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

2002-12-07 Thread Lourens Steenkamp
Lourens replying to "Drew Cohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Original Message- > From: nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 2:09 PM > To: undisclosed-recipients: > Subject: Re: How do I start a X session on another machine

Re: working alsa modules for kernel-image-2.4.19-k7??

2002-12-07 Thread Lourens Steenkamp
Lourens replying to "Jack O'Quin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (I am sending a copy of this reply to the debian-user list. > It'll probably be useful for others. That way, the information > shows up in web searches. I hope alsa-modules-2.4.19-* > binaries w

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Craig Dickson
Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:20:08PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > What I would do (I don't since I have a dedicated firewall machine) is : > > - close all unneeded services > > Better yet, not just close, purge them. Yes, absolutely. If you have no need for any piece of s

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 08:26:21PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > find . -name '*.jpg' -print0 | xargs -r0 mpg123 > > Any special reason not to use -exec (except of course that xargs works > with any input, while -exec only with find (obviously)) I always use xargs instead of find -exec becau

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Craig Dickson
Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 04:43:44PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > A firewall box like a Linksys, D-Link or Netgear or other is just > > perfect for SOHO needs. > > Reading about security issues lately, you'd actually introduce more > insecurities than would be solved if you'r

phpgroupware setup guide

2002-12-07 Thread Jacob S .
Can anyone point me in the direction of a good tutorial for setting up phpgroupware on a Debian Woody box? I think I've finally gotten all the proper packages installed for it to run on a mySQL database, but I know very little about where to go next. I also found that the docs at www.phpgroupware.o

Re: virus from your address

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-08 00:03:35 +]: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; I believe you have not send this file > > intentionally. In this case please warn the personnes you could have > > infected. > Actually this e-mail is not originating from my domain but from > "Received: from mai

print fail , please help

2002-12-07 Thread eric lin
Dear linux users: also in linuxconf, I try to configure printer again it response LPRng-Style printcap file found This module cann't manage this pritncap variant You may convert the file to the classic printcap format or delete it and let this module recreate a fresh-new printcap file. please

base-passwd in sid

2002-12-07 Thread Joey O'Doherty
Hello, (I'm not entirely sure if this is the right forum for this problem so please let me know where to take this if I am off-topic.) The package base-passwd in sid has refused to install on my box for the past few weeks. Here is the output from apt-get: --cut-- Preconfiguring packages ... Set

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Nicolaus Kedegren
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:16:41PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 04:43:44PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > A firewall box like a Linksys, D-Link or Netgear or other is just > > perfect for SOHO needs. > > Reading about security issues lately, you'd actually introduce more > i

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 04:43:44PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > A firewall box like a Linksys, D-Link or Netgear or other is just > perfect for SOHO needs. Reading about security issues lately, you'd actually introduce more insecurities than would be solved if you're already running Linux. Avoid th

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:20:08PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > What I would do (I don't since I have a dedicated firewall machine) is : > - close all unneeded services Better yet, not just close, purge them. > - install a firewall that just drops any incoming connection from your > cable-con

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 06:01:19PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > cable ... its you and all your neighbors watching/sharing that copper Not quite. It's about as insecure as any other network either way. The shared bandwidth problem is a myth on cable, but severe on DSL (DSL users get to fight wit

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 03:04:25PM -0500, Chip Rose wrote: > I'm thinking of getting a Cox cable connection/modem, and was wondering > how hard it is to make the static IP address secure. Don't have any ports open that you don't need, avoid DROP (use DENY), leave yourself pingable. If you don't

Re: good procmail alternative?

2002-12-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:54:48PM +0100, Andreas Happe wrote: > I'm using debian unstable. Maildrop dropped some emails without leaving > a copy on the server, without proper logs, etc. This was a reason for me > to switch back to procmail, which never lost any of my mails. So I guess you could s

print fail , please help

2002-12-07 Thread eric lin
Dear Linux users: although I seem have lprng running, but when I try lpr fsshl@www:~$ lpr try Status Information: sending job 'fsshl@www+995' to missingprinter@localhost connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 connected to 'localhost' requesting printer missingprinter@localhost job 'fsshl@www+995' t

Re: GRUB - splashimage

2002-12-07 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:45:04PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello debian users, > > Does anyone have any info on how I can splashimage to work in GRUB for > debian? > I just realized that this is not included in the original GRUB package. This has been filed as a wishlist bug against grub. It

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-07 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 07:51, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 the mental interface of > Mark L. Kahnt told: > > > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED

GRUB - splashimage

2002-12-07 Thread Bruce Park
Hello debian users, Does anyone have any info on how I can splashimage to work in GRUB for debian? I just realized that this is not included in the original GRUB package. bp _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE

Packages for Debian 3.0 (Alpha 3)

2002-12-07 Thread Adrian Bunk
I have prepared some packages that update some packages that are not or only in an older version in Debian 3.0r0. Please read [1] for more information (and read the FAQ before sending mails to me). I try my best to avoid problems with both installing these packages on a Debian 3.0 and upgrading wi

Downgrade sid libc6?

2002-12-07 Thread Gerald V . Livingston II
OK, I'm running sid. I've dug around and it appears my dying apache is because of php4-imap -- and this is being caused overall by the libc6 problem. What kind of trouble am I looking at trying to downgrade libc6 to the testing version and how would I go about it. I've downgraded other things but

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya chip On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Jeffrey Taylor wrote: > Your exposure is how much time you spend connected. Cable or dial-up > makes little difference. In both cases you should have a firewall. ... > Quoting Chip Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm thinking of getting a Cox cable connection/m

apt-get install linuxconf, error while processing slrn

2002-12-07 Thread eric lin
Dear Linuxer: I try to apt-get linuxconf, it encounter error end as Errors wre encountered while processing: slrn please help on that also I already have lprng install but when i try to print a file lpr try Get_local_host: hostname 'progeny.linuxspice.com' bad also my apache webserver seem not

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 06:38:16PM -0500, sean finney wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:15:30PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Not at all. I've never used 'apt-get dist-upgrade' - always dselect. :) > > right, i don't think dselect was the cause of the problem. i think > the problem was that he

Re: procmail log dies

2002-12-07 Thread Nick Croft
Every now and then, procmail seems to stop logging incoming mail. Having googled and run procdiag.sh with no cure, my final move was to changed the VERBOSE=no to VERBOSE=yes and voila it logs again. Wonder how come a) it stops without warning b) it starts with this setting. Nick -- To

LICQ Console?

2002-12-07 Thread Paul Johnson
So when's the .so that actually makes licq-plugin-console work going to be included again? -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system msg17673/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signatur

Re: Net install via PCMCIA

2002-12-07 Thread nate
Chris Owen said: > Hi, I am trying to do a Debian install on an old laptop. I bought a set > of CDs, only to find they are CD-R's, not CD-ROMs, and my old CD drive > doesn't read these... try installing the base system with floppies I think that has all the PCMCIA stuff: http://archive.progeny.c

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Bob" == Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bob> A very slight danger here. If the first filename starts with Bob> a '-' then test will see this as an option instead of as a Bob> string and complain. This is why people prefix with a known Bob> character. Usually using an

Re: Wrong size with ls

2002-12-07 Thread Alan Shutko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > Disk blocks used and size of files are related only in that the latter > will always be less than the former on an uncompressed filesystem. Not quite. Files on (most) Unix filesystems can contain "holes". If there's a large block of zeros in a file, and

Net install via PCMCIA

2002-12-07 Thread Chris Owen
Hi, I am trying to do a Debian install on an old laptop. I bought a set of CDs, only to find they are CD-R's, not CD-ROMs, and my old CD drive doesn't read these... So I want to try a network install (current stable version, over the internet via my router) with my PCMCIA network card (an Ethe

Anyone with working postfix smtp-auth?

2002-12-07 Thread Mark Devin
Has anyone gotten postfix smtp-auth to work using the postfix-tls package. I have already setup openLDAP which works fine for ssh and others. I am trying to make postfix authenticate for relaying using the ldap server. As soon as I install the postfix-tls package and restart postfix after ed

Re: virus from your address

2002-12-07 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 07 December 2002 11:00 pm, Olivier Esser wrote: > The following message (which I have received from your address) > contains a file which looks like a virus. I fear this kind of virus > is automatically opened by (some version of) Outlook e

Re: Wrong size with ls

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Prakash Countcham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 21:23:36 +0100]: > > I've just installed a Debian Woody (stable) and I encourtered something > strange in my '/var/log' directory. > When using both the '-l' and '-s' options of 'ls', the sizes given are > incoherent. > For information, 'du -k' g

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Chip Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 15:04:25 -0500]: > I'm thinking of getting a Cox cable connection/modem, and was > wondering how hard it is to make the static IP address secure. I > don't have a lot of knowledge in this area. What is needed? A > cable modem that I could lease or buy on

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread sean finney
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:15:30PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Not at all. I've never used 'apt-get dist-upgrade' - always dselect. :) right, i don't think dselect was the cause of the problem. i think the problem was that he removed all his previous stable sources and put in a bunch of testi

Re: gimping along

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 17:34:06 -0500]: > > attachements and save into a directory (done), and hand off those > pictures to the gimp (the shell game - done). The problem is that gimp > can't open an X display and dies. Are you sure that gimp is getting DISPLAY set when it is invo

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:19:50PM -0800, Lukas Latz wrote: > Thanks for the responses, guys! > > The apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade took care of it. > I guess it was pretty naive of me to just run dselect... Not at all. I've never used 'apt-get dist-upgrade' - always dselect. :) -- Co

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 13:53:57 -0600]: > if [ "`find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.jpg' -print`" != "" ] A very slight danger here. If the first filename starts with a '-' then test will see this as an option instead of as a string and complain. This is why people prefix with

gimping along

2002-12-07 Thread debian
Drew Cohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 01:00:29 -0500]: > > Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how to check to see > if certain files exist in a directory, as in, "Are there any jpegs in > this directory?". I've tried various things (like using -s, -f with > test and a do/for

when i access my own site it was reponse the connection was refused

2002-12-07 Thread eric lin
Dear Linux users: I know at last update, it ever ask me what is my fully qualify domain name, then i type myregistereddomain.com result is proxy server and apache server seem can not start(which work before update or upgrade) now when i use my browser to access www.myregistereddomain.com

Re: Demon's (isp) debian mirror

2002-12-07 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 03:06:07PM +, Jeff Penn wrote: > My closest mirror is my ISP (Demon), but it has taken some time for the > mirror to update since Woody was released. Is it worthwhile changing my > sources now, or are these problems not unusual for this site? I've used www.mirror.ac.u

problem compiling a new gcc version.

2002-12-07 Thread Wim De Smet
Hi, I'm running woody with a 2.2.20 kernel. Recently I tried to install a newer gcc (3.2). I used these commands: mkdir /usr/gcc-3.2/ cd /usr/gcc-3.2/ /opt/gcc-3.2/configure --with-local-prefix=/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.20/include --prefix=/usr make (or make bootstrap, tried them both) config

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread Lukas Latz
Thanks for the responses, guys! The apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade took care of it. I guess it was pretty naive of me to just run dselect... The error also does come up with apt-get update but there it doesn't hang the install script. Makes all the difference :-) Lukas ___

Re: grub question - SOVLED

2002-12-07 Thread Bruce Park
Shyamal, Thanks to your help I finally figured out what was wrong. menu.lst was correct after all. title Linux root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro My boot partition was NEVER redone when I installed Debian. When I was installing Debian, I assumed that when Lilo was confi

Netdev watchdog errors

2002-12-07 Thread Tom Allison
I'm getting thousands of these all the time and the network keeps stopping. -- This is on a DWL-650 network card. I have also seen this on an ISA 3com 905 card as well. What is NETDEV WATCHDOG? How can this get fixed? -- Dec 7 15:45:32 thorin last message repeated 8 times Dec 7 15:45:32 tho

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Herbert Xu
Michael Heironimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a way that looks slightly better, but it's still ugly because > it relies on bash-specific options. Something like this should do it. > > #! /bin/bash > # Make globs that don't match expand to null string > shopt -s nullglob > if [ -n "$(

Re: Demon's (isp) debian mirror

2002-12-07 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeff Penn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My closest mirror is my ISP (Demon), but it has taken some time for the >mirror to update since Woody was released. Is it worthwhile changing my >sources now, or are these problems not unusual for this site? I'm not sure, you

Wrong size with ls

2002-12-07 Thread Prakash Countcham
Hi ! I've just installed a Debian Woody (stable) and I encourtered something strange in my '/var/log' directory. When using both the '-l' and '-s' options of 'ls', the sizes given are incoherent. For information, 'du -k' gives the same sizes as 'ls -s'. pc-atinf2:/var/log(58)ls -lsk total 1024

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 03:04:25PM -0500, Chip Rose wrote: > I'm thinking of getting a Cox cable connection/modem, and was wondering > how hard it is to make the static IP address secure. I don't have a lot > of knowledge in this area. What is needed? A cable modem that I could > lease or buy on

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
Your exposure is how much time you spend connected. Cable or dial-up makes little difference. In both cases you should have a firewall. Disabling unneeded servers is a good idea in all cases. Debian 3.0 installs and enables all kinds of insecure services (e.g., SunRPC, portmapper) by default. J

Re: Samba problem

2002-12-07 Thread Amal Phadke
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 02:19:55PM -0500, Edward Guldemond wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:45:03PM -0600, Amal Phadke wrote: > > Even after I changed the password in Linux, I still can't map the drive in > > Windows. Everything was working before I upgraded to the above version. Any > > help wi

How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Chip Rose
I'm thinking of getting a Cox cable connection/modem, and was wondering how hard it is to make the static IP address secure. I don't have a lot of knowledge in this area. What is needed? A cable modem that I could lease or buy on Ebay, and a network interface card, and turn off all unneeded serv

Re: C-Media CMI 8738 soundcard

2002-12-07 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"mtsouk" == mtsouk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: mtsouk> Hello to everyone. I have downloaded kernel 2.4.18 mtsouk> sources and built a custom kernel. I want some quick and mtsouk> dirty instuctions on how to install and test my C-Media on mtsouk> board CMI 8738 soundcard and

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Drew" == Drew Cohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Drew> Hi, Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how Drew> to check to see if certain files exist in a directory, as Drew> in, "Are there any jpegs in this directory?". I've tried Drew> various things (like using -s

Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-07 Thread Seneca
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:56:54AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Stig Are M. Botterli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 17:37:33 +]: > > I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and > > edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't > > recogn

Re: grub question - please help

2002-12-07 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"martin" == martin f krafft writes: martin> -- Please do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: martin> www.mutt.org He has a "proper" mailer. It's called hotmail.com ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Re: grub question - please help

2002-12-07 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Bruce" == Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The leading '/' on the vmlinuz kernel name was probably his >> problem. Bruce> OK, I edited the it to: Bruce> kernel vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro Sorry, I mis-spoke. Bruce> which results in: Error 1: Filenam

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:13:11PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 19:58:00 +0100]: > > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:47:54AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > You are trying to find files in a directory. Therefore I recommend > > > you use the 'find' command. >

Re: Samba problem

2002-12-07 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:45:03PM -0600, Amal Phadke wrote: > Even after I changed the password in Linux, I still can't map the drive in > Windows. Everything was working before I upgraded to the above version. Any > help will be appreciated. Did you change the password with passwd or smbpasswd?

Re: C-Media CMI 8738 soundcard

2002-12-07 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 04:26:41PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello to everyone. > > I have downloaded kernel 2.4.18 sources and built a custom kernel. > I want some quick and dirty instuctions on how to install and test my > C-Media on board CMI 8738 soundcard and know that it is working p

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 12:13:11 -0700]: > > find . -name \*.jpg -exec mpg123 {} \; > I was only proposing the mpg123 as an example. I really don't know > what the OP wanted to do with it. You can tell what I was doing in the background while reading and responding to these mes

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 19:58:00 +0100]: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:47:54AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > You are trying to find files in a directory. Therefore I recommend > > you use the 'find' command. > > [..contrived.example...] > > mp3playlist=$(find . -name '*.jpg'

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:47:54AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Drew Cohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 01:00:29 -0500]: > > > > Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how to check to see > > if certain files exist in a directory, as in, "Are there any jpegs in > > this directory?".

Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Stig Are M. Botterli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 17:37:33 +]: > I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and > edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't > recognize it as a debian package. 'file' reports it as a "current ar > arc

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Drew Cohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 01:00:29 -0500]: > > Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how to check to see > if certain files exist in a directory, as in, "Are there any jpegs in > this directory?". I've tried various things (like using -s, -f with > test and a do/for

Samba problem

2002-12-07 Thread Amal Phadke
Hi all, After I upgraded to the latest Samba 2.999+3.0.alpha20-4 in unstable, I can't map my Linux user account from my Windows 2000 box any more. I checked the Samba logs. The logs show [2002/12/07 12:05:48, 1] auth/auth_sam.c:sam_account_ok(304) Account for user 'johndoe' password expired

Re: root fs not in df

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael Naumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 13:01:24 +0100]: > 06.12.2002 19:25:57, "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >check /etc/mtab see what it says. thats very unusal. anything > >odd happen before this started happening? crash or anything? > > In /etc/mtab it isn't mentioned either. Th

Re: Powerpoint reader

2002-12-07 Thread Rodrigo Agerri
Hi, I DO think openoffice.org is an absolutly great piece of software; I DO work with openoffice.org everyday (mostly reading ms-documents). So I think you misunderstood me (or I did not express myself clearly). Here the listmet Stan (I am afraid I forgot his surname) asked if anybody knew ap

★ ★看全球电影电视送windows优化大师

2002-12-07 Thread 全球影视收看软件
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dselect wants to uninstall everything?

2002-12-07 Thread Prakash Countcham
Hello ! I am new in Debian. And I have a problem similar to the one of Brian. I also have a fresh stable woody (installed today). And I did the folling steps : 1 - 'apt-get install harden' to securise my system 2 - 'apt-get install kde' 3 - I tried dselect and I selected a package called fam

Re: C-Media CMI 8738 soundcard

2002-12-07 Thread Marcin Fusinski
Greetings! On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have downloaded kernel 2.4.18 sources and built a custom kernel. > I want some quick and dirty instuctions on how to install and test my > C-Media on board CMI 8738 soundcard and know that it is working properly. Modprobing the cmpci modu

Re: slowwww IMAP

2002-12-07 Thread Justin Ryan
> It's possible but not the real problem. the real problem is inherent in > the mbox format, all the messages are kept in one file and the entire file > has to be read into memory. Maildir helps because each message is a > seperate file. (But the downside is it could waste more space on disk > t

Re: Power Point reader

2002-12-07 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Friday, 06 December 2002, 10:43 PM +0100): > also sprach Rodrigo Agerri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.1043 +0100]: > > if anyone there find an alternative to openoffice.org, could you let me > > know it, please? > > why not openoffice.org? it's qu

Manipulating .debs

2002-12-07 Thread Stig Are M. Botterli
I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't recognize it as a debian package. 'file' reports it as a "current ar archive", while it reports the original .deb as a Debian binary package. So the q

Starting a non-root daemon a minute or so after boot-up?

2002-12-07 Thread Lloyd Zusman
I'm looking for a way to start a non-root daemon a minute or so after boot-up. I tried the following (see the end of this message), but the program didn't start, and I didn't get a log file with any error indications. I'm sure that I can figure out a variation of the code below that would work, b

Re: 3dforce name in xfree86

2002-12-07 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, eric wrote: > Dear Melkor: > > do you know the 3dforce chip name in xfree86? > > is that tdfx? to configure X window in linux. highly appreciate your reply I would not know what it is, but it is usually easy to find out. Get the video card out of your PC and look fo

Re: Secret APT commands?

2002-12-07 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Paul Burkett wrote: > Hmm, when I do that, I get the following error: > > > debian-server:/usr/local/src/apache# dpkg --install --root=/usr/local/apache/ >apache-common_1.3.26-0woody1_i386.deb > dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory > debian

Re: good procmail alternative?

2002-12-07 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Walt Mankowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-12-07 15:23]: >On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:04:20PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: >> Duh. Now that I think of it, what is the reason to use MIME anyway? >The person who added that code wanted to do filtering based on MIME >attachments, e.g. disallow attach

Re: Help configuring old mozilla compile

2002-12-07 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04:54:06PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021206 13:35]: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:12:35AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > > try > > > > > > ldd -v /path/to/executable > > > > > > To see what it's looking for and where. Then you can use > >

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-07 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:38:09PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > > Note that some people (like Linus) say that a

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 07:46:23AM -0800, Lukas Latz wrote: > The download ran for quite a while and then a preconfigure script > broke off the message that's below. I've seen config scripts fail > before, but usually that doesn't stall the dselect, this one does -- I > had to ctrl-c -- now my var/

Re: Promise RAID install problems

2002-12-07 Thread Peter Karlsson
Meir Kriheli on 2002-11-14: > I've answered similar question some time ago. See this thread in the archives: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200208/msg00953.html Thank you! I finally had time to try the installation again (interference from real life)... Quoting the refere

Re: Parition mangling tools

2002-12-07 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 07:24:48AM -0500, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > http://www.bootitng.com thanks, sounds like what i need, will try. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: nvidia-kernel-src: package generation fails in strange way

2002-12-07 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 18:54, Mario Vukelic wrote: > /usr/bin/make -C > /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-1.0.3123/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123 > SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.19/include NVdriver > /bin/sh: - : invalid option For the record: My CC environment variable is set to gcc-3.2 When I did

Re: What to change for eth0 (Direct PC connection)

2002-12-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Michelle, Am 18:48 2002-12-04 -0800 hat Michelle Storm geschrieben: >We are on a network with a cable modem connected to a switch, and then >the computers are all connected to the switch. The problem is that each >computer is on a different IP (and I was told different subnets), so >that wh

Re: Install debian from local iso images

2002-12-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Lourens, Am 22:11 2002-12-04 +0200 hat Lourens Steenkamp geschrieben: > >Hello everyone, > >This was posted on my local LUG. > >I would appreciate any suggestions for this potential Debian user. > >"is it possible to install debian from local iso images without >having the need to write them

Re: Samba

2002-12-07 Thread bda
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 04:41:15PM +0100, Stefaan Teerlinck wrote: > Found it, thanks. > Users have to be valid under global options, and then only the valid users for a >share have to be assigned als valid in the share options. Right? Set "security = user" in global. You only need to set valid/

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-07 Thread Jason Wojciechowski
Elimar Riesebieter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 the mental interface of > Mark L. Kahnt told: > > > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

Re: dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread sean finney
heya, to upgrade a system, i'd do apt-get update and then apt-get dist-upgrade both before running dselect. actually, i wouldn't use dselect at all but that's personal preference. either way, the only error that i'd be concerned about from your post is: On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 07:46:23AM -0800,

Re: Demon's (isp) debian mirror

2002-12-07 Thread Justin Ryan
On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 09:06, Jeff Penn wrote: > My closest mirror is my ISP (Demon), but it has taken some time for the > mirror to update since Woody was released. Is it worthwhile changing my > sources now, or are these problems not unusual for this site? Jeff, I have a similar problem, my nea

dselect install get's stuck with console-data config -- please help!

2002-12-07 Thread Lukas Latz
Hi, I just switched from Debian Woody stable to testing (by substituting the 'stable' in /etc/sources.list with 'testing' - I hope that's the right way). This seemed to go quite smoothly. Afterward the initial dselect *update* and dselect *install* run had finished, I ran dselect *select* to che

RE: Samba

2002-12-07 Thread Stefaan Teerlinck
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: bda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: zaterdag 7 december 2002 11:23 > Aan: Stefaan Teerlinck > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Samba > > > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:14:40AM +0100, Stefaan Teerlinck wrote: > > > > I just installed a samba serv

Re: several packages failing -- is debconf broke?

2002-12-07 Thread John Covici
Well, I found out that if I change the terminal type from linux to VT100 those escape codes are not generated and so everything works. I did notice that during this upgrade a new version of /etc/terminfo/l/linux was installed, anyway that something in there could do this? on Thu, 5 Dec 2002 14:58:

Re: good procmail alternative?

2002-12-07 Thread Andreas Happe
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Vikki Roemer wrote: > Maildrop is good. It does essentially the same thing as procmail, > except it's more flexible. The command to use spamassassin is a lot > shorter, too-- just say 'xfilter spamc' (I think; I don't have my > .mailfilter file in front of me). Pe

Demon's (isp) debian mirror

2002-12-07 Thread Jeff Penn
My closest mirror is my ISP (Demon), but it has taken some time for the mirror to update since Woody was released. Is it worthwhile changing my sources now, or are these problems not unusual for this site? thanks Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: konqueror died

2002-12-07 Thread Klaus Imgrund
On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 23:08:40 +0100 martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Klaus Imgrund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [2002.12.06.1329 +0100]:> The konqueror is dead.First it would do > anything at all anymore - had to> kill it.Now it doesn't come up > anymore at all. If I try to start i

C-Media CMI 8738 soundcard

2002-12-07 Thread mtsouk
Hello to everyone. I have downloaded kernel 2.4.18 sources and built a custom kernel. I want some quick and dirty instuctions on how to install and test my C-Media on board CMI 8738 soundcard and know that it is working properly. I would rather prefer to use the kernel and not any other drivers (

Re: good procmail alternative?

2002-12-07 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:04:20PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Duh. Now that I think of it, what is the reason to use MIME anyway? The person who added that code wanted to do filtering based on MIME attachments, e.g. disallow attachments, only allow certain types of attachments, etc. The probl

get-news/suck: Interruption of network connection

2002-12-07 Thread Jens Müller
What happens if get-news' connection is interrupted while it is still downloading news? Does it post the already downloaded articles to the local INN? Does it update the sucknewsrc? Where does it restart the next time? -- Please don't CC me on replies! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 the mental interface of Mark L. Kahnt told: > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > > Note that some people (like Linus) say tha

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