Re: newbie needs help w/partitioning

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 06:42:09PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a 1.5 Gbyte disk partitioned into 2 DOS drives, one 900 Mbyte > (Windows), and the other 600 Mbyte. I want to use the 600 Mbyte for > Linux. Using cfdisk in dbootstrap I configure two primary partitions > in this drive, a L

Re: apt-sources List

On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 04:51:17PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Matt Chipman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020423 15:51]: > > Is there a list of or a method of finding alternative apt-able archives for > > both woody and potato? > > see these pages: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico

Re: printing problems

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 09:10:30PM -0700, David Smead wrote: | No, I didn't compile my own kernel. | | I started with the two floppies, and did a net install of stable. | | I downloaded the go-woody script and and let it rip and tried to act | intelligent with the questions. | | I'm still runnin

Re: Sharing Mozilla profiles with W2k

On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 06:01:38PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > I run mozilla under both Linux and MS Win2000. I would like both > versions to use the same data (specifically, bookmarks, lists of sites > visited, passwords--I'm not using it for mail or news). > > Is this advisable, or am I likely

Re: printing problems

No, I didn't compile my own kernel. I started with the two floppies, and did a net install of stable. I downloaded the go-woody script and and let it rip and tried to act intelligent with the questions. I'm still running on the kernel from stable. More and more that looks like the problem. knu

Re: External USB hard disks?

On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 04:10, Ron Johnson wrote: > > You'd better go for firewire then. I have the maxtor firewire 80 GB. > > It works like a charm in both linux and windows... it's faster than USB1 > > (and 2)... and it work with a standard 2.4 kernel > > Do you have a preferred firewire card?

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 10:47:30AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > At 10:26 AM 4/24/02 +0200, you wrote: > >Ross Boylan wrote: > > > >Just a thought -- I have heard that CD-Rs have a 1-bit per 100kB error > >rate > >in 1 year. What that means is that in your typical 1-Meg program, > >backed up to CD-R

Re: Repartitioning/Reinstalling

On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:48:41PM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote: > Folks-- > > Its time to repartition my disks. The plan is to: > 1. Put all the user data I want to keep onto tape > 2. Install debian from scratch (including repartition) > 3. Restore .deb package database > 4. Re-fetch current .

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

dpkg --help: Usage: [ snip ] dpkg -S|--search ... find package(s) owning file(s) Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > I just stumbled across dpkg-reconfigure (a mention of > dpkg-reconfigure on the dpkg ma

Re: Linux compatible mother boards

hi ya most of the integrated mb uses the same chipsets... so usuaully you're safe... intel 8255x series nics is not an issue intel i810/i815e based graphics is not an issues only caution i know about are the new asus mb that just came out... ( Tusi-630TX has nic problems ) the older cu

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 03:45:38PM -0700, craigw wrote: > On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 05:17:00PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > > > Doing a dpkg --configure won't work because the > > > packages have already been configured. > > > >

Amavis - can't connect to daemon

Hello list, I install postfix and amavis-postfix on Woody: ii amavis-postfix 0.3.12pre5.200 Interface between MTA and virus scanner. ii postfix1.1.4-2A high-performance mail transport agent The following is my modification of postfix main.cf and master.cf main.cf: content_f

Re: MPEG Player?

On Tuesday 23 April 2002 05:47 am, Luca Pasquali wrote: Or you could try the now publicly available pre-release which can be downloaded here --> http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre1.tar.bz2 (as mentioned at their homepage --> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/news.html ) "

Re: Linux compatible mother boards

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 10:19:48PM -0400, - wrote: | Some newer mother boards now have integrated sound and video. Is there | a problem in using these in Linux? It depends on what the chipsets are used. Look up the specs on the motherboard you are interested in and then see if the video/sound ch

Re: Howto turn off the mic at bootup

On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:12:47AM +0800, Willy Sutrisno wrote: > hi, > > I have this small problem, everytime I bootup my comp. The mic is always set > to > the highest. I need to run aumix and turn off the mic. Is there a way to turn > off the mic during bootup process? Have a look at /etc/ini

bf-2.4 kernel package?

I dont think there is a bf-2.4 kernel package on my system. Even though I have files and such on my system relating to that kernel, there is no package for it. I would like to remove it cause it is clutering up my boot directory and taking up space. Anyone know how to remove it? Or should I jus

Linux compatible mother boards

Some newer mother boards now have integrated sound and video.  Is there a problem in using these in Linux?

Re: External USB hard disks?

On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 17:11, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 22:54, Norman Walsh wrote: > > | Yes, I'm using a Datafab USB 1 cabinet with a 60GB disk and it works > > | really well with both Linux and Windows. I think you need kernel 2.5 > > | for USB 2.0 support, at least until someone

Re: printing problems

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:49:15PM -0700, David Smead wrote: | Thanks for the help. | | knuth:~# modprobe lp | modprobe: Can't locate module lp | | I haven't been able to find what package this is in. kernel-image- Did you compile your own kernel? CONFIG_PRINTER=m That module is /lib/modul

Howto turn off the mic at bootup

hi, I have this small problem, everytime I bootup my comp. The mic is always set to the highest. I need to run aumix and turn off the mic. Is there a way to turn off the mic during bootup process? Last time when I was using other distro, I dont find this problem. The mic will turn mute by itself.

Re: bash, Meta-., Windows Key

craigw, Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 06:52:04PM -0700: > On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 09:40:19PM -0400, Angus D Madden wrote: > > The first option in the debian install is "Configure the Keyboard". > > What file is this configuration stored in, and how do I reproduce that > > dialog? I have tried `dpkg-reconfi

Re: bash, Meta-., Windows Key

On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 09:40:19PM -0400, Angus D Madden wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to get M-. working in my bash shell. It works on all of my > machines except one. I think it is because I chose the wrong keyboard > type during installation. My X configuration is the same across all my

bash, Meta-., Windows Key

Hello, I am trying to get M-. working in my bash shell. It works on all of my machines except one. I think it is because I chose the wrong keyboard type during installation. My X configuration is the same across all my machines. The first option in the debian install is "Configure the Keyboar

Re: vchkpw debian help request

justin cunningham, Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 01:24:35PM -0700: > Hi, here is a long thread [sorry] between me and ken at inter7.com. I'm > trying to get the debian qmail working but I don't think I have vchkpw > working properly with vpopmail. I can send mail ok but on receiving I > believe the troub

Re: printing problems

Where will I find char-major-6 driver? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, dman wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 04:57:26PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > | begin dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:10:47PM -0700, David Smead wrote

modem on parport

I have a modem attached to a parport, but I can't seem to get it configured. I've added parport support through modconf. And I'm not using a GUI, so I'm configuring it through pppconfig Perhaps I'm not using the right device port? Default is /dev/ttyS1, I think. Not being on a com port, I figur

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 10:47:30AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > I've heard that CDR is pretty reliable; the error rate you describe would > make it almost useless. Can anyone confirm or deny this? > I too am surprised at the statement. But I have many cd's with me which are about 3

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

On Wednesday 24 April 2002 03:07 pm, Alan Shutko wrote: > Soul Computer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This raises an interesting question for WP8. Did they ever release > > the source for it so it could be repaired? > > Of course not. Actually, I'm not even sure Corel _has_ the > source... deve

Re: printing problems

Thanks for the help. knuth:~# modprobe lp modprobe: Can't locate module lp I haven't been able to find what package this is in. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, dman wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:10:47PM -0700, David Smead wrote: > | > | I'm app

Re: Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

On Wednesday 24 April 2002 19:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Then it would only make sense to start with a program that a lot of people already like and whose source is available (like LaTeX), and change it so it can do everything you want it to accomplish. Maybe give a Gui and call it Gooe

CD for temporary Debian Installations.

I use Debian on my own PC, but am also obliged to move round and use other PCs at work where I can not install Linux to other people's harddisk. I can use use whatever I want while working on these machines though. So what I need is a boot CD which will run a Debian session (or other distribut

Re: printing problems

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 04:57:26PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: | begin dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:10:47PM -0700, David Smead wrote: | > | | > | I'm apparently missing a driver. | > | | > | knuth:~# lpq | > ... | > | Status: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such devi

Re: Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 18:07:44 -0400 Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Soul Computer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This raises an interesting question for WP8. Did they ever release > the source for it so it could be repaired? Of course not. Actually, I'm not even sure Corel _has_ the sourc

Re: printing problems

begin dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:10:47PM -0700, David Smead wrote: > | > | I'm apparently missing a driver. > | > | knuth:~# lpq > ... > | Status: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device' > > | - > | > | knuth:~# ls -l /dev/lp0 > | crw-rw1 r

Re: printing problems

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:10:47PM -0700, David Smead wrote: | | I'm apparently missing a driver. | | knuth:~# lpq ... | Status: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device' | - | | knuth:~# ls -l /dev/lp0 | crw-rw1 root lp 6, 0 Jun 13 2001 /dev/lp0 This is

Re: "mirror"

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 06:56, dave mallery wrote: > hi > > i have a second machine with a minimal woody install. my main deb machine > has been upgraded daily for a long time now. i just copied the contents > of is /var/cache/apt/archive (loads) to the minimal machine. > > how do i get the minimal m

Re: XFree86 Server CPU Leak??

Uninstalling and reinstalling all the xserver-common etc... packages seemed to fix it. Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 24-Apr-2002 Quenten Griffith wrote: > > > > Only application that is running for X at the time is KDM I am not even > > logged into > > KDE at the time. So it could be somethin

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > Doing a dpkg --configure won't work because the > packages have already been configured. dpkg-reconfigure -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

Soul Computer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This raises an interesting question for WP8. Did they ever release > the source for it so it could be repaired? Of course not. Actually, I'm not even sure Corel _has_ the source... development on the Unix WPs prior to WPO2k was handled by SDCorp. --

Re: newbie needs help w/partitioning

> I have a 1.5 Gbyte disk partitioned into 2 DOS drives, one 900 Mbyte > (Windows), and the other 600 Mbyte. I want to use the 600 Mbyte for > Linux. Using cfdisk in dbootstrap I configure two primary partitions > in this drive, a Linux swap and a Linux native. I'd like to keep the > Windows parti

newbie needs help w/partitioning

Hi, I have a 1.5 Gbyte disk partitioned into 2 DOS drives, one 900 Mbyte (Windows), and the other 600 Mbyte. I want to use the 600 Mbyte for Linux. Using cfdisk in dbootstrap I configure two primary partitions in this drive, a Linux swap and a Linux native. I'd like to keep the Windows partitio

[OT] DFSG-free DVD writing software

I've noticed that the price of DVD writers and media are starting to fall. I'm wondering if Linux and other free OS are ready for the transition to this more ample optical storage medium. There appears to be a lack of DFSG-free software that can write DVD's. Even CDR/W-burning appears limited to tw

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 05:17:00PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > Doing a dpkg --configure won't work because the > > packages have already been configured. > > I just stumbled across dpkg-reconfigure (a mention of > dpkg-reconfi

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 18:17, Grant Edwards wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > Doing a dpkg --configure won't work because the > > packages have already been configured. > > I just stumbled across dpkg-reconfigure (a mention of > dpkg-reconfigure on the

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

"Grant Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > Doing a dpkg --configure won't work because the > > packages have already been configured. > > I just stumbled across dpkg-reconfigure (a mention of > dpkg-reconfigure on the dpkg m

Re: Massive Problems with Eterm after Upgrade

Hi, * Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-04-23 23:09]: >On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:12:51PM +0200, Thorsten Haude wrote: >> * Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-04-23 18:59]: >> >- The root of all evil may be the version. I have 0.9.1 themes and my >> >new Eterm is 0.9.2. Problem is, I can'

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

begin Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > Doing a dpkg --configure won't work because the > > packages have already been configured. > > I just stumbled across dpkg-reconfigure (a mention of > dpkg-reconfigure on the dpkg man

Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

I am planning on shipping Linux boxen with Debian preinstalled. When the customer unpacks the box and fires it up, what is the best way to allow him to reconfigure the sorts of things that one normally configures as part of an install: * Hostname * IP addressing info * Passwords * User accou

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > Doing a dpkg --configure won't work because the > packages have already been configured. I just stumbled across dpkg-reconfigure (a mention of dpkg-reconfigure on the dpkg man page might be a good idea). Now, if only there was some

printing problems

I'm apparently missing a driver. knuth:~# lpq Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'By Dave's office' Queue: 1 printable job Server: pid 1268 active Unspooler: pid 1269 active Status: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device', attempt 3, sleeping 40 at 10:41:42.572 Rank Owner/ID Cla

Re: reiserfs and /boot

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 07:51:48AM -0500, Dale Hair wrote: > On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 23:38, mdevin wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 00:34:44 -0300, Haroldo Stenger wrote: > > > mdevin wrote: [snip] > > I am really not sure, but just remember some issue like this. > > > > Has anyone gone totally re

gauging network saturation

I have a few firewalls running on old machines under Debian, and as the network traffic they are handling grows, I realize I have no metric that allows me to decide when the traffic exceeds their hardware capabilities. Just to be clear, these machines are not serving or caching anyting or even NAT

Re: XFree86 Server CPU Leak??

Helps if I name the config file to XF86Config-4 instead of XF86Config, I have my /etc/X11/X file linked to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 and I start X using startx and then run top and I get this PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 996 root 20 -11 74376 8596 3064

Running into a brick wall with gconfd on NFS

I'm having trouble running gconfd{-1,-2} on a Debian (testing) system with /home mounted via NFS from a FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE server. Whenever I try to start the daemon, I always get: Apr 22 10:38:40 pooh gconfd (jennifer-8327): starting (version 1.0.9), pid 8327 user 'jennifer' Apr 22 10:38:40

Re: Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:25:49 -0400 Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: craigw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I found four CD's containing WP8: [...] > > > It doesn't really say what format they are, perhaps

Re: jigdo question

ok, jigdo just worked for me. i think the problem was that i had downloaded the .jigdo files the previous night, then used them the next morning. the files get generated nightly, and woody gets updated every day. i'm guessing that if the .jigdo file doesn't match what's on the woody mirror, jigd

Re: Apache and mod_ssl

On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 15:51, David Bell wrote: > If you didn't create the certificate with mod-ssl-makecert, I'm not sure how > to > remove the password try openssl rsa -in current_key_name -out new_key_name enter the password new_key_name has no password hope that helps -Mark Roach --

Re: XFree86 Server CPU Leak??

Ok your right about the version looking at what happens when I run startx it starts the 3.36a Xfree86, but when I run Xfree86 -version I get the 4.1 version, not really sure why. "Jamin W. Collins" wrote: > On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:57:29 -0400 > "Quenten Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > H

Re: XFree86 Server CPU Leak??

On 24-Apr-2002 Quenten Griffith wrote: > > Only application that is running for X at the time is KDM I am not even > logged into > KDE at the time. So it could be something to do with KDM and Xfree server... > when > I do a Xfree86 -version I get a little message that says it is a pre-release >

RE: basic directory perm question

On 24-Apr-2002 Andrew Agno wrote: > Is it even possible to have a umask set so that newly created files > have the s bit set? It seems that the only way for this to happen > is by having an alias which chmods things afterwards or by making dirs > under dirs with the group s bit set. > I assume

Re: XFree86 Server CPU Leak??

I run Xfree86 -version and I get 4.1.0.1 and yes opps I meant 512megs of SDRAM I started to type 1/2 a gig of memory but changed it and forgot to change the gig to a megs opps. "Jamin W. Collins" wrote: > On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:57:29 -0400 > "Quenten Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > H

S/Key passwords with SSH?

Is it possible to use S/Key passwords with the version of SSH in woody/sid? If so, I'd appreciate any pointers to information on setting this up. Thanx! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: basic directory perm question

Is it even possible to have a umask set so that newly created files have the s bit set? It seems that the only way for this to happen is by having an alias which chmods things afterwards or by making dirs under dirs with the group s bit set. Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: XFree86 Server CPU Leak??

Only application that is running for X at the time is KDM I am not even logged into KDE at the time. So it could be something to do with KDM and Xfree server... when I do a Xfree86 -version I get a little message that says it is a pre-release and is no way supported, but I d/l it from testing.

Re: XFree86 Server CPU Leak??

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:57:29 -0400 "Quenten Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all I have a Nvidia TNT2 graphic card, and I was using Xfree86 4.1 > that dexconf configed using the XFree_SVGA server. I think you've got your versions wrong here. XFree86 4.1.x doesn't (TMK) use different s

Re: XFree86 Server CPU Leak??

On 24-Apr-2002 Quenten Griffith wrote: > Hi all I have a Nvidia TNT2 graphic card, and I was using Xfree86 4.1 > that dexconf configed using the XFree_SVGA server. I recently d/l the > kernel moudles for the NVidia card so I can use GLX, that went fine. > Then I configured X using Xfree86 -config

RE: basic directory perm question

On 24-Apr-2002 justin cunningham wrote: > umask on potato is 022 while on woody it's 0022. > > I compared the files listed below and they look like their defaults > though I'm comparing potato to woody. dunno what the problem is. > this is not a "problem" unless you do not want this behaviour

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

craigw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I found four CD's containing WP8: [...] > > > It doesn't really say what format they are, perhaps they have various > formats. I think it should be safe to assume that the la

XFree86 Server CPU Leak??

Hi all I have a Nvidia TNT2 graphic card, and I was using Xfree86 4.1 that dexconf configed using the XFree_SVGA server. I recently d/l the kernel moudles for the NVidia card so I can use GLX, that went fine. Then I configured X using Xfree86 -configure and changed the /etc/X11/X link from the SVG

Re: how to get debconf or whoever to leave my ntp.conf alone

begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation: > > Had you bothered to pull your head out of your ass and actually check > the archives, you'd find that I'm not only aware of existence and uses > of chattr, but I've also recommended its use more than once to those > whose XF86Config-4 got hosed by xserver upgr

Re: how to get debconf or whoever to leave my ntp.conf alone

* Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation: > > > > > > > > *Boggle* Which part of "USER SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARK PARTS OF > > > > HIS SYSTEM AS ``MAINTAINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FUCK WITH THIS > > > > NO MATTER WHAT''" do you still not understand? > > > > >

RE: basic directory perm question

umask on potato is 022 while on woody it's 0022. I compared the files listed below and they look like their defaults though I'm comparing potato to woody. dunno what the problem is. -justin -Original Message- From: Sean Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean 'Shaleh' Perry

Re: Support for wireless PCMCIA

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:50:19PM -0400, David Roundy wrote: > > > I've got a Linksys PCW11 card that works fine under RH7.2 using > > the wlan-ng package (prism2_cs.o). > > > > Unfortunately, the card isn't recognized correctly on a machine > > running a recent install of Woody. Cardmgr loads w

PCI IDE controller - how to make it work?

I just got PCI IDE controller and have troubles making it work with linux (2.4.18). the docs in linux/Documentation/ide.txt say that linux will probe for ide devices that have device files in /dev or that I can force it to probe using ide2=0x1e8,0x3ee,11 (kernel option). So I thought it should

Re: Support for wireless PCMCIA

On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 01:11:56PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > I've got a Linksys PCW11 card that works fine under RH7.2 using > the wlan-ng package (prism2_cs.o). > > Unfortunately, the card isn't recognized correctly on a machine > running a recent install of Woody. Cardmgr loads wvlan_cs.

Re: basic directory perm question

On 24-Apr-2002 justin cunningham wrote: > Why is it that when I create a directory on one machine an 's' is added > to the permissions? > > Ex. drwxr-sr-x2 sam sam 4096 Apr 24 05:17 test > drwxr-sr-x2 rootroot 4096 Apr 24 05:18 test2 > > while on another machine this

Re: Partitioning question?

On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 20:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a couple of linux boxes. Some with the standard recommended > mount /usr /var /home, etc partitions. Some are with just one partion on > the entire hard-drive. I'm considering changing the partioning scheme on > one box to mu

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 11:45:55AM -0600, dave mallery wrote: > > > > > i had bought corel office 2000 ($100) and was absolutely unable to get it > to function with any stability on r/h 7.2. support was wishful thinking. Corel Office was abandoned long before rh7.2 came out. Much has changed. F

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 11:45:55AM -0600, dave mallery wrote: > > > > After Corel Linux 1.0 had been out a while, I saw some copies at my > > local Costco warehouse for ~$25 (US). It included WP 8.1 with a hefty > > manual as well as a nice little Tux figure which I have sitting on top > > of my

Re: Partitioning question?

begin [EMAIL PROTECTED] quotation: > > My question is, "Does it really make sense (i.e. is it worth the time > and maintenance effort) to make multiple partitions on a disk?" On mission-critical servers, yes. On home boxes and workstations, probably not. -- Shawn McMahon|

Re: Call for testers FireBird 1.0 (InterBase 6.0 compatible)

W liście z śro, 24-04-2002, godz. 20:50, Bob Thibodeau pisze: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:27:17PM +0200, Grzegorz Prokopski wrote: > > Hi all! > > The first set is sth. that can now be forgotten. > > > > The second set has been uploaded lately. The source package is > > called just "firebird" -

Partitioning question?

Hi, I've got a couple of linux boxes. Some with the standard recommended mount /usr /var /home, etc partitions. Some are with just one partion on the entire hard-drive. I'm considering changing the partioning scheme on one box to multiple partitons (i.e. one for var, usr, home, etc...) Some have m

Re: how to get debconf or whoever to leave my ntp.conf alone

begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation: > > > > > > *Boggle* Which part of "USER SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARK PARTS OF > > > HIS SYSTEM AS ``MAINTAINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FUCK WITH THIS > > > NO MATTER WHAT''" do you still not understand? > > > > man chattr > > Search list archives for my replies to "my XF

Re: how to get debconf or whoever to leave my ntp.conf alone

* Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation: > > > > *Boggle* Which part of "USER SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARK PARTS OF > > HIS SYSTEM AS ``MAINTAINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FUCK WITH THIS > > NO MATTER WHAT''" do you still not understand? > > man chattr Search li

Re: reiserfs and /boot

on Wed, Apr 24, 2002, Gary Hennigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > mdevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 02:47:02 -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Wed, Apr 24, 2002, mdevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: <...> > > Why do you say this? I read somewhere that LILO works fin

basic directory perm question

Why is it that when I create a directory on one machine an 's' is added to the permissions? Ex. drwxr-sr-x2 sam sam 4096 Apr 24 05:17 test drwxr-sr-x2 rootroot 4096 Apr 24 05:18 test2 while on another machine this is not the case. I compared /etc/skel files and there

Re: missing parallel port

Gordon, Thanks for the reply. I tried the modprobe - can't find such a module. I added CONFIG_PRINTER=y to config-2.2.19-idepci and rebooted. Nothing changed. I looked at Debian packages on debian.org, and found lprng, which I have already on the system. It is telling me that /dev/lp0, etc isn

Problem with losts packets

Hello I'm having problems with packets from internet. I have a little network. theare are a firewall which masquerade all paquets. Now I have a server for web, email etc... Both of them, firewall and server, are debian-linux machines. The firewall have a adsl line. theare are about 10 windows

Re: jigdo question

Now that we are on it :-) how does one manage to download a woody image other than the first CD one? I remember when I downloaded potato using jigdo, that a nice menu let me choose the image to download. Such a menu seems missing in woody, am I right? Regards, Haroldo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Logging iptables

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:38:41 +0200, Tim Dijkstra wrote: >> The other possibility is to look into the ulog target. This may give >> more configurability, but I haven't used it yet. >Maybe this is a nicer way of doing it, but this means you have to write a program that listens to a socket, right?

Re: jigdo question

for what it's worth, i've written up my experience with jigdo: http://www.dirac.org/linux/debian/jigdo/ note that i haven't been successful -- at least, i don't think so. it creates an ISO image which i can burn, but during the download process, i got some messages like: --11:11:00-- ftp://

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Hello, I'm having problems with packets from internet. I have a little network. theare are a firewall which masquerade all paquets. Now I have a server for web, email etc... Both of them, firewall and server, are debian-linux machines. The firewall have a adsl line. theare are about 10 windows

Re: jigdo question

begin curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just as this issue was being brought up I was using jigdo for the first > time. Now, I'm just wondering what is the next step. Everything seems to > have finished perfectly and I find that I have the following files: > woody-i386-8.raw.template > woody-i386-8.r

Init 2 probs

Hi, As soon as init 2 starts network goes dead. If I try to do apt-get update I got the following errors: E: Method http has died unexpectedly ! E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object In that mode it starts X, Gnome, and apache, webmin, and squid. I don't understand what's happening. BTW Debian W

Maxi Gamer 3D

Hi, I am Michael van Schalkwyk, from South Africa, and I would really like to know if you were ever able to find drivers for that Maxi Gamer 3D card that you posted on the net (30 Aug '99) because I have a card that is exactly the same! *MAXI Gamer 3D *Super Video 3D Accelerator Board *45 millione

Re: Update shouldn't nuke XF86Config-4

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 01:28:04PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Paul Sargent wrote: > > I'm just glad backups are always made before debconf writes to files. > > Yes, /var/cache/debconf/*-old are handy. > > What, you mean config files? Debconf does not ever, ever, write to > config files. Ill-desig

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

At 10:26 AM 4/24/02 +0200, you wrote: Ross Boylan wrote: > > I'm trying to do a fairly comprehensive system backup to CD-R. The > amount I have to backup is much larger than the free space on the > system, which in turn is larger than a CD-R. > Just a thought -- I have heard that CD-Rs have a 1

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

> > After Corel Linux 1.0 had been out a while, I saw some copies at my > local Costco warehouse for ~$25 (US). It included WP 8.1 with a hefty > manual as well as a nice little Tux figure which I have sitting on top > of my computer (I tossed the rest of the package). WP 8.1 is in > .deb format

Re: Logging iptables

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:31:04 +1000 "mdevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, one way of doing this is to set the log-level in your logging > chains and then configure syslog to log entries for that level to a > separate file. For example, you would have a logging chain like: > $IPTABLES -N logdro

Re: jigdo question

curtis wrote: > Am i to understand that the woody-i386-8.raw is the image file and all > that I need to put on a CD in order to make a bootable woody installation? yes that's it issue: cdrecord dev=0,0,0 speed=2 -v woody-i386-8.raw Regards, Haroldo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

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