Re: Force password change on first logon on Debian Box

2002-06-07 Thread Vineet Kumar
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020607 20:40]: > I need to force the users to change their password on first > logon. How can I do this on a Debian Box? Taken from passwd(1): If you wish to immediately expire an accounts password, you can use the -e option. T

Re: Force password change on first logon on Debian Box

2002-06-07 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 12:40:10AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I need to force the users to change their password on first > logon. How can I do this on a Debian Box? $ passwd -e Seems the adduser script doesn't have a way to force this as the default behavior?? -- Eric G. Mi

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jeronimo Pellegrini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020607 14:52]: > Two banks on which I have accounts, for example... One of them will only > allow IE or Netscape 4.*, and the other just won't work with Gecko (the > browser just dies after a certain applet is used). > > Bank #2 just doesn't care. Well,

iomega parallel port zip drive

2002-06-07 Thread robert jorgenson
Ok i had this working fine under my 2.2 distrobution kernel(debian) with modprobe ppa. i Decided to compile a 2.4 kernel and i an trying to get it to work correctly. Right now i have scsi support enabled, scsi disk support enabled, the ppa module compiled in as a module, and parallel printing en

Force password change on first logon on Debian Box

2002-06-07 Thread daniellf
I need to force the users to change their password on first logon. How can I do this on a Debian Box? Regards, Daniel Fernandes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GNOME 2.x debs?

2002-06-07 Thread Dale Hair
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 21:56, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:42:53PM -0400, Mike Frisch wrote: > > | I have been running GNOME 2.x on RedHat for a few weeks now and it seems > | to work pretty well. > > Huh. Is that like gcc 2.96 -- grab a cvs snapshot and call it stabl

Re: this post is not off-topic

2002-06-07 Thread Brian Nelson
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 22:16, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > >> It is. > > Glad we agree. > > >> I don't know a whole lot about PPC, but M68K is much better designed >> that x86. > > Yes, it is. Very much better designed. The i386 is what, 32-bit > e

Re: GNOME 2.x debs?

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:42:53PM -0400, Mike Frisch wrote: | I have been running GNOME 2.x on RedHat for a few weeks now and it seems | to work pretty well. Huh. Is that like gcc 2.96 -- grab a cvs snapshot and call it stable? Or are they labeled as pre-release? -D -- If we claim to be wit

Re: this post is not off-topic

2002-06-07 Thread Brian Nelson
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 16:17, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > >> What!? PPC takes priority!? I thought you didn't want to support >> obscure architectures! > > I think this whole which architecture takes priority is silly. The argument, or at least

Re: Re:Re: Beginning to try to secure my box. Thanks so far

2002-06-07 Thread bill traynor
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 22:15, arthur_dent wrote: > Thanks so far to all who replied to my earlier post asking about uninstalling > a few services/programs to try to secure this box. > > I have downloaded and printed out the Securing Debian Manual and am beginning > to wade my way through. My big

Re: X server problems in Woody

2002-06-07 Thread bill traynor
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 18:49, Helgi Örn wrote: > Hello all! > > I've been trying to configure the X-server in my new Woody installation > on a box with only supported hardware. In the days of XFree86 3.3.6 the > configuration was as easy as apple pie, in Woody it's a real PITA. > My question is: wh

Re:Re: Beginning to try to secure my box. Thanks so far

2002-06-07 Thread arthur_dent
Thanks so far to all who replied to my earlier post asking about uninstalling a few services/programs to try to secure this box. I have downloaded and printed out the Securing Debian Manual and am beginning to wade my way through. My biggest problem here is the assumptions the authors make abo

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Brian Nelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeronimo Pellegrini) writes: > Let me say something here... > >> Many sites? Interesting. I have only found one site lately that does not work >> with galeon / mozilla, and it uses flash heavily. >> >> Could you elaborate on what you mean by "do not work?" Examples? > > Two ban

Re: this post is not off-topic

2002-06-07 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 22:16, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > It is. Glad we agree. > I don't know a whole lot about PPC, but M68K is much better designed > that x86. Yes, it is. Very much better designed. The i386 is what, 32-bit extensions to a 16-bit version of an 8-bit core? Or did it start

Re: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP

2002-06-07 Thread Bob Underwood
my previous message was mistakenly sent to you and not the list. i later forwarded it to the list and it's not appeared (here) yet. the two projects i found at freshmeat do come as tar.gz files which come as source code. i'm not looked closely enough at the code to remember how much about the

Newbie attempting to install Debian

2002-06-07 Thread Rick
Hello, I recently got excited about the possibility of switching to Linux, and never having to use Microsoft Windows again. While I am a programmer, and used Unix many years ago, I am a complete newbie to Linux. I've chosen to try to install Debian because I respect open source code and because of

Re: this post is not off-topic

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 09:54:46PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: | On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 16:17, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | | > What!? PPC takes priority!? I thought you didn't want to support | > obscure architectures! | | I think this whole which architecture takes priority is silly. I

Re: this post is not off-topic

2002-06-07 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 16:17, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > What!? PPC takes priority!? I thought you didn't want to support > obscure architectures! I think this whole which architecture takes priority is silly. As a correction only, I'd like to point out that 10-15% of desktop computers sold

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 07:07, D.J. Bolderman wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if there are any debian users on this list who control > their X10 stuff with their debian machine? Is it possible ? > Regards > Dick I use a combination of xtend and heyu to control my CM11a and listen and respond to ev

Re: New woody install - INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init.d/rcS"

2002-06-07 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 23:56, Andy Saxena wrote: > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 06:15:24PM -0400, Matt Miller wrote: > > I just installed woody (from a pile of 1.4M floppies) onto my circa 1994 > > Intel 486. When trying to boot off the hard drive or off my boot floppy > > everything looks fine until

Re: Mondo Archive

2002-06-07 Thread Dale Hair
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 16:40, Brian Rose wrote: > Has anyone gotten the mondoarchive to work in Debian? I tried it before > it was added as a package, but it didn't restore correctly. Problems > with Lilo is all I remember now though. I've backed up two systems to a nfs partition but I haven't tr

Re: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP

2002-06-07 Thread Robert Ian Smit
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 07:58:45PM -0400, FreeportWeb Debian Support Account wrote: > Someone asked about pop-up's. Yeah, it still has them, and it always > will as long as the product uses the IE control for its landing screen. > When you open Kazaa and Kazaa Lite (which is the same thing), you

Re: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP

2002-06-07 Thread Brian Dessent
FreeportWeb Debian Support Account wrote: > When you open Kazaa and Kazaa Lite (which is the same thing), you > get a browser interface, this is where the popups are coming from -- > right from the site. Not much you can do about that. I use adshield for ie, and I have never once gotten a popup

Re: Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread marshal
> "Andrew" == Andrew Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrew> Hi ! Just started with Debian (woody). I'm by no means Andrew> an expert so need the online help. Unfortunalty, Gnome Andrew> help doesn't seem to be installed (Clicking on the ? in Andrew> the Gnome panel just b

Re: Thanks and > questions Was: Upgrade to Woody

2002-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 01:16:03AM +0100, Paladin wrote: > One of the first problems I noticed is that Eterm, even being a version > superior to the one I had compiled myself, lacks some options (like > shading). I guess these are compile time options. So I need to compile the > source of Eterm. Th

Thanks and > questions Was: Upgrade to Woody

2002-06-07 Thread Paladin
First of all I'd like to thank you all for the help you gave me. Finally I've got Woody!!! =) If you have some final advises, I all "open" to them! Now I have some questions: One of the first problems I noticed is that Eterm, even being a version superior to the one I had compiled myself, lacks s

KDE on Woody 2.4.19

2002-06-07 Thread FreeportWeb Debian Support Account
I'm struggling a little with a Woody installation and KDE, I have the 2.4.18 kernel. I installed XFree86, works great. startx comes up, looks good, runs fine, twm is even running... Now, I would like to install KDE 3.0.x, which I want as my default desktop, but i'm running into issues both doin

Re: Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 08:31:42PM +0200, Andrew Fowler wrote: > Just started with Debian (woody). I'm by no means an expert so need the > online help. Unfortunalty, Gnome help doesn't seem to be installed > (Clicking on the ? in the Gnome panel just brings up a browser with the > msg: Could not l

RE: HELP: Wine + KaZaA Lite Problems

2002-06-07 Thread FreeportWeb Debian Support Account
Yes. Your wine configuration is probably suspect. Thats a common error when your trying to run a windows application that can't find the appropriate dll's. Try the command line option to specify the location of the shlwap.dll (as well as others that you'll need). Use the real DLL's... I actually

RE: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP

2002-06-07 Thread FreeportWeb Debian Support Account
>> How can you be sure that kazza lite contains no spyware when you have no >> access to the source code? Because he provides several utilities on his site to remove SpyWare. I'm sure if he owned the source code, he'd open it up... His version is simply a "hacked" version that removes the crap the

Re: HELP: Wine + KaZaA Lite Problems

2002-06-07 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 01:57:53PM -0400, Oleg wrote: > Am I using Wine incorrectly? Did you try using the DLLs that came with Wine? > P.S. Let's not discuss whether it's good or bad to use KaZaA. My question is > a technical one. I'd much rather u

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Re: Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread Andrew Fowler
dpkg -l gnome-help produces the following: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescript

X server problems in Woody

2002-06-07 Thread Helgi Örn
Hello all! I've been trying to configure the X-server in my new Woody installation on a box with only supported hardware. In the days of XFree86 3.3.6 the configuration was as easy as apple pie, in Woody it's a real PITA. My question is: what is THE tool to configure the X-server in Woody? I've m

Re: Forcing 9600 or less kbps on modem - URGENT HELP!

2002-06-07 Thread Michal Zachar
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 05:50:38PM -0700, curtis wrote: > What do I need to do in order to set up the modem on a dial-in server so > that the maximum speed is no greater than 9600? > > I would have thought that the parameters in /etc/mgetty/mgetty.config > would be sufficient (yes, I am using mg

Re: GNOME 2.x debs?

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 05:38:43PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > Well, no, because GNOME 2.x hasn't been released yet, and nobody has > created a working time machine. ;-) Now for GNOME 2.x prereleases and > snapshots... Ok, sorry I wasn't more clear. > Having said that, the packages seem to be wo

Re: ftp.kernel.org

2002-06-07 Thread Gary Hennigan
ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > anyone know what's happening at kernel.org? ftp connections are being > rejected. i also can't read the mirrors list. is there an alternate site to > ftp kernel sources? Well, there's the debian source packages, e.g., kernel-source-2.4.18. You can also try the

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread p
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:27:11PM +, p wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:01:40AM -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > Ok, running gnome at work. Been useing Sawfish-gnome as my window > > manager. I'm having problems with the system hanging randomly with no > > error messages, etc

Re: Woody insecurities?

2002-06-07 Thread Jason Lunz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I'm running Woody here at work and I was just wondering, since Woody > is frozen, if there is a security bug found for one of it packages my > machine will be vulnerable until Woody releases and security fixes > start showing up for the new stable? Yes. For instance, righ

Re: kernel compile in woody

2002-06-07 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! thanks a lot to everyone who answered my post! Marcelo On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 20:40:35 +0200 "Joris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > are the steps to compile a new kernel in woody the same as in > > potato? > > I don't know about potato, but in woody, the easies

ftp.kernel.org

2002-06-07 Thread ben
anyone know what's happening at kernel.org? ftp connections are being rejected. i also can't read the mirrors list. is there an alternate site to ftp kernel sources? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Log message: dditional sense indicates Tracking servo failure

2002-06-07 Thread Thorsten Manegold
Once upon a time around Friday, 7. June 2002 20:38, in a galaxy far, far away someone known as Robin Putters wrote: > On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 18:09, Thorsten Manegold wrote: > > I found the following message in the kern.log. What does it mean? > > If it means that my HD is about to quit on me, how

Non-Browser Compliance (RE: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?)

2002-06-07 Thread Jeremy Turner
On a similar note, the latest version of a 'web-based' application that my school uses for trouble-ticket tracking (RightNow) will not work with any non-IE browsers. A few people have complained, and I hope they do something about it. I hate having to use two machines, VMWare, rdesktop, or the li

Re: Log message: dditional sense indicates Tracking servo failure

2002-06-07 Thread Thorsten Manegold
Once upon a time around Friday, 7. June 2002 20:36, in a galaxy far, far away someone known as Mike Dresser wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Thorsten Manegold wrote: > > === > > Jun 6 20:18:58 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates > > Tracking servo failure > > Jun 6

kbdconfig - UK keyboard

2002-06-07 Thread Lee
Hi,   I have just installed debian 2.2r6.  The problem I am having is that I cannot get it to accept a UK keyboard.   When I do the test it works fine, so I select the optiond to  save and active immediately, but the keyboard is still setup wrong.  The most obvisous evidence to this is that

ISO-8859-15

2002-06-07 Thread Paladin
Why doesn't Euro in linux have the same ASCII code as Windows? At least, in IRC it doesn't seem to be... Thanks -- Paladin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: howto manage programs compiled from source ???

2002-06-07 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Michael" == Michael D Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Michael> It is also clear to me that such self compiled programs are not Michael> known to the package management databases and, therefore, are Michael> susceptible to being broken by subsequent package manager Michael> instal

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread DvB
Walter Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:46:57AM -0400, Bruce wrote: > > Unfortunately, many sites I need to access EXPRESSLY DO NOT WORK with > > Mozilla > > or Netscape 6.0. These are unfortunately some of the most important sites I > > need to access, including so

Re: howto manage programs compiled from source ???

2002-06-07 Thread David Z Maze
"Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where is some howto explaining ins and outs and options to managing > programs compiled from source under debian? I'm not sure if there's any concise documentation out there, but... > Clearly, one reason to choose debian is apt/dpkg/dselect, et a

Re: GNOME 2.x debs?

2002-06-07 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Mike" == Mike Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mike> Has anybody put together debs of GNOME 2.x? If so, where might I Mike> get them? (I searched the mailing-list archives and am surprised Mike> nobody else has asked) Well, no, because GNOME 2.x hasn't been released yet, and nobody has

Mondo Archive

2002-06-07 Thread Brian Rose
Has anyone gotten the mondoarchive to work in Debian? I tried it before it was added as a package, but it didn't restore correctly. Problems with Lilo is all I remember now though. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: howto manage programs compiled from source ???

2002-06-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Jun-2002 Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > Where is some howto explaining ins and outs and options to managing > programs compiled from source under debian? > > Clearly, one reason to choose debian is apt/dpkg/dselect, et al. > However, as we know, some programs may have to be compiled from s

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Michel Loos
Em Sex, 2002-06-07 às 15:36, Robert Webb escreveu: > > > Brooks R. Robinson wrote: > > >| check for this . I looked in the /proc directory and did a cat of cpu > >| but it only showed one processor at 500MHZ. > >| > >| Am I looking in the wrong place??? > > > >Greetings, > > A cat of /proc/c

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
Let me say something here... > Many sites? Interesting. I have only found one site lately that does not work > with galeon / mozilla, and it uses flash heavily. > > Could you elaborate on what you mean by "do not work?" Examples? Two banks on which I have accounts, for example... One of them wil

Re: Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread Glyn Millington
Andrew Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi ! > > Just started with Debian (woody). I'm by no means an expert so need the > online help. Unfortunalty, Gnome help doesn't seem to be installed > (Clicking on the ? in the Gnome panel just brings up a browser with the > msg: Could not load default

Changing refresh rate in X

2002-06-07 Thread Alex Malinovich
I've got my monitor connected to my laptop so I can work at my desk easier. The laptop's native resolution is 1400x1050 which my monitor can display, but only at 65Hz. I've tried adding [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a resolution, but since the modeline is explicitly defined (I got the XF86Config-4 straight

Woody insecurities?

2002-06-07 Thread Jorge Santos
Hello, I'm running Woody here at work and I was just wondering, since Woody is frozen, if there is a security bug found for one of it packages my machine will be vulnerable until Woody releases and security fixes start showing up for the new stable? TIA Jorge -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Bruce ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020607 09:01]: > I am running Debian Woody/SID. I generally use Konqueror for browsing, though > for some sites, I use Netscape v. 4.77, as Konqueror doesn't work well with > them. > > I had Mozilla 1.0RC-2 installed, but had never run it until today. Looks > great.

Re: Question with $? in bash, with chains of commands

2002-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
> > smbtar -s $username -x $share -p $password -t - | gzip -1 > $filename.tar.gz > > if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then > > # rotate the backup; > > fi; > > # else go on to the next machine > > > > The problem is, $? reports the result of the last command, which is gzip, > > which will ALWAYS repor

Re: Pontification: Unfreeze Woody?

2002-06-07 Thread John Hasler
Jamin W. Collins writes: > I guess I'm just curious as to what other peoples thoughts are on this. It is impossible to comment intelligently on your suggestion without knowing approximately how much longer it will be until the infrastructure situation is resolved. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel compile in woody

2002-06-07 Thread Stephen A. Witt
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > are the steps to compile a new kernel in woody the same as in potato? > Yes. The easiest way, IMHO, is to use the kernel-package method, which is well documented in /usr/doc/kernel-package/README after you have that package installed. -

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread René Seindal
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:31:43AM -0500, DvB wrote: > Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't believe Mozilla does any such thing. I think you're running > into the sometimes very annoying ns_remote feature in Netscape 4.x/6.x > which is meant to save startup time when there's already an insta

Fwd: Re: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP

2002-06-07 Thread Bob Underwood
oops, blindly hit reply in kmail without getting the "to" address correct. bob -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 14:39:04 -0400 From: Bob Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Friday 07 June 2002 10:08, FreeportWeb Debian Support

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread ben
On Friday 07 June 2002 09:51 am, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:39:30AM -0300, O Senhor wrote: > | hello, > | Do you know about this error message, that appears when i want compile > | my kernel? > | > | as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s > | make[1]: as86: Command

Re: Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-07 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:18:01AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > Probably. More significant though, is marketing. Most of us here agree > that Windows isn't the best OS around, but it's got the largest userbase > because of marketing and because it's what comes preinstalled on most PCs. "Market

setting up a debian system

2002-06-07 Thread Jonathan Hammar
I am interested in setting up a debian or linux system as a mail server. I've chosen Stalker's Communigate pro as a slick mail package. Has anyone installed Communigate on a debian box? Also, what do you suggest as the best backup solution in terms of tape backup for a debian mail server? Any r

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread ben
On Friday 07 June 2002 07:39 am, O Senhor wrote: > hello, > Do you know about this error message, that appears when i want compile > my kernel? > > --- > make[1]: Entering directory > `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/arch/i386/boot' > cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/include -E > -

Re: kernel compile in woody

2002-06-07 Thread Stephan Hachinger
Hi! I've always been compiling the kernel without use of make-kpkg etc., and so it just stayed the same for me. But I also think that the make-kpkg way has stayed the same. I've recommended it to some friends and I did it like this in woody (on my friends' machines): -make-kpkg --bzimage --conf

Re: kernel compile in woody

2002-06-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Jun-2002 Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > are the steps to compile a new kernel in woody the same as in potato? > yep: apt-get install kernel-package acquire the kernel source (perhaps via apt-get install kernel-source-version) cd /usr/src unpack kernel cd kernel directory configure

howto manage programs compiled from source ???

2002-06-07 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Where is some howto explaining ins and outs and options to managing programs compiled from source under debian? Clearly, one reason to choose debian is apt/dpkg/dselect, et al. However, as we know, some programs may have to be compiled from source. It is also clear to me that such self compiled

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread John Hasler
Robert Webb writes: > I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium > III processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is > recognizing both processors. 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' on this machine gives: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family

Re: kernel compile in woody

2002-06-07 Thread Joris
Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > are the steps to compile a new kernel in woody the same as in potato? I don't know about potato, but in woody, the easiest way is: (as root) # apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18 kernel-package fakeroot (now login as normal user, after adding him to group 'src') # cd

Re: Log message: dditional sense indicates Tracking servo failure

2002-06-07 Thread Robin Putters
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 18:09, Thorsten Manegold wrote: > I found the following message in the kern.log. What does it mean? If it > means that my HD is about to quit on me, how do I find out which > harddisk is affected? > Yes, one of your disks is dying.. Check the ide-smart package, it should

Re: debconf broken

2002-06-07 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:22:22PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Ross Vandegrift wrote: > > Undefined subroutine &Getopt::Long::Configure called at > > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 73. > > It would appear that you have a broken perl installation somehow. > Confirm with: > > perl -we 'use s

Re: kernel compile in woody

2002-06-07 Thread Simon Law
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 01:31:08PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > are the steps to compile a new kernel in woody the same as in potato? > > TIA Yes, you still apt-get install kernel-source-xxx. You still untar it and make *config. You still use kernel-package to make a pac

Re: Log message: dditional sense indicates Tracking servo failure

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Dresser
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Thorsten Manegold wrote: > === > Jun 6 20:18:58 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Tracking > servo failure > Jun 6 20:19:00 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Tracking > servo failure Got a tape drive in that machine? Maybe SCSI

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Robert Webb
Brooks R. Robinson wrote: | check for this . I looked in the /proc directory and did a cat of cpu | but it only showed one processor at 500MHZ. | | Am I looking in the wrong place??? Greetings, A cat of /proc/cpuinfo should give a listing for each cpu. I get two for the two on my bo

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Loren Jordan
When you reboot this machine, do you see 1 or 2 penguins on the screen (if you see any at all) You can also do something like this, run top in one window (console) and then dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null If you see ~50% cpu idle, you have more than 1 cpu working... This little dd trick will use

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
I believe the packaged kernels do not support SMP. When I cat /proc/cpuinfo, I see both my CPU's. Unless there are other packages available, you will need to build your own kernel. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Robin Putters
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 16:46, Bruce wrote: > > Given the fact that, unfortunately, there are still many sites that do not > work with mozilla, but do work with Netscape 4.77, is this a wise behaviour? > Did you install mozilla-psm for accessing thos sites? You need it if they do https... Robin

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread Robert L. Harris
Yeah, I actually went after hardware first. I completely replaced the computer. The only thing copied between them was $HOME for my personal account. Thus spake John Cichy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 14:05:28 -0400 > From: John Cichy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Robert L. H

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread p
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:01:40AM -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > Ok, running gnome at work. Been useing Sawfish-gnome as my window > manager. I'm having problems with the system hanging randomly with no > error messages, etc. The only thing I haven't eliminated yet is sawfish > and gno

Re: debconf broken

2002-06-07 Thread Joey Hess
Ross Vandegrift wrote: > After the dist-upgrade finished, it left debconf utterly broken. I > installed dialog and went to turn on the dialog interface with > "dpkg-reconfigure debconf". debconf now just says: > > Undefined subroutine &Getopt::Long::Configure called at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread John Cichy
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 10:01:40 -0600 "Robert L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Although this is not a window manager suggestion, I would like to offer something that I just went through. I experenced 'random' hangs and was blaming the WM after changing to another, still experenced the same thin

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Walter Reed
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:46:57AM -0400, Bruce wrote: > Unfortunately, many sites I need to access EXPRESSLY DO NOT WORK with Mozilla > or Netscape 6.0. These are unfortunately some of the most important sites I > need to access, including some online banking sites, subscription based legal > r

GNOME 2.x debs?

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Frisch
Has anybody put together debs of GNOME 2.x? If so, where might I get them? (I searched the mailing-list archives and am surprised nobody else has asked) Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

SCSI will not compile into kernel

2002-06-07 Thread Robert Webb
Hi everyone. I am trying to compile a 2.4.18 kernel and am running into problems when the SCSI section tries to complete. I downloaded the kernel from kernel.org and have tried many time to get it to work. Can anyone give me an idea as to what I may be doing wrong?? The error I get when doing m

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:15:00AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote: | On 2002.06.07 01:16 Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | >On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:51:16AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: | >| Hello Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | >| | >| What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT? | > | >Suppos

HELP: Wine + KaZaA Lite Problems

2002-06-07 Thread Oleg
(Wine can not load a native DLL) Hi I installed wine version 20020411 on my Debian Woody system, and configured it to use ~/.wine/fake_windows. Then I put the 9 DLLs required for KaZaA off a Windows Me installation both into ~/.wine/fake_windows/System32 and ~/.wine/fake_windows/System, changi

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Robert L. Harris quotation: > Ok, running gnome at work. Been useing Sawfish-gnome as my window > manager. I'm having problems with the system hanging randomly with no > error messages, etc. The only thing I haven't eliminated yet is sawfish > and gnome. Sounds more like a kernel or h

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Bruce" == Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Bruce> I was able to fix this fairly easily by running "dpkg-reconfigure Bruce> netscape", and now 4.77 works again. However, many Debian end Bruce> users would not know what to do. The canonical way of doing it would be "update-alternati

Pontification: Unfreeze Woody?

2002-06-07 Thread Jamin W . Collins
Now that precautions are out of the way. I was wondering if any thought had really been given to unfreezing woody while the infrastructure situation is resolved and freezing it again once the infrastructure has been solidified? Just wondering what people's thoughts were on this? Don't get me w

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Robert L. Harris wrote: > Anyone have any suggestions on a good gnome-compliant window manager, > preferably one that's semi-light weight as I'm running on a dual > p2-450 with 512 megs of ram. >From its website at http://www.xfce.org/: "XFce is a lightweight desktop environm

RE: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| check for this . I looked in the /proc directory and did a cat of cpu | but it only showed one processor at 500MHZ. | | Am I looking in the wrong place??? Greetings, A cat of /proc/cpuinfo should give a listing for each cpu. I get two for the two on my box. HTH, Brooks -- To UNSUB

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread Charles Baker
--- "Robert L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, running gnome at work. Been useing > Sawfish-gnome as my window > manager. I'm having problems with the system > hanging randomly with no > error messages, etc. The only thing I haven't > eliminated yet is sawfish > and gnome. Anyo

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Jeremiah Mahler
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:50:33AM -0400, Robert Webb wrote: > I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium III > processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is > recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where to > check for this . I

Re: HP 2200d (double face) still not working

2002-06-07 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 18:26, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi, > I posted this before and it isnt working yet. > If anyone can help me I will be glad. > Thanks, > > ---

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:50:33AM -0400, Robert Webb wrote: > I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium III > processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is > recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where to > check for this . I

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread O Senhor
Thanks, i guess that too.. but sometimes the compilation works!!! yeah, i did compiled two kernels 2.2.19 and 2.4.18... i know that when i enable some option hangs my compilation.. but i will install the package... Thanks again. On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 12:49, Torsten Wolny wrote: > Am Fre, 2

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:39:30AM -0300, O Senhor wrote: > Do you know about this error message, that appears when i want compile > my kernel? [...] > as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s > make[1]: as86: Command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ auto-apt search as86 usr/bin/as86devel/bin86

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