cups - Deskjet disabled since Jan 01

2002-04-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I keep getting the error lpstat -p printer Deskjet disabled since Jan 01 00:00 - No pages found! and can't print? and /usr/bin/enable Deskjet lp0: compatibility mode lp -d Deskjet ~/test request id is Deskjet-12 (1 file(s)) lpstat -p printer Deskjet disabled since Jan 01 00:00 -

Re: networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread David Smead
Quenten, Thanks for the answers. I should kick myself for not trying that, but I was blindsided by thinking that the module was loaded in the kernel based on the kernel config file. Now I can get back to the printing problem - xpdq works, but lprngtool doesn't. -- Sincerely, David Smead http:

Re: plog messages tell me what does it mean

2002-04-25 Thread faisal gillani
    ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 25 April 2002 08:22 pm, faisal gillani wrote:> as i told earlier that i cannot dial using pppconfig i>> i type pon & nothing happens >> here is what is present in the plog>> server pppd [255] : Terminating on signal 15> server pppd [255] : Connect

Re: plog messages tell me what does it mean

2002-04-25 Thread faisal gillani
  ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 25 April 2002 08:22 pm, faisal gillani wrote:> as i told earlier that i cannot dial using pppconfig i>> i type pon & nothing happens >> here is what is present in the plog>> server pppd [255] : Terminating on signal 15> server pppd [255] : Connect

Re: plog messages tell me what does it mean

2002-04-25 Thread faisal gillani
Well can you tell me how to use wvdial ? i mean how to make a new connection in wvdial .. or edit the connection  .. it seems that wvdial cannot find my modem as it said when i install wvdial .. but my modem is there on com port 2 as pppconfig did pick it up in its default connection file "provid

Re: gpg keyservers

2002-04-25 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What keysevers do people recommend using? I've got the two mentioned > in the readme in my config (keyring.debian.org and wwwkeys.pgp.net) > and so far (one day!) that has sufficed. Do people recommend using > any other servers? I use www.keyserver.org

Call for papers for the SSGRR 2002s Conference in L`Aquila near Rome, Italy (Jul 29 - Aug 4 2002.)

2002-04-25 Thread ssgrr2002s
Dear Debian, I have been appointed to serve as the General Chair of the Summer 2002 edition of the SSGRR series of international conferences, and I would like to extend a special invitation to you. The SSGRR-2002S (Summer) conference on "Infrastructure for e-Business, e-Education, e-Science, and

Re: plog messages tell me what does it mean

2002-04-25 Thread ben
On Thursday 25 April 2002 08:22 pm, faisal gillani wrote: > as i told earlier that i cannot dial using pppconfig i > > i type pon & nothing happens > > here is what is present in the plog > > server pppd [255] : Terminating on signal 15 > server pppd [255] : Connect Script failed > server pp

Re: debconf configuring XF86Config-4 with two mice

2002-04-25 Thread ben
On Thursday 25 April 2002 08:09 pm, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > Although I have a working XF86Config-4, I put it together without using > debconf so it does not have any DEBCONF SECTION. Anyway I decided to > give debconf a try at managing the file and ran dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xfree86. The result

Re: cdrecord/burn problem

2002-04-25 Thread ktb
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 07:20:22PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > ktb wrote: > > > > My burner used to work fine until I installed woody. I've been > > searching the net and found the suggestion to use the "-dao" switch. > > That didn't help. I'm running a 2.4.18 kernel. Here is the output of - >

plog messages tell me what does it mean

2002-04-25 Thread faisal gillani
as i told earlier that i cannot dial using pppconfig i i type pon &  nothing happens here is what is present in the plog server pppd [255] : Terminating on signal 15server pppd [255] : Connect Script failedserver pppd [255] : Exit can you tell me what does this mean ? thanks      *º¤., ¸¸,.¤

Re: gpg keyservers

2002-04-25 Thread dman
On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 10:41:58AM +0800, Willy Sutrisno wrote: | * dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: | > What keysevers do people recommend using? I've got the two mentioned | > in the readme in my config (keyring.debian.org and wwwkeys.pgp.net) | > and so far (one day!) that has sufficed. Do peop

debconf configuring XF86Config-4 with two mice

2002-04-25 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
Although I have a working XF86Config-4, I put it together without using debconf so it does not have any DEBCONF SECTION. Anyway I decided to give debconf a try at managing the file and ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. The resulting XF86Config-4 includes a configuration for two mice. The config

How was the slink --> potato switch? How will be potato --> woody? When?

2002-04-25 Thread Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim
Hello: I have just tested this following: - get a packet copy using "dpkg --get-selections" - put it to a new installed system using "dpkg --set-selections" - after installing potato, I changed the sources.list dist to woody - besides very slow, it was not straight forward since many packages w

Re: gpg keyservers

2002-04-25 Thread Willy Sutrisno
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What keysevers do people recommend using? I've got the two mentioned > in the readme in my config (keyring.debian.org and wwwkeys.pgp.net) > and so far (one day!) that has sufficed. Do people recommend using > any other servers? I am using pgp.mit.edu Is there

Re: Command Line Listing?

2002-04-25 Thread Willy Sutrisno
* Travis King ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Everything is working fine that we can see, just we dont have the GUI > (Graphic User Interface)? > Or cant execute the GUI? Our main problem is that we are new and have no clue > how to use > Linux yet. We are 99% certain that we installed it because we

Re: cdrecord/burn problem

2002-04-25 Thread Erik Steffl
ktb wrote: > > My burner used to work fine until I installed woody. I've been > searching the net and found the suggestion to use the "-dao" switch. > That didn't help. I'm running a 2.4.18 kernel. Here is the output of - which kernel you used when it worked? I also have some funny problem w

Re: missing parallel port

2002-04-25 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 11:45:11AM -0700, David Smead wrote: > 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. You need to recompile the kernel for this to take effect. Check

gpg keyservers

2002-04-25 Thread dman
What keysevers do people recommend using? I've got the two mentioned in the readme in my config (keyring.debian.org and wwwkeys.pgp.net) and so far (one day!) that has sufficed. Do people recommend using any other servers? Also, what is the best way to publish my (brand new!) public key? -D P

Command Line Listing?

2002-04-25 Thread Travis King
Hey there, my uncle and I have just installed your latest Debian Linux on an older Solaris system. We formated and installed Debian.   Everything is working fine that we can see, just we dont have the GUI (Graphic User Interface)? Or cant execute the GUI? Our main problem is that we are new

Re: networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread dman
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:25:02PM -0400, Quenten Griffith wrote: | > David Smead wrote: | > | > > I'm using a 3C905 TXM. | Man ok no more trying to help after 12 hour work shift it is 3c59x | for that card if it is a Vortex. Sorry about the two wrong answers | hope this one is for sure correct

Re: networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread Quenten Griffith
Man ok no more trying to help after 12 hour work shift it is 3c59x for that card if it is a Vortex. Sorry about the two wrong answers hope this one is for sure correct. Did a quick search on google to make sure. Quenten Griffith wrote: > Sorry turn that into 3c509 not 3c509x > > so modprobe 3c5

Re: Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 25-Apr-2002 Ross Boylan wrote: > On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:07:31PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: >> on Thu, Apr 25, 2002, Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> > I am currently using mutt, but many of my folders are getting very >> > big, and I'm getting annoyed by the length of time it ta

Re: networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread Quenten Griffith
Sorry turn that into 3c509 not 3c509x so modprobe 3c509 insmod 3c509 and if that seems to work ifconfig eth0 up If I am mistaken I am sure I will be corrected :) hope it helps. David Smead wrote: > I'm using a 3C905 TXM. > > I got the kernel as an image using apt-get. I see in the the config

cdrecord/burn problem

2002-04-25 Thread ktb
My burner used to work fine until I installed woody. I've been searching the net and found the suggestion to use the "-dao" switch. That didn't help. I'm running a 2.4.18 kernel. Here is the output of - # cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 J?rg Schilling

Re: networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread Quenten Griffith
Try a modprobe 3c905x I think and then if that seems to take try insmod 3c905x and then ifconfig eth0 up. David Smead wrote: > I'm using a 3C905 TXM. > > I got the kernel as an image using apt-get. I see in the the config file > that CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y and CONFIG_EL3=m. I'm not sure what

Re: Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 25-Apr-2002 Ross Boylan wrote: > I am currently using mutt, but many of my folders are getting very > big, and I'm getting annoyed by the length of time it takes to switch > between them. > > Other than cleaning up, are there other approaches that people can > suggest for handling this? I thi

Re: networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread David Smead
I'm using a 3C905 TXM. I got the kernel as an image using apt-get. I see in the the config file that CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y and CONFIG_EL3=m. I'm not sure what the meaning of this is, from a google search, they would appear to be related. If so, and 3COM support isn't in the kernel, then I nee

Re: Repartitioning/Reinstalling

2002-04-25 Thread Andy Saxena
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 08:12:59AM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote: > > > > In any case, I am done with my rants. If you want to repartition without > > reinstalling post a message here. By the way, don't ever forget the > > backups, and experiment with doing a selective restore, if not a full > > one, b

Re: [OT] DFSG-free DVD writing software

2002-04-25 Thread csj
On 25 Apr 2002 17:37:26 +0800 Crispin Wellington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 06:54, csj wrote: > > 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 opti

Re: apt-get problem

2002-04-25 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 11:16:33AM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > I am using Debian Linux, Woody. > I am trying to install gs-common and I had to use > apt-get -f install > > This is what I get: > > Unpacking gs-common ( from gs-common ) > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/ (--unp

Re: install debian 2.2.x on ciryx166Mhz 32 MRam EDO???

2002-04-25 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"bernard" == bernard bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bernard> Hello, I want install debian 2.2.1.3 on old computer bernard> mother board asus with Ciryx 166Mhz and 32MRam EDO. bernard> Perhaps this 32MRam EDO is not sufficient for this bernard> debian Help me please?

Re: What happens if run out of HD space during apt-get update?

2002-04-25 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Paul Pearson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020425 16:10]: > space. However, how can I tell the tools to reconfigure what was just > installed? I don't know which packages were updated (there were about > 43, I think). dpkg --configure --pending good times, Vineet -- Currently seeking opportunities in

Re: Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020425 13:44]: > On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:07:31PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > How big are your mailboxes? I find my wait threshold starts to get > > tripped at ~500-1000 items, which most of my mailboxes hit quickly ;-) > > My primary inbox is around 2,7

What happens if run out of HD space during apt-get update?

2002-04-25 Thread Paul Pearson
I ran out of HD space during an apt-get update. All of the files were retrieved (I think) but I ran out of space during all of the "setting up..." processes. I removed some packages that I didn't *have* to keep (gcc, etc.). My first response was to do an apt-get clean, just so I had enough space to

Re: replacement for ical?

2002-04-25 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 19:30:29 +0200, Jerome Lacoste (Work) wrote: > Found this > "Current users of the popular program ical should definitely take a look > at KOrganizer and compare features." But can it be started iconized like ical? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web:

Re: amd

2002-04-25 Thread Alvin Oga
hiya david yeah.. once one get over the initial hurdles... things fall into place ... good that you got amd working. the way i like it...seems to be defaults on my boxes... ( not doing anythng special ) ls -l /home will usually list the links... ls -l /home/ will list it

Re: S/Key passwords with SSH? -- resolved

2002-04-25 Thread Greg Norris
I'm happy to report that I got it working. On the off-chance that someone else is sufficiently brain-damaged to think this is a good idea, here's what I had to do... 1) Install the opie-server and libpam-opie packages. 2) Modify /etc/pam.d/ssh, so that pam_opie.so is invoked in addition to (or

nis: a problem with yppasswd and a question about ypcat shadow

2002-04-25 Thread Shaul Karl
Package: nis Version: 3.9-6 Severity: normal 1. The client seems to observe that yppasswd is running, but fails to get it when it have to. Or do I misunderstand the following output: $ ypwhich sitvanitGateway $ rpcinfo -u sitvanitGateway yppasswd program 19 version 1 ready and waiting $ rp

htaccess confusion! Need help.

2002-04-25 Thread Gary Hennigan
I'm trying to set up digest authentication for a particular directory accessible via Apache. I thought it would be as simple as creating the .htaccess file with the contents: AuthType Digest AuthName "Private Access Only" AuthDigestFile /etc/apache/digest-auth.passwd in the directory I wish to pr

Re: Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread Dmitriy
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:38:29PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: [long snip] > > My primary inbox is around 2,700. Debian-user is at 27,000. > > > > > > Other than cleaning up, are there other approaches that people can > > > suggest for handling this? I think I want my mail kept in a database. W

Re: GNOME 2.0 Beta dpkgs?

2002-04-25 Thread Dmitriy
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 05:05:13PM -0400, Mike Frisch wrote: > Anybody know of a source of GNOME 2.0 Beta dpkgs that will happily > co-exist with the current version of GNOME on woody? > There is none, since gnome1 and their gnome2 counterparts usually conflict with each other. You can find a lot

Re: Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread dman
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:38:29PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: | On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:07:31PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: | > on Thu, Apr 25, 2002, Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: | > > I am currently using mutt, but many of my folders are getting very | > > big, and I'm getting annoye

ssh port mapping and HTTP

2002-04-25 Thread Bill Wohler
I can get into my company's intranet with this: ssh -n -L 4281:www.secure.com:80 ssh.secure.com sleep 43200 Then, to access http://www.secure.com/page.html, I use http://localhost:4281/page.html. And this works, so long as all of links in the page are relative. But let's say that p

ftp conf probs (netkid)

2002-04-25 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
hi I got the proposission to use the standard (netkid) ftpd on this list. Its true - its much more easier to handle it. I got it working but with a litle problem: I created a new user. If i connect to it via FTP with a browser (Konqueror in my case) i get directly in the homedrive. But the url

Re: Massive Problems with Eterm after Upgrade

2002-04-25 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-04-25 05:59]: >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't find

GNOME 2.0 Beta dpkgs?

2002-04-25 Thread Mike Frisch
Anybody know of a source of GNOME 2.0 Beta dpkgs that will happily co-exist with the current version of GNOME on woody? Thanks, Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: upgrade to ext3 ?

2002-04-25 Thread Walter Tautz
> Robin, > > How do I place the module on the initrd? On woody, at least, make sure it's listed in /etc/mkinitrd/modules. Note that if /etc/fstab indicates that / is to be mounted as ext3, mkinitrd will detect this and automatically load the requisite modules without having to create entries i

Re: install debian 2.2.x on ciryx166Mhz 32 MRam EDO???

2002-04-25 Thread Christophe Courtois
> Ciryx 166Mhz and 32MRam EDO. > Perhaps this 32MRam EDO is not sufficient > for this debian I've got a P75/24 Mo RAM running Debian, it runs a potato : X (with a smal window manager) is available, Netscape 4 is usable. It runs fine as a router, small web/mail/dns/dhcp server and for back

Re: Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread Christophe Courtois
> > I also note that kmail is popular, but as far as I can tell it > > would suffer the same speed problems as mutt. > Depends. If it indexes its mailboxes (and many GUI mail clients do), > probably not. It does use indexes, and having thousands of mails in a folder is not really a problem. --

Re: Massive Problems with Eterm after Upgrade

2002-04-25 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:12:51PM +0200, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * 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't find any 0.9.2 themes on my > >machine, and simply ch

Linux on a Pseries?

2002-04-25 Thread Robert L. Harris
We're getting an IBM pSeries to play with. Redhat and Suse want to charge alot of money for that version of the distro. Turbo linux has a version as well. I'm wondering if we have a Debian version available. I couldn't find a link to a list on the web site. :wq! -

Re: CD for temporary Debian Installations.

2002-04-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Apr 24, 2002, Rodrego Alverez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 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

Re: Internet Crashes

2002-04-25 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 04:38:19PM +0200, DSC Siltec wrote: > (2) dselect ; dselect and find out what they are. A nifty tool for this sort of thing is `apt-cache'. Try running apt-cache show and it will print out the same information as dselect would, plus a bit more. Also, you can use apt-cac

Re: Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread Ross Boylan
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:07:31PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Thu, Apr 25, 2002, Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I am currently using mutt, but many of my folders are getting very > > big, and I'm getting annoyed by the length of time it takes to switch > > between them. > > Wha

Re: Anyone using Jabber on Woody

2002-04-25 Thread dman
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 02:32:12PM -0400, Costa, Todd (DMH) wrote: | Hi db-users, | | I am have trouble with Jabber. I am getting a connection closed by | server. You are not authorized when using WinJab. I haven't done anything | except what the install instructions say to do to get it running.

Re: Partitioning question?

2002-04-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Apr 24, 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([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 >

Re: * Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread Donald R. Spoon
DSC Siltec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a bit of a problem: I just installed Woody on a dual-boot box, got KDE and all up and running, and very soon found that I was losing my connection. I inquired as to why, and I was told I was being cut off because my computer was scan-attacking t

Re: Anyone using Jabber on Woody

2002-04-25 Thread Bill Benedetto
>>> Costa, Todd (DMH) writes: Todd> When using the WinJab client I see the following: Todd> Todd> [12:01:03] Attempting to Connect to 146.zzz.xxx.yyy... Todd> [12:01:05] Disconnected from Server! Todd> [12:01:05] COMM Error (0) Todd> [12:01:05] Could not connect. Pausing 5 seconds.

Re: Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Hi Ross, If you use emacs then I suggest gnus. It has this type of functionality but I don't use very much of it. Among other things, it's able to sort the mail based on things like subject and sender. Elizabeth Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am currently using mutt, but many of my

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 12:04, craigw wrote: > > > > > > Okay, here's the kicker question: How can I, as a newbie, track this > > > down > > > and root it out, and clean my system? > > > > > > Also, is there a way I can do it without spending days at it, learning? > > Sounds like you don't h

Re: Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Apr 25, 2002, Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am currently using mutt, but many of my folders are getting very > big, and I'm getting annoyed by the length of time it takes to switch > between them. What mailbox format are you using? Default is 'mbox'. Alternatives include mai

Re: newbie needs help w/partitioning

2002-04-25 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
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, >

Re: Help i need someboody..........

2002-04-25 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:25:22AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. Why Debian use kernel 2.2 and Why not? They also have 2.4.x kernel images or sources, in case you want that. > 2. When can I download Woody Debian via ftp.. Now if you want. Choose subdirectory 'testing'. > 3 And witch

Re: Spamassassin tests help please

2002-04-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Apr 25, 2002, Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > begin Peter Ross quotation: > > > Why don't you look into http://www.spambouncer.org/ > > Why? Spamassassin, in my experience, is vastly more accurate and > effective than SpamBouncer. I used SpamBouncer for several months up > un

Re: kdm [] XFree86 [XF86Config-4]

2002-04-25 Thread Roach, Mark R.
On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 10:59, Davi Leal wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible run a kdm on Atl+F7 and another on Alt+Fn?. Any pointer to > how do it?. > try adding a line to /etc/kde2/kdm/Xservers with vtn instead of vt7 HTH -Mark Roach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

clusters

2002-04-25 Thread John Schmidt
Hi, This may be a silly question, but is anyone using Debian to manage a beowulf cluster? I am sure the answer is yes. What tools are available to manage the cluster, such as queue system, cloning nodes, etc? Any particular gotchas that need to be considered? Thanks, John Schmidt [EMAIL

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

2002-04-25 Thread Grant Edwards
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:38:02PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > 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 normal

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread craigw
On Thu Apr 25, 2002 at 02:28:56PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: > begin DSC Siltec quotation: > > > > Okay, here's the kicker question: How can I, as a newbie, track this > > down > > and root it out, and clean my system? > > > > Also, is there a way I can do it without spending days at it, le

RE: Anyone using Jabber on Woody

2002-04-25 Thread Costa, Todd \(DMH\)
When using the WinJab client I see the following: [12:01:03] Attempting to Connect to 146.zzz.xxx.yyy... [12:01:05] Disconnected from Server! [12:01:05] COMM Error (0) [12:01:05] Could not connect. Pausing 5 seconds. I can see a user XML file in the /var/lib/jabber/"hostname" directory. So I a

Handling lots of mail

2002-04-25 Thread Ross Boylan
I am currently using mutt, but many of my folders are getting very big, and I'm getting annoyed by the length of time it takes to switch between them. Other than cleaning up, are there other approaches that people can suggest for handling this? I think I want my mail kept in a database. I see gm

Re: docbook: xml -> (x)html conversion

2002-04-25 Thread David Z Maze
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am learning docbook and try to build a html file from xml using a > dtd from the package docbook-website. docbook-website is pretty specialized; it's a DTD/stylesheet combo designed pretty much exactly for building Web pages that look like, say, http://

Re: Downgrade ...

2002-04-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 04:00:31PM +0200, STOJICEVIC Edi EXPSIA wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to "downgrade" my Sid to Woody but I dont know > how to do it exactly... > I know that we can "force" apt to upgrade with one version > (stable/testing/unstable) > but I dont remember what file I need to

Re: vim :help error?

2002-04-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, You must be on old potato CD rom. On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:00:04PM +0200, Martin A. Hansen wrote: > i cant get :help to work in vim. > i get this error: > "help.txt.gz" [readonly][noeol] 8L, 3051C > Error detected while processing BufRead Auto commands for "*.gz": > E21: Cannot make changes

Re: Anyone using Jabber on Woody

2002-04-25 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Costa, Todd (DMH) quotation: > > jabber.cfg and xml files. I do see an error in the record.log and I can see > my user registration but that's it. I am stuck... When you say you see an error and you see your user registration, do you mean that you see an error with your user registration?

Anyone using Jabber on Woody

2002-04-25 Thread Costa, Todd \(DMH\)
Hi db-users, I am have trouble with Jabber. I am getting a connection closed by server. You are not authorized when using WinJab. I haven't done anything except what the install instructions say to do to get it running. I seem to be missing something. Also I did make the suggested changes

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin DSC Siltec quotation: > > Okay, here's the kicker question: How can I, as a newbie, track this > down > and root it out, and clean my system? > > Also, is there a way I can do it without spending days at it, learning? You want us to distill security administration into an email? Pay

Re: Amavis - can't connect to daemon

2002-04-25 Thread Juha Autero
Patrick Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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 > Is there any solution to this p

Re: kdm [] XFree86 [XF86Config-4]

2002-04-25 Thread David Smead
use startx normally, then do the alt/f2 to get a second login prompt. now do: startx -- :1 Now you can alt/f7 and alt/f8 between them. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Davi Leal wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible run a kdm on Atl+F7 and another on Alt

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread DSC Siltec
afj wrote: > > to the best of my knowledge the services you mentioned are almost all > passive. > even those like htdig shouldn't generate this sort of behaviour. > > there are many others which could : nmap, amap, pnscan to name a few Okay, here's the kicker question: How can I, as a newbie,

Re: Spamassassin tests help please

2002-04-25 Thread Glyn Millington
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/examples/ Great!! Many thanks for this - good stuff. Glyn -- Debian Home http://www.debian.org Debian Planet http://www.debianplanet.org/ For the children http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-j

Re: sendmail half-works (more data)

2002-04-25 Thread dman
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:20:31PM -0400, Richard A Nelson wrote: | On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, dman wrote: | > On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 12:41:39PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: | > | begin dman quotation: | > | > | > | > Is sendmail supposed to be suid or something? | > | | > | Bingo. | | Bzzt. wrong for

imapd-ssl

2002-04-25 Thread aldous
Hi, i've apt-getted uw-imapd-ssl (woody), and it seemed to run just fine. I was able to connect from machines in my local network. Then I changed the hostname of that machine, and i think this was the moment when it started to refuse connections. However, i thought removing and regenerating th

Re: amd

2002-04-25 Thread David Wright
> i see... now ya cheating a little bit... > nothing tricky eh ... as originally posted... I apologize for being misleading. I was having trouble getting amd to do even the simple stuff, so I started with that. Turns out the failover configuraion is easy, once you're over the initial hurdle. > a

Re: networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread Quenten Griffith
Sounds like your network modules didn't get loaded into the new kerenel what type of card are you using? David Smead wrote: Going from 2.2.19 to 2.4.18 hosed networking. % ./networking start Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter Configuring network interface: SIOCSIFADD: No such dev

Re: Spamassassin tests help please

2002-04-25 Thread dman
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:36:10AM -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote: | > | 3. How can I blacklist specific names? For example, esavingszone send | > | me two messages every day and I want them automatically blocked. But | > | they use differing domain nemaes so I want to block | > | [EMAIL PROTECTE

networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread David Smead
Going from 2.2.19 to 2.4.18 hosed networking. % ./networking start Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter Configuring network interface: SIOCSIFADD: No such device eth0: ERROR: while getting interface flags: No such device And it goes on with more errors. What config files do I need t

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

2002-04-25 Thread Joey Hess
> > > 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 This is

Re: Spamassassin tests help please

2002-04-25 Thread Robert L. Harris
> | 3. How can I blacklist specific names? For example, esavingszone send > | me two messages every day and I want them automatically blocked. But > | they use differing domain nemaes so I want to block > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] and every other > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > how about

Re: sendmail half-works (more data)

2002-04-25 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Richard A Nelson quotation: > > > | Bingo. > > Bzzt. wrong for sendmail >= 8.12.0 ! Oops. Glad to hear that. That will cure a lot of ills. -- Shawn McMahon| McMahon's Laws of Linux support: http://www.eiv.com | 1) There's more than one way to do it A

Re: sendmail half-works (more data)

2002-04-25 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin dman quotation: > > Ok, so should /usr/sbin/sendmail be suid root? (I'm not sure because > sendmail is much more complex than exim is and has many more pieces) Yes. > If so, why wasn't it that way already? Does the package come with it > suid and linuxconf screwed it up, or is the packa

Re: sendmail half-works (more data)

2002-04-25 Thread dman
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 12:41:39PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: | begin dman quotation: | > | > Is sendmail supposed to be suid or something? | | Bingo. Ok, so should /usr/sbin/sendmail be suid root? (I'm not sure because sendmail is much more complex than exim is and has many more pieces) If

RE: vchkpw debian help request

2002-04-25 Thread justin cunningham
Pursuant I choose option 1 how do I tell dpkg to leave vpopmail alone? Thanks for the reply, justin -Original Message- From: Angus D Madden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:32 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: vchkpw debian help request justin cu

Re: Spamassassin tests help please

2002-04-25 Thread dman
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:14:32AM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: Do you use exim? Some of this stuff can be done at that level. In /etc/exim/exim.conf include something like this (may need to be adjusted for version 3.x) : system_filter = /etc/exim/system.filter system_filter_user = nobody

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

2002-04-25 Thread Grant Edwards
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:30:28AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > that seems to indicate that these files aren't owned by any package. > > > something like /etc/hostname is no more owned by a package than, say, > > > /etc is. > > > > I assumed that they were put there by the "configure" st

Re: sendmail half-works (more data)

2002-04-25 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin dman quotation: > > Is sendmail supposed to be suid or something? Bingo. -- Shawn McMahon| McMahon's Laws of Linux support: http://www.eiv.com | 1) There's more than one way to do it AIM: spmcmahonfedex, smcmahoneiv | 2) Somebody thinks your way is wro

Re: replacement for ical?

2002-04-25 Thread Jerome Lacoste \(Work\)
searched ical in packages.debian.org Found this "Current users of the popular program ical should definitely take a look at KOrganizer and compare features." I don't know if it can help. Perhaps it can import the ical files? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: XFS filesytem for debian LINUX

2002-04-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Greg C. Madden wrote on Thu Apr 25, 2002 um 08:14:15AM: > I did a google search on 'Debian xfs' and got the following. I have used > the 'rescue/bootdisk' bootbf2.4-xfs... works fine for a net install or > if you have local packages of Woody. I tried and failed to do an xfs > kernel from

Re: install debian 2.2.x on ciryx166Mhz 32 MRam EDO???

2002-04-25 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:49:00 GMT+1 "bernard bertrand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want install debian 2.2.1.3 > on old computer mother board asus with > Ciryx 166Mhz and 32MRam EDO. > Perhaps this 32MRam EDO is not sufficient > for this debian That would really depend on what you mean by "

Re: install debian 2.2.x on ciryx166Mhz 32 MRam EDO???

2002-04-25 Thread dman
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 05:49:00PM +, bernard bertrand wrote: | Hello, | | I want install debian 2.2.1.3 | on old computer mother board asus with | Ciryx 166Mhz and 32MRam EDO. | Perhaps this 32MRam EDO is not sufficient | for this debian | Help me please? No problem. I've got debian on

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