Re: Ethernet setup?

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 04:28:07PM -0800, Tom Zych wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to get ethernet working. I'm > using sarge with a 2.2 kernel. I don't know very much about > networking. I glanced at the networking howto, but it's rather > technical. Does anyone know of a cookbook-style

Re: Cupsys & printer (FIXED)

turned out that I need to install ghoscript , apt-get install gs Thanks for all inputs On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 04:08:16 -0500 thanhvunguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I used cupsysd for my USB printer on Sid before, now I switched > to Woody. I reconfigure everything via the web interface

Re: Re-configuring after an install

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 06:41:40AM +, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 11:19:21PM -0800, Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I guess you installed task for laptop like me. I think that introduced > > package called netenv. I think that is the one asking question. > > >

RE: Cupsys & printer

What about /dev/usb/lp0? j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: thanhvunguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cupsys & printer

Motorola SM56, PPPD and connecting to the Internet in Debian

I'm trying to connect to the Internet with my Motorola SM56 modem on Debian 3.0r1. I'm facing two problems: my the SM56 is a soft-modem that uses a driver that is no longer supported and requires running kernel 2.4.2, and Debian uses kernel 2.4.18. In previous correspondence some

Re: minimal impact kernel upgrade

On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 05:20:25PM +, Simon Tod wrote: > The current kernel I'm using on my laptop - "unname -r" gives just > 2.4.19 without any extensions (?) - doesn't support APM. Are you sure? :-) > All I'm really interested in doing is and "apt-get install > kernel-image-2.4.19-686" and f

Re: Cupsys & printer

> Check /var/log/messages to see how it is registered. You may have to > unplug it from the usb port and plug it back in. > > Alternative: mount devfs on /dev. devfs will only create device that > exist on your computer. I expect the printer would appear as > /dev/printers/0 and /dev/lp0 will be

Re: 2.4 Kernel locks at boot

Dear Andrew, Andrew M. Lindley wrote: I have installed Woody with current security updates on a AMD Duron 1.3 with an EagleTEC M825ULR motherboard, 256Mb memory and an IBM 60GB harddrive. The 2.2.20 kernel supplied with the Woody CD set boots fine but 2.4.18 2.4.19 and 2.4.20 all lock up / freez

Re: xdm error

on Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:52:02AM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all, > > I have inittab start run level 5 by default. When > Linux boots up I keep getting this error. > > "xdm error(pid 276): process-id file /var/run/xdm-pid > cannot be opened." > > "xdm drror(pi

Re: botched ext3 conversion

> >You don't need to redo the tune2fs -j commands. You already have journals; >they're just not being used yet. Just edit /etc/fstab and reboot. > >I don't know why you're doing the touch/forcefsck. I don't think it's >necessary. > great, thanks. the forcefsck was recommended to me i didn't think

Re: Re-configuring after an install

on Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 11:19:21PM -0800, Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 01:01:58AM +, Chris Owen wrote: > > Thanks Sean that does the trick, and the NIC seems to work OK. Only one > > thing though; it keeps coming up with that screen asking me to configure >

2.4 Kernel locks at boot

I have installed Woody with current security updates on a AMD Duron 1.3 with an EagleTEC M825ULR motherboard, 256Mb memory and an IBM 60GB harddrive. The 2.2.20 kernel supplied with the Woody CD set boots fine but 2.4.18 2.4.19 and 2.4.20 all lock up / freeze / halt early in the boot sequence when

Re: how to determine hd partitioning?

on Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 06:08:13AM +, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > on Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 06:30:24PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I had my *newest* computer's motherboard crap out on me Friday night, > > and I'm trying to grab the data from it

Re: Re-configuring after an install

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 01:01:58AM +, Chris Owen wrote: > Thanks Sean that does the trick, and the NIC seems to work OK. Only one > thing though; it keeps coming up with that screen asking me to configure > my network each time I boot, although I have removed the auto eth0 line > from /etc/

Re: botched ext3 conversion

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 05:07:57PM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: > so could i skip re-running the tune? Yup. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system msg25066/pgp0.pgp Descrip

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Re: how to determine hd partitioning?

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 06:08:13AM +, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 06:30:24PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I had my *newest* computer's motherboard crap out on me Friday night, > > and I'm trying to grab the data from its hard drive. I've t

Re: botched ext3 conversion

John Griffiths wrote: > Whoops, > > missed a step converting a box to ext3 > > procedure i was using was: > > 1) #tune2fs -j /dev/hda* > > for all ext2 file systems. > > 2) edit /etc/fstab to change all references from ext2 to auto > > 3) #touch/forcefsck > > 4) reboot > > only i forgot st

Re: botched ext3 conversion

> >Nope. ext3 is ext2 with a journal, basically. You might need to >compile ext3 in, or have the module loaded from initrd. > so could i skip re-running the tune? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: botched ext3 conversion

> >what does #touch/forcefsck do anyway ? > oops, should have read #touch /forcefsck as i understand it forces an fsck on the reboot which sets the jounal up properly WARNING - This email is confidential and may contain copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient of Capital Moni

Re: how to determine hd partitioning?

on Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 06:30:24PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I had my *newest* computer's motherboard crap out on me Friday night, > and I'm trying to grab the data from its hard drive. I've thrown it into > my older machine, and it's being recognized fine as /dev

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or othersolution

Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 15:48, Bob Proulx wrote: > > ... > ... > But the A7M266-D doesn't use a Via chipset. > >From http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7m266-d/overview.htm : > "The A7M266-D leverages the technology of the AMD 760MPX chipset" > > A quick google, and the *first*

Re: boot-up error

Thanx Nate...it turned out i had wrong partitions set in my /etc/fstab. ian At 10:15 PM 1/18/2003 -0800, you wrote: ian said: > hi all, > i got the following message when trying to boot up... > > "...Activating swap > Unable to find swap-space signature > Checking root file system... > fsck 1.27

Re: botched ext3 conversion

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 04:34:47PM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: > it rebooted fine and #cat /proc/mounts shows the / file ssystem as ext 2 > and the others as ext2 > > i was thinking of just re-runnign the procedure and rebooting. > > is there any danger in this? Nope. ext3 is ext2 with a journ

RE: botched ext3 conversion

> > > Whoops, > > missed a step converting a box to ext3 > > procedure i was using was: > > 1) #tune2fs -j /dev/hda* > > for all ext2 file systems. > > 2) edit /etc/fstab to change all references from ext2 to auto > > 3) #touch/forcefsck > > 4) reboot > > only i forgot step 2 > > it reb

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or other solution

Pigeon wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 11:27:28AM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > I'm getting disk corruption if I try to enable DMA mode for my IDE > > disks. ... > If you have a VIA chipset try making sure that VIA chipset support is > included in the kernel. No, it's an Asus A7M266-D, whic

Re: Can't upgrade from slink to woody!

On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 20:25, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 01:15:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 12:05, Pigeon wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Just got a set of Woody CDs (thanks Gerald!) to upgrade my slink > > > system. I've copied them all onto hard drives as iso

botched ext3 conversion

Whoops, missed a step converting a box to ext3 procedure i was using was: 1) #tune2fs -j /dev/hda* for all ext2 file systems. 2) edit /etc/fstab to change all references from ext2 to auto 3) #touch/forcefsck 4) reboot only i forgot step 2 it rebooted fine and #cat /proc/mounts shows the /

Re: CD difficult to burn

On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 21:13, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > This "particular CD is invisible", other CDs are visible from XCDroast. > Notice that I am able to use readcd and dd. I can burn other CDs, is this > one the one that is difficult. Could it be that that one CD is just plain bad, or sufficient

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Dear all, After a while, I finally able to boot my woody box with 2.5.58 kernel. It goes this way: - download the source - compile the usual way (not using make-kpkg), make config, make dep, make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install, make install. - in modules_install it failed. --> s

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or othersolution

On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 15:48, Bob Proulx wrote: > Wayne Topa wrote: > > Al Davis([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > How do I find out? > > > I am using the one on the woody bf2.4 cd. > > > > lspci will show if you have VIA and > > > > grep VIA /usr/src/linux/.config will show if yo

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Hi! I'm trying to track down a package that I had installed back when I was running Potato. AFAICT, the package is not in Woody (for whatever reason). I can't remember the name of the package, but it had tons of themes for the console-- it would look like CLIs from other OSs (RDOS, MSDOS, C-64, e

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or othersolution

On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 15:43, Bob Proulx wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > Well, 1st, do you know which chipset the A7V266-D runs? > > Btw, the ASUS web site only mentions the A7V266-C. > > http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7v266-c/overview.htm > > Try this url for the dual model. (D is for dual.) >

Re: Can't upgrade from slink to woody!

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 01:15:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 12:05, Pigeon wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Just got a set of Woody CDs (thanks Gerald!) to upgrade my slink > > system. I've copied them all onto hard drives as iso images and > > loopback mounted them (read only) to av

Re: Detecting the fysical mouse URGENT

Joris Huizer wrote: Hi everybody, As some of you allready knows I've got many problems to get an USB mouse working (I only have that USB mouse) Redhat's log: usb.c: registered new driver usddevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 05:47:42 Dec 12 2002 usb-u

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or other solution

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 03:10:23PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 13:42, Al Davis wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 11:27:28AM -0500, Daniel Barclay > > wrote: > > > > I'm getting disk corruption if I try to enable DMA mode for > > > > my IDE disks. > > > > On Saturday 18 Ja

Network config - RPC timeout - what have I missed?

Hi, I am setting up box pigeon as an NFS server from which to install woody on box nestie via ethernet. I am attempting to make /scsidrive/woody[1..7] available for export. Box nestie isn't up at all yet, so I'm trying to test it by mounting the exported filesystem locally. I intend for pigeon to

Re: modules gone after kernel upgrade

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 02:08:55AM -0500, Debian User wrote: > I just upgraded from potato 2.2.19 to woody and kernel 2.4.18-386. Now > my modules are gone in modconf? Where to put module path so it will > show in modconf? I can still insmod but was wondering why the path > didnt upgrade 2? >

Re: WAS: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related--NOW, I gave up and went back to Mandrake :-(

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 10:41:58AM +0200, Alaa The Great wrote: > On 18 Jan 2003 11:29:13 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Note that since apt & dpkg came 1st, urpmi & rpm are like them, > > not vice versa... > > I thought like was commutative :-) > > dpkg like rpm == rpm li

Re: Ethernet setup?

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 05:55:03PM -0800, Tom Zych wrote: > Is there supposed to be a /dev/eth0 device? There isn't... No. If you type /sbin/ifconfig, you should see an entry called eth0 with your IP address and whatnot listed if it's working. baloo@ursine:~$ /sbin/ifconfig eth0 Link encap:

Re: Ethernet setup?

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 04:28:07PM -0800, Tom Zych wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to get ethernet working. I'm > using sarge with a 2.2 kernel. I don't know very much about > networking. I glanced at the networking howto, but it's rather > technical. Does anyone know of a cookbook-style

Re: CD difficult to burn

This "particular CD is invisible", other CDs are visible from XCDroast. Notice that I am able to use readcd and dd. I can burn other CDs, is this one the one that is difficult. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:32 PM Sub

Re: how to determine hd partitioning?

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 06:30:24PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > I had my *newest* computer's motherboard crap out on me Friday night, > and I'm trying to grab the data from its hard drive. I've thrown it into > my older machine, and it's being recognized fine as /dev/hdd -- but I > can't

Re: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related careers/schooling?

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 10:31:32PM +, Pigeon wrote: > How does your trailer cope with the bike leaning over on corners? Hitch is on a swivel joint and clamps to the bicycle. Trailer doesn't torque. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- D

diald and error exit status 127

Trying to install diald from unstable? Cannot get past this error: snip--- Setting up diald (0.99.4-5) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/diald.config: line 1: t: command not found dpkg: error processing diald (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encou

Re: talkd through ipmasq

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 12:13:28PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p any --dport 517 -j DNAT --to-destination >192.168.0.4:517 > > > > I also tried -p udp and that didn't work either. Any ideas? > > Try dumping the port specification - it should be remapped

RE: CD difficult to burn

>I posted a message to the list a while ago, some time in the early afternoon >about a CD difficult to burn, but the message got somehow lost. In essence, >how do I burn a CD difficult to burn, using "readcd" or "dd", any one, I >don't really care which tool. I tried dd and readcd, both gave me err

Re: Radeon 9000 Pro anyone?

HI All & Peter, Whoops, I meant to type in 9000, in a crucial sentence & did not Just to bee clear, I have a Power Color Radeon 9000 Pro 128 & the DRI stuff gets it going in Tux! Now, download & enjoy! :-) *BFN* Greek Geek :-) http://bofhcam.org/co-larters/lart-reference/ Peter S

Re: Ethernet setup?

Tom Zych wrote: Edit /etc/network/interfaces to specify dhcp or a static IP address ("man interfaces"), then try "/etc/init.d/networking start". Is there supposed to be a /dev/eth0 device? There isn't... I don't have one on my networked box. I'm not sure how Debian knows that "eth0" r

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2003 #198

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 05:54:31PM -0800, CM Miller wrote: [please keep the attributions in place] > >> I like to do programming in the Linux environment > >> cause I love VIM. I can run VIM as root, but not > as > >> cmmiller. > > >I've never had that problem with vim. What happens > >when yo

Re: Ethernet Adapter Configuration

This one time, at band camp, Kevin Smith said: > Anybody have an answer for this one? Sorry for being persistence, > just can't work it out. > > > Hi All, > > > > Well, Debian Linux 3.0r1 (powerpc) installed and working like a > > dream, well just about anyway. ;) > > > > I'm trying to work out t

Re: Ethernet setup?

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 05:55:03PM -0800, Tom Zych wrote: > > Edit /etc/network/interfaces to specify dhcp or a static IP address > > ("man interfaces"), then try "/etc/init.d/networking start". > > Is there supposed to be a /dev/eth0 device? There isn't... There is no /dev/eth0. Its just eth0,

Re: vim and basic .bashrc questions

* Seneca ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 04:37:13PM -0800, CM Miller wrote: > > I like to do programming in the Linux environment > > cause I love VIM. I can run VIM as root, but not as > > cmmiller. > > I've never had that problem with vim. What happens when you try? > >

Re: WAS: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related--NOW, I gave up and went back to Mandrake :-(

Colin Watson writes: > It could probably be cobbled together, with some appropriate care about > directory permissions (which I don't think are terribly deterministic > when multiple packages install them with different permissions... The permissions will be determined by the first package install

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2003 #198

>> I like to do programming in the Linux environment >> cause I love VIM. I can run VIM as root, but not as >> cmmiller. >I've never had that problem with vim. What happens >when you try? I'm not getting any of the color coding that VIM does when programming GCC or GCC++. But directories n

Re: Radeon 9000 Pro anyone?

Haralambos Geortgilakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > some Debianista's gets it a going with the ATI drivers & some not > > Surf thru this lists archive Didn't find anything in recent months anyway concerning the 9000. > or have a look at the foru

Re: Ethernet setup?

> Edit /etc/network/interfaces to specify dhcp or a static IP address > ("man interfaces"), then try "/etc/init.d/networking start". Is there supposed to be a /dev/eth0 device? There isn't... -- Tom Zych This email address will expire at some point to thwart spammers. Permanent address is rot13([

Re: installation date

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:53:24 +0100 Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Carlos Sousa wrote: > > ... a little script run by cron every day that generates a list of all > > installed packages, compares with the list generated in the previous > > run, and adds the changes, duly timestamped, to a history file.

Question on Winbind

Hi, I have been pulling out hair on this one. I am trying to get a debian box to share files to an NT 4 network. I installed Samba, works great. I also installed Winbind and that also works, but I have a problem when trying to set file permissions. When I do a - getent group or a - getent pa

Re: WAS: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related--NOW, I gave up and went back to Mandrake :-(

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 02:38:03PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > And there is the reverse as well. Is there a way to verify the > installation of an installed deb package similar to 'rpm --verify'? debsums, perhaps? Use 'debsums -g' after installation for the benefit of those packages which do not s

Re: Ethernet setup?

Tom Zych wrote: Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to get ethernet working. I'm using sarge with a 2.2 kernel. I don't know very much about networking. I glanced at the networking howto, but it's rather technical. Does anyone know of a cookbook-style howto out there for neophytes like me? Edi

Cd difficult to burn

I posted a message to the list a while ago, some time in the early afternoon about a CD difficult to burn, but the message got somehow lost. In essence, how do I burn a CD difficult to burn, using "readcd" or "dd", any one, I don't really care which tool. I tried dd and readcd, both gave me errors.

Solved: Software that can be used with MSN

Thanks to all who offerred suggestions for software that can be used with MSN. Sorry about late follow-up, things have been rather busy down here. All suggestions show that there are plenty of solutions for messaging, but only one (so far) for Hotmail. Gotmail is the package of choice for downloa

Re: Detecting the fysical mouse URGENT

Joris Huizer wrote: Hi everybody, As some of you allready knows I've got many problems to get an USB mouse working (I only have that USB mouse) I allready posted this before but I got not even one reply on it so I think most of you must have missed it or something. Are you sure? The first p

Re: Cupsys & printer

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 04:08:16AM -0500, thanhvunguyen wrote: > Hello, I used cupsysd for my USB printer on Sid before, now I switched > to Woody. I reconfigure everything via the web interface on port 631 > exactly as I did before. But for some reasons it seems that nothing is > sent to the print

Re: vim and basic .bashrc questions

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 04:37:13PM -0800, CM Miller wrote: > I like to do programming in the Linux environment > cause I love VIM. I can run VIM as root, but not as > cmmiller. I've never had that problem with vim. What happens when you try? > Also, I have been able to set .bashrc preferences

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or other solution

On Sunday 19 January 2003 02:48 pm, Bob Proulx wrote: > Wayne Topa wrote: > > Al Davis([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > How do I find out? > If you are using the bf24 kernel then the config is installed in /boot. > grep VIA /boot/config-2.4.18-bf2.4 > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX

vim and basic .bashrc questions

Just started running Debain as few weeks ago, I ran Redhat for the last two years, and was ready to move on. Anyway the install went good and I have two user accounts, cmmiller and root. I like to do programming in the Linux environment cause I love VIM. I can run VIM as root, but not as cm

Ethernet setup?

Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to get ethernet working. I'm using sarge with a 2.2 kernel. I don't know very much about networking. I glanced at the networking howto, but it's rather technical. Does anyone know of a cookbook-style howto out there for neophytes like me? Thanks, -- Tom Zych This e

Re: kill with regex?

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 10:41, Hugh Saunders wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:22:13AM +1100, Michael Wardle wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 02:40, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > ps x gives a list of xine's which i would like to kill > > > > My preferred method is: > > $ kill `ps -C xine -o pid=` > >

Re: problem with tv card

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 06:22:45AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 06:18, Pigeon wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:44:27AM -0500, Mike Dresser wrote: > > > On 8 Jan 2003, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > You have a PC dedicated to displaying TV > > > > > > Actually, a lo

Re: how to determine hd partitioning?

hi ya assuming your disk is intact fdisk -l /dev/hdd and add/guess which partitions belong to which mountpoint mount /dev/hdd1 /mnt/test ls -la /mnt/test to guess if its /var or /usr or /home umount /mnt/test ... when you're all done fdisk -l /dev/hdd > /etc/safe-place/r

Re: kill with regex?

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 00:22, Michael Wardle wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 02:40, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > ps x gives a list of xine's which i would like to kill > > My preferred method is: > $ kill `ps -C xine -o pid=` > OR > $ ps -C xine -o pid= | xargs kill > > This is subtly different from th

Re: dhclient3 and event scripts

martin f krafft wrote: > before i go ahead and hack'n'tweak dhclient3 so that it calls one > script when it looses an IP for whatever reason and another when it > gets a new one, i'd like to ask the community if someone has already > done so. i am a little confused by the dhclient3 paradigm and wou

Re: kill with regex?

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:22:13AM +1100, Michael Wardle wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 02:40, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > ps x gives a list of xine's which i would like to kill > > My preferred method is: > $ kill `ps -C xine -o pid=` > OR > $ ps -C xine -o pid= | xargs kill > > This is subtly diff

Re: kill with regex?

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 05:35:36PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > 'pkill xine' is better if you have a new enough version of procps, since > 'killall' does ... let's say surprising things on System V-ish variants > of Unix. will that kill any process with xine in its name? or just processes called 'x

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    I’m trying to connect to the Internet with my Motorola SM56 modem on Debian 3.0r1. I’m facing two problems: my the SM56 is a soft-modem that uses a driver that is no longer supported and requires running kernel 2.4.2, and Debian uses kernel 2.4.18.      In previ

Re: Detecting the fysical mouse URGENT

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 01:04:20PM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: > Hi everybody, > > As some of you allready knows I've got many problems > to get an USB mouse working (I only have that USB > mouse) > > I allready posted this before but I got not even one > reply on it so I think most of you must ha

how to determine hd partitioning?

I had my *newest* computer's motherboard crap out on me Friday night, and I'm trying to grab the data from its hard drive. I've thrown it into my older machine, and it's being recognized fine as /dev/hdd -- but I can't remember its partitioning scheme, and thus don't know what partition(s) to mount

MUTT and yet another LOCALE problem

Hi, In the index view (pane) of mutt certain headlines are scrambled, In the headlines of a certain news service the string "=?iso-8859-1?q?" occurs again and again. The locale enviroment is defined by LANG=C and LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro. Surprisingly the headlines are okay if the same mailbox is ana

Re: kill with regex?

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 02:40, Hugh Saunders wrote: > ps x gives a list of xine's which i would like to kill My preferred method is: $ kill `ps -C xine -o pid=` OR $ ps -C xine -o pid= | xargs kill This is subtly different from the other suggestions (such as "killall xine"), as it kills anything be

Limiting logins

Hi All, I'm just trying to work out how do I limit logins so that an accounts can only have one login at a time? I had a look at /etc/security/limits.conf and accidently set maxlogin to 1 thinking it worked on a per users basis as it actually seems to be on a system basis Short of putting all the

Re: OT Aliasing Multiple Addresses in Mutt

on Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 04:20:04PM -0500, David Raeker-Jordan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > How can I alias a bunch of addresses in Mutt so that only the alias name > appears in the To: field? > > Example: > > alias Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,\ > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,\ > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,\ > <[E

dhclient3 and event scripts

before i go ahead and hack'n'tweak dhclient3 so that it calls one script when it looses an IP for whatever reason and another when it gets a new one, i'd like to ask the community if someone has already done so. i am a little confused by the dhclient3 paradigm and would much more prefer to build up

Re: AGAINdebian-newbe problems w. ssh

Bob Proulx wrote: > command that Karsten provided previously. Here is a recap. Pardon me Colin! I meant that Colin posted previously. Ack. > ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N '' Bob msg24995/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

can´t install debian on power mac G4

when i start partition the hard disk i get a massage (no hard disk found) ,how should i solve this problem have been trying for many days and ican´t mange this ! Help please Thank u -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Re: kernel-headers & compiling source

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 12:25:12PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > Jeff Penn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have read through the kernel-header docs, & am still not sure I > > understand what they are for. I assumed that they enable source to be > > compiled when using a kernel-image. > > > > If

Re: Can't start X with Nvidia [solved]

Op zo 19-01-2003, om 17:33 schreef Sridhar M.A.: > On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 03:56:18AM -0500, Ian D. Stewart wrote: >> On Sunday 19 January 2003 06:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > >> > My module is called nvidia and not NVdriver. I think the problem >> > is that you are loading a

Re: kill with regex?

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > How would you produce this list? > > Jor-el wrote: > > >On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > > > > > > > >>On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 05:32:19PM +0100, Philipp Gruemmer wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hugh Saunders wrote: > >>> > >>> > ps

Re: AGAINdebian-newbe problems w. ssh

Oliver wrote: > >> I got the message ...: sshd Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key > >> Disabling protocol version1 > >> > >> Could anybody point me how to make a protocol 1 key ? > > > >'ssh-keygen -t rsa1' The error message sounds to me like either an 'rsa' or a 'dsa' key is in the fi

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or other solution

Wayne Topa wrote: > Al Davis([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > How do I find out? > > I am using the one on the woody bf2.4 cd. > > lspci will show if you have VIA and > > grep VIA /usr/src/linux/.config will show if you have enabled it. If you are using the bf24 kernel then the c

Re: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related careers/schooling?

On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 23:31, Pigeon wrote: > On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 07:52:21PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > [1] Bicycle with cargo trailers can move anything. I've moved a sofa > > and a fridge with them myself, though had to rent larger trailers. > > I've moved a fridge by strapping it on the

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or other solution

Ron Johnson wrote: > Well, 1st, do you know which chipset the A7V266-D runs? > Btw, the ASUS web site only mentions the A7V266-C. > http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7v266-c/overview.htm Try this url for the dual model. (D is for dual.) http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7m266-d/overview.htm Bob

Re: WAS: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related--NOW, I gave up and went back to Mandrake :-(

Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 10:47:18AM +0200, Alaa The Great wrote: > > > > the RPM format itself seems to have all the features of deb, > > It has most of them, although it's missing one or two. I'm reliably (I > think) informed that it doesn't have diversions, for instance. I

Re: Drive errors

On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 23:42, Pigeon wrote: > On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 10:06:01AM -0500, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > > I have been running the same woody box for more then 2 years, and I > > just got the following message: > > > > hda: timeout waiting for DMA > > hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { Dri

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or other solution

Al Davis([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 11:27:28AM -0500, Daniel Barclay > wrote: > > > I'm getting disk corruption if I try to enable DMA mode for > > > my IDE disks. > > On Saturday 18 January 2003 04:14 pm, Pigeon wrote: > > If you have a VIA chipse

Re: source files

[EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello > I try to find the source code of the kernels, I need it do compile a driver > I don't know where to find it > Thanks for your help either apt-cache search kernel-source then apt-get which one you want, or ftp..kernel.org wo

Re: user group

> I want to make some non-shell accounts and there is a group called user > in /etc/group. Is this group used for this purpose? Yes and No :) By default users are created with shell access. I would suggest that when you create the new userid as a member of the user group you change the shell of

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