Checking Signatures and Checksums

2002-09-02 Thread Aurelio Turco
In the Debian Weekly News of 2001/03/14 (http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2001/8/) Joey Hess wrote: For years we've known that Debian's means of getting packages and releases out to users is lacking from a security standpoint. There has been no way to know that the package you just downloa

Re: Kernel upgrade, eth0 gone.

2002-09-02 Thread Juha Siltala
Oh well, thinking about kernels and network devices I was enlightened and realized there are such things as modules :) All is well, sorry to waste your time and bandwith. -- Juha Siltala -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Nick Hastings
Howdy Travis, * Travis Troyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020903 16:14]: > Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I followed what Nick Hastings > suggested, and found that when I tried to modprobe usbcore, hid, input, > or > mousedev, that it said they couldn't be located. I also tried uname -a, >

Re: Crashed USB subsystem on kernel 2.4.18

2002-09-02 Thread Jeremy T. Bouse
I'm tracking down an issue with USB cameras as well... I have a Creative Labs WebCam 3 (ov511.o) that works fine on 2.4.17 but I've yet to get any post-2.4.17 kernel to see it and handle it properly... I'm curious as to what might have changed so dramatically after 2.4.17 to the USB subsys

486 machine with >=9.1G Scsi drive?

2002-09-02 Thread shaulka
Will Debian run on 486 machine with a >= 9.1G Scsi drive? The Scsi host adapter is either Adaptec AHA2842A (aic7xxx driver) or Adaptec AHA1542 (aha1542 driver). In particular, leaving the boot process aside, are there any issues of using these old adapters with large disks during normal system ru

Crashed USB subsystem on kernel 2.4.18

2002-09-02 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
Okay, not *all* of the usb subsystem is gone - I can still find the two hubs, but the devices off them are lost to Linux. The problem comes from trying to get an STV680 based USB camera to work with my computer - it feeds 20 images in rapid succession into the computer, and then thinks it has take

Kernel upgrade, eth0 gone.

2002-09-02 Thread Juha Siltala
O Them Who Know, I upgraded the kernel from the Woody 2.4.18-bf2.4 that I installed with to a 2.4.19, by installing the kernel-image. All went well, initrd and all. But this morning, after booting my new kernel, eth0 is not up! That's where the LAN is, I dial out with PPP. These seem totally unc

Re: installing sarge/sid from cd

2002-09-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 12:34:08AM -0500, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > >The installer for sarge is being completely ripped out and replaced. > >Please don't expect it to be useful yet. If you want to install sarge or > >sid, install woody and upgrade (from the CD if you like). >

RE: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Travis Troyer
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I followed what Nick Hastings suggested, and found that when I tried to modprobe usbcore, hid, input, or mousedev, that it said they couldn't be located. I also tried uname -a, and got: 2.2.20-idepci #1 Being a newbie, I went to dselect to look for th

Re: Viewing .pdf attachments in mutt.[Fixed]

2002-09-02 Thread Russ Pitman
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:31:09PM +0930, Tom Cook wrote: > On 0, Russ Pitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To those who replied .Many Thanks,you stirred the mud betwwen my ears:-)) > > > > The attachment was telling mutt it was an 'application octet-stream'. > > > > Adding a line > > > >

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Kent West
Travis Troyer wrote: >I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot >get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor >goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried >different protocols, such as Microsoft and IMPS/2, and t

Re: installing sarge/sid from cd

2002-09-02 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Colin Watson wrote: > -SNIP- < > > The installer for sarge is being completely ripped out and replaced. > Please don't expect it to be useful yet. If you want to install sarge or > sid, install woody and upgrade (from the CD if you like). > How far along in the process at this moment? Any "ro

Re: Fwd: Re: question on Mozilla sources

2002-09-02 Thread Robert
On Tuesday 03 September 01:14, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:06:33PM -0400, Robert wrote: > > On Thursday 29 August 01:12, Travis Crump wrote: > > > Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > > > Can anyone tell me whether the source files for Mozilla > > > > provided on ftp.mozilla.org con

Re: x-session-manager overrides x-window-manager

2002-09-02 Thread matthew arnison
I think Hubert's idea below is a good one. Although it still seems a bit of an odd thing to have to hack like this in order to give a window manager priority over a session manager. Some of us just don't want to use kde or gnome as window managers, even if we have them installed. Anyway, a slight

Re: Fwd: Re: question on Mozilla sources

2002-09-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:06:33PM -0400, Robert wrote: > On Thursday 29 August 01:12, Travis Crump wrote: > > Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me whether the source files for Mozilla provided on > > > ftp.mozilla.org contain the setup for building debian packages? > > > > > > How

Re: installing sarge/sid from cd

2002-09-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 05:01:29PM -0700, Matthew Ewanchuk wrote: > I have d\l both CD1 of sarge and sid, but neither will boot correctly. I > get a syslinux 1.75 prompt, but there does not seem to be a way to select > different versions. If you hit enter, you just get the continous looping >

[RESOLVED] Re: I'm worried about a Warning from lilo

2002-09-02 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 11:10:01PM +0200, Nicos Gollan wrote: > On Sunday 01 September 2002 20:36, Paul E Condon wrote: > > The message is: > > > > Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different > > head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81 > > This discussion was on the list b

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 12:10:10AM -0400, Travis Troyer wrote: > I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot > get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor > goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried > different p

Re: from `zip' to sid via network - A general outline needed

2002-09-02 Thread Harry Putnam
"Donald R. Spoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> I'm asking for is a general outline of steps required to >> go from zero to a full install of `sid', over the network. I'm >> equipped to burn any CDs required. >> > > Hi Harry! > > Us "retirees" have to stick to gether . Hehe ... yes in

Re: Locale en_US and sorting order

2002-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Carl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-02 16:00:21 -0700]: > I have been using the locale en_US.UTF-8 for unicode, and I noticed > that the sorting order is different than the default 'C' locale. With > en_US the case is folded, so 'A' sorts the same as 'a', but with the > 'C' locale the upper

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Travis Troyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020903 14:11]: > I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot > get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor > goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried > different protoco

Re: can I create a .deb file from an already installed package?

2002-09-02 Thread valerian
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:19:50PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > > Is there a way to reconstruct a .deb file from an already installed > > package? > > I haven't tried it myself but look at dpkg-repack. Thanks for the pointer! This works great! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: from `zip' to sid via network - A general outline needed

2002-09-02 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Harry Putnam wrote: > Hopefully I will already have accumulated enough knowledge and skill > to do this with minimum help: > > Summary: Beginning with no Debian OS at all, and over the network, > get a minimal install, and finally a full blown installation of `Sid'. > > -SNIP- < > I'm a retired

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Russell
Travis Troyer wrote: > > I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot > get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor > goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried > different protocols, such as Microsoft and IMPS/2,

Re: make menuconfig

2002-09-02 Thread Paul Scott
Russell wrote: >I re-untarred kernel-source-2.4.18-tar.bzip2 into ># /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 and ran "make menuconfig" >from in there, and it worked! I *hate* reinstalling stuff >to make it work. There should be a systematic way of tracing >thru scripts as they execute, to find the cause of

Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Travis Troyer
I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried different protocols, such as Microsoft and IMPS/2, and tried to follow the steps o

Re: Viewing .pdf attachments in mutt.[Fixed]

2002-09-02 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Russ Pitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To those who replied .Many Thanks,you stirred the mud betwwen my ears:-)) > > The attachment was telling mutt it was an 'application octet-stream'. > > Adding a line > > application/octet-stream; /usr/bin/acroread '%s' etc etc > > i

Mplayer help

2002-09-02 Thread Neal Lippman
Looking for some help. I've installed mplayer from the .debs available at deb http://mplayer.nmeos.net stable/ deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main and it seems to work ok (a few errors on startup about missing fonts and all, but I can live with that for now). I would like

Re: installing sarge/sid from cd

2002-09-02 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 16:01, Matthew Ewanchuk wrote: > I have d\l both CD1 of sarge and sid, but neither will boot correctly. I > get a syslinux 1.75 prompt, but there does not seem to be a way to select > different versions. If you hit enter, you just get the continous looping > error after

Re: newsgroup readers

2002-09-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 08:51:20PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have only ever accessed newsgroups using netscape under windows. > I was wondering whether anyone would be so kind as to give a novice > some advice on what clients are worth looki

Re: make menuconfig

2002-09-02 Thread Russell
I re-untarred kernel-source-2.4.18-tar.bzip2 into # /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 and ran "make menuconfig" from in there, and it worked! I *hate* reinstalling stuff to make it work. There should be a systematic way of tracing thru scripts as they execute, to find the cause of these problems. When

Re: ACPI on notebooks? Can I burn my machine?

2002-09-02 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls said: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 02 September 2002 12:29 pm, Mariano Kamp wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I use a Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316G and wondering how I can tell > > if ACPI is setup and working? > > > > I r

loopback crypto: losetup: LOOP_SET_STATUS: invalid arg

2002-09-02 Thread Tom Vier
anyone know how to fix this? i have the cryptoapi and cipher modules loaded, but losetup doesn't work. The cipher does not exist, or a cipher module needs to be loaded into the kernel ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument unfortunetly, the cryptoapi list is no help. also, there's a two year o

SOUND: Fortemedia FM801 and ALS

2002-09-02 Thread Abdul Latip
Hi: Has anyone succesfully set the Fortemedia FM801 (PCI)? I need some clues of what to do... I have read some archives including: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200208/msg05395.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200208/msg05465.html I tried "Google"

Re: can I create a .deb file from an already installed package?

2002-09-02 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 06:53:50PM -0400, valerian wrote: > I wanted to install libbusiness-onlinepayment-authorizenet-perl, but > when I run apt-get, it says: > > Package libbusiness-onlinepayment-authorizenet-perl has no available > version, but exists in the database. > This typically means th

Re: Viewing .pdf attachments in mutt.[Fixed]

2002-09-02 Thread Russ Pitman
To those who replied .Many Thanks,you stirred the mud betwwen my ears:-)) The attachment was telling mutt it was an 'application octet-stream'. Adding a line application/octet-stream; /usr/bin/acroread '%s' etc etc in /etc/mailcap worked fine Thank you all. -- russ lin

Re: from `zip' to sid via network - A general outline needed

2002-09-02 Thread Russell
Harry Putnam wrote: > > Hopefully I will already have accumulated enough knowledge and skill > to do this with minimum help: > > Summary: Beginning with no Debian OS at all, and over the network, > get a minimal install, and finally a full blown installation of `Sid'... Don't know what sid is,

Re: make menuconfig

2002-09-02 Thread Russell
"Chris B." wrote: > > The following message is a courtesy copy of an article > that has been posted to aus.computers.linux as well. > > Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm using debian 3. When i do: > ... > > Well, ncurses 5.2

Extracting email headers

2002-09-02 Thread Andy Saxena
Hi, The problem is really simple. I receive email on my long commute, and I'd like to be able to send some of the more important messages to my cellphone, so I can make the necessary calls. The trouble is that my cellphone can only receive about 100 characters in the body of the email. So my pl

Re: from `zip' to sid via network - A general outline needed

2002-09-02 Thread Tony Wasson
> Once one has a minimal install that is capable of internet > connection, then what are the steps to upgrade a system all the way > to absolute latest `sid'? After a minimum, network capable install do these steps: 1) Change your /etc/apt/sources.list to the unstable links 2) apt-get update 3) a

Re: CustomKernel-EliminatingInitrdNeed

2002-09-02 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 07:27:39AM -0700, ThomasRatliffDDS wrote: > > What else do I need to change? Comparing the stock config-2.4.18-k6 to a 2.4.17 kernel where I had removed initrd, look for these: # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set CONFIG_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y

from `zip' to sid via network - A general outline needed

2002-09-02 Thread Harry Putnam
Hopefully I will already have accumulated enough knowledge and skill to do this with minimum help: Summary: Beginning with no Debian OS at all, and over the network, get a minimal install, and finally a full blown installation of `Sid'. Details: Its not so easy to see how the above can be done

Re: Bash commands

2002-09-02 Thread Russell
Bob Proulx wrote: > > Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-02 11:42:45 +1000]: > > Thanks for the tips. I'm getting better;) > > I've been making this backup script which > > is nearly complete: > > I am going to leave the full quoted script so that I can comment on > the parts I want to comment

Fwd: Re: question on Mozilla sources

2002-09-02 Thread Robert
On Thursday 29 August 01:12, Travis Crump wrote: > Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > Can anyone tell me whether the source files for Mozilla provided on > > ftp.mozilla.org contain the setup for building debian packages? > > > > How about slackware package building instructions? (I use both > > de

Re: Samba, PAM, Authentication off an NT Domain

2002-09-02 Thread Russell
Kent West wrote: > > Last year I gave up on trying to get the Debian side to authenticate off > the NT domains. This year I'm considerably closer (due to advances in > Samba, I believe)... This is a good book: Sams Teach Yourself Samba, Second Edition, in 24 hours. Also, you can configure samba

installing sarge/sid from cd

2002-09-02 Thread Matthew Ewanchuk
I have d\l both CD1 of sarge and sid, but neither will boot correctly. I get a syslinux 1.75 prompt, but there does not seem to be a way to select different versions. If you hit enter, you just get the continous looping error after init starts of /usr/src/debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/

Re: Locale en_US and sorting order

2002-09-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 02 Sep 2002, Carl Johnson wrote: > I have been using the locale en_US.UTF-8 for unicode, and I noticed > that the sorting order is different than the default 'C' locale. With Obviously. You don't expect dictionaries to sort "a" and "A" differently, do you? > I've been using different v

Locale en_US and sorting order

2002-09-02 Thread Carl Johnson
I have been using the locale en_US.UTF-8 for unicode, and I noticed that the sorting order is different than the default 'C' locale. With en_US the case is folded, so 'A' sorts the same as 'a', but with the 'C' locale the uppercase always come before lowercase. I don't just mean the sort program

Samba, PAM, Authentication off an NT Domain

2002-09-02 Thread Kent West
Let me preface this by saying I'm clueless when it comes to PAM, and mostly clueless when it comes to Samba. I've got a university lab full of computers dual-booting between W2K and Debian Woody. The W2K side authenticates users off our campus domain(s). We have a domain for faculty/staff (ACU

Re: 2 questions

2002-09-02 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 00:04:12 +0100 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That doesn't matter, though. 'export' just marks a variable to be > exported - it doesn't save its current value and export that. Watch: Sweet! learn something new every day! -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Configurar

2002-09-02 Thread Carlos A P Gomes
* Ensist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-09-2002 11:46]: > Bom dia, > Gostaria de saber como fazer para instalar e configurar o postgresql, andei >pesquisando e não consegui. Caro Alexandre, o idioma preferencial desta lista é o inglês. Se quiser postar dúvidas em português tente a [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: 2 questions

2002-09-02 Thread Nile Gomez
--- Nile Gomez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- "Jamin W.Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 18:39:11 -0400 > > Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 2. How to add shutdown and reboot to logout menu? > > If you're using GDM, modify the gdm.conf file in /e

Re: 2 questions

2002-09-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 05:52:02PM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 18:39:11 -0400 > Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Put 'export' before the $PATH part. For example: > > export $PATH="$PATH:/new_dir" > > The above won't work. You don't want the $ on the name o

Re: 2 questions

2002-09-02 Thread Nile Gomez
--- "Jamin W.Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 18:39:11 -0400 > Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2. How to add shutdown and reboot to logout menu? If you're using GDM, modify the gdm.conf file in /etc/X11 as root using your favorite text editor and change

Re: Viewing .pdf attachments in mutt.

2002-09-02 Thread Lucas Barbuto
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:59:08PM +0800, Russ Pitman wrote: > I have a supplier who insists on sending me documents as attachments.pdf > via his isp's WebMail 2.0. I cannot change that situation. At least they aren't sending you MS word .doc's. > Tryiny to view the attachment fails,mutt can onl

Re: script to search ebay?

2002-09-02 Thread Peter Eberl
At 13:10 02.09.2002 +0200, Claudio Bley wrote: >On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 07:07, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > Anyone have any idea how I can create a script that will search > > ebay and put the results in a text file? > > > > I thought of starting with links > > > > links http://search.ebay.de/search/s

can I create a .deb file from an already installed package?

2002-09-02 Thread valerian
I wanted to install libbusiness-onlinepayment-authorizenet-perl, but when I run apt-get, it says: Package libbusiness-onlinepayment-authorizenet-perl has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has b

Re: 2 questions

2002-09-02 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 18:39:11 -0400 Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:57:53PM -0700, Jianbo Wang wrote: > > > I installed woody on my pc. I have 2 questions: > > 1. PATH: I tried to add some directories to PATH, and I change > >/etc/profile and login.def,

compiling USBDNET module

2002-09-02 Thread Carl Fink
Okay, there's clearly something I'm missing here. I patched the 2.4.18 source as instructed by the Zaurus HOWTO, then did make clean && make dep && make modules && make modules_install. Interestingly, the Debian source package installs in such a way that modules_install puts modules where update

Re: apt-file

2002-09-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 03:36:43PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:50:47PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm new in linux and i wan't knew how to find a package by a file > > that belong to it. i knew that is whith the apt-file, but when i do, > > apt-file search "file

Re: 2 questions

2002-09-02 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:57:53PM -0700, Jianbo Wang wrote: > Hi, > > I installed woody on my pc. I have 2 questions: > 1. PATH: I tried to add some directories to PATH, and I change >/etc/profile and login.def, but $PATH doesn't change. >( I add $PATH="$PATH:/new_dir" in /etc/profile an

Re: apt-file

2002-09-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:50:47PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Boas > > I'm new in linux and i wan't knew how to find a package by a file that belong to > it. i knew that is whith the apt-file, but when i do, apt-file search > "file_name", i only see the message: > Can't locate object metho

Re: slow gl graphics

2002-09-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 12:29:18PM +0200, Burkhard Ritter wrote: > you don't need the device3dfx-source package with xfree4. your > xfree86config-4 should contain something like that: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Voodoo3" > Driver "tdfx" > EndSection > > Secti

Re: apt-file

2002-09-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:50:47PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm new in linux and i wan't knew how to find a package by a file that > belong to it. If you don't mind going to the web, http://packages.debian.org/ will work until you get this fixed. > i knew that is whith the apt-file, but

Re: woody browsers not working

2002-09-02 Thread john gennard
On Monday 02 September 2002 17:23, Stephen Gran wrote: [snip] > > so I assume the ppp config is good and I am connected to my ISP > > (the 'clock' is definitely running). > > > > Why cannot I browse? I've looked at 'path' and 'permissions' and > > things seem correct. I can't find '/dev/ppp0', b

Re: newsgroup readers

2002-09-02 Thread Vineet Kumar
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020902 10:56]: > Hei > > I have only ever accessed newsgroups using netscape under windows. > I was wondering whether anyone would be so kind as to give a novice > some advice on what clients are worth looking trying under linux. If you're familiar and co

Re: newsgroup readers

2002-09-02 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hei > > I have only ever accessed newsgroups using netscape under windows. > I was wondering whether anyone would be so kind as to give a novice > some advice on what clients are worth looking trying under linux. > > I here that gnus is very powerfu

Re: D-Link, Wireless and Debian

2002-09-02 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 09:51:03PM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > Why not just assign it a fixed IP via DHCP? Works beautifully here. Pass me the stupid hat. I quite frankly never thought of doing that. (/me goes and beats on the DHCP server) -- Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUB

2 questions

2002-09-02 Thread Jianbo Wang
Hi, I installed woody on my pc. I have 2 questions: 1. PATH: I tried to add some directories to PATH, and I change /etc/profile and login.def, but $PATH doesn't change. ( I add $PATH="$PATH:/new_dir" in /etc/profile and login.def) 2. How to add shutdown and reboot to logout menu? Thanks!

Re: Making a Mirror from the CDs

2002-09-02 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:10:16AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 08:54:39AM -0700, Edward C Brunelle Jr wrote: > > I bought the binary and source CDs for Woody and now have them, 14 CDs in > > all. I know there are multiple mirrors but I want to create a very-local > > mir

Re: SOLVED: getting apache/php4 to load .php, .php3, .php4

2002-09-02 Thread webmaster
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:40:58 -0700 Ron Farrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 8-§ > webmaster @ linuxabbestia. homelinux. net ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 8-§ > 8-§ > > Did type next lines in /etc/apache/srn.conf? 8-§ > 8-§ > srn.conf is blank (it says it's supposed to be.) but... 8-§ > 8-§ > >

Re: USBDNET driver (for Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 sync)

2002-09-02 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 06:05:30PM +0100, Erik Erskine wrote: > http://www.zauruszone.com/howtos/linux_ethernet-over-usb-howto.shtml Yes, I know. > You'll need to build a custom kernel, if you're unsure of this install > kernel-source-2.4.18 and kernel-package, and look at > /usr/share/doc/ke

apt-file

2002-09-02 Thread ee00158
Boas I'm new in linux and i wan't knew how to find a package by a file that belong to it. i knew that is whith the apt-file, but when i do, apt-file search "file_name", i only see the message: Can't locate object method "host" via package "URI::_foreign" (perhaps you forgot to load "URI::_foreign

Re: export won't work

2002-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-01 20:02:05 +1000]: > I'm getting too confused now. I could just use echo . > Time to stop i think;) In a script you can use : echo foo=$foo The ':' is a 'true' construct. The echo there means nothing but clues me in that it is only an echo. But then wh

Re: Bash commands

2002-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-02 11:42:45 +1000]: > Thanks for the tips. I'm getting better;) > I've been making this backup script which > is nearly complete: I am going to leave the full quoted script so that I can comment on the parts I want to comment upon. (Normally I would trim more

Re: mysterious offer of shell for 5 sec. at boot

2002-09-02 Thread Donald R. Spoon
David Teague wrote: > Back in June, Dan Jacobson asked about the shell offered during boot of a > 2.4.xx K 7 shell. (Mine is K6, but message and behavior is the same here.) > I never saw a response for this, and while his message is archived, there > is no response archived. > > I would like to

Re: Problem with X and the mouse, Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316G

2002-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Mariano Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-02 21:37:16 +0200]: > when using the internal mouse on the am machine it sometimes works, > but most of the time it just moves a bit and when I am at the end of the > touchpad lift my finger and lower it at the begin of the touchpad the > cursor returns

Re: chkconfig

2002-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Nikodim Nikodimov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-02 15:59:52 +0300]: > I'm wondering witch is the Debian tool...like insserv, chkconfig You are looking for update-rc.d. That is the similar command under Debian. Be sure to read the debian policy manual referenced here which covers this topic. h

Re: Sound problem with es1373

2002-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
On Mon, 02 Sep 2002 the mental interface of Michel Loos told: > I have problems setting up sound on a computer with a SoundBlaster > PCI128 soundcard. > > This uses a es1373 chip. > > I installed the es1371 module (modprobe es1371) which seems to be > installed. Hmm... I have one of those in o

Re: script to search ebay?

2002-09-02 Thread Travis Crump
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:33:32PM +0100, Karl E. Jørgensen wrote: > >>$ links http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll\?MfcISAPI\ >Command=GetResult\&query=Fernandez >> >>PS: I'm not sure about the space before the "Command="; I don't use ebay myself.. > > > > As fa

Re: mysterious offer of shell for 5 sec. at boot

2002-09-02 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Friday 21 June 2002 22:59, Dan Jacobson wrote: > During boot (2.4.18-k7) I see something about hit RET by 5 seconds > for shell. So I did and there's this shell that you can't do much > more than "set" in. After I typed exit the kernel couldn't find > root and I had to hit the reset button.

Help requested getting mailscanner + sendmail running

2002-09-02 Thread Matthew Smith
Just wondered if anyone else was puzzling over the same thing as me. Mailscanner seems fairly exim orientated, but the docs are almost non-existant on how to get it up and running with woody. According to the web page I need to change startup params, but I have no idea where and how to change. Any

Re: mysterious offer of shell for 5 sec. at boot

2002-09-02 Thread David Teague
Back in June, Dan Jacobson asked about the shell offered during boot of a 2.4.xx K 7 shell. (Mine is K6, but message and behavior is the same here.) I never saw a response for this, and while his message is archived, there is no response archived. I would like to know what the shell is for? Do

Re: newsgroup readers

2002-09-02 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 08:51:20PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hei > > I have only ever accessed newsgroups using netscape under windows. > I was wondering whether anyone would be so kind as to give a novice > some advice on what clients are worth looking trying under linux. slrn is a text

SOLVED: getting apache/php4 to load .php, .php3, .php4

2002-09-02 Thread Ron Farrer
webmaster @ linuxabbestia. homelinux. net ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Did type next lines in /etc/apache/srn.conf? srn.conf is blank (it says it's supposed to be.) but... > DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.shtml index.php index.php3 > DocumentRoot /var/www/ <-- that's default > >

Re: getting apache/php4 to load .php, .php3, .php4

2002-09-02 Thread webmaster
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:57:33 -0700 Ron Farrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 8-§ > webmaster @ linuxabbestia. homelinux. net ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 8-§ > 8-§ > > Did you un-comment the "LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so" line? 8-§ > 8-§ > Yes. 8-§ > 8-§ > > Besides n

Re: IP / Block

2002-09-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.02.2000 +0200]: > may i suggest a look at http://jodies.de/ipcalc doh. apt-get install ipcalc. i forgot i packaged that one ;^> -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"

Re: localhost not working

2002-09-02 Thread Thom May
* Asa Liton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > Hello, > > I'm a very new user of linux (debian). So > I don't know much about the system. I have > apache installed and running but, typing > "localhost" and clicking on a browser is > not working. I don't even know which file > to send. Can you please

Re: IP / Block

2002-09-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Stu Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.02.1952 +0200]: > he was right, your first entry was wrong, but his solution was wrong how was his first entry wrong? he was talking about his LAN, not a machine, so 10.0.0.0/24 is *perfectly* valid. and the proposed solution by his friend isn't

Re: getting apache/php4 to load .php, .php3, .php4

2002-09-02 Thread Ron Farrer
webmaster @ linuxabbestia. homelinux. net ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Did you un-comment the "LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so" line? Yes. > Besides next is mine (and working well!): > > #AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3 > #AddType application/x-httpd-php3-s

Re: X hangs (ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 on Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M,GRX316G with X)

2002-09-02 Thread Mariano Kamp
On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 19:45, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 02 September 2002 12:28 pm, Mariano Kamp wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am not sure how to describe this problem properly. Basically my machine > > hangs every now and then. Sometim

newsgroup readers

2002-09-02 Thread irvine
Hei I have only ever accessed newsgroups using netscape under windows. I was wondering whether anyone would be so kind as to give a novice some advice on what clients are worth looking trying under linux. I here that gnus is very powerful but I am a vi man - I suppose I could learn emacs. Saw s

RE: IP / Block

2002-09-02 Thread Stu Wilson
he was right, your first entry was wrong, but his solution was wrong use 10.0.0.1 and mask of 255.255.255.0 Stu Wilson -Original Message- From: louie miranda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 September 2002 18:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IP / Block Hi, i didnt get this clear

Re: ACPI on notebooks? Can I burn my machine?

2002-09-02 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 September 2002 12:29 pm, Mariano Kamp wrote: > Hi, > > I use a Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316G and wondering how I can tell if > ACPI is setup and working? > > I read that it is possible to burn my laptop if ACPI is not activated. > Is th

Re: X hangs (ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 on Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316G with X)

2002-09-02 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 September 2002 12:28 pm, Mariano Kamp wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure how to describe this problem properly. Basically my machine > hangs every now and then. Sometimes it takes 20 minutes, sometimes five and > it is also sometimes runnin

Re: getting apache/php4 to load .php, .php3, .php4

2002-09-02 Thread webmaster
8-§ > After a bit if fiddling around I got 8-§ > apahce/php4 to load files named .php3 as php files, but anything named 8-§ > .php or .php4 gets ignored and is sent to the users browser as 8-§ > "application/x-httpd-php" as if php were not configured. The problem 8-§ > occurs in a users /publ

IP / Block

2002-09-02 Thread louie miranda
Hi, i didnt get this clearly.. I have my lan set as 10.0.0.0 / 255.255.255.0 (24) Is this correct? My friend told me to use 10.0.0.0 / 255.255.0.0 (Which i am confused) Because he said my first entry was wrong.. A better explanation or website related information is such a big help! *

Re: X hangs (ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 on Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M,GRX316G with X)

2002-09-02 Thread Mariano Kamp
I found out that the machine is still pingable after X hangs. Mariano On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 21:28, Mariano Kamp wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure how to describe this problem properly. Basically my machine hangs >every now and then. Sometimes it takes 20 minutes, sometimes five and it is also

Re: Should I consider making my program part of the distribution?

2002-09-02 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 September 2002 10:46 am, andrej hocevar wrote: > Hello. > I think I need some advice on this: I've written a (small) Perl > program and am considering sharing it with other users who might be > interested. Thus I thought I could contribut

Problem with X and the mouse, Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316G

2002-09-02 Thread Mariano Kamp
Hi, when using the internal mouse on the am machine it sometimes works, but most of the time it just moves a bit and when I am at the end of the touchpad lift my finger and lower it at the begin of the touchpad the cursor returns to the lower left corner?! Any idea about that? Mariano --

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