Re: postfix problems

2002-10-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.14.0246 +0200]: > tallison@gandolf:~$ sudo postfix start use /etc/init.d/postfix start instead. > postfix/postfix-script: warning: > /var/spool/postfix/lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so a > nd /lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so differ [and others] post

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Mark Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.13.2231 +0200]: > Sorry, I was taking the above question as a separate question, not > necessarily relating to the original context. I do specify some of my > ISP's DNS as forwarders to bind, and I use bind because my machine's the > server tha

Re: Linux: a gentle, growing approach

2002-10-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.14.0153 +0200]: > Get a second PC that would normally be junked. > Install linux without X, then use and study it only in console mode. > Get samba and ethernet working so you can browse the linux pc from > the windows box and surf the net for howto

Re: Linux: a gentle, growing approach

2002-10-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.14.0845 +0200]: > excellent advice. in fact, i found myself in an involuntary chuckle before i > got to the end of it. it's great to read that someone whose cunning (welches > wissen (?)) i respect has the same opinion of dselect and tasksel. maybe th

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread ben
On Sunday 13 October 2002 01:31 pm, Mark Carroll wrote: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 the mental interface of > > > > Mark Carroll told: > > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Mike Egglestone wrote: > > > > Would it be unwise to install bind on your own box? > > > >

Re: Linux: a gentle, growing approach

2002-10-13 Thread ben
On Sunday 13 October 2002 12:21 pm, martin f krafft wrote: [snip] > Install Debian as usual, when asked whether to run dselect or tasksel, > just say no to both. It's that easy. > excellent advice. in fact, i found myself in an involuntary chuckle before i got to the end of it. it's great to rea

Re: MC config

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 04:19:36PM +1000, Russell wrote: > > Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > > > ... > > > Read my tutorial in Chapter 4 "Debian tutorials" in below link. > > > > It would be useful to have a hardcopy of that manual. What do you > > do when your only pc is dead? > >

Re: Debian Linux Compatability

2002-10-13 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 14 October 2002 7:23 am, Marcus Bendall wrote: > I am considering using Debian Linux, but I have one question. Can you > install Debian onto a computer running Windows 98, and keep 98 as the > main OS so that it automatically runs on startup

Re: Linux: a gentle, growing approach

2002-10-13 Thread ben
On Sunday 13 October 2002 11:50 am, Josh Rehman wrote: > I want to master Linux. I figure there are two ways to learn Linux > system administration and usage. The first is to install a distribution > and then explore it's nooks and crannies. The second is to begin with a > seed and *grow* the nook

Re: MC config

2002-10-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 04:19:36PM +1000, Russell wrote: > Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > ... > > Read my tutorial in Chapter 4 "Debian tutorials" in below link. > > It would be useful to have a hardcopy of that manual. What do you > do when your only pc is dead? > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals

Debian Linux Compatability

2002-10-13 Thread Marcus Bendall
I am considering using Debian Linux, but I have one question. Can you install Debian onto a computer running Windows 98, and keep 98 as the main OS so that it automatically runs on startup, and then run Debian if I want from Windows? __

Re: MC config

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Osamu Aoki wrote: > ... > Read my tutorial in Chapter 4 "Debian tutorials" in below link. It would be useful to have a hardcopy of that manual. What do you do when your only pc is dead? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/index.en.html#contents -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Fwd: Bug#164498: mkinitrd doesn't seem to create the correct initrd image

2002-10-13 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am quite puzzled by the structure of the resulting initrd image. If I have understood what is happening (and I must admit I am struggling) the following steps occur 1) the kernel calls linuxrc to run 2) linuxrc saves the contents of real-root-d

/dev/modem permissions rewritten

2002-10-13 Thread ben
yo list, somewhere along the course of installing gworkspace, the permissions on /dev/modem on my machine were rewritten, reset to a default installation state, which, in turn, blew out authorized group users on my system. gworkspace is available as a .deb. i lived, up to now, under the suppos

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Re: MC config

2002-10-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:11:29PM +1000, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > Hi, > It is so nice to the old Norton Commander cloned as MC, a hugely productive > tool. > > I seem to remember being able to use alt+key in NC to jump to the first > matching file/folder. > Is there a similar feature in MC ?

Re: compiling and building software

2002-10-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:01:53PM -0400, Rodney Green wrote: > Hello. I recently installed a base Debian system by using the rescue and > root floppies and installing the rest from the Internet. Since I installed > only the bare system I didn't have a compiler installed (at least I don't > think

Re: How do I start a X session on another machine

2002-10-13 Thread Jason Pepas
On Saturday 12 October 2002 04:10 pm, Andrew Lindley wrote: > I have 2 machines running Woody and not enough desk space for both > screens and keyboards. I'd like to be able to run X sessions on both > machines from only one of the machines. When I ran SuSE I could use > xhost + to allow remote (

Re: new install - /root dir open to all users?

2002-10-13 Thread jeff
Chip Rose wrote: >Uh - maybe I'm missing something, but why is my /root dir open to all >users to enter and view files? Permissions as follows: >drwxr-xr-x6 root root > >I just installed from CD last week, and haven't changed anything to do >with /root, so... It must've installed itself

Re: OT: Programming books

2002-10-13 Thread jeff
Jason Stechschulte wrote: >I know there are a lot of programmers on this list, so I'm hoping >someone might be kind enough to help me. I already am a so so >programmer. I'm comfortable using Perl and PHP and I have a little >experience in C/C++. > >I'm now thinking of taking the next step and

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Semi-frozen X

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Weir
Hi all I'm running X 4.2.1-0pre1v1 with the Free NVidia driver, a normal PS/2 keyboard, and a Logitech USB scroll mouse. Every now and then, X goes weird and drops me down to the virtual consoles. At first I thought X had just crashed, but I switched back to vt7 and X alive and well, mostly. Th

Re: unix.o module

2002-10-13 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:09:51PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > Uh, was that a question? Context, man! http://ursine.dyndns.org/jargon/html/Email-Quotes.html http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- Baloo msg06745/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: OT: Programming books

2002-10-13 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:22:45 -0400 Jason Stechschulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm now thinking of taking the next step and starting a real programming > project. I'm thinking of writing a game. My question is this: Does > anyone know of a book that doesn't teach you a language, rather it >

Re: MC config

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
"Joyce, Matthew" wrote: > > Hi, > > It is so nice to the old Norton Commander cloned as MC, a hugely productive > tool. > > I seem to remember being able to use alt+key in NC to jump to the first > matching file/folder. > Is there a similar feature in MC ?What does M-key mean is this the sa

Re: MC config

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
"Joyce, Matthew" wrote: > > Hi, > > It is so nice to the old Norton Commander cloned as MC, a hugely productive > tool. > > I seem to remember being able to use alt+key in NC to jump to the first > matching file/folder. > Is there a similar feature in MC ?What does M-key mean is this the sa

Re: compiling and building software

2002-10-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:01:53PM -0400, Rodney Green wrote: > Hello. I recently installed a base Debian system by using the rescue and > root floppies and installing the rest from the Internet. Since I installed > only the bare system I didn't have a compiler installed (at least I don't > think

MC config

2002-10-13 Thread Joyce, Matthew
Hi, It is so nice to the old Norton Commander cloned as MC, a hugely productive tool. I seem to remember being able to use alt+key in NC to jump to the first matching file/folder. Is there a similar feature in MC ?What does M-key mean is this the same ? Also, can I configure MC so it remem

Re: compiling and building software

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Rodney Green wrote: > > Hello. I recently installed a base Debian system by using the rescue and > root floppies and installing the rest from the Internet. Since I installed > only the bare system I didn't have a compiler installed (at least I don't > think I did) and couldn't build some stuff I

compiling and building software

2002-10-13 Thread Rodney Green
Hello. I recently installed a base Debian system by using the rescue and root floppies and installing the rest from the Internet. Since I installed only the bare system I didn't have a compiler installed (at least I don't think I did) and couldn't build some stuff I downloaded. I want to build and

Re: OT: Programming books

2002-10-13 Thread Michael D. Crawford
I wouldn't say that was a particularly off-topic question. A very good book is Large Scale C++ Software Design by John Lakos, ISBN 0-201-63362-0 Here is a review of it: http://www.accu.org/cgi-bin/accu/rvout.cgi?from=0au_l&file=l000736a The main thing it teaches you is how to write a large pr

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new install - /root dir open to all users?

2002-10-13 Thread Chip Rose
Uh - maybe I'm missing something, but why is my /root dir open to all users to enter and view files? Permissions as follows: drwxr-xr-x6 root root I just installed from CD last week, and haven't changed anything to do with /root, so... It must've installed itself like that. Anyone else

Re: X behaving wierdly after last SID upgrade

2002-10-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 10:52:25PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 01:21:02PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > Mine doesn't even bother asking. > > Then you shouldn't have answered "yes" to the question that asked you > whether you wanted it to do that ... :) > > Template:

OT: Programming books

2002-10-13 Thread Jason Stechschulte
I know there are a lot of programmers on this list, so I'm hoping someone might be kind enough to help me. I already am a so so programmer. I'm comfortable using Perl and PHP and I have a little experience in C/C++. I'm now thinking of taking the next step and starting a real programming proj

Re: initrd or not

2002-10-13 Thread bob parker
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 08:06, Brian Nelson wrote: > bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > hi Debian-users, > > > > I installed Woody and got the default 2.2.20-idepci kernel. > > Later I updated that to 2.4.18-k7 kernel using apt-get. > > Then just for fun I compiled a 2.4.19 from tarball making

Re: mixed to stable

2002-10-13 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Sven Heinicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have stable system where I followed the APT-HOWTO on installing stuff > from unstable. That is all well and done now and I want to make my > system all stable again. I don't remember all the packages I installed > from other versions an

RE:backup script was Kernel Panic~

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Russell, Thanks, I've been trying to get a grasp of this, I'm sure this will help! Best Wishes! Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org -Original Message- From: Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 6:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Kernel

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Russell wrote: > > Michael Olds wrote: > > > > Russell, > > > > Ok...I am going to remake my package... ... > echo "System backup successful" > exit 0 I forgot to update the script. Change ext2 to ext3 if that's what you have. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Michael Olds wrote: > > Russell, > > Ok...I am going to remake my package...without initrd as I thought it not > such a good idea to have my main file system as a module and so included it > in the kernel. > > You say: Backup your HDD. Easy for you to say: I come from Windows where I > press tw

Fw: Postfix with Cyrus Help

2002-10-13 Thread Curtis
Anybody got any tips as to where I should proceed in this? Thanks in advance, Curtis > > > > Curtis Vaughan said: > > > > > Well, I never saw any TIME_WAIT, so I went ahead and restarted inetd. > > > > if you didn't see any TIME_WAIT or LISTEN entries in netstat after > > you killed inetd for s

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .003

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Michael Olds wrote: > > Russell, et al, > > Third draft. A couple of questions asked below still remain: > > > > [ ]A. Before 1: Download and create a recovery floppy from: > http://www.toms.net/rb/ > > [ ]1.a. Download the latest kernel source package (use a Debian source) to > /usr/src (th

Re: NVIDIA_kernel-1.0.3123 install fails

2002-10-13 Thread Chris McCormick
At 00:04 11/10/2002 +0100, Colin wrote: >On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 06:59:55PM -0400, lameth wrote: > > Aaaa I'm kind of a newbie, I tried make-kpkg, got the response > > command not found. should it be apt-make-kpkg? > >No. Install the package called 'kernel-package', which gives you >make-kpkg

Re: CD Writing [was: Re: The Real Problem With Debian]

2002-10-13 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 09:17:23PM +0200, David P James wrote: > But, going back to the discussion of the CD-Writing Howto, nowhere does > it mention that even though it's clear that modules.conf has to be > modified... The CD Writing HOWTO attempts to be distribution neutral TMK. The updatin

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Russell, Ok...I am going to remake my package...without initrd as I thought it not such a good idea to have my main file system as a module and so included it in the kernel. You say: Backup your HDD. Easy for you to say: I come from Windows where I press two buttons on Drive Image to backup my w

Re: Realtek 8029 NIC Problem !!

2002-10-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 02:37:24PM +0200, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > Bob Nielsen heeft geschreven: > > >What kernel version are you running? It is included in all the 2.2 and 2.4 > >stock Debian kernels I have tried. > > > > > I Use kernel 2.2.20, so how can I activate the ne2k-pci driver If you

Re: calendar supporting vcalendar?

2002-10-13 Thread Andreas Goesele
"Matthew Weier O'Phinney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -- Andreas Goesele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > (on Monday, 14 October 2002, 12:28 AM +0200): > > to synchronize with my handheld I need my calendar in the vcalendar > > format. So far I used korganizer, but since some time it doesn't use > >

Re: CD Writing [was: Re: The Real Problem With Debian]

2002-10-13 Thread David P James
Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, David P James said: > >>I'm wondering why my modules.conf that I had to edit keeps reverting >>back to the previous version every time I reboot; it is really kind of >>frustrating. It means that every time I reboot I have to mess around and >>

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .003

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Russell, et al, Third draft. A couple of questions asked below still remain: [ ]A. Before 1: Download and create a recovery floppy from: http://www.toms.net/rb/ [ ]1.a. Download the latest kernel source package (use a Debian source) to /usr/src (this is where it will be installed if you use

Re: Should I convert to ext3?

2002-10-13 Thread jeff
Chip Rose wrote: >As a new Debian3.0 user, I've seen posts about converting to ext3 or >another type filesystem. I don't know anything about this, but if it >would make my single-user computer more stable, I might want to try it. >Are there significant benefits, to outweigh the "risks" of me po

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Michael Olds wrote: > > Russel...noted and I will do a revision shortly...however I got as far as > making the package with the --initrd option and managed to control my > fingers long enough to read the caution about editing lilo at the end...so I > have not installed my package. I am using ext3

Re: Repeated keys in X

2002-10-13 Thread christophe barbe
If you use gnome2 have a look at the accessibility setings. Otherwise have a look at the xkbset command: xkbset bouncekeys 80 xkbset exp =bouncekeys Christophe On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:25:48AM +0100, Ricardo Diz wrote: > > Hi there! > > I'm running Xfree86 4.2.1 on unstable and I'm havin

Re: Simple NATed home network problem

2002-10-13 Thread John Reinke
On 13 Oct 2002, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 10:14, John Reinke wrote: > > Here's what I have in the file: > > > > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > > > # The loopback interface > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > # The

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Russel...noted and I will do a revision shortly...however I got as far as making the package with the --initrd option and managed to control my fingers long enough to read the caution about editing lilo at the end...so I have not installed my package. I am using ext3, and I am not sure if it was y

postfix problems

2002-10-13 Thread Tom Allison
Can anyone make an estimate on what's the deal here and how to get these things updated tallison@gandolf:~$ sudo postfix start postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so a nd /lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so differ postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spo

fvwm: Lowering a window does not show the icons behind it.

2002-10-13 Thread Shaul Karl
Package: fvwm Version: 2.4.10-2 Severity: normal File: /usr/share/doc/fvwm With previous versions of fvwm, when I lowered a window I could see the icons that I had behind it. However with the latest versions the icons are not revealed most of the time. The exception is that the `first' attempt d

Re: any good mp3 player?

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 03:22:16AM -0400, Oleg wrote: > On Saturday 12 October 2002 11:59 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:24:05PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > > > xmms. Plays mp3s, ogg, wav, CDs, talks to esd. I just point it to the > > > root of my music directory, click

Re: virus killers?

2002-10-13 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 10:44:47PM +0200, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > I have to admit that I've had a different view of the whole virus thing. I've > used that view frequently when I rant about how bad windoze is, so if I'm > totally off here, I would be nice to be told so by friends...: > > I me

Re: No termcap entry for VT100

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Lukas Ruf wrote: > > Dear all, > > trying to launch: > > uccellina:~!63> minicom -o -l -m -t VT100 > > resulted in: > > No termcap entry for VT100 > > How can I configure the VT100 terminal emulation in the termcap(?) ? man minicom -t VT100 overide the TERM environment variable, using

Re: calendar supporting vcalendar?

2002-10-13 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Andreas Goesele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 14 October 2002, 12:28 AM +0200): > to synchronize with my handheld I need my calendar in the vcalendar > format. So far I used korganizer, but since some time it doesn't use > internally the vcalendar format any more and only allows to expo

Re: Linux: a gentle, growing approach

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Josh Rehman wrote: > > I want to master Linux. I figure there are two ways to learn Linux > system administration and usage. The first is to install a distribution > and then explore it's nooks and crannies. The second is to begin with a > seed and *grow* the nooks and crannies as needed. The for

Re: CD Writing [was: Re: The Real Problem With Debian]

2002-10-13 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Donald R. Spoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Sunday, 13 October 2002, 03:38 PM -0500): > David P James wrote: > >I'm wondering why my modules.conf that I had to edit keeps reverting > >back to the previous version every time I reboot > The /etc/modules.conf file is auto-generated by the "upd

Re: emacs-nox

2002-10-13 Thread Henrik Enberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-13 18:45:55 -0400]: >> Does anyone know where I can find the package for emacs-nox20.7-1? I looked >> on the main site for debian but I couldn't find it. > [...] > I would check the bug tracking system for any bug

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Michael Olds wrote: > > Russell, et al > > Still a draft! Please note questions and also corrected typo in 2 "libc6" > > > > [ ]1. Download the latest kernel to /usr/src/linux/kernel/ (if no > /usr/src/linux/kernel dir exists, make it. In the links above, Linus says it's bad to do builds in

Re: emacs-nox

2002-10-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-13 18:45:55 -0400]: > Does anyone know where I can find the package for emacs-nox20.7-1? I looked > on the main site for debian but I couldn't find it. To the best of my knowledge that naming convention is a Redhat naming scheme. I don't think Debian offe

Re: Problem with libc6.

2002-10-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 05:04:10PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Marc Monkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-13 22:16:18 +0200]: > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > > libc

Re: problem setting up modem after move to PCI motherboard

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
David Ballantyne wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've recently upgraded my home system from a PII333 to an Athlon 1900+, so > this of course required a new motherboard. I got an ASUS A7V333 PCI board. > I had to replace my old USR Robotoics ISA modem with a PCI modem. I was > given an AOpen K56-PM (this

Re: ext3 is insecure if file shredding/wiping?

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 01:40:28PM -0400, Mark Carroll wrote: > On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > (snip) > > Just move all your data to encripted partitions and get done with it. > > I figured if I waited, it would be easy to just mkfs a strange fs, alter > fstab, and then

Re: emacs-nox

2002-10-13 Thread Henrik Enberg
"Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone know where I can find the package for emacs-nox20.7-1? I > looked on the main site for debian but I couldn't find it. There isn't one. You'll have to build Emacs yourself if you want a non-x version. -- Booting... /vmemacs.el -- To UNS

Re: NE2k-PCI module missing !!!

2002-10-13 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 13:13, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > I'am missing the ne200 module in deb. 3.0. What should I do to get a > ne200 based nic to work with debian 3.0 It depends on what kind of card, ISA or PCI. The 2.4 kernel available during the install ,~2.4.18bf, has both ISA & PCI ne2000 driv

Re: Problem with libc6.

2002-10-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Marc Monkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-13 22:16:18 +0200]: > I am new to debian, but like to get a router firewall get set up for my home > network, so I started out with a woody install and got the router and A stock Woody install. Excellent. That is a great version to work with for this p

Re: Mutt index question

2002-10-13 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-10-14 00:33]: >Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-13 21:48:08 +0200]: >> Mine is a SuSE 7.2. > >Hmm... You know, somehow when someone has a reply address of debian@ >and the discussion is in a debian user list I don't think anyone would >fault

emacs-nox

2002-10-13 Thread Bruce Park
Hello, Does anyone know where I can find the package for emacs-nox20.7-1? I looked on the main site for debian but I couldn't find it. bp _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Mutt index question

2002-10-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-13 21:48:08 +0200]: > * Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-10-13 21:23]: > >Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-13 11:49:26 +0200]: > >> Thanks for the info. I actually could see the image usign xv, but it > >> was quite distorted, and I couldn't

No termcap entry for VT100

2002-10-13 Thread Lukas Ruf
Dear all, trying to launch: uccellina:~!63> minicom -o -l -m -t VT100 resulted in: No termcap entry for VT100 How can I configure the VT100 terminal emulation in the termcap(?) ? Thanks for any help! -- Lukas Ruf http://www.lpr.ch http://www.maremma.ch

Re: Saying thanks [was: Debian equivalent of .login file?]

2002-10-13 Thread Jean-Marc V. Liotier
On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 00:15, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 06:12:38PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thank you! > > > > Is it considered polite to post a thank-you message, or is this > > unnecessary email traffic? > > IMHO it's nice to see that people's problems have been

calendar supporting vcalendar?

2002-10-13 Thread Andreas Goesele
Hi, to synchronize with my handheld I need my calendar in the vcalendar format. So far I used korganizer, but since some time it doesn't use internally the vcalendar format any more and only allows to export in the vcalendar format, which is inconvenient. To make things worse, not even the alarms

Re: mixed to stable

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 10:37:31AM -0400, Sven Heinicke wrote: > > I have stable system where I followed the APT-HOWTO on installing stuff > from unstable. That is all well and done now and I want to make my > system all stable again. I don't remember all the packages I installed > from ot

Re: ATAPI CDROM can't rip audio discs after Woody upgrade

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 02:20:46PM -0400, Levi Waldron wrote: [snip] > Checking /dev/cdrom for cdrom... > Testing /dev/cdrom for cooked ioctl() interface > /dev/scd1 is not a cooked ioctl CDROM. > Testing /dev/cdrom for SCSI interface > generic devic

Re: unix.o module

2002-10-13 Thread Rob Weir
Uh, was that a question? -rob msg06688/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian equivalent of .login file?

2002-10-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 06:12:38PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank you! > > Is it considered polite to post a thank-you message, or is this > unnecessary email traffic? IMHO it's nice to see that people's problems have been solved. It makes a change from "aargh, it's all gone horribly

Re: Debian equivalent of .login file?

2002-10-13 Thread levi . waldron
Thank you! Is it considered polite to post a thank-you message, or is this unnecessary email traffic? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: another grave galeon bug

2002-10-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 02:58:42PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yeah, I keep saying the same thing to people and they look at me as if I > > have two heads. And I'm definitely not a Qt bigot - I'm not a great fan > > of that look either. > > > > I'm muc

Re: another grave galeon bug

2002-10-13 Thread Brian Nelson
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:44:46AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: >> My main gripe with galeon is the UI. It seems to me that so many of the >> features that galeon borrowed from opera are just so much much clunky in >> galeon (especially the "Personal Bar"

Re: X behaving wierdly after last SID upgrade

2002-10-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 01:21:02PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > Mine doesn't even bother asking. Then you shouldn't have answered "yes" to the question that asked you whether you wanted it to do that ... :) Template: xserver-xfree86/manage_config_with_debconf Type: boolean Default: true Descr

Re: NE2k-PCI module missing !!!

2002-10-13 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > I'am missing the ne200 module in deb. 3.0. What should I do to get a > ne200 based nic to work with debian 3.0 > > The ne2k-pci module is in both the 2.2.20 and 2.4.18 "stock" kernel-image packages from Debian. I suggest you use one of these packages or compile your

NE2k-PCI module missing !!!

2002-10-13 Thread Cuno Sonnemans
I'am missing the ne200 module in deb. 3.0. What should I do to get a ne200 based nic to work with debian 3.0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

DHCP/DNC dynamic config and security

2002-10-13 Thread Hanasaki JiJi
Would someone be kinda enough to point out a reference to accomplish the following?: - Only assign give DHCP to hosts authenticating in some manner - Auth against LDAP and/or localfile - some hosts get the same IP every time based on their auth - not based on their MAC - some hosts get

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .002

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Still a draft: Note: need sources for the Linux Documentation listed. Clarification needed: one source (sourceforge) does not mention a /usr/src/linux directory in it's method, the other source (linuxorbit) suggests using a /usr/src/linux directory and creating a symbolic link from /usr/src/kernel

Re: X behaving wierdly after last SID upgrade

2002-10-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Mine doesn't even bother asking. I keep a backup of the good file on hand. Kenward On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 09:34:47AM -0500, John Foster wrote: > I upgraded my toybox to the latest SID last night and now X is behaving > very strangley. I noticed that it asked if I wanted debconf to rewrite >

Re: virus killers?

2002-10-13 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Saturday 12 October 2002 21:35, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 10:22:08PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > Had my message consisted solely of "Nope." that would have been bad > > advice. But, in fairness, I did mention that there are other steps to > > take in order to secure

Re: CD Writing [was: Re: The Real Problem With Debian]

2002-10-13 Thread Donald R. Spoon
David P James wrote: > -SNIP- < > > I'm wondering why my modules.conf that I had to edit keeps reverting > back to the previous version every time I reboot; it is really kind of > frustrating. It means that every time I reboot I have to mess around and > reload the ide-scsi module as well as

Re: ip alias

2002-10-13 Thread Hanspeter Roth
On Oct 13 at 18:48, Alan Chandler spoke: > Here is my /etc/network/interfaces with a number of aliased ip addresses on > eth1. > > auto eth0 eth1 lo eth1:0 eth1:1 eth1:2 I have now ### etherconf DEBCONF AREA. DO NOT EDIT THIS AREA OR INSERT TEXT BEFORE IT. auto lo iface lo inet loopback i

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread Mark Carroll
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 the mental interface of > Mark Carroll told: > > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Mike Egglestone wrote: > > > > > Would it be unwise to install bind on your own box? > > > and then set your resolv.conf to > > > nameserver 127.0.0.1 ???

Re: CD Writing [was: Re: The Real Problem With Debian]

2002-10-13 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, David P James said: > I'm wondering why my modules.conf that I had to edit keeps reverting > back to the previous version every time I reboot; it is really kind of > frustrating. It means that every time I reboot I have to mess around and > reload the ide-scsi modul

Re: X hanging the whole system at startup

2002-10-13 Thread Mariano Kamp
Jaye, thanks that does work. I am in control again. Still when the machine starts up it just completly hangs the system. Not even caps lock does work anymore. The login screen graphical appears and but doesn't accept any input. Here are the lines displayed in the lower right corner. The las

Problem with libc6.

2002-10-13 Thread Marc Monkel
Hi, I am new to debian, but like to get a router firewall get set up for my home network, so I started out with a woody install and got the router and firewall all started, but now I wanted to install snort and I got into some trouble. If I do an apt-get upgrade I get the following message. I

fsck problem

2002-10-13 Thread Alex Hunsley
My machine went loopy yesterday and when I restarted it it claimed I needed to run interactive fsck to fix things. So I did this, and all goes fine up to a point - (I say 'y' the fix the problems it throws up) - but in Pass 5 ("checking summary group information") I am prompted: "Block bitmap

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 the mental interface of Mark Carroll told: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Mike Egglestone wrote: > > > Would it be unwise to install bind on your own box? > > and then set your resolv.conf to > > nameserver 127.0.0.1 ??? > > I do exactly that, then all my nameserver config is don

CD Writing [was: Re: The Real Problem With Debian]

2002-10-13 Thread David P James
Jamin W.Collins wrote: > On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 17:20:10 -0300 > Klaus Imgrund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>but the doc's there are as outdated as my grandma - and she was put to >>rest a while ago. Don't get me wrong - I like linux a lot but the doc's >>suck sometimes. > > > You know, if yo

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