanish. Does anyone know how to quickly get > these characters, possibly through a keystroke toggle or some such? > (I use Abiword/OpenOffice right now). Thanks! I've both console and X configured to wo

Re: Restore CD image equiv.

2002-04-02 Thread Pietro Cagnoni
Chapman, Matt wrote: Hi, I would like to know if anyone has something that will work for debian in the following scenario. I build a server with Debian on it as well as a filter (url) and squid for caching. I ship the box. The customer has a hardware issue and replaces bad drive etc. Then ne

Re: Restore CD image equiv.

2002-04-02 Thread Alan James
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:10:52AM -0500, Shawn McMahon wrote: > Well, you could use Ghost or DriveImage. > Or PartImage: http://www.partimage.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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