Re: tune2fs question

begin Paul 'Baloo' Johnson quotation: > So I was lucky when I did -j to a mounted filesystem? No, that's safe. Craig pgpMlZ78cX5Yd.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Making a boot floppy

On Fri May 03, 2002 at 10:29:58PM -0500, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > On Fri, 3 May 2002 20:24:11 -0700 (PDT) > "David Smead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My signature takes up 5 lines. > > I was referencing the signature of Dave Mallery. > > > > On Fri, 3 May 2002 20:36:57 -0600 (MDT) > > > "da

Re: move/rename in cvs

On 2002-05-03 14:13:27, Andrew Agno wrote: > Yes, use a different source code tracking system. Since CVS is based > on RCS, there's no metadata kept about file movement. See BitKeeper, > for instance: > http://www.bitkeeper.com/Products.Comparisons.CVS.html > > Also see arch, subversion: > http:

Re: Making a boot floppy

On Fri, 3 May 2002 20:24:11 -0700 (PDT) "David Smead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My signature takes up 5 lines. I was referencing the signature of Dave Mallery. > > On Fri, 3 May 2002 20:36:57 -0600 (MDT) > > "dave mallery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ^^^

Re: Making a boot floppy

My signature takes up 5 lines. Should I not replay with the message included? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 3 May 2002, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, 3 May 2002 20:36:57 -0600 (MDT) > "dave mallery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 3 May 2002, David

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Re: CDwriter

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 02:43:27PM +0200, Florian Struck wrote: > On Thursday 02 May 2002 23:15, Florian Struck wrote: > > Hi i have a question about writers. > -snip- > Ok thanks for all answers, a mix out of all of your suggestions and > recompiling my kernel with "sr_mod" (i forgot that one) di

Re: Making a boot floppy

On Fri, 3 May 2002 20:36:57 -0600 (MDT) "dave mallery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 3 May 2002, David Smead wrote: > > mkboot > (snip 12 line signature) Are 12 line signatures really needed when posting to a mailing list? Especially for 1 line posts? -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSU

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Re: Making a boot floppy

Thanks to everyone who new the mkboot command. Fortunately the machine boots of the hard drive, but not the floppy I made. I get a kernel panic. First it warns about needing a boot=option, then kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:02 I mounted the boot floppy and here's what lilo.co

Re: Making a boot floppy

On Fri, 3 May 2002, David Smead wrote: > Sorry for being so unskilled - > > I just installed a new kernel and would like to make a boot floppy. I've > wasted an hour on google and debian looking for how that is done. I.e. > shove a floppy into the drive and type ENTER. > > mkboot -- Da

Re: Reverse Depends on packages

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Mike Fedyk wrote: > Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages that > are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? deborphan does just this, debfoster is a little more flexible. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

tune2fs question

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Mike Dresser wrote: > WARNING >Never use tune2fs to change parameters of a read/write >mounted filesystem! Use this utility at your own risk. >You're modifying a filesystem! So I was lucky when I did -j to a mounted filesystem? -- Baloo --

Re: Making a boot floppy

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 07:05:01PM -0700, David Smead wrote: > I just installed a new kernel and would like to make a boot floppy. I've > wasted an hour on google and debian looking for how that is done. I.e. > shove a floppy into the drive and type ENTER. Type 'mkboot' ENTER. -- To UNSU

Re: Making a boot floppy

David Smead wrote: > Sorry for being so unskilled - > > I just installed a new kernel and would like to make a boot floppy. I've > wasted an hour on google and debian looking for how that is done. I.e. > shove a floppy into the drive and type ENTER. > mkboot -- David Raeker-Jordan mailt

Making a boot floppy

Sorry for being so unskilled - I just installed a new kernel and would like to make a boot floppy. I've wasted an hour on google and debian looking for how that is done. I.e. shove a floppy into the drive and type ENTER. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUB

Re: Procedure to set/install xfs filesystem for debian LINUX

On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 10:49, Deepak Kotian wrote: > Hi, > > Could someone please tell the Procedure to set/install xfs filesystem for > debian LINUX ? > > I would like to make a xfs file system on my debian LINUX box. Please let me > know if some > > has an idea, how to do it ? > > The kernel

Re: Reverse Depends on packages

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 06:31:03PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: [...] > Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages that > are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? [...] Check out deborphan. --j pgpI4jriUC0QZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Reverse Depends on packages

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Re: Accessing 2 POP mail servers

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:31:10PM +0200, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * Mike Alonzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-05-03 17:55]: > >how bout my From: header? > What about them? I guess he wants them to be in accordance to the popserver he got the email from when he replies. He could use Exim's head

Re: kernel source and image

On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 12:58:52AM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > > Hi ! > > I was wondering if kernel-image-2.4.18-686 and kernel-source-2.4.18 > matched ? Looks like they do: The kernel-image-2.4.18-686 has Package: kernel-image-2.4.18-686 Source: kernel-image-2.4.18-i386 Versi

Re: /dev/video

Try: 'insmode videodev' Thanks for the tip, but videodev had already been loaded. MAKEDEV still doesn't prduce a /dev/video. Do you have one? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /dev/video

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 04:11:17PM -0700, David Wright wrote: > I am running sid. I just plugged a Logitech Pro 3000 QuickCam into my > USB bus. After > # modprobe usbcore > # modprobe usb-uchi > # modprobe pwc > # lsusb > shows it being there, but there is no /dev/video0, which is what >

/dev/video

I am running sid. I just plugged a Logitech Pro 3000 QuickCam into my USB bus. After # modprobe usbcore # modprobe usb-uchi # modprobe pwc # lsusb shows it being there, but there is no /dev/video0, which is what applications like gnomemeeting look for. If I # cd /dev # ./MAKEDEV -v

kernel source and image

Hi ! I was wondering if kernel-image-2.4.18-686 and kernel-source-2.4.18 matched ? I'm asking that because I'm having a lot of problem insmoding new compiled modules (lots of unresolved symbols...). Thanks Antoine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: perl and dpkg

One thing that I would try is to download from an ftp mirror the relevant perl package by hand (with an ftp client or a web browser) and force install them with dpkg. I do not know if this will be any good but might worth trying. On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:08:18PM -0700, chb wrote: > Hello, > >

OT Story on Walmart PC, linux, and the winmodem

Somewhat OT for debian-user, but since there was a long thread on the Walmart PC and linux compatibility, there's a very interesting updated on the Winmodem problem: http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/05/02/1514240.shtml?tid=7 Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting changed

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Packages to run kernel 2.4.x on potato (release 26)

I have prepared the packages needed to run kernels up to 2.4.18 on a Debian 2.2r6 (potato) system. Please read [1] for more information. My packages will be available and and I'll make changes to them if needed at least as long as Debian gives support (especially regarding security fixes) for pot

RE:move/rename in cvs

dman writes: > > Sometimes I want to rename cvs-managed files or directories or I want > to move a file/dir to a different directory. The only way I have > found, so far, to do that is to go to $CVSROOT and manually change the > repository (potentially dangerous) or to remove and add the fil

Re: move/rename in cvs

On Fri, 3 May 2002 16:04:43 -0500 "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes I want to rename cvs-managed files or directories or I want > to move a file/dir to a different directory. The only way I have > found, so far, to do that is to go to $CVSROOT and manually change the > repository (pot

Re: move/rename in cvs

dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There must be a better way; what is it? Ah, fool you. No, there really isn't a better way, which is a big reason subversion is being developed. > Also, is there a way to create new projects other than > 'mkdir $CVSROOT/new_proj'?

Re: move/rename in cvs

dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [ don't have suggestions for first answer ] > Also, is there a way to create new projects other than 'mkdir > $CVSROOT/new_proj'? I can't checkout a project until it exists, and > I can't add a directory unless I have a local sandbox (which is > created by a chec

move/rename in cvs

Sometimes I want to rename cvs-managed files or directories or I want to move a file/dir to a different directory. The only way I have found, so far, to do that is to go to $CVSROOT and manually change the repository (potentially dangerous) or to remove and add the file accordingly (which loses a

Re: how to configure adsl?

#include andrej hocevar wrote on Thu May 02, 2002 um 02:51:29AM: > I'm helping a friend configure his first Debian/Linux box. He's got adsl > access to the internet but I don't really know what it is -- if I'm not AFAICS there are three or more ways of using DSL: - direct access - PPtP (simp

Re: Procedure to set/install xfs filesystem for debian LINUX

Thus spake Deepak Kotian last Sat, May 04, 2002 at 12:19:20AM +0530: > Hi, > > Could someone please tell the Procedure to set/install xfs filesystem for > debian LINUX ? > > I would like to make a xfs file system on my debian LINUX box. Please let me > know if some > > has an idea, how to do i

Fetchmail configuration

I'm trying to get my mail with fetchmail --ssl but it complains that my isp certificate is not trusted. But I know it is because it comes from Thawte Server CA. How can I configure fetchmail to accept certificates signed by some CA server? Or am I missing some OpenSSL configuration? Thanks, Carl

Re: OpenOffice 1.0 ,debs?

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 07:23:53AM -0700, ben wrote: > On Friday 03 May 2002 04:53 am, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > On Fri, 03 May 2002 17:32:24 +0800 > > "Patrick Hsieh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I didn't find a sources.list for it, but I installed the 1.4 j2sdk from > > Sun's site. The only

Re: how to configure adsl?

On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 06:49:56PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > pppoe. I don't think a 2.4 kernel is required (although it is a good > idea in any case). Unfortunately I'm not at my friend's computer right now, but I'd like to prepare a little for the next seance -- the last time, of course, I fai

Q: Debian 3.0 + NVIDIA Geforge 4 MX 440 = PROBLEM

Hi, I've got a problem with Debian 3.0 and NVIDIA Geforge 4 MX 440. I have downloaded drivers and compiled kernel+modules according instruction. X -probeonly recognize video card chipset. X -configure gives next message --- start of message -- XFree86 has found a valid c

Procedure to set/install xfs filesystem for debian LINUX

Hi,   Could someone please tell the Procedure to set/install xfs filesystem for debian LINUX ? I would like to make a xfs file system on my debian LINUX box. Please let me know if some has an idea, how to do it ? The kernel, which I am using is 2.4.18 upgraded from 2.2.19. I  tried sgi.com f

Re: Accessing 2 POP mail servers

Hi, * Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-05-03 17:10]: >You should write a configuration file for Fetchmail: >- - - Schnipp - - - >skip mail.isp.net > protocol pop3 > user Mike is mike > password secret >skip mail.free.com > protocol pop3 > user Alonzo is mike >

Re: Accessing 2 POP mail servers

Hi, * Mike Alonzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-05-03 17:55]: >how bout my From: header? What about them? Thorsten -- Every person shall have the right freely to inform himself without hindrance from generally accessible sources. - Grundgesetz, Article 5, Sec. 1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Debian Mirror (How To???)

On Fri, 3 May 2002 13:34:17 -0400 "David Roundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 10:22:39PM +0530, Vikash Kodati wrote: > > Use the debmirror package. It allows you to choose how much you want to > mirror. IIRC, there's a minor bug in the current version of debmirror (haven'

Re: gdm startup (xsession)

I'm not sure why, but it is now working! I did take out the '&' at the end of the 'exec wmaker&' file, and perhaps that is what did it (but I don't know why that didn't work before?). Anyway, I appreciate the help, and it is working fine now. Thanks. Ric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: OpenOffice 1.0 ,debs?

There are a lot more errors than that -- any file being copied from types/* to ~/share/cde yields an error. There is no /types dir in /usr/lib/openoffice, nor is there a /kde dir. This is a really boring way to spend a Friday morning. How much more do I have to look forward to? Cam * Chr

Re: OpenOffice 1.0 ,debs?

On Fri, 3 May 2002 07:23:53 -0700 "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so, is that the only choice, a manual non-deb install? That would probably depend highly on whether you wanted the latest version or not. > to take the > question further, is openoffice worth the effort? how does it differ > f

[Fwd: RE: Compiling for FreeS/WAN]

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Re: More PCMCIA woes...

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 10:29:24AM -0700, Andrew Agno wrote: > > I suspect my problems are unique to the modules I'm using: > > > > i82365: The i82365 module depends on isa-pnp. If the > > > > orinoco: It's not possible to build orinoco modules into the > > I use both the i82365 and the

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Re: ogle and audio volume

On Friday 03 May 2002 13:25, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > > Xine 9.9 has menu support. Or try adding xine-dvdnav for older versions. > > ok. but current xine version for woody is 0.9.8 and anyway I would like > ogle to work. i tried xine with 4d4 and dvdnav. played well but no menus > in 0.9.8. i do

router being slow

Hello, I recently (a couple of months ago) installed a router, debian stable with ipchains for firewall. The problem is that when I am using a pc that is after the router is slow. E.g. sshing to a box outside my network goes fine, but after a couple of minutes the connection is gone for a couple

Re: Debian Mirror (How To???)

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 10:22:39PM +0530, Vikash Kodati wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I was trying to make one of my Linux boxes a debian mirror. I was > wondering if I could have only the unstable version in the mirror. I do > have a fillfledged mirror in my univeristy. Please someone help me i

Re: gdm startup (xsession)

Right now my .xsession file has one line in it: exec wmaker& Do I need more than that? I have another linux machine (running xdm and not gdm) that doesn't have much more than that, and it works fine. I've found it doesn't make any difference if I remove the '&' or not; I've tried it both ways.

Re: More PCMCIA woes...

Grant Edwards writes: > On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 10:05:23AM -0700, Andrew Agno wrote: > > > I'm using the modules from the kernel image. > > Are the modules in /lib/modues//kernel/drivers/ Well, some stuff is--ds, i82* pcmcia_core, tcic and yenta_socket. > Do you have symlinks or modul

Re: More PCMCIA woes...

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 10:05:23AM -0700, Andrew Agno wrote: > I'm using the modules from the kernel image. Are the modules in /lib/modues//kernel/drivers/ Do you have symlinks or modules in /lib/modules//pcmcia? I suspect my problems are unique to the modules I'm using: i82365: The i8236

evolution: printig bug: resolved?

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Re: ATI Radeon

> I'd like to know if the latest Debian version can > support the ATI Radeon video chip, and if it doesn't, > where I can find a driver for it. > Has anybody tried to put the latest Debian version on > a Sony PCG-GR214 laptop ? I can't find any information > about it on the net. Can't help you w

Re: Unknown HZ value! (16) Assume 100 error

On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 17:32, Paul Gonsior wrote: > Can I get an idea of what this message means please when I perform a ps x? Let me guess; this is on a machine that's been on for a while, isn't it? It's a known kernel bug, in that there's an arithmetic overflow in calculating the uptime after 2^

Re: More PCMCIA woes...

I'm using the modules from the kernel image. Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: More PCMCIA woes...

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:30:54AM -0700, Andrew Agno wrote: > Grant Edwards writes: > > Somebody else out there must be using PCMCIA support. It > > simply _can't_ be as broken as it appears to be. > > I don't think it is. On my testing box, the stock 2.4.17 kernel and > pcmcia modules works

Re: OpenOffice 1.0 ,debs?

On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 09:04, Addis Perez wrote: > -- Original Message -- > >Which java version? > >Where can I get those .debs ? > > There are no *.deb's for the recent versions of Java. I have yet to install > OpenOffice, so I do not know which Java versi

Re: gdm login problem

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Re: gdm startup (xsession)

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:35:39AM -0700, Richard Otte wrote: > Hi, > I have gdm installed, but am unable to have any commands executed at > startup in .xsession or .xinitrc. I have the line > exec wmaker& > in my .xsession file, but when I choose xsession in gdm the screen goes > blank and I'm sh

Re: gdm startup (xsession)

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:35:39AM -0700, Richard Otte wrote: > Hi, Hi > exec wmaker& Get rid of that &. You don't want the window manager backgrounded. > Ric > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >

Debian Mirror (How To???)

Hi everybody, I was trying to make one of my Linux boxes a debian mirror. I was wondering if I could have only the unstable version in the mirror. I do have a fillfledged mirror in my univeristy. Please someone help me in making an unstable mirror from a full fledged mirror. Thanking you all

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting changed

On Friday 03 May 2002 2:54 pm, ben wrote: > sounds mighty strange. can you post the original and the modification? i've I have a small DNS setup on my home LAN. tbird2 is the main server (192.168.1.2) and is the DNS server. vaiow is my laptop, and it's the machine that keeps getting its /etc/re

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting changed

On 2002.05.03 14:41 John Hasler wrote: Dougie writes: > Every so often, presumably after an apt-get upgrade dist-upgrade, my > /etc/resolv.conf file gets modified,... What does it get changed to? Are you using ppp? If so did you configure ppp with pppconfig? If so, what did you select in "Con

Re: Checking hard disk for errors each time machine starts?

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Charlie Grosvenor wrote: > Hi > > I am using woody and would like my hard disk to be checked > every time the machine starts up. How do I set it up to do this? from tune2fs(8) -c max-mount-counts adjust the maximal mounts count between

RE:More PCMCIA woes...

Grant Edwards writes: > Somebody else out there must be using PCMCIA support. It > simply _can't_ be as broken as it appears to be. I don't think it is. On my testing box, the stock 2.4.17 kernel and pcmcia modules works fine. Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: ogle and audio volume

Il ven, 2002-05-03 alle 14:58, Daniel Mlodecki ha scritto: > On Friday 03 May 2002 05:59, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > > I'm runnig ogle-mmx to play dvds in my woody (far better than xine, that > > has no menus). it works well but the volume is too low. it's far lower > > Xine 9.9 has menu support.

Re: Problem with /etc/init.d/pcmcia

> The questions I really asked were: > > 1) Why not used modprobe in the pcmcia_cs case? Because modprobe might pick the wrong modules if others exist. Using insmod allows the script to ignore the search order that modprobe would use. > 2) Why ignore the options from /etc/default/pcmcia in th

Re: Accessing 2 POP mail servers

Mike Alonzo wrote this message last Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:52:31PM +0800: > I have 2 pop mail accounts(1 from the ISP and 1 is free). How should > I access the second one? i have a mutt-exim-procmail-fetchmail setup here. > This is what i want to do: > > 1st pop mail account: > subscribed to vari

Problems with remote X-connection

Hi I am having problems with the remote X-connection. Trying to explain: In a certain Debian box: I can't connect to a remote machine and run an X-application in my screen. I can connect from a remote machine and run an X-application in the remote machine screen. What will be the problem? Wh

More PCMCIA woes...

Since /etc/init.d/pcmcia won't work with modules built as part of the kernel build, I thought I'd try using the modules from the pcmcia-modules package. That doesn't work either. The only way to get the pcmcia-modules package to build the orinoco modules is to enable "wireless LAN / orinoco" in

gdm startup (xsession)

Hi, I have gdm installed, but am unable to have any commands executed at startup in .xsession or .xinitrc. I have the line exec wmaker& in my .xsession file, but when I choose xsession in gdm the screen goes blank and I'm shortly returned to the gdm login session. I can login by choosing windowma

Checking hard disk for errors each time machine starts?

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FW: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting changed

I too had this problem when I was using dhcp on my Woody (recent installation). Initially I was not sure of the reason, but later figured out that it was the dhcp client. There used to a "^M" at the end of each line in resolv.conf. A few days later our sysadm issued me a static ip, as per the st

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Hi all, Some time ago there was a thread asking about the limit of ~300 processes allowed by the kernel and no more. Actually, in 2.4 kernels, that is not necessarily imposed by ulimit but by the kernel limit set in the /proc directory. /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max By default, this is set to

Re: Accessing 2 POP mail servers

How about adding lines for each isp in your .fetchmailrc file? poll [EMAIL PROTECTED] with proto POP3 user there with password is here poll [EMAIL PROTECTED] with proto POP3 user there with password is here You can fetch from any number of servers this way (and if you set it up as ro

Re: Accessing 2 POP mail servers

> "Mike" == Mike Alonzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mike> I have 2 pop mail accounts(1 from the ISP and 1 is Mike> free). How should I access the second one? i have a Mike> mutt-exim-procmail-fetchmail setup here. This is what i Mike> want to do: Mike> 1st pop mail accoun

Re: Accessing 2 POP mail servers

Hi, * Mike Alonzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-05-03 15:52]: >I have 2 pop mail accounts(1 from the ISP and 1 is free). How should >I access the second one? i have a mutt-exim-procmail-fetchmail setup here. You should write a configuration file for Fetchmail: - - - Schnipp - - - skip mail.isp.net

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting changed

Dougie writes: > Every so often, presumably after an apt-get upgrade dist-upgrade, my > /etc/resolv.conf file gets modified,... What does it get changed to? Are you using ppp? If so did you configure ppp with pppconfig? If so, what did you select in "Configure Nameservers"? -- John Hasler [EMA

Re: OpenOffice 1.0 ,debs?

On Friday 03 May 2002 04:53 am, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, 03 May 2002 17:32:24 +0800 > > "Patrick Hsieh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Peter Whysall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > Is there any sources.list for j2sdk 1.4 or j2re1.4? > > I didn't find a sources.list for it, but I install

Re: GnomeCal and Evolution

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 02:24:59PM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: > Hi, [ Long lines wrapped ] > > I have just reinstalled Woody from scratch and there is a small > cosmetic feature in Gnome. On the menu panel is a small clock that is > a fixture to the panel at the right hand side. It pulls up a

Re: OpenOffice 1.0 ,debs?

-- Original Message -- >Which java version? >Where can I get those .debs ? There are no *.deb's for the recent versions of Java. I have yet to install OpenOffice, so I do not know which Java version it requires. Just go to java.sun.com and download the l

Nautilus Help

I have just started to use Nautilus and I really rather like it, I especially like the Help tab and the way it supplies you with all the help docs, What I find strange that only a few of the docs come up when selected and that what normally happens is path/file name appears in the location bar a

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting changed

On Friday 03 May 2002 03:14 am, Dougie Nisbet wrote: > Every so often, presumably after an apt-get upgrade dist-upgrade, my > /etc/resolv.conf file gets modified, and my DNS stops working. I then > manually edit the file back to how I want, and say to myself, I Really Must > Find Out What Causes Th

Accessing 2 POP mail servers

I have 2 pop mail accounts(1 from the ISP and 1 is free). How should I access the second one? i have a mutt-exim-procmail-fetchmail setup here. This is what i want to do: 1st pop mail account: subscribed to various mailing lists. 2nd account: subscribe to various mailing list also. does fetchma

ATI Radeon

Hello everybody ! I'd like to know if the latest Debian version can support the ATI Radeon video chip, and if it doesn't, where I can find a driver for it. Has anybody tried to put the latest Debian version on a Sony PCG-GR214 laptop ? I can't find any information about it on the net. Thank you

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting changed

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 11:14:08AM +0100, Dougie Nisbet wrote: | Every so often, presumably after an apt-get upgrade dist-upgrade, my | /etc/resolv.conf file gets modified, and my DNS stops working. I then | manually edit the file back to how I want, and say to myself, I Really Must | Find Out W

GnomeCal and Evolution

Hi, I have just reinstalled Woody from scratch and there is a small cosmetic feature in Gnome. On the menu panel is a small clock that is a fixture to the panel at the right hand side. It pulls up a small PIM called "gnomecal", but it would seem that "gnomecal" is balking at my setup. I get an

Re: ogle and audio volume

On Friday 03 May 2002 05:59, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > I'm runnig ogle-mmx to play dvds in my woody (far better than xine, that > has no menus). it works well but the volume is too low. it's far lower Xine 9.9 has menu support. Or try adding xine-dvdnav for older versions. - Dan -- To UNSUBS

Re: OpenOffice.org & Woody

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 10:52:09AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > Not tried it yet, but I've got another question. Why isn't openoffice > > available via the debian mirrors? Is this because nobody ever bothered > > to package it properly or are there some licence issues? > > No fundamental reason

Re: Gimp - Image resolution is out of bounds, using default resolution instead.

Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The Gimp works at 72 or 96 ppi(pixels per inch). No, it doesn't. This is one of the most commonly held misconceptions about digital resolutions. First, about image resolution. There's a tag within most image formats which contains the number of pixel

Re: CDwriter

On Thursday 02 May 2002 23:15, Florian Struck wrote: > Hi i have a question about writers. -snip- Ok thanks for all answers, a mix out of all of your suggestions and recompiling my kernel with "sr_mod" (i forgot that one) did the job =). Now im gonna burn,burn,burn Cheers Florian -- To UNSUBSC

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting changed

Dougie Nisbet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Every so often, presumably after an apt-get upgrade dist-upgrade, my > /etc/resolv.conf file gets modified, and my DNS stops working. I then > manually edit the file back to how I want, and say to myself, I Really > Must Find Out What Causes That - then f

Re: Thanks!

--- Jianbo Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks! > > I am afraid that there is message on the screen that > said "please insert > CD 2" like Redhat. > > Regards! > > Jianbo > That's most likely because you selected some stuff for installation that was not on the first CD. Also,

Re: Building 'internal' deb packages?

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 06:02:27PM +0800, Vincent W.S. Tam wrote: > Dear all, > > We're using Debian 2.2 for most of our systems. We've also tried bunk's > packages to include some early Woody packages added to our machines to > allow us to run kernel 2.4. > > Now, for some reasons we'd like to

Re: OpenOffice.org & Woody

On Thu, 2 May 2002 23:53:58 -0700 "Jaye Inabnit ke6sls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone been able to get openoffice.org (via the debs) installed and > running on a Woody Intel box? Installed it yesterday on my Woody box. Just needed to installed java and all was happy (see earlier threa

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