error on boot up

2003-03-31 Thread lito lampitoc
Hi All, Sorry if this is OT, but I seems to be the only one on debian-sparc list, that why I'm cross posting this. I installed debian 3 on my Sun sparc netra i20 using only the first disk. But during boot up to complete my installation I received the following errors: SILO buggy old PROMs don't

Re: Partitioning for Speed

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:03:17PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > the disk spins at the same rotational rpm ... its the "same" speed But when converted to linear speed, the outside is moving faster than the inside. This is why most bicycles you see have w

Re: XDM, Gnome 2.2 normal user startup

2003-03-31 Thread Zeno Davatz
On 31.3.2003 20:13 Uhr, "Mario Vukelic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> SESSION_MANAGER=local/dell:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1241 >> No fonts found; this probably means that the fontconfig >> library is not correctly configured. You may need to >> edit the fonts.conf configuration file. More information >> abo

Re: wwwoffle or squid?

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 07:59:46PM +0100, Joao Clemente wrote: > Is squid worth it in terms of extra performace or better reliability, > when compared to wwwoffle? I'll use the proxy to serve half a dozen > clients, not more. No, but it's worth the ex

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 (Please avoid using the tab character in a non-homogenous environment. Use spaces instead, or break paragraphs with a double-newline) On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:23:32PM -0600, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: > There are fill-in pdf's available on the IRS we

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:07:58PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > I vaguely recall there was an Executive Order under Bush I making it > policy for federal agencies to not compete with private companies. > Although, I can't find a reference at the mome

Re: XDM, Gnome 2.2 normal user startup

2003-03-31 Thread Zeno Davatz
On 31.3.2003 20:13 Uhr, "Mario Vukelic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok > >>> 2.) If you use Gnome anyway, you are probably better off with gdm >>> instead of xdm >> Why is that? > > I find it prettier and easier to configure. Since you use gnome anyway, > its dependence on gnome libraries doesn

RE: Partitioning for Speed

2003-03-31 Thread Joyce, Matthew
> > > > I would have thought that for cached drives this becomes a > moot point > > as such a high percentage of hits come from cache. > > remember that most disks have 2MB of disk cache.. new drives > are 8MB cache > > > - the 2MB disk cache will be flooded and not used at all... > > T

Re: XDM, Gnome 2.2 normal user startup

2003-03-31 Thread Zeno Davatz
On 1.4.2003 2:21 Uhr, "Oki DZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:36:05PM +0200, Zeno Davatz wrote: >> When I do the same as normal User Gnome starts but crashes immediately and I >> land at the XDM Login again. > > Check your /tmp dir out; it should be read-write to all. My

Re: setting time via internet ?

2003-03-31 Thread dave selby
On Sunday 30 March 2003 11:54, dave selby wrote: > Did I imagine it or is there a way to automaticly set the clock on my PC > via the internet every time I log on? > > Any ideas > Dave And I will also investigate crony !! Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: setting time via internet ?

2003-03-31 Thread dave selby
On Sunday 30 March 2003 11:54, dave selby wrote: > Did I imagine it or is there a way to automaticly set the clock on my PC > via the internet every time I log on? > > Any ideas > Dave Many thanks for all your help ! will investigate ntp ! Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Administering a network

2003-03-31 Thread Bob Proulx
Albert Cervera Areny wrote: > The tricky thing (well... hope not ;) seems to be administering all > computers.. Go here and read this paper. http://www.infrastructures.org/papers/bootstrap/bootstrap.html I am a firm believer in the principles there. Not a big deal if you only have a few machi

Re: Starting a program in a specific virtual terminal

2003-03-31 Thread Leo Spalteholz
On March 31, 2003 09:12 pm, sean finney wrote: > hi leo, > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:25:57PM -0800, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > > Hi, > > I wanted to run a certain program (darkstat) at boot but I want > > it to run in verbose mode and display the output in one of the > > other virtual terminals so

Re: Mozilla idealab link

2003-03-31 Thread Donald Spoon
Paul M Foster wrote: I'm running testing, and the Mozilla that comes with it. Every time I start the program, it goes to a local page on my hard drive which has my favorite links on it. Immediately thereafter, before I do anything else, it jumps to http://find.idealab.com. This is pretty obnoxious

Re: WLAN PCMCIA card

2003-03-31 Thread Jim McCloskey
Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> Christian Schoenebeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> |> > Hi! |> > |> > Can somebody recommend me a wireless LAN PCMCIA card? It's very hard |> > to get useful (and up-to-date) information about that on the net. |> > |> > Appreciate any comments! |> |> |> Orin

Re: compiling testing for unstable

2003-03-31 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 22:01, David Fokkema wrote: > Now I would like to > have cdrdao, but that is only available for testing. Of course, I could > recompile the whole thing from source and be done with it Or you could use the cdrdao backport for woody at deb http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/debian wo

apache proxy rewrite fails

2003-03-31 Thread Daniel Meier
hi there I have two webservers apache2 (on port 80), apache1.xx (on port 81). I still use the apache1.xx because php is running there. now I'd like to do the following: proxypass http://www.mydomain.com/mail to http://www.mydomain.com:81/squirrelmail. and proxyreverse the same again... this work

Re: How to manage a large number of JPEG images?

2003-03-31 Thread Al Davis
On Monday 31 March 2003 08:13 pm, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > In case you are using KDE, go to the directory that has your > pictures in it and hit CTRL-I. That'll bring up a dialog of > options for your gallery and then generates a gallery style > webpage that you can save. One big thing wrong with

Re: Partitioning for Speed

2003-03-31 Thread Jeff
Alvin Oga, 2003-Mar-31 17:03 -0800: > > hi ya Greetings > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Jeff wrote: > > > I've seen a reference to two regarding the location of a partition on > > the HDD being faster than other parts of the HDD. I've been trying to > > get a definitive answer on this and it's still n

Re: Starting a program in a specific virtual terminal

2003-03-31 Thread sean finney
hi leo, On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:25:57PM -0800, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > Hi, > I wanted to run a certain program (darkstat) at boot but I want it to > run in verbose mode and display the output in one of the other > virtual terminals so I can ALT-Fx to it.. I've got it starting at > boot but

Re: Play DVDs on K6/4xx (was: Help with DRM / DRI on Matrox G400)

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Mackinney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed: > Hmm...I've got a DH G400 on my AMD K6-II/450, and DVDs play fine for me. > Actually play better under Linux than under Windows. Although the DVD apps > under Linux I have tend to be more glitchy. But the system w/ video card if > quite adequate. > > ---

Re: Should I upgrade my kernel?

2003-03-31 Thread sean finney
hiya, On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 07:57:35PM -0800, robert marley wrote: > i am trying to reset my pW with some great amount of > difficulty (to me). > i have this kernel,, is it possible the box has been > compromised? > see my post - "its been up so long_ root is jello" if you haven't given anyone

Mozilla idealab link

2003-03-31 Thread Paul M Foster
I'm running testing, and the Mozilla that comes with it. Every time I start the program, it goes to a local page on my hard drive which has my favorite links on it. Immediately thereafter, before I do anything else, it jumps to http://find.idealab.com. This is pretty obnoxious behavior. I've clean

RE: Partitioning for Speed

2003-03-31 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > I would have thought that for cached drives this becomes a moot point as > such a high percentage of hits come from cache. remember that most disks have 2MB of disk cache.. new drives are 8MB cache drives spin at say 7200rpm ie .138ms per revolu

Re: How to manage a large number of JPEG images?

2003-03-31 Thread Leo Spalteholz
On March 31, 2003 12:44 pm, Thomas Guettler wrote: > On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:30:07 +0200, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > > I have the first 93 JPEG images from the new digital camera on my > > hard drive. The gimp will load an image and print it perfectly. > > I see it also has an option to create a

Starting a program in a specific virtual terminal

2003-03-31 Thread Leo Spalteholz
Hi, I wanted to run a certain program (darkstat) at boot but I want it to run in verbose mode and display the output in one of the other virtual terminals so I can ALT-Fx to it.. I've got it starting at boot but how can I specify the VT it starts in? Thanks, Leo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Partitioning for Speed - heads

2003-03-31 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya oki On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Oki DZ wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:03:17PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > - less moving of the heads is generally faster as it takes too long > > to move the head relative to just reading data > > How long is exactly to move the head from outside to the ce

Re: KNOPPIX as an installer for Debian

2003-03-31 Thread Al Davis
On Sunday 30 March 2003 10:38 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: > I gotta wonder why everybody's harping so badly on Memorex. > I've got to really abuse the media to burn a Memorex brand > coaster. So far, the only Memorex CDR I couldn't burn was > one I made a fractal out of in the microwave with. Do y'a

Re: Should I upgrade my kernel?

2003-03-31 Thread robert marley
hello sean,, i copy your original post below. this is the bit of concern (to me): "you should _definitely_ upgrade, because there's a root-priviledge security hole in that kernel[2]." i am trying to reset my pW with some great amount of difficulty (to me). i have this kernel,, is it possible the

ATTN: info/pinfo users

2003-03-31 Thread Ed Cogburn
After a long frustrating experience with install-info and the default "/usr/share/info/dir" file, I decided to write a script which bypassed the "dir" file and read the info entries from the info files themselves and literally rebuilt the "dir" file from scratch. This message is to let you know

RE: Partitioning for Speed

2003-03-31 Thread Joyce, Matthew
I would have thought that for cached drives this becomes a moot point as such a high percentage of hits come from cache. Matt -- > -Original Message- > From: Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 10:35 AM > To: debian user list > Subject: Partitioning for Speed

Re: Partitioning for Speed

2003-03-31 Thread Oki DZ
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:03:17PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > - less moving of the heads is generally faster as it takes too long > to move the head relative to just reading data How long is exactly to move the head from outside to the center? Long ago, I tinkered with moving the swap partitio

Re: Partitioning for Speed

2003-03-31 Thread Oki DZ
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:17:05PM -0800, Jeff wrote: > I've seen a reference to two regarding the location of a partition on > the HDD being faster than other parts of the HDD. I've been trying to > get a definitive answer on this and it's still not clear to me. > > 1. What part of the HDD is

Re: Different install prefix for dpkg-buildpackage

2003-03-31 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:09:22AM +0530, Muralikrishnan B wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 03:12, David Z Maze wrote: > > Muralikrishnan B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > How can get I dpkg-buildpackage to install the source package i'm > > > compiling in a different path (just like ./configur

Re: [OT] no space after defined \newcommands in LaTeX

2003-03-31 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 07:44:01PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > how do you mean, "they have to do that for most commands they didn't > write"? A builtin, like \TeX. I can't write "\TeX is really cool", I have to write "\TeX{} is really cool". -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[E

Re: Gnome

2003-03-31 Thread John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have installed GNU/Linux on my PC. But, I didnt get any user > interface like Gnome installed. Run tasksel and select 'desktop environment'. > Did I do anything wrong while installation or GNU/linux does not come > with a user interface ? It comes with many. You get

Re: sigh..."X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership..."

2003-03-31 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 12:21:16AM +0200, Nicolas Kratz wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 01:20:57PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > > Since X works on clean installations, I'm pretty sure deleting/moving > > out of the way /etc/.X* would fix this. > > My wa would be greatly disturbed if there were .X* fi

Re: [OT] no space after defined \newcommands in LaTeX

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Shutko
Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on Mon, 31 Mar 2003 06:38:09PM -0500, Alan Shutko insinuated: >> Although I find a lot of people prefer to write >> ... the \TM\ defined by blah blah ... >> since they have to do that for most commands they didn't write, and >> they want all their com

Re: Error in Shell Script!!

2003-03-31 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Alex" == Alex Togstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alex> A snippet of the code which should be enough can be found Alex> here: Alex> http://kernelphr34k.home.attbi.com/error Alex> This is only part of the script, and yes everything is Alex> defined. This is in BASH! When

Re: Gnome

2003-03-31 Thread Oki DZ
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:35:27PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have installed GNU/Linux on my PC. But, I didnt get any user > interface like Gnome installed. On Debian, you have to install it by yourself. > Did I do anything wrong while installation or GNU/linux does not come > with a us

Re: Partitioning for Speed

2003-03-31 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Jeff wrote: > I've seen a reference to two regarding the location of a partition on > the HDD being faster than other parts of the HDD. I've been trying to > get a definitive answer on this and it's still not clear to me. the disk spins at the same rotational rpm

rsync: what userid to run it?

2003-03-31 Thread Abdul Latip
Hi, May I know what the current practice is for running an rsync cron? - what userid is used? root? ftp? anything else? - where to put the logs? /var/log/rsync/ ? Thank you. -- Abdul Latip -- Angkasa Internet Junior Staff -- ANGIN.com http://people.WebIndonesia.com/dullatip/

Re: [OT] no space after defined \newcommands in LaTeX

2003-03-31 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Mon, 31 Mar 2003 03:29:11PM -0800, Stephen A. Witt insinuated: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > > this has been pissing me off recently. if i define a new command > > > > \newcommand{\TM}{Turing machine} > > > > and then say in my document > > > > ... the \TM defined by blah bl

Re: [OT] no space after defined \newcommands in LaTeX

2003-03-31 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Mon, 31 Mar 2003 06:38:09PM -0500, Alan Shutko insinuated: > Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > this has been pissing me off recently. if i define a new command > > > > \newcommand{\TM}{Turing machine} > > \usepackage{xspace} > \newcommand{\TM}{Turing machine\xspace} cool.

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Richard Hector
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:07:58PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:43:26AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > I'm amazed nobody's asked this before, but why doesn't irs.gov do it > > themselves? Seems like the obvious answer...or is this some sort of > > "privatize the r

Window placement

2003-03-31 Thread Oki DZ
Hi, I use Sawfish and Gnome. I'd like to have the windows of newly loaded application to be put behind the main window (the focused and active one, I mean). I have set Sawfish' window placement setting to be "top-left" (ie: not "interactively"), but still, the last newly created window becoming ac

Re: [OT] no space after defined \newcommands in LaTeX

2003-03-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
this has been pissing me off recently. if i define a new command \newcommand{\TM}{Turing machine} and then say in my document ... the \TM defined by blah blah ... i will get the output ``the Turing machinedefined by blah blah.'' so i have to say ... the \TM ~defined by ... I can't just def

Re: ntp.conf question

2003-03-31 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Thomas" == Thomas H George writes: Thomas> The file /etc/ntp.conf does not contain any server entries Thomas> but does include a note saying these are entered auto Thomas> generated, use dpkg-reconfigure to modify these lines. Thomas> dpkg-reconfigure ntp simply returns the c

Partitioning for Speed

2003-03-31 Thread Jeff
I've seen a reference to two regarding the location of a partition on the HDD being faster than other parts of the HDD. I've been trying to get a definitive answer on this and it's still not clear to me. 1. What part of the HDD is faster, the inside (closest to the center of the platter) o

Re: XDM, Gnome 2.2 normal user startup

2003-03-31 Thread Oki DZ
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:36:05PM +0200, Zeno Davatz wrote: > When I do the same as normal User Gnome starts but crashes immediately and I > land at the XDM Login again. Check your /tmp dir out; it should be read-write to all. Oki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: [OT] no space after defined \newcommands in LaTeX

2003-03-31 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Nori" == Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nori> this has been pissing me off recently. if i define a new command Nori> \newcommand{\TM}{Turing machine} Nori> and then say in my document Nori> ... the \TM defined by blah blah ... Nori> i will get the output ``the Turing machine

Re: How long is linux going to be free ?

2003-03-31 Thread Richard Hector
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 04:12:41PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > Do you have to remind someone a thousand times about his mistake, even after > he confesses that he was wrong? Not everybody receives email with the same delay ... he might not have seen either your confession or even the other cor

Removable Media: What is the practical answer??

2003-03-31 Thread Bruce
I am currently running several desktop machines running Debian Woody, including various updates (KDE 3.1.1, etc.) for added usability. Generally, Debian is great. For my personal usage, I can't see any reason for using anything else as a desktop machine. However, I would like to set up a Debian m

Re: [OT] no space after defined \newcommands in LaTeX

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Shutko
Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > this has been pissing me off recently. if i define a new command > > \newcommand{\TM}{Turing machine} \usepackage{xspace} \newcommand{\TM}{Turing machine\xspace} Although I find a lot of people prefer to write ... the \TM\ defined by blah blah ..

RE: install/upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Mirabella, Mathew J
Hi There. I am new to the list and new to debian. I want to install debian 3.0 r0 from cds that i have, and have a few questions. The update process: > Automagically. > $ su -m > # apt-get update > # apt-get dist-upgrade I assume these are examples of how to update within a distro and to upgrade

Re: [DEB-USER] Re: How should we handle people who can not unsubscribe?

2003-03-31 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 12:01:37PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > If you think that any organization would be willing to hand > over listmaster powers to anyone on the 'net, you are probably too > innocent to be a list master. My gosh, you guys act like a listmaster is God. It's not t

Re: [OT] no space after defined \newcommands in LaTeX

2003-03-31 Thread Stephen A. Witt
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > this has been pissing me off recently. if i define a new command > > \newcommand{\TM}{Turing machine} > > and then say in my document > > ... the \TM defined by blah blah ... > > i will get the output ``the Turing machinedefined by blah blah.'' > Use

Re: Acron A5000

2003-03-31 Thread Richard Hector
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:24:32AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 09:11:09AM +, Paul Grenyer wrote: > > Anyway, can someone tell me if I can install Debian on my Acron A5000, > > please? > > Only if you can answer me t

Re: Administering a network

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 31 Mar 2003 11:05 pm, Albert Cervera Areny wrote: ... > > The tricky thing (well... hope not ;) seems to be administering all > computers.. I'd like to have a server in which I download (update) the > latests debs and all other machines updat

[OT] no space after defined \newcommands in LaTeX

2003-03-31 Thread Nori Heikkinen
this has been pissing me off recently. if i define a new command \newcommand{\TM}{Turing machine} and then say in my document ... the \TM defined by blah blah ... i will get the output ``the Turing machinedefined by blah blah.'' so i have to say ... the \TM ~defined by ... I can't just de

a first experience of apt-get -u dist-upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Glenn English
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 13:59, Talon wrote: > I would suggest using apt. > > #apt-setup > (to setup your sources.list file, if its not already) > # vim /etc/apt/sources.list > (to change "stable" to "testing" > > #apt-get update > #apt-get -u dist-upgrade Apt-get is far, far, far too cool for w

Re: Gnome

2003-03-31 Thread Seneca
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:35:27PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [please wrap your lines at ~72 characters] > I have installed GNU/Linux on my PC. But, I didnt get any user > interface like Gnome installed. It seems like you were expecting X to be automatically installed with Debian. > Did I do

RE: 2.5.54 has problems loading init.

2003-03-31 Thread Hell.Surfers
Im a 2.4 design analyst for a company, 2.5 is, well, different, assuming that if im having problems, that I am ill-equipped to do it, is nonsense, wouldnt you like a sneak preview of 2.6? DM On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:44:40 -0500 Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Begin Message --- On Mo

RE: 2.5.54 has problems loading init.

2003-03-31 Thread Hell.Surfers
Im a 2.4 design analyst for a company, 2.5 is, well, different, assuming that if im having problems, that I am ill-equipped to do it, is nonsense, wouldnt you like a sneak preview of 2.6? DM On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:44:40 -0500 Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Begin Message --- On Mo

RE: 2.5.54 has problems loading init.

2003-03-31 Thread Hell.Surfers
Im a 2.4 design analyst for a company, 2.5 is, well, different, assuming that if im having problems, that I am ill-equipped to do it, is nonsense, wouldnt you like a sneak preview of 2.6? DM On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:44:40 -0500 Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Begin Message --- On Mo

RE: 2.5.54 has problems loading init.

2003-03-31 Thread Hell.Surfers
Im a 2.4 design analyst for a company, 2.5 is, well, different, assuming that if im having problems, that I am ill-equipped to do it, is nonsense, wouldnt you like a sneak preview of 2.6? DM On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:44:40 -0500 Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Begin Message --- On Mo

RE: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| > This year I'm trying something radical: all the forms and instructions | > are available on irs.gov. I figured if I could install Debian, I should | > be able to work through the tax instructions. It's sort of like using | > the command line instead of a GUI. You answer all the same questio

Re: sigh..."X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership..."

2003-03-31 Thread Nicolas Kratz
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 01:20:57PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > Since X works on clean installations, I'm pretty sure deleting/moving > out of the way /etc/.X* would fix this. My wa would be greatly disturbed if there were .X* files in my /etc. ;-) Cheers, Nick -- x-

Re: Gnome

2003-03-31 Thread adit y
Hi, Gnome needs to be installed seperately after installing linux/X.(atleast that's how i got it installed). The default install does not do that(that's how it think it should be). thanks Srini --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I have installed GNU/Linux on my PC. But, I didnt > get any

Administering a network

2003-03-31 Thread Albert Cervera Areny
Hi, I'd like to start debian/linux for the desktop computers at work. My idea is something like: KDE 3: With Ralf's sources or debian unstable. LDAP: for user authentication and contacts for kmail/korganizer and so on.. OpenAFS: to share /home dirs between computers. (Co

Re: How do I "apt-get upgrade" the kernel for debian-390?

2003-03-31 Thread Bob Hilliard
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > # apt-cache search 'kernel*' > # apt-cache search kernel\* > > Plain kernel* will do unexpected things if you happen to have any files > in the current directory whose names begin with "kernel". However apt-cache searches on a regex (does it use

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Bob Hilliard
Mark Laird Copper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This year I'm trying something radical: all the forms and instructions > are available on irs.gov. I figured if I could install Debian, I should > be able to work through the tax instructions. It's sort of like using > the command line instead of

Re: Graphical SSH/SFTP client for KDE?

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 31 Mar 2003 8:59 pm, JS Bangs wrote: > Hey all-- > > This there a good client for joined ssh/sftp sessions that runs under KDE > that Debian supports? I've searched through the listings that dselect Have you tried using fish://[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: 2.5.54 has problems loading init.

2003-03-31 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:48:17PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can't get my kernel to load anything, it just stops, with a cursor > in the bottom hand corner, like it does when you use the halt command. > I know this isnt the best place to ask, but im gonna turn it into a > .deb Creating .

Gnome

2003-03-31 Thread Amandeep_Thethi
Hi all, I have installed GNU/Linux on my PC. But, I didnt get any user interface like Gnome installed. Did I do anything wrong while installation or GNU/linux does not come with a user interface ? Thanks Aman. ** This trans

Re: compiling testing for unstable

2003-03-31 Thread Travis Crump
David Fokkema wrote: Hi, I have a box with a cd-writer which also acts as a file/print/internet server, so I run stable (just to be on the safe side). Now I would like to have cdrdao, but that is only available for testing. Of course, I could recompile the whole thing from source and be done with

I appologise

2003-03-31 Thread Hell.Surfers
I appologise I didnt realise my signature said that. DM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Latest Version of KDE

2003-03-31 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 31 March 2003 10:49 am, Joshua Ferraro wrote: > Hello, > > I have been using Debian for a few months now and I am just starting to > delve into how the packaging system works. I recently tried to install > KDE on one of my machines running w

Re: Graphical SSH/SFTP client for KDE?

2003-03-31 Thread daniel huhardeaux
JS Bangs wrote: Hey all-- This there a good client for joined ssh/sftp sessions that runs under KDE [...] ssh I don't know but for sftp kbear is your friend -- : __ __ __ __ __ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] : /_// __ // __ //_// __ // / phone.: +48 32 285 4554 : / / / /

Error in Shell Script!!

2003-03-31 Thread Alex Togstad
Howdy! I know this is really not on topic, but I'm having some issues with my script I have created and getting desprate. I'm a bit stuck till I get this figured out. My script was working and everything was fine, now its giving me an error on a line which looks fine. If anyone is not busy, or

Re: How to get Sarge on your team

2003-03-31 Thread Talon
Quoting Michael Rudmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Having a bit of trouble here. > > If I want sarge, how do I get it? Hi, I would suggest using apt. #apt-setup (to setup your sources.list file, if its not already) # vim /etc/apt/sources.list (to change "stable" to "testing" #apt-get update #apt

Re: multiple lines in the prompt

2003-03-31 Thread Thomas Guettler
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:10:06 +0100, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > How come Eterm sometimes writes over itself in a two line command (at > the prompt) but sometimes it correctly creates a new line? It seems to > happen after I've been in vim/mutt. Is there something I can explicitly > set so that it al

2.5.54 has problems loading init.

2003-03-31 Thread Hell.Surfers
I can't get my kernel to load anything, it just stops, with a cursor in the bottom hand corner, like it does when you use the halt command. I know this isnt the best place to ask, but im gonna turn it into a .deb Hell Bastard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: How to manage a large number of JPEG images?

2003-03-31 Thread Thomas Guettler
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:30:07 +0200, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > I have the first 93 JPEG images from the new digital camera on my hard > drive. The gimp will load an image and print it perfectly. I see it > also has an option to create a thumbnail of an image. What I would like > is an album o

Latest Version of KDE

2003-03-31 Thread Joshua Ferraro
Hello, I have been using Debian for a few months now and I am just starting to delve into how the packaging system works. I recently tried to install KDE on one of my machines running woody and I was hoping to get the latest version of KDE (3.1.1). However, what I ended up with was 2.2.2. Ho

Re: Graphical SSH/SFTP client for KDE?

2003-03-31 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- JS Bangs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 31 March 2003, 11:59 AM -0800): > This there a good client for joined ssh/sftp sessions that runs under KDE > that Debian supports? I've searched through the listings that dselect > gives me and googled, but nothing leaps out. AxyFTP looks rather cr

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-03-31T16:08:21Z, "Brooks R. Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As a CPA (not in public practice), I find that Turbo Tax does a fairly > adequate job of asking all the "right" questions. It should work well for > a large portion of the population. [...] As for a CPA, make sure that an

compiling testing for unstable

2003-03-31 Thread David Fokkema
Hi, I have a box with a cd-writer which also acts as a file/print/internet server, so I run stable (just to be on the safe side). Now I would like to have cdrdao, but that is only available for testing. Of course, I could recompile the whole thing from source and be done with it, but I'd like to d

Graphical SSH/SFTP client for KDE?

2003-03-31 Thread JS Bangs
Hey all-- This there a good client for joined ssh/sftp sessions that runs under KDE that Debian supports? I've searched through the listings that dselect gives me and googled, but nothing leaps out. AxyFTP looks rather crude and doesn't clearly say whether or not it supports SFTP, and kdessh doesn

Re: install/upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Robert Ian Smit
* john walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [31-03-2003 17:28]: > I currently run RedHat (7.3), but am thinking about switching to > Debian because of the upgrade nature of RH. Since you are currently running an old RH system (old if version-numbering has a meaning), this is not likely to be a problem for yo

postfix + evolution smtp auth assistance needed

2003-03-31 Thread Mental
Hello, my apologies if this is a rehash. I've STFW and RTFM'd a bit and I'm still coming up short on an answer. I'm trying to get evolution working properly with postfix. Other clients (sylpheed, mozilla, OE) work. It is Evolution that remains to work correctly. I'm migrating from sendmail to post

How to get Sarge on your team

2003-03-31 Thread Michael Rudmin
Having a bit of trouble here. If I want sarge, how do I get it? Go to dselect, for example: pick http://http.us.debian.org/debian then dists/testing/ -> no good. ortesting -> no good. orsarge -> no good. ordists/sarge/ -> no good. http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists with t

Re: Sarge Release Date

2003-03-31 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 10:28:07AM -0500, David Krider wrote: > Please note that I'm NOT trolling or looking to start a flamewar. It's > just that it took me three tries to get Woody installed. I've heard that > Sarge will have a new installer and a new manual. In that case, don't worry about it.

wwwoffle or squid?

2003-03-31 Thread Joao Clemente
I just took a look at wwwoffle's homepage, and I found no reason why not to use it instead of squid... But there must be some "guidelines" that one can follow to choose one or the other.. Is squid worth it in terms of extra performace or better reliability, when compared to wwwoffle? I'll use the

Re: remote printer configuration - cups

2003-03-31 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 07:02:49AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: | I have a printer which runs on a network connection. | | I scanned for ports and found ports associated with lpd (515), cups (631), | and jetdirect (9100?) and was trying to configure a cups client. Sounds like an HP JetDirect card c

Re: CUPS print scaling

2003-03-31 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 09:59:15PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote: | Hi, | | When i do: lp vimqrc.pdf | | then the text is cut off around the margins (a two page pdf file). | | The CUPS ppd is set up for A4 pages on an epson stylus 400 colour | printer. The file is from here: | | http://tnerual.erio

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
This year I'm trying something radical: all the forms and instructions are available on irs.gov. I figured if I could install Debian, I should be able to work through the tax instructions. It's sort of like using the command line instead of a GUI. You answer all the same questions and you get th

Re: ntp.conf question

2003-03-31 Thread ronin2
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:40:04 -0500 "Thomas H. George,,," <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The file /etc/ntp.conf does not contain any server entries but does > include a note saying these are entered auto generated, use > dpkg-reconfigure to modify these lines. dpkg-reconfigure ntp simply > return

Re: Mutt e-mail charset. Read is bad, write is ok.

2003-03-31 Thread ronin2
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:02:00 +0100 Joao Clemente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (I think I'll put my LANG settings at /etc/profile or .bashrc or > someother) I suspect you'll want you LANG settings in /etc/profile. That way they'll be used for anyone who logs in, whether from the console or in X.

umount problems

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have the following entry in fstab //pooh/backup /bak/pooh/mnt smbfs ro,user,noauto,uid=backup,credentials=/etc/smbfs/backup 0 0 (The above is all one line) I have a cron job that runs as user backup and attempts to mount //pooh/backup

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