Re: Mounting Problem

2002-10-15 Thread Q. Gong
Did you try mounting when the drive was cool? How about trying mount after a reboot? I encountered the same as you. I couldn't mount just after recording. Then switched to windows to verify the CD. It was OK. Then back to Linux. It became OK. I don't know the exact reason. Need more tests. Good l

Re: What services are using these ports?

2002-10-15 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 23:56, Hubert Chan wrote: > > "Marc" == Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [***SNIP!!!***] > Marc> 25smtpI dont have smtpd running and do > Marc> not plan to set up a mail server. > Marc>

How to fetch packages without installing

2002-10-15 Thread Abdul Latip
Hello: Is there a simple way to fetch packages without installing them? I.e., how to get the packages from the result of "dpkg --get-selections" regards, -- Abdul Latip -- Angkasa Internet Junior Staff -- ANGIN.com http://people.WebIndonesia.com/dullatip/ -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Bits from the uw-imap maintainer

2002-10-15 Thread Thomas Morin
Selon "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: | | Following the upstream practice which is based on an IESG recommendation, | plaintext logins will be disabled on non-SSL/TLS connections. IMHO, it would make sens to allow plaintext logins on loopback connections. I don't think I'm the only on

Re: (no subject)

2002-10-15 Thread jeff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *chuckle* aol? :-) oh boy... >Not to start any flames or ask any specific questions,I would > just like to post an experience I had with debian (my first and only one). >I usually use a redhat based product,not redhat anymore,as they > seem to have mon

Re: (no subject)

2002-10-15 Thread Mark A. Bialik
I didn't take this as an attack in any way, but you should realize why a great many of us run Debian systems... "Polish," as you put it, isn't on top of the priority list. Neither is "snazz(iness) out of the box." If we want polish and snazzy, we know where to find it. If: good = snazzy, cute

Re: Lite On 40x Burner

2002-10-15 Thread Jason Pepas
On Tuesday 15 October 2002 04:58 pm, Steven Isaacson wrote: > Has anyone had success using a Lite On 40/12/48(LTR40125S) burner with > cdrecord and debian? I was looking around and couldn't find any definative > answer. > > The drive is $40 cheaper then the 40x Plextor. I really don't care to > wa

Re: What services are using these ports?

2002-10-15 Thread Jason Pepas
I wrote up some notes on how to disable inetd stuff. You might find them useful. how to disable inetd services on a debian box: first, figure out which services are running. to do this, you will need nmap: # apt-get install nmap and now: $ nmap localhost Starting nmap V. 3.00

Running Kazaa with linux/wine

2002-10-15 Thread J.S.Sahambi
> > well, i tried wine + kazaa lite combination. it failed too. > > your suggestions are most welcome > > -sandip > The first step is to install wine. I have the following installed for wine: (output of 'dpkg -l|grep wine'): jsahambi@ws97:~$ dpkg -l|grep wine ii libwine0.0.2002060

Re: Best plotting software?

2002-10-15 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Try KDE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for such a software that takes arrays of scientific data and > spit out a gif file consisting of chart or pie picture (like what you'd > often see on a benchmark site?). Any suggestions? gnuplot. Its interface is a bit cooky, but once you

php4-mysql and mysql_connect() problems

2002-10-15 Thread Arne Goetje
Hi list, I just installed apache, php4 and php4-mysql from unstable and tried to connect to my local mysql server via php. here is what I got: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /var/lib/ipmac-fake/authentication.php on line 11 Does anone has a similar problem or any

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:15:21PM +0200, Jens Grivolla wrote: > The explanation was for fetchmail, not exim. And I still don't see > how it would be a good idea to use exim to receive mail on a machine > not usually connected to the Internet. And I still fail to see how it matters. It's not th

Re: Whinge [was: (no subject)]

2002-10-15 Thread Tom Cook
Please use sensible subject lines. Its only because I'm having a slow day that I read this. On 0, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] >First off the text install was pretty retro,compared to what Im used > to,but I said hey,a no frills kind of deal,lets see how it turns out.Got it > insta

Re: What's the best music sharing/downloading software for linux

2002-10-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
J.S.Sahambi wrote: > >> >> My favorite is giFT (http://gift.sf.net). People say that kazaa lite >> works w/ wine, but it didn't work for me. >> > > > > Kazaa lite works fine with wine for me in Debian. If some body wants to > know, I can send the details and command line options for wine wi

mrtg w/LoadMIBs option

2002-10-15 Thread nate
greetings I am trying to use MRTG with the LoadMIBs option, while I've been using MRTG for years I haven't tried this option before. Specifically I am trying to load the MIBs for squid .. sample config: WorkDir:/home/mrtg/public_html/squid/ LoadMIBs: /usr/lib/squid/mib.txt Target[squid.cache.c

Re: gui c/c++ programming

2002-10-15 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Tuesday 15 October 2002 18:37, Kevin Coyner wrote: > I've recently took a college level course in beginning C, and then a > follow-on course in C and C++. I enjoyed learning the basics of the > languages and now want to pursue it further. > > One of the things I'd like to be able to do is put

Re: (no subject)

2002-10-15 Thread Paul Smith
I am in no way trying to flame, and I am saying in the most sincere and pleasant manner possible, that if having a nice pretty boot logo and avoiding seeing startup messages is more important to you than a fast, clean install ("the bad outweighs the good"), then Debian is just not for you. I wish

Re: gdm, log in as root? - solution and new questions

2002-10-15 Thread Oki DZ
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:00:33AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > and yes, is there any method of changing the display manager? say from > gdm to wdm to xdm to kdm etc? I believe the program is called update-rc.d. (Assuming that apt-get doesn't remove any of the dm's when the new one gets ins

Re: What services are using these ports?

2002-10-15 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > PortService Comments > 9discard What is this? See http://www.sockets.com/rfc863.txt - your machine allows connections on this port and throws any data sent to it to /dev/null. >

Re: gdm, log in as root? - solution and new questions

2002-10-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
Adrien Verlee wrote: > To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager > (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root. > How can I use GDM configurator as superuser? > > Adrien > > start x session as root. open xterm or equivalent type su - at prompt

Re: specify a parent proxy to a certain domain name

2002-10-15 Thread Try KDE
First of all, if it's a routing problem that you want to solve, you might want to do something like this: ip route via dev If you think your question is more squid specific, you might find more help on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope it helps, -WY Patrick Hsieh wrote: >Hello list, > >I hav

Best plotting software?

2002-10-15 Thread Try KDE
I'm looking for such a software that takes arrays of scientific data and spit out a gif file consisting of chart or pie picture (like what you'd often see on a benchmark site?). Any suggestions? Thanks, -tk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

(no subject)

2002-10-15 Thread RavynNiteshade
   Not to start any flames or ask any specific questions,I would just like to post an experience I had with debian (my first and only one).    I usually use a redhat based product,not redhat anymore,as they seem to have money driven issues,so now mostly mandrake.But some people I know said,

Re: Mounting Problem - fstab

2002-10-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya jerry yup... from a quickie glance, your pc/kernel should have usb support... but i'm not 100% sure, since i always use usb compiled into the kernel On 15 Oct 2002, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 21:24, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > > hi ya > > > > what is the contents of /

wmdate acting up?

2002-10-15 Thread jeff
was curious if anyone on the list uses the 'wmdate' dockapp and if so, have you noticed that it seems to go nuts on your system? i've been watching it the past hour or so and at really odd intervals, i run 'top' and watch as it maxes out my cpu for a good 2-3 minutes before it goes back to 'no

Re: how to control console's resolution?

2002-10-15 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 07:14:53PM -0400, Try KDE wrote: > In debian v3, the virtual console's resolution is deeper than 80*25, > it's like 43 lines or something (i cannot remember, and i'm typing from > another box now). My question is, where is this controlled? and how to > change it back to

Re: apache-perl vs HTML::Mason

2002-10-15 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 12:25:14AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-29 23:30:31 -0500]: > > okay, apt-get is wonderful and all that -- but when sticking > > with a tried-and-true potato setup, it's hard to get feature > > updates without some extra-apt activity

Re: Mounting Problem - fstab

2002-10-15 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 21:24, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya > > what is the contents of /etc/fstab for /dev/scd0 and /dev/hdc /dev/hdc/mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd0 /mnt/queiso9660 user,noauto 0 0 > > does your kernel s

Re: Mounting Problem - fstab

2002-10-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya what is the contents of /etc/fstab for /dev/scd0 and /dev/hdc does your kernel support usb ?? cat /proc/filesystem lsmod grep -i usb /usr/local/src/linux/.config c ya alvin On 15 Oct 2002, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: > Sorry if I wasn't more specific. My point is that, I

Re: kernel need to be reconfigured for Zip drive ?

2002-10-15 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 18:18, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: > On 15 Oct 2002 16:27:18 -0500 > Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 15:01, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: > > > Hello, I just bought a Zip 100 IDE drive. I am running kernel > > > 2.4.19 with scsi emulation support fo

Re: Mounting Problem

2002-10-15 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
Sorry if I wasn't more specific. My point is that, I CAN mount the disk in my Plextor IDE drive, but I cannot mount the disk in my QUE USB drive. Why not On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 18:14, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya > > > jerry@debian:~$ su > > Password: > > that shoulda been "su - root" > >

Re: Mounting Problem

2002-10-15 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 18:14, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya > > > jerry@debian:~$ su > > Password: > > that shoulda been "su - root" > > > debian:/home/jerry# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/que > > mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > > mount: wrong fs type, ba

Re: Where are the keys defined in X-windows?

2002-10-15 Thread Russell
Larry Alkoff wrote: > > I would like to change some X-windows keys, > especially the END and HOME keys which do not work at present. Lots of things in /etc/X11/xkb/rules -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What services are using these ports?

2002-10-15 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Marc" == Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Marc> I am trying to set up a linux server on the college campus that I Marc> attend. This will be, so far as I am aware, the only non Windows Marc> machine on campus. The campus sysadmin has security issues before Marc> she will allow ac

Re: gui c/c++ programming

2002-10-15 Thread Michael D. Crawford
A friend of mine named Andy Green spent almost ten years developing the ZooLib C++ cross-platform application framework before placing it into open source under the MIT license: http://zoolib.sourceforge.net/ I have spent quite a bit of time working with ZooLib and think it's just wonderful.

RE: Bits from the uw-imap maintainer

2002-10-15 Thread Adam Conrad
> -Original Message- > From: Jaldhar H. Vyas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > The latest version of the uw-imap packages (upstream version > 2002RC7) are > going to make some significant changes so I want to make sure > you all have > plenty of warning. The affected packages are: > > u

IBM pc server 500

2002-10-15 Thread Luis Diaz
Hi ppl, im new here, im traying to install debian on a ibm pc server 500 and i can not mount anithing, i booted from disquettes but after the boot proces if i try to mount something it says ilegal parameter...i dont really know what to do...any ideas? -- Bueno me despido desde mi Debian Linux

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread Dale Hair
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 21:30, David Pastern wrote: > Mark said: > > Subject: RE: gdm, log in as root? > > understand that sudo or fakeroot would be an even better solution, as > sudo use is logged as security concerns. > > Dave : I know that Mark. It more annoys me not having the ability there.

Re: What services are using these ports?

2002-10-15 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 11:16:10PM -0400, Marc Shapiro wrote: > PortService Comments > > 9discard What is this? Standard TCP service from inetd. It can be disabled by "up

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Russell
Tom Cook wrote: > > On 0, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom Cook wrote: > > > > >How would you start multiple screens using startx? 'startx -- :0.1' > > >doesn't work for me, but then I don't have multiple screens. > > > > > > > I believe this would attempt to start X on the Virtual

Re: gui c/c++ programming

2002-10-15 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 09:37:09PM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > So, can anyone point out what they think the best toolsets are for > learning how to write GUI interfaces in C/C++? So far I've found that > Qt seems to have a lot geared towards the beginner. Am I correct in > that assumption?

Re: What services are using these ports?

2002-10-15 Thread nate
Marc Shapiro said: > Any help determining what is active at these ports and how to disable any > un-needed services would be appreciated. > easiest way is to run nmap against the machine(or netstat), determine the ports and protocols that are open and run fuser -n e.g. if you had ssh runnin

RE: gnome2

2002-10-15 Thread David Pastern
Yeah you can get gnome2 now, even if ur running woody stable. Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 deb-src http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 Next, just run: apt-get update apt-get install gnome2 gdm2 (courtesy o

Bits from the uw-imap maintainer [Correction]

2002-10-15 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry, the correct apt sources for sarge/sid are: deb http://people.debian.org/~jaldhar/imap-experimental sid/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~jaldhar/imap-experimental sid/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQ

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Russell
Tom Cook wrote: > > On 0, Michael Heironimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 07:52:24PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:36:42PM +1000, Russell wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > When using xdm, there's no where to enter > > > > command line para

Bits from the uw-imap maintainer

2002-10-15 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The latest version of the uw-imap packages (upstream version 2002RC7) are going to make some significant changes so I want to make sure you all have plenty of warning. The affected packages are: uw-imapd ipopd libc-client2002 libc-client2002-dev Ch

What services are using these ports?

2002-10-15 Thread Marc Shapiro
I am trying to set up a linux server on the college campus that I attend. This will be, so far as I am aware, the only non Windows machine on campus. The campus sysadmin has security issues before she will allow access to the server through the firewall. I used tasksel when I set the machine up

Re: gui c/c++ programming

2002-10-15 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 21:37:09 -0400, Kevin Coyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've recently took a college level course in beginning C, and then a > follow-on course in C and C++. I enjoyed learning the basics of the > languages and now want to pursue it further. > > One of the things I'd lik

Re: gnome2

2002-10-15 Thread nate
Bruce Park said: > Hello, > > Does anyone know if gnome 2 will be integrated in the next stable > release? the next stable release being the next MAJOR release which I think will be called sarge, the answer is probably yes. Note this release is I would guesstimate based on past releases at least

gnome2

2002-10-15 Thread Bruce Park
Hello, Does anyone know if gnome 2 will be integrated in the next stable release? bp _ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: 3.0: No KDE on Bootup

2002-10-15 Thread nate
geno said: > Even though XFree86 and KDE were installed, on bootup I get only a > command-line prompt. Any thoughts? if your looking to automatically load X upon boot, the most common way is to use a display manager. apt-get install one of the following: kdm gdm xdm nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

3.0: No KDE on Bootup

2002-10-15 Thread geno
Even though XFree86 and KDE were installed, on bootup I get only a command-line prompt. Any thoughts? Thanks. geno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gui c/c++ programming

2002-10-15 Thread Bruce Park
I would really recommend using emacs to program in c or c++ because many companies require development work under unix/linux environment but I believe MS has some tools regarding GUI with c and c++. bp _ Surf the Web without mis

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread David Pastern
Mark said: Subject: RE: gdm, log in as root? understand that sudo or fakeroot would be an even better solution, as sudo use is logged as security concerns. Dave : I know that Mark. It more annoys me not having the ability there. Even if I had it there i'd very rarely log on as root, but use fa

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Cook wrote: > > >How would you start multiple screens using startx? 'startx -- :0.1' > >doesn't work for me, but then I don't have multiple screens. > > > > I believe this would attempt to start X on the Virtual Desktop #1 on the > first (:0) d

Re: subversion equivalent of 'cvs update -C'

2002-10-15 Thread Brian Nelson
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:58:51PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: >> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I wouldn't be so quick to discount subversion. :) I keep much of my >> > home directory in it, and it's behaving very nicely. >> >> Me too. I

Re: php not working

2002-10-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 03:52:00PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > hey htere everyone, > > trying to get php4 installed on my woody server and don't seem to have > it figured out right. I've downloaded a package (SPIP) that runs on > php3; I have php4 installed; when I try to load page > (http://pc09

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 19:10, David Pastern wrote: > Adrien Verlee said: > > To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager > (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root. > How can I use GDM configurator as superuser? > > Adrien > > Dave says: This is

Re: gui c/c++ programming

2002-10-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 09:37:09PM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote: > So, can anyone point out what they think the best toolsets are for > learning how to write GUI interfaces in C/C++? So far I've found that > Qt seems to have a lot geared towards the beginner. Am I correct in > that assumption? I a

Re: kernel need to be reconfigured for Zip drive ?

2002-10-15 Thread Claudio Bley
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 03:17, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:27:18 -0400 > "Bruce Best (CRO)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did you try "/dev/sdd"?? > > > > > > Hello, I get ... > > # mount /dev/sdd /zip/ > mount: /dev/sdd is not a valid block device > > Any ideas ? Usua

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Kent West
Tom Cook wrote: >How would you start multiple screens using startx? 'startx -- :0.1' >doesn't work for me, but then I don't have multiple screens. > I believe this would attempt to start X on the Virtual Desktop #1 on the first (:0) display; what you probably want is: startx -- :1 Kent

Re: netselect-apt not working?

2002-10-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 07:49:01PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 06:49:12PM +0200, Taras Tielkes wrote: > > When I look at http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full with a web > > browser, an empty page is served. > > I've never heard of netselect-apt, but it sure looks like it

Re: PCI Card for 2 USB Ports

2002-10-15 Thread Andrew Perrin
Try it out - plug it into the box, boot up, and do: lspci That will give you a listing for the type of card it is; mine gives: 00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 07) 00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 07) Most controllers are one

gui c/c++ programming

2002-10-15 Thread Kevin Coyner
I've recently took a college level course in beginning C, and then a follow-on course in C and C++. I enjoyed learning the basics of the languages and now want to pursue it further. One of the things I'd like to be able to do is put together simple programs so that the user of the program can e

Re: Lite On 40x Burner

2002-10-15 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
don't know about the 40x but the 16/10 works fine I don't really use this Liteon drive that much to say how reliable it is. Also have a 12/10 Plextor and this one is extremely solid under Linux & cdrecord. ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: kernel need to be reconfigured for Zip drive ?

2002-10-15 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
On 15 Oct 2002 16:27:18 -0500 Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 15:01, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: > > Hello, I just bought a Zip 100 IDE drive. I am running kernel > > 2.4.19 with scsi emulation support for cdrom. Just wondering if I > > need to turn on any options t

Re: kernel need to be reconfigured for Zip drive ?

2002-10-15 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:27:18 -0400 "Bruce Best (CRO)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you try "/dev/sdd"?? > > Hello, I get ... # mount /dev/sdd /zip/ mount: /dev/sdd is not a valid block device Any ideas ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Reiserfs & bad blocks??

2002-10-15 Thread Bruce
Thanks for the replies on how to deal with bad blocks on reiserfs; for the meantime, I managed to solve my problem (unable to use dpkg as several files in /var/lib/dpkg/lists were corrupt and unmoveable) by simply renaming the "lists" folder "lists-BADBLOCKS", creating a new lists folder, copyi

Re: mutt color change with dist-upgrade

2002-10-15 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Hi, > > With Mutt I used to view text as black on white, until I did a dist > upgrade. Since then mutt gives me black on black, which is impossible > to read. I believe the problem is that my default color has changed > from white (or very

Re: Mounting Problem

2002-10-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya > jerry@debian:~$ su > Password: that shoulda been "su - root" > debian:/home/jerry# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/que > mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0, >or too many mounted

specify a parent proxy to a certain domain name

2002-10-15 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello list, I have a proxy server with 2 different ADSL lines of different ISPs on it. Now I've noticed that there is a routing problem on line 1 to www.ora.com whinel the routing to which on line 2 is OK. Since the routing to my parent proxy is in line 1, I have to find a way to make my squid r

Mounting Problem

2002-10-15 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
I have a Que! USB CDRW drive connected to my machine. I wrote some files on a CDRW disk in it with Gcombust. Now, I cannot mount that same disk in the Que drive. But, if I move the disk to my Plextor IDE CDRW drive, which is hdc in my machine, I can mount and view the disk. Below is the xterm list

Re: laptop environment detection

2002-10-15 Thread Bruce
On October 15, 2002 02:27 am, you wrote: > also sprach Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.15.0725 +0200]: > > I am really looking for a program that can figure out automatically > > whether I am using the wired or wireless adaptor in my laptop (usually to > > the same network), and make the conne

CFLAGS ?

2002-10-15 Thread Robert L. Harris
I have an old env variable: CFLAGS="-O -mcpu=k6" My system is now an Intel P4. Anyone know what would be "ideal" mcpu for a P4? :wq! --- Robert L. Harris DISCLAIMER:

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Michael Heironimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 07:52:24PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:36:42PM +1000, Russell wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > When using xdm, there's no where to enter > > > command line parameters to startx or initx (0:1 e

Re: whereami: setting ip address?

2002-10-15 Thread Russell
Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > Hi All ! > > Is there any documentation about the usage of the (new) > subdirectories in `/etc/network' ? man interfaces -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Xfree86 problems

2002-10-15 Thread Russell
"Price, Erik" wrote: > > > The problem > > > > > is that the entire top half of the screen shows up as black, > > whereas the > > bottom half of the screen looks cartoonishly big. The resolution must > > somehow be getting set to some abominably low amount (the mouse cursor > > itself is about an

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:15:21PM +0200, Jens Grivolla wrote: > Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:50:17PM +0100, Pat Colbeck wrote: > > > "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail || exit 75 #fredsmith" > > > > Good to do it explicitly, but Exim will automatically

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 01:10, David Pastern wrote: > Adrien Verlee said: > > To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager > (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root. > How can I use GDM configurator as superuser? > > Adrien > > Dave says: This is

Re: Lite On 40x Burner

2002-10-15 Thread Edward Guldemond
I can't say that I've used the drive, although I do have a few general comments. On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:58:09PM -0500, Steven Isaacson wrote: > > The drive is $40 cheaper then the 40x Plextor. I really don't care to > waste my money. > Do you know if the LiteOn can do reliable Digital Audi

RE: Download manager

2002-10-15 Thread Joyce, Matthew
Does wget -I file, read the entire file before starting downloads, or just the first line ? Can I add to the file after wget has started ? Matthew Joyce -Original Message- From: Rob Weir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 15 October 2002 12:22 PM To: 'Debian User List' Subject

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2002-10-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:07:04PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've got an Athlon XP 2000 system running as my desktop machine. I've > also got a PIII 850 laptop and a p133 mail server. While recompiling the > kernel on the laptop isn't too time consuming it still takes almost > twice as long

Re: install nvidia driver woody

2002-10-15 Thread lameth
Michael P. Soulier wrote: >On 15/10/02 herv? did speaketh: > > > >>hi all >>i'm trying to install nvidia driver on woody and when i do make install with >>the kernel driver part i've got an error: >> >>in file included from nv.c:14: >>nv-linux.h:24: linux/modversions.h: No such file or direct

mutt color change with dist-upgrade

2002-10-15 Thread otte
Hi, With Mutt I used to view text as black on white, until I did a dist upgrade. Since then mutt gives me black on black, which is impossible to read. I believe the problem is that my default color has changed from white (or very light) to black. The color section of my .muttrc file has remain

Re: Linksys PCMCIA network card - what module to use?

2002-10-15 Thread Seneca
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 09:37:05AM -0700, Jon Leonard wrote: > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:24:55PM -0400, Neal Lippman wrote: > > I decided to have a go at getting debian installed on my Thinkpad 770ED; > > mostly I was able to get the initial module configuration to work (a few > > glitches, but I

Re: Problem with XSERVER and PS/2 mouse

2002-10-15 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Wathen, Metherion said: > Hello, I just installed Debian 2x on an older Pentium PC. Everything > went well until it was time to start X, the screen flashes text rolls > by then it stops with a message that "xserver cant find /dev/mouse". I > have a generic no-name bran

Re: DHCP dosen't work after kernel build

2002-10-15 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Paul" == Paul Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> What have I missed out of my kernel build ? Under networking Paul> options I have dhcp, bootp and rarp support compiled in. ... Make sure the CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER options are enabled (and if they are modules, make sure they

GPM acts funny

2002-10-15 Thread Larry Alkoff
Forgive me for posting this on two lists but there seems to be a lot more activity in debian-users. I'm using Libranet 2.7 and have a strange problem. I can start and stop gpm from the command line with gpm -m /dev/mouse -t imps2 and gpm -k However when I try to start and stop gpm from /etc/i

Re: Problem with XSERVER and PS/2 mouse

2002-10-15 Thread Jeff
Wathen, Metherion, 2002-Oct-15 16:33 -0500: > Hello, I just installed Debian 2x on an older Pentium PC. Everything went > well until it was time to start X, the screen flashes text rolls by then it > stops with a message that "xserver cant find /dev/mouse". I have a generic > no-name brand mouse,

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

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Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2002-10-15 Thread Jeff
Alex Malinovich, 2002-Oct-15 16:07 -0500: > I've got an Athlon XP 2000 system running as my desktop machine. I've > also got a PIII 850 laptop and a p133 mail server. While recompiling the > kernel on the laptop isn't too time consuming it still takes almost > twice as long as it does on my deskto

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread David Pastern
Adrien Verlee said: To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root. How can I use GDM configurator as superuser? Adrien Dave says: This is a good one...i've got the same issue (had it with gnome 1.4 and als

Re: Exim misconfiguration ?

2002-10-15 Thread Brian Nelson
Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I am currently using exim on my laptop for local delivery and sending > mails. I'm also using fetchmail and procmail. > After the we, when I connect to the internet, the system retrieves many > mails, and exim is launched thousand times. > So that more t

RE: IRC

2002-10-15 Thread David Pastern
john gennard said: I'd like to try using IRC. There seems a wide variety of programs available and I wonder what is the one most commonly chosen by list members. I'm running Woody. Thanks. John. I doth speaketh: many to choose from John - xchat, ksirc, kvirc (my fave), bitchx, iirc are ones

Re: IRC

2002-10-15 Thread Jeff
john gennard, 2002-Oct-15 21:25 +0100: > I'd like to try using IRC. There seems a wide variety of programs > available and I wonder what is the one most commonly chosen > by list members. I'm running Woody. > > Thanks. Hey John, I see there being 2 types, gui and text. I prefer the text based

Re: Project organizer and time-tracking software?

2002-10-15 Thread Jeff
Kirk Strauser, 2002-Oct-15 11:02 -0500: > I'm looking for some software to keep track of open projects, and the time > I've spent working on each. I need to be able to track multiple clients and > multiple projects per client, and easily search for projects that are not > completed, have been inv

Re: Knoppix & DemoLinux

2002-10-15 Thread Jeff
Wendell Cochran, 2002-Oct-15 08:47 -0700: > >Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:06:14 -0700 > >From: Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [SNIP] > >. . . I roam to different offices and can sometimes find a windows PC in > >a cube I'm borrowing. I get permission to reboot that system and boot > >it to Knoppix an

Re: IRC

2002-10-15 Thread Mark Carroll
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, john gennard wrote: > I'd like to try using IRC. There seems a wide variety of programs > available and I wonder what is the one most commonly chosen > by list members. I'm running Woody. I'm using ircii, which is fairly basic, but will be quite familiar if you've used any s

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Mark Carroll
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:51:59 -0400 (EDT) Mark Carroll > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Then you're using fetchmail, not exim, to receive mail - it's just a > > matter of terminology. (Of course, exim performs the local delivery > > after'receiving'

Re: Problem with XSERVER and PS/2 mouse

2002-10-15 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:33:33 -0500 "Wathen, Metherion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I just installed Debian 2x on an older Pentium PC. Everything > went well until it was time to start X, the screen flashes text rolls by > then it stops with a message that "xserver cant find /dev/mouse". I

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