Re: Elementary Woody Firewall with DSL. Solved!

2002-11-06 Thread Dan Hunt
Crispin. I made the changes you suggested rebooted and now I'm back with a Debian Firewall protecting my Debian box. Thank You. Any suggestions on allowing streaming Audio through the Firewall to XMMS? Thank you Jeff, I will try inserting Disk #5 in the boot cd and install Debian with the 2.4 k

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Brian Nelson
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 05:00:18PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: >> No package in Debian can have such a clause. See: >> >> http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html#guidelines > > However, non-free does include packages that do not meet those > requireme

Re: allowing remote x connections?

2002-11-06 Thread Jason Pepas
On Wednesday 06 November 2002 07:06 am, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > Hello! > > i read this some time ago, but can't find the pointer to that docu > anymore, and its not in the debian FAQ... :( > > i want to allow some local machines to send their displays to the > desktop machine i know there's so

Re: allowing remote x connections?

2002-11-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 02:06:52PM +0100, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > Hello! > > i read this some time ago, but can't find the pointer to that docu > anymore, and its not in the debian FAQ... :( See below. Chapter 9. (Currently I an in the process of rewriting.) Bottom line: use SSH. Just do not

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 05:00:18PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > No package in Debian can have such a clause. See: > > http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html#guidelines However, non-free does include packages that do not meet those requirements. Specifically, pine. -- .''`. Baloo Ursi

Re: encrypting a single file

2002-11-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 04:40:48AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 11:21:37AM -0500, Levi Waldron wrote: > > On November 5, 2002 02:27 am, Rob Weir wrote: > > > AFAIK, emacs supports this out of the box.  Open a .gpg file and it'll > > > prompt you for the password and decrypt it f

Re: Radeon 8500

2002-11-06 Thread Andy
> Im having no luck getting X to work with Debian(3). I have a ATI > Radeon8500 card. I chose the 2.4 kernel at install time and chose to > include the ati module (I think). Here is the end of my > /var/log/XFree86.0.log file... (snip) > (II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.3.6) for chipsets: ati, at

Re: Elementary Woody Firewall with DSL.

2002-11-06 Thread Jeff
Dan.Hunt, 2002-Nov-06 23:15 -0600: > > After basic Woody install, with nothing extra at first. > I upgrade the Kernel to a stock 2.4.?? > and > Is there was a way to install a 2.4 kernel right from the c.d.? If you have the full set of Woody install cd's, you can boot to cd #5 to start the inst

Re: ip_forward - 2 nics

2002-11-06 Thread Jeff
Kevin Coyner, 2002-Nov-06 23:50 -0500: > > It seems conceptually correct to me, yet I continue to wonder whether > eth1 needs a gateway entry. I guess not though, because when I try to > add one, it doesn't take. > > In addition to these entries, I've changed /etc/network/options > ip_forward=y

Re: cvs: two repositories

2002-11-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 04:34:32PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: > Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:15:53AM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: > > >> using mc's 2 window mode, copy files with only update mode f

Re: apt-get preferring lower priority items?

2002-11-06 Thread Steve Juranich
On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 00:22:50 -0500 Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > in /etc/apt/preferences to fix the problem. If you install a package > from unstable and then the package in the unstable archive is > upgraded. > Then the version you have installed is no longer available and > re

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Re: Elementary Woody Firewall with DSL.

2002-11-06 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 13:15, Dan.Hunt wrote: > With this done I can Start and stop or restart the firewall, ping the Debian > GNU/Linux Woody box from the Woody DSL firewall, and ping back the > other way. I can ping the net from the firewall, but not from inside. > > Am I missing something imp

Re: apt-get preferring lower priority items?

2002-11-06 Thread Travis Crump
Steve Juranich wrote: On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 23:14:34 -0500 Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So you already have the sid version installed. apt-get doesn't downgrade packages unless the priority of the older version is greater than 1000. See man apt_preferences for more details on what dif

Elementary Woody Firewall with DSL.

2002-11-06 Thread Dan.Hunt
I have two NIC's in a Pentium 100 mHZ with 32MB ram and a 100 meg swap partition on a 1GB hard drive. After basic Woody install, with nothing extra at first. I upgrade the Kernel to a stock 2.4.?? and Is there was a way to install a 2.4 kernel right from the c.d.? Then I do this bit about the

Re: mutt trouble

2002-11-06 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 12:51:13AM -0500, Stephan Sauerburger wrote: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 09:26:25AM -0500, Jon-o Addleman spanked upon the > buttocks of Barbie in Morse Code: > >On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 05:21:04PM +0530, sandip spake thusly: > >>hello! > >> > >>this is what i did: > >>mutt >

Radeon 8500

2002-11-06 Thread Chris
Hello, Im having no luck getting X to work with Debian(3). I have a ATI Radeon8500 card. I chose the 2.4 kernel at install time and chose to include the ati module (I think). Here is the end of my /var/log/XFree86.0.log file... (snip) (II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.3.6) for chipsets: ati, a

Re: apt-get preferring lower priority items?

2002-11-06 Thread Steve Juranich
On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 23:14:34 -0500 Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you already have the sid version installed. apt-get doesn't > downgrade packages unless the priority of the older version is greater > than 1000. See man apt_preferences for more details on what different > priority l

ip_forward - 2 nics

2002-11-06 Thread Kevin Coyner
I'm setting up a box in my LAN to act as a transparent Squid proxy server with squidGuard to filter out porn and other things that the kids might stumble into. The box will sit between the router and the clients - like this: World | | Router w/ builtin FW (local assigned ip 1

Re: mutt trouble

2002-11-06 Thread sandip
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 09:26:25AM -0500, Jon-o Addleman wrote: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 05:21:04PM +0530, sandip spake thusly: > > hello! > > > > this is what i did: > > mutt > > :source ~/.alias > > m #to compose new mail > > tried to use alias, doesnt work still! > > > > any further solutions

Re: apt-get preferring lower priority items?

2002-11-06 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Steve" == Steve Juranich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Steve> coffee (steve)$ apt-cache policy wine Steve> wine: Steve> Installed: 0.0.20021031-1 Steve> Candidate: 0.0.20021031-1 [...] Steve> So, the package in testing has higher priority, but for some Steve> reason aptitude (and

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread John Hasler
Pigeon writes: > Huh? Do you have to pay to get a book out of a library in the US then? In the US lending and renting is entirely outside the scope of copyright law. This appears to not be true in the UK, but public libraries are exempt. > In the UK you pay nothing, unless you keep it beyond a t

Re: procmail slow email delivery

2002-11-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Ric" == Ric Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ric> Thanks for the suggestion about locks on procmailrc. I Ric> changed them. But I don't think the slowness problem is due Ric> to too many messages in exim's queue; I check my mail Ric> frequently, and usually get less than 5 m

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 06 Nov 2002 17:52:33 -0600, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I don't see why a public library even in the UK couldn't lend non-free. > >How would it differ from lending out a non-free book (i.e., the usual > >kind)? > > Huh? Do you have to

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Pigeon
On 06 Nov 2002 17:52:33 -0600, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I don't see why a public library even in the UK couldn't lend non-free. >How would it differ from lending out a non-free book (i.e., the usual >kind)? Huh? Do you have to pay to get a book out of a library in the US then? In t

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 18:57, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 05:52:33PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Paul Johnson writes: > > > Non-free would be too much legal effort for a library to go through. > > > > I don't see why a public library even in the UK couldn't lend non-free. > > Ho

Re: Evolution is slow

2002-11-06 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 06/11/02 Setyo Nugroho did speaketh: > Hi all, > > My evolution 1.0.5 works extremely slowly. I run it mostly under KDE > 3.0.3, woody. Is it usual? No. Evolution is a pig. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08 "...the word HACK is used as a verb

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Re: Thread Stealing (was: Installing debian via network)

2002-11-06 Thread David Gaudine
Bob Hilliard writes: > But most Windows mailers make you read mail on-line, which is an > abomination. Outlook Express requires me to go online to download messages or to upload replies. It does not require me to be online while reading or composing. Neither does Eudora, as I recall. What

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Debian User
Ok, I think I might have been beating myself up. I only have (1) ip address but so far I have got about 5 different pages up, plus 5 different virtual mail domains up, so no problem there. I changed apache so that it would look at the /home/user*/web_data directory. I moved all web data to th

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Brian Nelson
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Nelson writes: >> No package in Debian can have such a clause. > > Packages in non-free can, and those are what Paul referred to. Non-free is *not* part of Debian. -- People said I was dumb, but I proved them! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Problems with new X 4.2

2002-11-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:08:49AM +, Pigeon wrote: > Compiled v4.2 of X today. I'm wondering why you don't just use the Debian source package ... > (2) It assumes that a Debian system has Pam (whoever she is). Mine > doesn't, never has had. Sure it does, unless you've been hacking things in

apt-get preferring lower priority items?

2002-11-06 Thread Steve Juranich
I'm having a little problem getting my system pinned down to sarge properly. In my /etc/apt/apt.conf file, I have the following: APT { Default-Release "testing"; }; This apparently works because: coffee (/etc/apt) % apt-config dump 2>&1 | grep -i release APT::Default-Release "testing"; Everyt

Re: Pwcheck messing up again

2002-11-06 Thread nate
Curtis Vaughan said: > But I looked in /var/run earlier and there was no link. So my symlink > must have been deleted or something. > > It's working again, but I worry that if the server were to reboot due to > a power outage that it will be down again. debian cleans /var/run each time the syste

Problems with new X 4.2

2002-11-06 Thread Pigeon
Compiled v4.2 of X today. 2 problems both solved: (1) Some source files include but then find themselves short of certain definitions (SOL_SOCKET for one). Fix: edit source to include as well. This worked, but why was it necessary? (2) It assumes that a Debian system has Pam (whoever she is). Mi

Re: xserver-xfree86 and GeForce 2 MX 400

2002-11-06 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 18:31:20 +1100, Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 06:01:49PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote: >> The problem is, all I've found so far on the web is info suggesting that >> the "natural" resolution for this card is 2048 x 1536 @ 75 Hz. What I need >> is a wa

Frame buffer problem solved

2002-11-06 Thread bparker
Hello to All: I found it! On Debian Woody, the system looks for the following file: /proc/fb The presence of this file tells the OS that a video frame buffer is installed. The contents of contains the name of the frame buffer. This is the contents on this sytem: 0 VGA16 VGA

Re: Pwcheck messing up again

2002-11-06 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Something's definitely wrong with the way i have the server set up. I finally found the log I was looking for in order to identify the problem as well as the post one Debian user had posted about the same problem. Here's that letter: I straced pwcheck and inetd (which pop3d is working from) and

Re: Which print document shoul I read?

2002-11-06 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 08:01:41PM -0500, infotechsys wrote: > Hi, > I just installed woody on my cpu and > would like to get my printer working. > Can someone point me to the document > I should read? I did a google search, but > could not find a current howto. I also > went to the debian home pag

Re: Pwcheck messing up again

2002-11-06 Thread nate
Curtis Vaughan said: > fork() = 1033 try strace -fF /usr/sbin/pwcheck maybe it can catch the stuff that happens in the fork nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Pwcheck messing up again

2002-11-06 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Been going over everything we did over a month ago, but can't seem to figure this out. I restarted our postfix server for certain reasons, only to discover that now no one can log in to receive mail. The problem is that pwcheck server is not working. Every time I start pwcheck, the process is

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread John Hasler
Brian Nelson writes: > No package in Debian can have such a clause. Packages in non-free can, and those are what Paul referred to. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: cvs: two repositories

2002-11-06 Thread Jeffrey Chimene
> Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 16:42:20 +0100 > From: Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: cvs: two repositories > > On Monday 04 November 2002 11:15 pm, Robert Epprecht wrote: > I'm developping a program which I would like to put somewhere on > the net like savanna

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread John Hasler
Paul Johnson writes: > It wouldn't surprise me if some packages have some goofball > redistribution clauses, like "May not charge for redistribution." Well, > what happens when someone doesn't turn it back in on time? They get > charged. As they do if they do not return an "All Rights Reserved"

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Brian Nelson
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 05:52:33PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: >> Paul Johnson writes: >> > Non-free would be too much legal effort for a library to go through. >> >> I don't see why a public library even in the UK couldn't lend non-free. >> How would it d

Which print document shoul I read?

2002-11-06 Thread infotechsys
Hi, I just installed woody on my cpu and would like to get my printer working. Can someone point me to the document I should read? I did a google search, but could not find a current howto. I also went to the debian home page, but the document didn't have any content. Later- Wayne p.s. I've been

Re: updatedb - invalid option?

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Tom said: > Hey, > > I'm a newbie, so I can't configure out what I should do with the > following problem. > > About a week ago, I used 'updatedb' for the last time, and it > functioned properly. In that week, I recall, I have done a > dist-upgrade, and ever since, up

Re: Problem with GDM/Xfree86 and apm_bios

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, MattW said: > > On Woody, Kernel 2.4.19, Stable, > > I am running the latest Xfree85 4.2.1 version and can now boot up into > GDM console log in, but when I try to log in, it flashes the screen, > pauses, > then returns me to the login screen again. Ive tried this w

Re: apt failure - help needed

2002-11-06 Thread Levi Waldron
Looks like you have to increase the size of your apt-cache. Go to /etc/apt/apt.conf, and add the line 'APT::Cache-Limits xxx', where xxx is the desirable size in bytes. Choose something like 12 or 24 M ( which would be 12582912 or 25165824 in bytes). Hope that helps - Thi

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 08:19:39AM -0600, Mailing List wrote: > Why not see about getting this to the local schools?? Many have computer > labs. I am sure in the U.S. At least with the over abundance of older PC's > that this would be a great way to get people turned on to Debian. Better yet, make

Re: alsa0.9rc5 with linux-2.4.19 on debian unstable <-- sometime

2002-11-06 Thread Jack O'Quin
You are the victim of yet another abrupt, incompatible change in the ALSA driver interface. This one occurred between 0.9rc3 and 0.9rc5. Basically, they removed the "snd_" prefix from *all* ALSA module option names. The rationale given was a desire to become compatible with de facto kernel stand

updatedb - invalid option?

2002-11-06 Thread Tom
Hey, I'm a newbie, so I can't configure out what I should do with the following problem. About a week ago, I used 'updatedb' for the last time, and it functioned properly. In that week, I recall, I have done a dist-upgrade, and ever since, updatedb yields this error: Usage: updatedb [--localpath

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 05:52:33PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Paul Johnson writes: > > Non-free would be too much legal effort for a library to go through. > > I don't see why a public library even in the UK couldn't lend non-free. > How would it differ from lending out a non-free book (i.e., the

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread John Hasler
Paul Johnson writes: > Non-free would be too much legal effort for a library to go through. I don't see why a public library even in the UK couldn't lend non-free. How would it differ from lending out a non-free book (i.e., the usual kind)? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing H

Problem with GDM/Xfree86 and apm_bios

2002-11-06 Thread MattW
On Woody, Kernel 2.4.19, Stable, I am running the latest Xfree85 4.2.1 version and can now boot up into GDM console log in, but when I try to log in, it flashes the screen, pauses, then returns me to the login screen again. Ive tried this with several different user accounts. The /var/log/Xfre

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:13:41PM +0100, James Finch wrote: > could uk librarys lend debian? make things difficult for microsoft Yes, they can (Main and Contrib at least). The GPL allows for infinite redistribution. Non-free would be too much legal effort for a library to go through. -- .''`

Re: True Type font again

2002-11-06 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Olivier" == Olivier Esser <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(by way of Olivier Esser ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)> writes: Olivier> Hi everybody! I've still questions abpout installing true type Olivier> fonts. I know I've to put the fonts in the correct directory Olivier> and tell the X server to load them.

Re: procmail slow email delivery

2002-11-06 Thread Ric Otte
Thanks for the suggestion about locks on procmailrc. I changed them. But I don't think the slowness problem is due to too many messages in exim's queue; I check my mail frequently, and usually get less than 5 messages at a time. But I'll reread the exim man page. Thanks, Ric On Wed, Nov 06, 20

Re: [ALSA] Working with one kernel not with other

2002-11-06 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Jens" == Jens Kubieziel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jens> Hi, I compiled new 2.4.19-kernel with make-kpkg yesterday. I also Jens> compiled alsa-source 0.9b12 which works well with Jens> kernel-2.4.18. But when I start with my new kernel I get an error Jens> message that /dev/mixer cant be o

Re: some german keys don't work..?

2002-11-06 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Wed, 06 Nov 2002, Pierre Burri wrote: > Thanks a lot Oliver! > dpkg-reconfigure locales first didn't work because I hat to reinstall the > package console-tools. I had to rerun install-keymap. After that everything > was fine. Thanks again. > > Am Mittwoch, 6. November 2002 12:03 schrieb Oli

Re: How can I get rid of the frame buffer?

2002-11-06 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Tue, 05 Nov 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How can I keep the kernel from using the video frame buffer in Woody? > In particular, is there a configuration file that controls use of the > frame buffer. I cannot find it and I have looked high and low. > > Regards, At boot-up prompt or in lil

Re: some german keys don't work..?

2002-11-06 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Wed, 06 Nov 2002, Pierre Burri wrote: > Thanks a lot Oliver! > dpkg-reconfigure locales first didn't work because I hat to reinstall the > package console-tools. I had to rerun install-keymap. After that everything > was fine. Thanks again. > > Am Mittwoch, 6. November 2002 12:03 schrieb Oli

pam-ldap headaches

2002-11-06 Thread Stewart James
Hi, Attempting to get sendmail to authenticated vi sasl -> pam. Now I know that I am making it as far as pam in the authentication, but pam_ldap is failing. The error is always: cerberus sm-mta[9724]: pam_ldap: ldap_simple_bind Can't contact LDAP server running ethereal I can see it lookup the

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Mailing List
On 11/6/02 1:52 PM, "Debian User" wrote: > Ok, I am having a hard time being new to linux and all. > > Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an > apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. > I see much more documentation needed in the Linux world if this is goi

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 15:31, Debian User wrote: > Thanks for the help Mark. > > Ok, what I would like to is web/email hosting for friends and a few > clients. (so far email works fine with postfix) > > So, they need to have their own private domain name/web site/email per user. > > This means t

Re: Building DEB from Source Package

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Robert James Kaes said: > Thanks for the information. I'll give it a try. One last question: how > much space does the chroot environment consume on the hard drive? Take > the woody distribution as an example, if you could. > -- Robert steve@gashuffer:~$ du -H

Re: Samba causes printer to freeze after long period of inactivity

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Elizabeth Barham said: > Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > It sounds like a SAMBA problem, but whether it's on the server or > > client side is unclear as yet. When printing fails from the Win > > box, can you see the printer in the Network Neighborhood

alsa0.9rc5 with linux-2.4.19 on debian unstable <-- sometime

2002-11-06 Thread reiner
Hi all, I have some trouble with alsa-source-0.9-rc5. I get the following warnings with /etc/init.d/alsa start: Warning: ignoring snd_cards_limit=1, no such parameter in this module Warning: ignoring snd_device_mode=0660, no such parameter in this module Warning: ignoring snd_device_gid=29, no s

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Debian User said: > Ok, I am having a hard time being new to linux and all. Let's go slow then > Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an > apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. > > Someone first tells me not to use FTP, and

Re: Building DEB from Source Package

2002-11-06 Thread Robert James Kaes
On Wed, 06 Nov 2002, Stephen Gran wrote: > Look into pbuilder - it's designed for doing stuff exactly like this. I > have a testing machine as my day to day desktop machine (it's also the > fastest of my non-server boxes) so I use it compile things for the other > boxes. pbuilder sets up a chroot

Re: trying to get usb cdrom drive to work, can't mount it (LACIE manufacturer)

2002-11-06 Thread Walter Tautz
> It looks like you have all the right modules loaded, and the kernel can > see the device, so that's good. Try /dev/scd0 at a guess - that's > usually where the first SCSI CD lives. /dev/sda is, IIRC, for SCSI hard > disks. Just to confirm, this works. So if anyone else wondered how this worked

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Debian User
Thanks for the help Mark. Ok, what I would like to is web/email hosting for friends and a few clients. (so far email works fine with postfix) So, they need to have their own private domain name/web site/email per user. This means they need to have their own container.  (presently I store all

Re: Samba causes printer to freeze after long period of inactivity

2002-11-06 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It sounds like a SAMBA problem, but whether it's on the server or > client side is unclear as yet. When printing fails from the Win > box, can you see the printer in the Network Neighborhood? Yes. It looks good. > Do you get any interesting clues in

Where can i get themes from?

2002-11-06 Thread Wathen, Metherion
Besides themes.org where else can i go to get themes for WindowMaker, Gnome, etc. ? tia, mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lynx, ncurses, gpm

2002-11-06 Thread Morten Bo Johansen
Glyn Kennington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: GK> I have found some ways that work, though. For all the GK> following, I'm using my hacked gpm ncurses compiled after GK> a ./configure --with-shared --with-gpm --with-develop the GK> untouched lynx binary, with LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to find the GK> ne

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Mark Ferlatte
begin Debian User quote on Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:52:29AM -0800: > Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an > apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. Well, there isn't really a standard procedure... > Someone first tells me not to use FTP, and use some wind

Re: Working with one kernel not with other

2002-11-06 Thread David Z Maze
Jens Kubieziel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I compiled new 2.4.19-kernel with make-kpkg yesterday. I also compiled > alsa-source 0.9b12 which works well with kernel-2.4.18. To check, you did 'make-kpkg modules-image' to build the ALSA kernel modules, yes? When you say "works well with kernel 2.4

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Debian User
Ok, I am having a hard time being new to linux and all. Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. Someone first tells me not to use FTP, and use some windows util that none of my clients will have. I am at a loss, is

Re: Tasksel: remove packages?

2002-11-06 Thread Joey Hess
Q. Gong wrote: > Is it possible to use tasksel to select a task and remove all the packages > in the selected task? Thanks in advance. No, but you can do it in aptitude -- find the task in the set of tasks at the bottom of aptitude's list, and hit '-' with the task title highlighted. Although this

Re: Sendmail and smtp-auth

2002-11-06 Thread Gary Lowder
> Sorry, I'm not much further than you, but maybe a bit. I've got sid, > so YMMV. > > I've installed the sasl libs and modules (would be nice, if there > where some dependencies helping in finding them or a file listing > them; don't install sasl2 which is not supported). Then and I added > > TRU

[Scwawcaac Initiated] Biostar mainboards

2002-11-06 Thread scwawcaac
I heard a horrible rumor that Biostar produces crappy motherboards. I was just wondering if anyone here has tried using them with Debian and, if so, what they thought of them. I was thinking of buying one for my Linux box. ->Scwawcaac<- ->The Soul Computer With Abundant Whipped Cream And A Cherry

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread John Hasler
Colin Watson writes: > The UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 covers lending to the > public. I stand corrected. That's a pretty horrible looking pile of law. It does appear that public libraries are exempt, though. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwo

Re: How to add "testing" source to my apt.conf?

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Sam Rosenfeld said: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:59:46PM +1100, Nick Hastings wrote: > > Hi, > > > >your subject line asks what to add to apt.conf. ... the short > > answer is nothing, to upgrade using apt-get you need to edit > > /etc/apt/sources.list. Replace al

Re: How to add "testing" source to my apt.conf?

2002-11-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Sam Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-06 12:55:54 -0500]: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:59:46PM +1100, Nick Hastings wrote: > >your subject line asks what to add to apt.conf. ... the short > > answer is nothing, to upgrade using apt-get you need to edit > > /etc/apt/sources.list. Replace a

Re: Samba causes printer to freeze after long period of inactivity

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Elizabeth Barham said: > Hi Nate, everyone, > > "nate" writes: > > > > This condition seems to only happen when using Samba from the Win98 > > > machine; another gnu/linux workstation uses the printer via lpd and has > > > not had the same problem. > > > this makes m

telephone central

2002-11-06 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, is there any software available that will make a Linux box work as a telephone central? The idea is the following: the Linux box works as a voicemail. Usually the voicemail can be listened by playing the recorded messages on the computer. Unfortunately, you have to turn on the monitor (and in

Re: How to add "testing" source to my apt.conf?

2002-11-06 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:59:46PM +1100, Nick Hastings wrote: > Hi, > >your subject line asks what to add to apt.conf. ... the short > answer is nothing, to upgrade using apt-get you need to edit > /etc/apt/sources.list. Replace all instances of "potato" with "woody". Have been using "stabl

Re: newbie, what flavour for my old hardware?

2002-11-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:50:10PM +0100, James Finch wrote: > secondhand Apricot SL550, 75MHz Pentium, 0.84GB hard drive. 32 MB ram > what version of debian should be used? > am completely ignorant Any Debian version should work with that hardware. The only limitation would be how many packages

Re: True Type font again

2002-11-06 Thread Jason Lunz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I've still questions abpout installing true type fonts. I know I've to > put the fonts in the correct directory and tell the X server to load > them. The problems is that Xf86 also need a "fonts.dir" and a > "fonts.scale" file. Is is possible to create them automatically.

Re: True Type font again

2002-11-06 Thread Paul Smith
%% Olivier Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(by way of Olivier Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) writes: oe> I've still questions abpout installing true type fonts. I know oe> I've to put the fonts in the correct directory and tell the X oe> server to load them. The problems is that Xf86 also need a oe>

Re: Samba causes printer to freeze after long period of inactivity

2002-11-06 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Hi Nate, everyone, "nate" writes: > > This condition seems to only happen when using Samba from the Win98 > > machine; another gnu/linux workstation uses the printer via lpd and has > > not had the same problem. > this makes me think the printer has a jetdirect(or similar) card in > it? I don't

Re: Building DEB from Source Package

2002-11-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Robert James Kaes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-06 11:57:11 -0500]: > Hopefully this will be a quick question: is it possible to build a woody > debian package on a "testing" machine? My server is at woody, but I don't > really want to build packages on a production machine. Because of the words u

Re: Mozilla on VTWM - cannot edit text in pop-ups

2002-11-06 Thread Torrin
Yes, I've seen it before. It happens whenever I select a bookmark. I starts to work again if I minimize and restore the window. Since I'm using Gnome and Sawfish, I don't think it has anything to do with the window manager. On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:29:26PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > [EMAIL PR

RE: True Type font again

2002-11-06 Thread Edwin Lau
try defoma, dfontmgr and x-ttcidconf. Step roughly as follows: 1. create some hints file which describe the properties of the font (defoma-hint truetype *.ttf > hintfile) 2. run defoma-font register-all hintfile to register the font. then you should be able to use it in xwindow. read defoma-

Re: XF86 4.2.1 upgrade problem

2002-11-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-06 15:56:49 +]: > I run testing, and have just upgraded X to 4.2.1-3, and I eventually got > it working OK. However, although I'm using the same XF86Config file as > before, and have not made any screensaver or other changes, my monitor no > longer g

dockable apps for icewm?

2002-11-06 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hi, I have been using Icewm with a nice and lean theme for quite a while now and find it very nice. However, I have been unable to find any applications that would dock in the taskbar (except for the network, mail, and APM monitors that come with it). There seem to be tons of applets out there f

Re: encrypting a single file

2002-11-06 Thread Levi Waldron
On November 5, 2002 06:36 pm, Osamu Aoki wrote: > No. > > Easier way: > > Open plain text first and save with gpg extension. > > If you have GPG installed with public key/privateky it will use them. > > Good luck. > > Ask these question on list please Oops, I hit "reply" and forgot it replied to y

True Type font again

2002-11-06 Thread Olivier Esser
Hi everybody! I've still questions abpout installing true type fonts. I know I've to put the fonts in the correct directory and tell the X server to load them. The problems is that Xf86 also need a "fonts.dir" and a "fonts.scale" file. Is is possible to create them automatically. I want in fact in

apt failure - help needed

2002-11-06 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
Hi all, today after running apt-get update occured lots of error messages: Fetched 59.7kB in 29s (2022B/s) Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing dxftp (NewPackage) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or stat

Re: choice of software

2002-11-06 Thread Larry W . Irwin Sr .
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:19:27 -0800 Jim Bowering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I find xmms impossibly hard to read with its blue-on-black and small > > font, so have been using noatun instead. Has anyone found a way to make > > xmms a little more readable? Look in the Options menu for the entry

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