Re: different flavors

2002-12-01 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Bill Wohler wrote: "Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: -SNIP- < I'd be interested to hear if one can install Debian with only the first disk (assuming they have net access for the rest). -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD You sure can!

JFS or XFS?

2002-12-01 Thread Klaus Imgrund
Hello, I got currently a partition that holds all my data with an ext3 file system.That partition is fragmented so badly that my cd burner works with 10x tops. I was looking for other file systems and want to give JFS or XFS a try. Has anybody experience with those? Issues? Klaus -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Now that I am up (help now please)

2002-12-01 Thread Alberto Cabello Sanchez
> 3. What script/file can I create in my user directory so I can control > what window manager I am running? (gnome, kde, icewm). Currently, I > have to run g/k/x(dm) from root. > Try ${HOME}/.xinitrc, for instance: alberto~$ cat .xinitrc flwm alberto~$ -- -

Re: different flavors

2002-12-01 Thread Bill Wohler
"Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not sure which flavor to install on my system. After reading the > manuals, it seems that most USB drivers are within b2f.4 flavor. Is > this correct? Also, I only have cd1 one of the debian cds. The default > boot prompt without any argument is desig

Re: weird X effect

2002-12-01 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:30:07PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello all, > > Thanks to many generouse people's advise, I now removed xfonts-100dpi and > am using xfonts-75dpi. Now one of the main reasons for this transition was > to make emacs look nice but now it looks like there is a problem w

Re: where to download KDE

2002-12-01 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:35:44PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello all, > > I read that I should use: > http://kde.tdyc.com/ stable kde2 > as the source for my kde packages however, when I run 'apt-get update', I > get errors regarding 'Packages' not being found. I got this from the KDE > websi

Re: sawfish makes itself x-window-manager

2002-12-01 Thread Craig Dickson
Erik Steffl wrote: > looks like a bug in update-alternatives (dpkg), right? Is there any > way to verify what happened? I mean is there any history of changes or > something that I can check AFTER the fact (obviously, I cannot check > before since I don't know it's goingto happen, and even if

Re: How to enable DMA at boot time

2002-12-01 Thread Bill Moseley
At 09:25 PM 12/01/02 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: >> > I've used the -k "keep" switch do htparm to remember DMA settings. >> >> I've tried that but the settings don't survive a reboot. > >Uh, they're not supposed to. That flag is "keep_over_reset", which means >that if the kernel has to reset the d

Re: Advanced procmail question

2002-12-01 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Sun, 01 Dec 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:46:19AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: > > macro index q " ~d>3d" > > Ok, this is definately a start. Now, how to go about limiting it to > just one folder? >

Re: Now that I am up (help now please)

2002-12-01 Thread sean finney
heya, On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 12:11:58AM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: >Weekend spent messing with dselect and aptitude. I now have a > usable-but-not-quit-comfortable system going. > > 1. I keep getting a 'fake start-stop daemon' error when I try to shut > down (init 0 from root). It keeps s

Re: Advanced procmail question

2002-12-01 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Sun, 01 Dec 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:46:19AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: > > macro index q " ~d>3d" > > Ok, this is definately a start. Now, how to go about limiting it to > just one folder? >

Re: sawfish makes itself x-window-manager

2002-12-01 Thread Erik Steffl
Jerome Acks Jr wrote: On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 03:09:33AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: not sure when it happened, I guess it was during dist-upgrade, but suddenly sawfish was the x-window-mananger (I definitely did not run update-alternatives). is this a bug or intented behaviour? If it's a "fe

Re: Advanced procmail question

2002-12-01 Thread Chun Kit Edwin Lau
Or you can try archivemail + cron. Edwin Lau On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:46:19AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > What would be a good example procmail rule to automatically delete > > messages 72 hours old or more? > > > > Using mutt adding this macro

Re: spamassassin & razor

2002-12-01 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 08:07:12PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > If you let fetchmail process incoming mail via smtp and put > "|usr/bin/procmail" in your ~/.forward file (or specify procmail as > your MDA in .fetchmailrc) fetchmail will use procmail. IIRC, exim will use procmail as your MDA automat

Re: Sound (SBLive) | Gnome Problems

2002-12-01 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:12:34PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:49:52PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 01:33:51PM -0800, Andres Guedez wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I've been having trouble getting sound to work in my > > > Debian unstable setup. Envi

Re: Subject: Re: mozilla/unstable + java-jvm = crash

2002-12-01 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:14:03PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > BTW: The package j2re-common is only found on this metalab.unc.edu link and > was not a part of the normal sources.list packages. Add the word 'main' just before non-free in your Blackdown source.list entry. -rob msg16522/pgp0

Re: setting up USB

2002-12-01 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 01:03:41PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > I'm still having difficulty in setting up my USB mouse for woody. Since I > am currently kernel 2.4.bf2.4, my assumption is that the USB drivers are > already loaded. When I setup X, I chose /dev/input/mice for the my mouse > path. Is

RE: IMAP & SMTP services

2002-12-01 Thread Andrew R Reid
> -Original Message- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason Lunz > Sent: Sunday, 24 November 2002 6:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: IMAP & SMTP services > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > 1. Which packages do I need to install to get a ssl encrypted > IMAP se

Now that I am up (help now please)

2002-12-01 Thread ZephyrQ
Weekend spent messing with dselect and aptitude. I now have a usable-but-not-quit-comfortable system going. Some queries: 1. I keep getting a 'fake start-stop daemon' error when I try to shut down (init 0 from root). It keeps scrolling across the screen and I have to shut off manu

Re: try to copy iso to cd-rw in window xp failed, need help!

2002-12-01 Thread nate
eric said: > Dear linux users: > > I download two progeny1.0 iso, in my window xp, first time I just drag > and drop to my cd-rw icon in my computer. the burned cd is not working. sounds like the file just got burned to the CD. doesn't sound like the image was burned. try using a normal CD burn

Re: where to download KDE

2002-12-01 Thread Bruce Sass
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Bruce Park wrote: > I read that I should use: > http://kde.tdyc.com/ stable kde2 > as the source for my kde packages however, when I run 'apt-get update', I > get errors regarding 'Packages' not being found. I got this from the KDE > website so I'm thinking, what should I do? P

Re: try to copy iso to cd-rw in window xp failed, need help!

2002-12-01 Thread Craig Dickson
eric wrote: > I download two progeny1.0 iso, in my window xp, first time I just drag > and drop to my cd-rw icon in my computer. the burned cd is not > working. > > then I read some of debian.org site 's aritcle, change my device > manager's 1st ide(my cd-rw in primary master) device 0 from dma t

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try to copy iso to cd-rw in window xp failed, need help!

2002-12-01 Thread eric
Dear linux users:     I download two progeny1.0 iso, in my window xp, first time I just drag and drop to my cd-rw icon in my computer.  the burned cd is not working.      then I read some of debian.org site 's aritcle, change my device manager's 1st ide(my cd-rw in primary master) device 0 

Re: how to change shells *solved*

2002-12-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:53:58PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > Thanks, new command for me. Didn't know about that one. It's the same as man -k. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a

Re: how to change shells *solved*

2002-12-01 Thread Michelle Storm
> Next time, try "apropos" first. For example, "apropos shell", or even > better, "apropos -r change.*shell" would help save you a lot of time. Thanks, new command for me. Didn't know about that one. -- Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. msg16512/pgp0.

Re: how to change shells *solved*

2002-12-01 Thread Brian Nelson
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:23:30PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:02:36PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > > Ok, I just updated with dselect, and when I went to su, I got: > > Stand-alone shell (version 3.4) > > > > > > > I'm guessing that it's "sash" > > > > I normally u

Re: How to enable DMA at boot time

2002-12-01 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 12:31:41AM +, Clive Standbridge wrote: > On Thu 28 Nov 2002 07:46:49 +(-0800), Bill Moseley wrote: > > > > I've used the -k "keep" switch do htparm to remember DMA settings. > > I've tried that but the settings don't survive a reboot. Uh, they're not supposed to.

Re: how to change shells *solved*

2002-12-01 Thread Michelle Storm
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:02:36PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > Ok, I just updated with dselect, and when I went to su, I got: > Stand-alone shell (version 3.4) > > > > I'm guessing that it's "sash" > > I normally use "bash" > > how do I change back? > > Thanks > > -- > Michelle Alexia "Jad

pam_limits error *updated*

2002-12-01 Thread Michelle Storm
I did find /etc/security/limits.conf <--- but it's totally commented out right after I sent this email. On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:09:21PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > I hate being such a newbie to this, but what's this mean? > > Security Violations > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Dec 1 19:23:07 drag

Re: Advanced procmail question

2002-12-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:46:19AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: > macro index q " ~d>3d" Ok, this is definately a start. Now, how to go about limiting it to just one folder? -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :pr

pam_limits error

2002-12-01 Thread Michelle Storm
I hate being such a newbie to this, but what's this mean? Security Violations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dec 1 19:23:07 dragon pam_limits[987]: setrlimit limit #7 to soft=-1, hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=0 +euid=0 Dec 1 19:39:09 dragon pam_limits[1171]: setrlimit limit #6 to soft=-1, h

how to change shells

2002-12-01 Thread Michelle Storm
Ok, I just updated with dselect, and when I went to su, I got: Stand-alone shell (version 3.4) > I'm guessing that it's "sash" I normally use "bash" how do I change back? Thanks -- Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. msg16505/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP

Re: Advanced procmail question

2002-12-01 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > What would be a good example procmail rule to automatically delete > messages 72 hours old or more? > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: macro index q " ~d>3d" Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit -- To U

Re: sound over lan

2002-12-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 05:13:26PM +0100, fLokNo wrote: > is it possible to transfer sound over lan or wan like in winXP with some > sort of client and server technology? Wow, more buzzwords than a Gore speach... You're looking for esound, which will send the sound. If you're looking to get an X

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2002 #646

2002-12-01 Thread Joshua David Spitzberg
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Re: Which CD Burning software will support on the fly Music cd-cd copy?

2002-12-01 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Snr. Bonaparte said: > Hi guys, > > Which CD Burning software will support on the fly Music cd-cd copy? > xcdroas is gives me the error "Currently only pure data cds are > supported for on the fl copy" > > Thanks Rob. gcombust, or `/usr/bin/cdda2wav -D/dev/cdrom -H -

Re: X spontaniously dieing

2002-12-01 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Mark Whaite said: > Hello. I've recently installed and configured X. After some > troubleshooting it seems that everything is right so far. except > that when I startx it looks as if it is loading. I get the grey X > pattern and then it dies. What am I missi

X spontaniously dieing

2002-12-01 Thread Mark Whaite
Hello. I've recently installed and configured X. After some troubleshooting it seems that everything is right so far. except that when I startx it looks as if it is loading. I get the grey X pattern and then it dies. What am I missing? Mark This is a pre-release version of XFree86,

"Missing character set"

2002-12-01 Thread Alex Malinovich
I've been getting the following error popping up while installing various packages: The font "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-180-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1,*-r-*"\ does not support all the required character sets for the curren\ t locale "LC_CTYPE=en_US;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=C;LC_COLLATE=C;LC_\ MONETAR

where to download KDE

2002-12-01 Thread Bruce Park
Hello all, I read that I should use: http://kde.tdyc.com/ stable kde2 as the source for my kde packages however, when I run 'apt-get update', I get errors regarding 'Packages' not being found. I got this from the KDE website so I'm thinking, what should I do? bp ___

weird X effect

2002-12-01 Thread Bruce Park
Hello all, Thanks to many generouse people's advise, I now removed xfonts-100dpi and am using xfonts-75dpi. Now one of the main reasons for this transition was to make emacs look nice but now it looks like there is a problem with graphics. Please look at the file attatchment and tell me what I

Which CD Burning software will support on the fly Music cd-cd copy?

2002-12-01 Thread Snr. Bonaparte
Hi guys, Which CD Burning software will support on the fly Music cd-cd copy? xcdroas is gives me the error "Currently only pure data cds are supported for on the fl copy" Thanks Rob. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign u

Re: [OT]: is this crap? -> wininformant headline "Most InsecureOS?Yep, It's Linux"

2002-12-01 Thread Kent West
Jamin W. Collins wrote: On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 01:29:09PM -0600, Texoma Sales wrote: I know this a Linux form but, since the question of MS security arises I wanted to put in my 1/2 cents worth. No HD Access means no Security Problems. Correct? Nope. Application flaws can still be exp

Re: What is a 'path'?

2002-12-01 Thread alex
Simple enough when it's explained the way you guys did. Thanks, Sean and Tom. Alex sean finney wrote: heya path refers to the list of directories through which your shell searches when you tell it to execute a command. for example, when you type 'ls' at the prompt, your shell executes /bin/ls

Re: configuring X

2002-12-01 Thread Bruce Park
Colin, Actually, I did read the mail. What happened earlier was that I removed xterm and it removed x-window-system and x-window-system-core. Afterwars, mozilla was behaving weird so I decided to ignore your message. However, it seems to be running fine now. I don't know what I did but as far

Re: firewall problems !!

2002-12-01 Thread N. Thomas
* Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-01 15:04:29 +]: > > > Can anyone tell me of an idiots firewall ? One even I can set up ? > > > > Setting up a firewall without knowing what it exactly does is dangerous. > > You should consider learning how to write your own firewall rules IMO. >

Re: HELP, PLEASE!! Apt-Get update Errors

2002-12-01 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 05:23:09PM -0800, Xavian-Anderson Macpherson wrote: > I think I read somewhere that there is a problem with one of the libraries > causing APT-GET UPDATE to fial. I keep getting the same error; UNABLE TO > PARSE PACKAGE FILE /VAR/LIB/DPKG/STATUS (1). I would really apprec

Re: getting rid of xfonts-100dpi

2002-12-01 Thread Wayne Topa
Bruce Park([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to get rid of xfonts-100dpi and instead use xfonts-75dpi. > However, when I try to remove that package: > apt-get remove xfonts-100dpi > apt states that it will also remove x-window-system and > w-window-system-c

Re: How to enable DMA at boot time

2002-12-01 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Clive Standbridge ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021127 09:46]: > On Wed 27 Nov 2002 04:13:08 +(+), Pigeon wrote: > > 4:13am! Is Pigeon really an owl? > > > Try ide0=ata66 (for UDMA66; change as appropriate) > > > > Works for me. > > I tried both ide0=ata66 and ide0=ata100 but neither worked. T

HELP, PLEASE!! Apt-Get update Errors

2002-12-01 Thread Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
I think I read somewhere that there is a problem with one of the libraries causing APT-GET UPDATE to fial. I keep getting the same error; UNABLE TO PARSE PACKAGE FILE /VAR/LIB/DPKG/STATUS (1). I would really appreciate someone telling me how to resolve this. I am running the testing (with some

Re: How to enable DMA at boot time

2002-12-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Clive" == Clive Standbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Clive> On Thu 28 Nov 2002 22:45:39 +(-0600), Shyamal Prasad Clive> wrote: >> H...that is a truly interesting measure. Since I rarely >> boot my machine I've never looked at DMA as a way of speeding >> up the

Re: Exim permissions

2002-12-01 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Derrick 'dman' Hudson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021201 17:00]: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:02:56PM +, Pigeon wrote: > > | OK, but I still don't quite understand why the "trusted user" bit > | doesn't work. > > Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that part. The short answer is > trusted_user doesn't

Re: configuring X

2002-12-01 Thread Seneca
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:53:11PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to > solve these problems. > 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have > xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get r

Re: configuring X

2002-12-01 Thread Russell
Bruce Park wrote: Hello all, I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to solve these problems. 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the x-window-system as well. S

Re: what's everyone's favorite audio setup?

2002-12-01 Thread Elden Fenison
* sean finney [12/01/2002 16:07]: > i'm getting tired by my many audio-wanting apps not getting along with > one another, and i'm looking to switch to some kind of audio > environment that allows multiple programs access to the soundcard at > the same time. i know there are a few programs out ther

Re: configuring X

2002-12-01 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:53:11PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: | Hello all, | | I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to | solve these problems. | 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have | xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this sin

Re: configuring X

2002-12-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:53:11PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to > solve these problems. > 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have > xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get r

Re: Exim permissions

2002-12-01 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:02:56PM +, Pigeon wrote: | OK, but I still don't quite understand why the "trusted user" bit | doesn't work. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that part. The short answer is trusted_user doesn't mean what you think it means. See section 5.2 of the spec for a longer ex

correction USB mouse

2002-12-01 Thread Bruce Park
Hello all, I previously wrote that all I need to do was add "mousedev" into /etc/modules. Although that actually worked, when I rebooted X, I couldn't move my mouse anymore. I apologize for the error. bp _ Protect your PC - get

configuring X

2002-12-01 Thread Bruce Park
Hello all, I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to solve these problems. 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the x-window-system as well. So, can anyone pleas

Re: usb mouse

2002-12-01 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:32:29PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: | I fixed the problem. I actually had to put "mousedev" in the file | /etc/modules or X wouldn't start. Do you know why that is needed? USB is a modular system. At the core there are the wire and logical protocols. This is what allow

Re: How to enable DMA at boot time

2002-12-01 Thread Clive Standbridge
On Thu 28 Nov 2002 22:45:39 +(-0600), Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > H...that is a truly interesting measure. Since I rarely boot my > machine I've never looked at DMA as a way of speeding up the boot > sequence. Cool. I feel like I've learned a whole new view of things :-) I'm not sure whethe

Re: How to enable DMA at boot time

2002-12-01 Thread Clive Standbridge
On Thu 28 Nov 2002 07:46:49 +(-0800), Bill Moseley wrote: > > I've used the -k "keep" switch do htparm to remember DMA settings. I've tried that but the settings don't survive a reboot. -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: How to enable DMA at boot time

2002-12-01 Thread Clive Standbridge
On Fri 29 Nov 2002 18:22:34 +(+1100), Rob Weir wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 05:43:57PM +, Clive Standbridge wrote: > > Is there a way to prod the kernel into reporting whether its > > parameters are accepted as valid? I ask because I also tried feeding > > it some nonsense parameters

Re: Will Gregg and Monica's computer support Debian?

2002-12-01 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 11:42, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:48:46PM +1100, Russell wrote: > > Pigeon wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 09:56:45AM -0700, Gregg & Monica wrote: > > > > > >>I need to know if my computer can support debianand I need to knwo if it > > >>will support

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Re: Exim permissions

2002-12-01 Thread Clive Standbridge
On Sat 30 Nov 2002 17:14:09 +(+), Pigeon wrote: > > I've been writing a C program to burst incoming digests into separate > messages. Did you know that procmail can regurgitate digested mail? From the procmailex man page: Split up incoming digests from the surfing mailing list

Re: Wanna make sure I don't screw the list up!

2002-12-01 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:00:04PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 06:33:51PM +, Pigeon wrote: > | It seems that a small number of large messages are downloaded more > | efficiently than a large number of small ones. > > Possibly. That's certainly true of my setu

Re: IDE disks won't interoperate

2002-12-01 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 05:13:31PM +, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Situation: > > I have a 6Gb 2.5" drive from a laptop, that won't boot in the laptop and > has been replaced by a 10Gb drive. (The old disk is Hitachi DK228A-65, > and the new is DK23BA-10.) > > The laptop repairers copied the Windo

Re: Exim permissions

2002-12-01 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 12:18:23PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 04:36:42PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > | "jah" == jah pigeon writes: > | > | jah> BUT... /usr/sbin/exim is setuid root. Huh? > | > | Exim probably uses the root permission for very, very f

Re: USB Mouse Logitech Trackman

2002-12-01 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:42:30AM -0800, Casey Scott wrote: > I can not get my Logitech Trackman USB mouse to work at all! > .. > I use a kvm switch, and when I use the mouse as a ps/2 > mouse (usb to ps/2 adapter included), the mouse goes out of control if > I switch to another box

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Re: What is a 'path'?

2002-12-01 Thread Tom
Let the newbies answer the newbies! > An instruction says: > What is my "path" and how can I check it? Is this a matter > of just editing 'path' and adding /usr/X11R6/bin? Your path is actually some short list of directories, in which your operating system will look for binaries to execute. I

Re: What is a 'path'?

2002-12-01 Thread sean finney
heya path refers to the list of directories through which your shell searches when you tell it to execute a command. for example, when you type 'ls' at the prompt, your shell executes /bin/ls. as far as messing around with your path, that depends in part on which shell you're using. assuming

What is a 'path'?

2002-12-01 Thread alex
An instruction says: "First, be sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is on your path." What is my "path" and how can I check it? Is this a matter of just editing 'path' and adding /usr/X11R6/bin? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: emusic.com?

2002-12-01 Thread Lance Simmons
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:51:10PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:13:22PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > a compatable player. Has anyone tried this? Whenever I try to > > download something it wants to save .emp files which are xml files > > that zinf doesn't seem to

Re: emusic.com?

2002-12-01 Thread Lance Simmons
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:13:22PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote: > a compatable player. Has anyone tried this? Whenever I try to > download something it wants to save .emp files which are xml files > that zinf doesn't seem to be able to understand. Someone named Andrew Chatham has written a pyt

Re: RE:MSN Messenger SERVER for linux?

2002-12-01 Thread David Ellis
The gentleman did a reply (not reply-all), so I thought I'd answer and cc the list. The MSN Messenger server (bundled with Exchange 2000), implements the MSN Messenger spec, and supplies interfaces for the "passport" authentication used by those wacky Microsoft Services. In and of itself the serv

Packages to run kernel 2.4.x on potato (release 27)

2002-12-01 Thread Adrian Bunk
I have prepared the packages needed to run kernels up to 2.4.19 on a Debian 2.2r7 (potato) system. Please read [1] for more information. The updated kernel packages contain a fix for a i386 DoS attack that allows every user to crash the computer [2]. If you run older kernels on a computer where y

Re: MSN Messenger SERVER for linux?

2002-12-01 Thread nate
David Ellis said: > Anyone know if there is an open source version of the Micrsoft Messenger > server? > > I was thinking of setting one up, sort of like the one offered with > exchange 2000. probably not but there is jabber, which is much better anyways. Theres tons of clients for jabber

MSN Messenger SERVER for linux?

2002-12-01 Thread David Ellis
Anyone know if there is an open source version of the Micrsoft Messenger server? I was thinking of setting one up, sort of like the one offered with exchange 2000. Thanks! David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: dhclient problems

2002-12-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Robert" == Robert J Lynn, writes: Robert> When trying to have dhclient detect settings via DHCP Robert> during setup, this fails. "No response Robert> recieved."... However, Win2k and WinXP seem to be able to Robert> detect the settings right fine, so I tried entering the

Re: Exim + Procmail + Cyrus

2002-12-01 Thread David Ellis
Thanks a bunch, that got it. This procmail thing is extremely cool. - David - Original Message - From: "Xavier Bestel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Re: Exim + Procmail + Cyrus > Yes, I've run into this. I remember cyrdelive

Re: remote printing

2002-12-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Raymond" == Raymond Gree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raymond> Hello Debian community I installed Debian to replace my Raymond> RedHat on my server and have the following problem Raymond> I can't print anymore on my remote Debian printer from my Raymond> other Redhat machine

Apache dies after logrotate

2002-12-01 Thread Iain
Hi, I am experiencing a problem where apache goes into a kind of zombie state after the daily logrotate script runs and send a -HUP signal to apache. Apache still manages to serve some requests but it does so very slowly and eventually just stops responding. This doesn't happen every day but qu

Re: Can't get KDE working!

2002-12-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"James" == JAMES MERRITT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: James> Hi everyone, I am having a problem with my KDE not running, James> or rather it is running but all I get when I type: startx James> is twm. I'm not sure what you mean by "it is running but all I getis twm"? Are you ge

The IP MASQ MTU problem

2002-12-01 Thread Mark Copper
I've just had the pleasure of hunting this one down. I've included the option mtu 1492 in /etc/network/interfaces for my NIC and I seem to be back in business (knock on woody!). This per the IP-MASQ HOWTO, section 7.15 (I connect via PPPoE). But I wish I understood this better. Why would an MTU

KWANZAA MUSIC OF NEW ORLEANS

2002-12-01 Thread MUSIC
We invite you to hear a collection of New Orleans Kwanzaa Music presented for your enjoyment by Bill Summers. http://www.essenceofkwanzaa.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Exim permissions

2002-12-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Pigeon" == jah pigeon writes: >> Better still, use sudo and you will not have to do any C >> programming :-) Pigeon> Even for your set real u/gid trick? - given that there's Pigeon> no setgid(1), and setuid(1) doesn't let you set the gid as Pigeon> well? And it can mana

Re: block webistes

2002-12-01 Thread Pigeon
webis, -tis (3) n. That which, when made the subject of a thread, causes people's posts to appear three times for no apparent reason with a page and a half of headers. - Pigeon's 21st Century Latin Dictionary :-) Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Cheap CDs

2002-12-01 Thread Chris Lale
Mark L. Kahnt wrote: It is the master on my ide1 bus - would be /dev/hdc if I didn't have it marked for SCSI emulation (now there is no hdc.) My traditional CD-ROM drive is /dev/hdd (ie slave on ide1), an old 6x CD drive that predates the availability of CDDA, but it works fine as a CD-ROM dri

emusic.com?

2002-12-01 Thread Robert L. Harris
Just signed up for the 30 day trial of emusic.com. They list "zinf" as a compatable player. Has anyone tried this? Whenever I try to download something it wants to save .emp files which are xml files that zinf doesn't seem to be able to understand. Any thoughts/theories? :wq! ---

Re: Mutt and multiple identities

2002-12-01 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:38:35PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-12-01 20:57]: > >folder-hook . source ~/.muttrc > >folder-hook =INBOX.NWLSDsource ~/.mutt/nwlsd_muttrc > > > >For testing purposes, the NWLSD setup has

what's everyone's favorite audio setup?

2002-12-01 Thread sean finney
hi all, i'm getting tired by my many audio-wanting apps not getting along with one another, and i'm looking to switch to some kind of audio environment that allows multiple programs access to the soundcard at the same time. i know there are a few programs out there that do this (libarts, esd, ...

kbdrate as ordinary user

2002-12-01 Thread Ward Vandewege
Hi all, ** Debian testing/unstable ** I'm having some trouble here with kbdrate. The problem is that on resume from an apmd suspend, my laptop defaults back to a keyboard repeat rate of 10, and that is _really_ slow. Manually executing kbdrate -r30 as root solves that problem. But of course I don

Re: Font anti-aliasing

2002-12-01 Thread Bruno Diniz de Paula
Hi Johan, thanks for your answer. The only problem was that when I enabled the antialiasing just like you suggested, I "lost" my truetype fonts already installed. Is there any way to continue using truetype also with antialiased fonts (GDK_USE_XFT=1) enabled? Thanks a lot, Bruno. On Sun, 2002-12

who knows a V.92 compatible ISP?

2002-12-01 Thread Hell.Surfers
Does anyone know a v.92 British ISP? Regards, Dean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DMI pool data

2002-12-01 Thread messmate
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 23:15:04 -0200 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Sun, 01 Dec 2002, Michael Naumann wrote: | > Does your bios have something like | > "Restore faile-save settings" | > | > I would give a try. No, no 'restore fail-save settings. | | Failing that, try

Re: usb mouse

2002-12-01 Thread Bruce Park
Nate, I fixed the problem. I actually had to put "mousedev" in the file /etc/modules or X wouldn't start. Also, usbcore, hid, and usb-ohci aren't being used. I got rid of them and things still run fine. Just wanted to say, thanks for the help. bp From: "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL P

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