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apt-get upgrade won't

2002-04-19 Thread Gary Turner
Running Woody, w/2.4.17 kernel for several months. This evening, I attempted apt-get update, upgrade, and an install (icewm). (Screen output of a re-run is attd.) I then ran mandb which made 0 changes! man icewm did not exist. `which icewm` returned nothing. As usual, after an upgrade or insta

Re: Problem installing SMC 8013wc NIC

2002-04-19 Thread rh . ccm
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 16:00:19 -0700 (PDT) David Smead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm doing some guessing, but often that works. > > How do you know that modprobe didn't find the card and install the > correct > driver? It first tells me that the "Installation failed. Then in the next step of

RE: Verifying file permissions

2002-04-19 Thread justin cunningham
do fix_perms #!/bin/sh # this command changes # all files to be mode 774 # all dirs to be 2775 # and everything to be owned by nobody.www-data find /path/2files/ -exec chown nobody.www-data "{}" ";" find /path/2files/ -type d -exec chmod 2775 "{}" ";" find /path/2files/ -type f -exec chmod 664

Re: Verifying file permissions

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 10:54:26PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: > begin Andy Saxena quotation: > > > > I was wondering if there is any way to verify the file permissions on > > the files installed by debian packages. > > Depends; what do you mean by "verify"? > This is an interesting question, an

Re: Problem installing SMC 8013wc NIC

2002-04-19 Thread rh . ccm
> > I may have access to a number of these similarly configured > Compaq > > systems, and would like to try them on a Debian network of > inexpensive > > computers, so I am hoping to find a fix using the SMC card. Any > help > > would be greatly appreciated. > > Can't you just copy the kernel

Re: Verifying file permissions

2002-04-19 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Andy Saxena quotation: > > I was wondering if there is any way to verify the file permissions on > the files installed by debian packages. Depends; what do you mean by "verify"? -- Shawn McMahon| McMahon's Laws of Linux support: http://www.eiv.com | 1)

Re: booting problems - new machine, kernel 2.4

2002-04-19 Thread Herbert Xu
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With both the kernel-image packages I get the error >Kernel Panic : Couldn't mount root fs on device More details please, start with the major:minor and the few lines before this message. -- Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: He

verifying debian package integrity

2002-04-19 Thread Andy Saxena
Hi, I, like most of you, download deb packages from a mirror site. While this mirror site is listed on debian's list of mirrors, is there anyway to check the integrity of these deb packages automatically when I download them? A possible setup would be to fetch the md5 checksums from the official

Verifying file permissions

2002-04-19 Thread Andy Saxena
Hi, I was wondering if there is any way to verify the file permissions on the files installed by debian packages. Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: view output of process while

2002-04-19 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin James Hook quotation: > > If you do find a way of getting the output from a process without doing > logging/screen please share, as every now and then theres a stray process > that I want to know what its doing/outputting. It won't do what you're asking, but it may do what you need: Packa

Re: Debian's position on MP3 encoders?

2002-04-19 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:33:25 -0500 "Shyamal Prasad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I'm starting to learn that > MP3 encoding is patent encumbered, and the chances of finding a free, > legal in the good ol' USA MP3 encoder for Linux are pretty nearly > nil. Am I right? TMK, that is correct

Re: Debian's position on MP3 encoders?

2002-04-19 Thread David Z Maze
Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If this is the case, what is the "Debian recommended" or "Debian > user consensus" (if any) on an audio encoder for my CDs? I don't > care if it's actually not MP3 - but it must be free, it must be > legal, and reasonable performance and player choices w

to use debian-cd, what should I mirror

2002-04-19 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello list, I'd like to generate woody ISO images with debian-cd. Am I supposed to mirror complete debian ftp archive? What is the minimal necessary directories I should mirror? Any good utility or idea? Thanks. -- Patrick Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG public key http://pahud.net/pubkeys/pahudat

Re: Fax program

2002-04-19 Thread schnobs
On 19 Apr 2002 at 16:38, curtis wrote: > Is anyone aware of a fax program that would do the following: Well, the one and only fax program I played with was hylafax. So I cannot compare it to others, but here's what I can say about hylafax: It's very powerful. A lot more so than most users will

Re: Broken Perl module

2002-04-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 09:42:13PM +0200, Tim van den Elsen wrote: > A few days ago i wanted to update the newest packages. I always use > 'dselect'. When dselect tried to update and install a certain package > (it had something do to with perl, can't remember exact name) it gave an > error. It was

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-19 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin dman quotation: > > Noah (and I) didn't say a firewall was useless, just that discussing > firewalls when the problem is a (potential) mail relay is wholly > pointless. Noah did say that. You, to the best of my knowledge, didn't. The original poster was concerned of a number of things, i

Re: UPDATE: when using XDM, lose mouse/kbd when logout

2002-04-19 Thread Paul F. Pearson
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, craigw wrote: > On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 07:02:39PM -0500, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > > (cross-posting to debian-powerpc, since this *may* be Mac specific) > > > > update below, to provide context. > > > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > > > > > Configuration: > >

Re: UPDATE: when using XDM, lose mouse/kbd when logout

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 07:02:39PM -0500, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > (cross-posting to debian-powerpc, since this *may* be Mac specific) > > update below, to provide context. > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > > > Configuration: > > Woody, Macintosh 7500 w/G3 card, flwm window manag

UPDATE: when using XDM, lose mouse/kbd when logout

2002-04-19 Thread Paul F. Pearson
(cross-posting to debian-powerpc, since this *may* be Mac specific) update below, to provide context. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > Configuration: > Woody, Macintosh 7500 w/G3 card, flwm window manager > > Problem: > When I use XDM to log in, everything seems fine, although the

Re: Debian's position on MP3 encoders?

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 06:33:25PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm an audio/video software luddite, but I finally want to replace my > 200 CD Sony disc changer pile of junk with my fancy new Debian Woody > workstation's sound capabilities. However, I'm starting to learn that > MP3 enc

when using XDM, lose mouse/kbd when logout

2002-04-19 Thread Paul F. Pearson
Configuration: Woody, Macintosh 7500 w/G3 card, flwm window manager Problem: When I use XDM to log in, everything seems fine, although the Xmessage window does show up. THe only error mentioned is "modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-6" Everything works fine in X, until I logou

Fax program

2002-04-19 Thread curtis
Is anyone aware of a fax program that would do the following: Receive faxes which are immediately printed but can also be sent to the appropriate email address depending on the intended recipient. I realize that some user would have to view the faxes in order to determine whom to send them to

Debian's position on MP3 encoders?

2002-04-19 Thread Shyamal Prasad
Hi, I'm an audio/video software luddite, but I finally want to replace my 200 CD Sony disc changer pile of junk with my fancy new Debian Woody workstation's sound capabilities. However, I'm starting to learn that MP3 encoding is patent encumbered, and the chances of finding a free, legal in the g

Re: strange duplicate files... bug?

2002-04-19 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:34:40 -0500 Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > Announcement.jpg:{4c8cc155-6c1e-11d1-8e41-00c04fb9386d}:$DATA > ... > Boy.jpg:{4c8cc155-6c1e-11d1-8e41-00c04fb9386d}:$DATA > ... > Content_Tyler.jpg:{4c8cc155-6c1e-11d1-8e41-00c04fb9386d}:$DATA > ... > Daddy_Tyler.j

Re: check for root kit

2002-04-19 Thread Charles Baker
--- Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Carlos Sousa wrote: > > > That's a scary tool, if I ever saw one. I have it > running once a day, > > and it almost always reports a possible LKM > "infection". Sometimes it > > detects 1 process hidden from ps, sometimes

Re: check for root kit

2002-04-19 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Carlos Sousa wrote: > That's a scary tool, if I ever saw one. I have it running once a day, > and it almost always reports a possible LKM "infection". Sometimes it > detects 1 process hidden from ps, sometimes 3 processes, sometimes none. > I'm reasonably sure the machine is n

Re: Nosy ftp users

2002-04-19 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On 19 Apr 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote: > But how can I prevent people doing this, as it's a very lax setup that > could well lead to trouble? File permissions. Make your home directory unreadable to other users. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: timed package ...

2002-04-19 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Do-Risika RAFIEFERANTSIARONJY wrote: > so it should have been replaced by it I suppose, because i do not find > any 'timed' after installing the package 'ntp' and 'ntp-simple' ? Basically, yeah. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: fb cursur disappears - howto restore

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
gpm will do this if X is running. Is gpm running? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > I am using a framebuffer device. Sometimes my mouse cursor disappears > and I have to reboot to get it to come back. Is there another option >

Re: Problem installing SMC 8013wc NIC

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
I'm doing some guessing, but often that works. How do you know that modprobe didn't find the card and install the correct driver? What does ifconfig tell you? What is in /etc/modules? What is in /etc/network/interfaces? And what is in /etc/networks? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.ampl

Re: mount -t smb problem

2002-04-19 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:35:41 -0400 Quenten Griffith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all I just installed the 2.4-18 kernerl and when I try to mount > my smb shares I get the following error > mount: fs type smb not supported by kernel ^^^ Shouldn't that be "smbfs" instead of "s

Re: fb cursur disappears - howto restore

2002-04-19 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 05:14:24PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > I am using a framebuffer device. Sometimes my mouse cursor disappears > and I have to reboot to get it to come back. Is there another option > I can try in order to get the cursor back in my console? I use to restart gpm. reboot

fb cursur disappears - howto restore

2002-04-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am using a framebuffer device. Sometimes my mouse cursor disappears and I have to reboot to get it to come back. Is there another option I can try in order to get the cursor back in my console? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL P

video0 resource busy problem

2002-04-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have v4L with a Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP installed. At one time I had the TV working but alas, I installed a Delta66 soundcard and now everytime I try to start the Xawtv I get This is xawtv-3.68, running on linux/i586 2.4.17 can't open /dev/v4l/video0 device or resource busy I am not sure how

Re: strange mail

2002-04-19 Thread W. Paul Mills
Seems to have been me. Looks like something broke after an "upgrade" -- hopefully fixed now. Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Turner) writes: > I received the following, plus a duplicate (except for message IDs) 6 > minutes later. Can anyone shed any light on where these come from, and > why?

XF86Config

2002-04-19 Thread Bob Hilliard
I am going to have to use an old, undocumented machine while I am on vacation for the next several weeks. I plan to bring my own hard disk with Debian installed, but my XF86Config-4 will not work with this undocumented monitor. Is there any tool that will probe the monitor and de

Re: emacs21 on potato..

2002-04-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
add dependency on dpkg (>= 1.9.0) for new install-info. > > But trying to install I get dependency errors. Emacs21 depends on dpkg >>=1.9.0 and potato comes with 1.6.15. I guess nothing in emacs21 > really depends on dpkg except for maybe the install/remove scripts? > Then I thought, okay I'll po

Keyboard was: xdm/wdm/gdm/kdm/login.app etc.

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
I also discard those fancy keyboards. I used an original IBM keyboard until it finally quit working. I've got a happy hacker keyboard you can have for $35.00. I'm also going to tell you that I'll take that $35 and purchase a Mini-keyboard from www.milestek.com. They aren't a smooth as I'd like,

Re: linux partition help

2002-04-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 19-Apr-2002 Ilia Lobsanov wrote: > I just did something stupid. I used partition magic to effectively move my > linux partition a few sectors down. LILO doesn't work anymore, so I'm stuck > on windlowsXP. Is there any way to boot into the linux partition? > find an install cd and boot with th

emacs21 on potato..

2002-04-19 Thread Niels Felsted Thorsen
Hi I have an old laptop (486DX4-75) happily running potato. I use it for writing using emacs20 and LaTeX. I usually does that in X, to get colour syntax highlighting. But emacs21 supports this also in the console (freeing memory not running X). So I am interested in getting emacs21 to work on pota

Re: Nosy ftp users

2002-04-19 Thread I.J.W. Wever
At 19:11 19-4-02 +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: Note that changes the 'other' flags of every file, directory, fifo, socket etc. under /home. What if a user wants to get a file and has purposely set the other flag a certain way (maybe for collaberation)? You will be unsetting it. Make sure peop

linux partition help

2002-04-19 Thread Ilia Lobsanov
I just did something stupid. I used partition magic to effectively move my linux partition a few sectors down. LILO doesn't work anymore, so I'm stuck on windlowsXP. Is there any way to boot into the linux partition? Following is a dump of my disk's partition info. TIA, ilia. ==

Re: Problem installing SMC 8013wc NIC

2002-04-19 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 04:02:00PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I run Slackware's Net.i utility it reports: > Eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300 00 00 c0 f1 00 8e > WD 8013 IRQ 10 shared memory at 0xd - 0xd3fff [...] > I may have access to a number of these simi

Re: Problem installing SMC 8013wc NIC

2002-04-19 Thread rh . ccm
Hi, Can anyone tell me if there's another way to get a network card module to install. I sent the following post Thursday, but got no response, and I'm stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to install Debian potato on an Compaq Prolinea 4/50 with an SMC network card (ISA),

Re: problem with syslog log rotation

2002-04-19 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 11:42:47AM +0200, José wrote: > recently i added this to my potato 2.2r3 logrotate.conf > > /var/log/syslog { > monthly > rotate 1 > } > > after this, i noticed that nothing have changed ! the rotation is still done > weekly with rotation 5 ! check /etc/cron.week

make-kpkg more mess

2002-04-19 Thread dave mallery
hi so i downloaded and tried the kernel-image-2.4.18-4 686 version. exactly the same mess: no ping, no ssh, no x, no vterms... nothing except a progressively more trashed /var. have to fsck it manually after each of these adventures and wonder how long it is gonna last. any suggestions? thank

Re: tcpdump: traffic connecting to another machine

2002-04-19 Thread Andreas Grabner
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 04:11:39PM +, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I'd like to run tcpdump on internal network traffice between our router > and general workstations. > > My laptop, on which I'm running tcpdump, is connected to the same switch > as the router. However I can only get traffic be

Linksys NP100 PCMCIA card not recognized

2002-04-19 Thread Lars Jensen
I have a Linksys NP100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 pcmcia card, and it is supposed to work with the axnet_cs driver. However I can't get the card to work. The card does work with the psnet_cs driver, but the connection speed is very slow. Have any one managed to get this card to work?

Re: xdm/wdm/gdm/kdm/login.app etc.

2002-04-19 Thread Robert_L
On Friday 19 April 12:18, craigw wrote: > On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 10:41:34AM -0400, Robert_L wrote: > > > Yes, when you start X. You could also put it in /etc/X11/Xmodmap > Keep in mind that I don't use it, and I've also seen it written slighly > different. Perhaps that depends on which version o

Re: Printing to Windows

2002-04-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 19-Apr-2002 Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > Wich print system would you suggest me to print to a Windows machine from my > Debian system. Wich one is the simpliest or the one with the most features? >:-) > if I understand you right you have a printer connected to a Windows machine physic

Printing to Windows

2002-04-19 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi Wich print system would you suggest me to print to a Windows machine from my Debian system. Wich one is the simpliest or the one with the most features? :-) cheers, Raffaele -- Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Annoyed about M$ Windows? Don't worry. Try Linux! (www.linux.org) For encryp

Broken Perl module

2002-04-19 Thread Tim van den Elsen
Hi, I am kinda new to Debian. I have some experience with other distro's like Gentoo and Red Hat. Debian seemed like the perfect distro for me :) But unfortunatly i ran into a strange error which can't even be solved by people in #debian at openprojects.net A few days ago i wanted to update the n

Re: using unstable package on testing?

2002-04-19 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jeroen Valcke (jeroen@valcke.com) [020406 12:19]: > Hello, > > Weird, Licq is available as a package in unstable and in stable, but not > in testing. My question what's the best thing to do to install this on a > Debian testing system? Is it possible to select some package from > unstable and in

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I think everyone has missed debfoster. It will run > through what packages (and dependencies) you > have asking if you still want them. That appears similar to my method: $ dpkg --get-selections > installed-debs Print out that list (or view on screen) and then decide which packages aren't

RE: make-kpkg continued

2002-04-19 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| hi | | my first custom kernel was yet another 2.2.20 and was perfect. Congratulations! | i have now made three 2.4.18 kernels and none of them will "work" meaning | that none of them gets gdm to start, or has any virtual terminals to log | into (ctrl/alt/f1), cannot connect via ssh and cannot r

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 12:59:52PM -0400, Mike Dresser wrote: > On 19 Apr 2002, Peter Whysall wrote: > > > > find / -type f -atime +30 -perm +111 | xargs dpkg -S | sort | uniq > > > > old.txt > > > > Well, old.txt now contains the following: > > > > peter:~ $ more old.txt > > fdflush: /bin/fdflush

Re: make-kpkg continued

2002-04-19 Thread David B Harris
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:44:09 -0600 (MDT) dave mallery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > something is preventing the kernel logger from starting at the end of > the startup. btw, the screen looks normal during the startup process, > but it goes so fast... obviously, the network isn't getting started.

RE: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| Some time ago, I've read somewhere about a tool that can find installed | debian packages that are not used, based on atime of files that belong to | the packages. | | Could someone please point me to this tool ? I think everyone has missed debfoster. It will run through what packages (and depe

Re: Building Video CDs

2002-04-19 Thread csj
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:52:53 +0200 Balazs Javor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry, I've tried to add the mpg file the wrong way (with --add-file). > But I've managed to create one CD afterall. > > A relate question though: > Is there a utility that I can use to check whether the mp

Re: tcpdump: traffic connecting to another machine

2002-04-19 Thread Tim Grogan
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 04:11:39PM +, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: >> I'd like to run tcpdump on internal network traffice between our router >> and general workstations. >> >> My laptop, on which I'm running tcpdump, is connected to the same switch >> as the router. However I can only get traf

Re: check for root kit

2002-04-19 Thread Patrick Kirk
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 07:05:31PM +0100, Carlos Sousa wrote: >On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:02:02 +1000 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Massey) wrote: >> ... >> $ apt-cache show chkrootkit >> ... > >That's a scary tool, if I ever saw one. I have it running once a day, >and it almost always reports a possible LKM

make-kpkg continued

2002-04-19 Thread dave mallery
hi my first custom kernel was yet another 2.2.20 and was perfect. i have now made three 2.4.18 kernels and none of them will "work" meaning that none of them gets gdm to start, or has any virtual terminals to log into (ctrl/alt/f1), cannot connect via ssh and cannot return a ping. almost none

Re: strange mail

2002-04-19 Thread Elizabeth Barham
I imagine the author goofed possibly while trying to reply to a message you wrote (one went directly to you and another went to the list) and accidently sent a blank message. wpmills.com is the homepage/site of W. Paul Mills. Elizabeth Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I received the f

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-19 Thread Vineet Kumar
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020419 09:10]: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:22:56AM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: > | begin Noah Meyerhans quotation: > | > HA! That's the most rediculous thing I've ever heard on this list. > | > | "ridiculous". "pedantic". > | > | > The > | > only thing a firewall

Re: Building Video CDs

2002-04-19 Thread traxlend
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 07:52:53PM +0200, Balazs Javor wrote: > Sorry, I've tried to add the mpg file the wrong way (with --add-file). > But I've managed to create one CD afterall. > > A relate question though: > Is there a utility that I can use to check whether the mpg is > the correct format?

Re: tcpdump: traffic connecting to another machine

2002-04-19 Thread traxlend
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 04:11:39PM +, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I'd like to run tcpdump on internal network traffice between our router > and general workstations. > > My laptop, on which I'm running tcpdump, is connected to the same switch > as the router. However I can only get traffic be

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread traxlend
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 05:15:40PM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > There's an obvious problem - it hits up every file, regardless. I > certainly haven't accessed a lot of the non-English localisation files > on my system in like forever, and old.txt is a resultant 700K in size. There's a localepurge

Re: VNCserver goes into session not gdm

2002-04-19 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jeremy Nickurak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020414 12:24]: > On Sat, 2002-04-13 at 21:57, hanasaki wrote: > > How do i get gdm to run on the vnc server when a client connects? It is > > just going inot the session > > It sounds to me like what you want to do is not have VNC start gdm, but > the other

Re: check for root kit

2002-04-19 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:02:02 +1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Massey) wrote: > ... > $ apt-cache show chkrootkit > ... That's a scary tool, if I ever saw one. I have it running once a day, and it almost always reports a possible LKM "infection". Sometimes it detects 1 process hidden from ps, sometimes

Re: kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17

2002-04-19 Thread James Michael DuPont
If it helps anyone, I have done the following : 1. got my CDs back :=) 2. installed the KERNEL SOURCE of 2.2.19pre17 apt-get kernel-source-2.2.19pre17 that gives me the headers as well!!! Feeling kinda silly! mike --- Bob Thibodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my system, > > apt-cache search

Re: check for root kit

2002-04-19 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:31:05 + Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > network. I would like to test my 3 woody machines for possible root > kits. What is the best way of doing this? Should I check the md5sum of > ... > Also, is there any way of checking for a kernel module type

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Gary Turner
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 17:15:40 +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: >On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 16:46, Gary Turner wrote: >> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:59:34 -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: >> >> >On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: snip >> This non-hacker is >> thinking that a script t

Re: Building Video CDs

2002-04-19 Thread Balazs Javor
Hi, Sorry, I've tried to add the mpg file the wrong way (with --add-file). But I've managed to create one CD afterall. A relate question though: Is there a utility that I can use to check whether the mpg is the correct format? Also when to use the VCD type and when the SVCD? Many thanks again! r

AV Vendor contact addresses (was Re: Antigen found HTML.MimeExploit (CA(Vet)) virus)

2002-04-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Apr 18, 2002, ANTIGEN_OTCEXC01 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Antigen for Exchange found message.txt infected with HTML.MimeExploit > (CA(Vet)) virus. The following are some contact addresses for AV software/filtering vendors, suitable for an /etc/aliases list. I recommend following the lea

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Pollywog
On 2002.04.19 14:18 Hall Stevenson wrote: I believe 'deborphan' only looks for "dependant" type packages, i.e. if you try and install package "a", but it requires packages "b". Later, you remove package "a" but package "b" gets left. It's now likely unused. Running 'deborphan' *should* tell you

Building Video CDs

2002-04-19 Thread Balazs Javor
Hi, I'm trying to create a Video CD from an mpg file. I've found vcdimager and had a look at the documentation but I didn't really understand it very well... Could someone please tell me what's the simplest way to create a VCD / SVCD from an mpg file? Many thanks in advance! best regards, Balazs

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Mike Dresser
On 19 Apr 2002, Peter Whysall wrote: > > find / -type f -atime +30 -perm +111 | xargs dpkg -S | sort | uniq > > > old.txt > > Well, old.txt now contains the following: > > peter:~ $ more old.txt > fdflush: /bin/fdflush > > Hmm. I wonder if that hasn't taken it from one extreme to the other... Odd

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Gary Turner
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:21:42 +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: >On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 10:46:30AM -0500, Gary Turner wrote: >> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:59:34 -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: >> >> >On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: snip >> >> deborphan looks for files

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > > > Some time ago, I've read somewhere about a tool that can find > > > installed debian packages that are not used, based on atime > > > of files that belong to the packages. > > > > I think you're looking for popularity-contest

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Peter Whysall
On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 17:46, Mike Dresser wrote: > > > On 19 Apr 2002, Peter Whysall wrote: > > > What we need to do is tell "find" to only find files that have > > executable bits set, with the -perm switch - however, the following: > > > > find / -type f -atime +30 perm ugo+x | xargs dpkg -S |

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Mike Dresser
On 19 Apr 2002, Peter Whysall wrote: > What we need to do is tell "find" to only find files that have > executable bits set, with the -perm switch - however, the following: > > find / -type f -atime +30 perm ugo+x | xargs dpkg -S | sort | uniq > > old.txt > > doesn't return anything. Can someone

Re: make-kpkg

2002-04-19 Thread Scott Henson
On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 08:48, John Habermann wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 05:04, dave mallery wrote: > > > > > question: can i simply: dpkg -r kernel-image-2.4.18_custom1.0_i386.deb ?? > > > > > > it needs to be obliterated, since it can't use the monitor. will the > > above -r also re-arrange my

Re: Intermittent System Lockup (long)

2002-04-19 Thread Scott Henson
On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 03:23, Karsten M. Self wrote: Have you thought of the possibility of a dirty power supply? My friend was having a problem like this. Our university's power is dirty in the first place then he added some not to well conected fans inside his case to the problem. He started

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2002-04-19 Thread Hernan Del Boca
hi everybody I have a question to ask. i have a linux server working as a Novell with ipx tunneling, and i want to know if i can have windows clients working with the server please its urgent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
HELO dontuthink.com 250 server Hello 12-235-84-58.client.attbi.com [12.235.84.58] MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is syntactically correct RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 550 relaying to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> prohibited by administrator if you are relaying, I do not see how. If s

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 10:46:30AM -0500, Gary Turner wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:59:34 -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > >On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > >> > Some time ago, I've read somewhere about a tool that can find installed > >> > debian packages t

Re: xdm/wdm/gdm/kdm/login.app etc.

2002-04-19 Thread craigw
On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 10:41:34AM -0400, Robert_L wrote: > > > > > > you can also put all this in ~/.Xmodmap: > > > > keycode 90 = KP_0 KP_Insert > > keycode 87 = KP_1 KP_End > > keycode 88 = KP_2 KP_Down > > keycode 89 = KP_3 KP_Next > > keycode 83 = KP_4 KP_Left > > keycode 84 = KP_5 KP_B

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 09:59:34AM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > > > Some time ago, I've read somewhere about a tool that can find installed > > > debian packages that are not used, based on atime of files that belong to > > >

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Peter Whysall
On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 16:46, Gary Turner wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:59:34 -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > >On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > >> > Some time ago, I've read somewhere about a tool that can find installed > >> > debian packages that are not u

Re: Autologin

2002-04-19 Thread Erik van der Meulen
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 05:36:43PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > I want to set up a really basic debian system wich has only needs for running > X with a basic WM like twm. > If i start the PC it should start debian auto log in start X and then Start > the Citrix MetaFrame Linux Client. Hi

tcpdump: traffic connecting to another machine

2002-04-19 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'd like to run tcpdump on internal network traffice between our router and general workstations. My laptop, on which I'm running tcpdump, is connected to the same switch as the router. However I can only get traffic between my machine and the router using tcpdump. The switch is a managed switch.

warnquota not doing anything

2002-04-19 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi, I installed quota on my potato box and did some testing. When I have user that is over their soft limit and then I run the warnquota commmand. Nothing happens.(just back to command prompt) I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this. Any hints? thanks Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

strange mail

2002-04-19 Thread Gary Turner
I received the following, plus a duplicate (except for message IDs) 6 minutes later. Can anyone shed any light on where these come from, and why? This is everything, including the blank body. >Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Received: from mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta3-pr.rcsntx.swbell.net) > b

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-19 Thread dman
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:22:56AM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: | begin Noah Meyerhans quotation: | > HA! That's the most rediculous thing I've ever heard on this list. | | "ridiculous". | | > The | > only thing a firewall is good for is to provide you with a false sense | > of security. | | A

Re: booting problems - new machine, kernel 2.4

2002-04-19 Thread dman
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 07:13:39AM -0700, Charles Baker wrote: | --- dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > I'm trying to set up a new machine for someone, but I am having | > lots of difficulty booting it. I installed potato using the | > idepci disks (kernel 2.2.19-idepci). That kernel can boot fr

Re: Finding unused packages

2002-04-19 Thread Gary Turner
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:59:34 -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: >On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: >> > Some time ago, I've read somewhere about a tool that can find installed >> > debian packages that are not used, based on atime of files that belong to >> > the pack

Re: Nosy ftp users

2002-04-19 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Patrick Kirk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 09:48, Mark Janssen wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 10:42, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > > > > I have a Proftpd ftp server with a user called ftp whose password is > > > given to clients who need to get drivers, etc. > > > Just re

Re: Autologin

2002-04-19 Thread David Roundy
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 05:36:43PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > I want to set up a really basic debian system wich has only needs for > running X with a basic WM like twm. > > If i start the PC it should start debian auto log in start X and then > Start the Citrix MetaFrame Linux Clie

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