.HTM -> .htm

2003-07-08 Thread Javier Kohen
To the guy that asked how to change the capitalization of his HTML files that he transported from Windows. Sorry I'm not replying your message directly. If all you need is changing the filenames you can do it easily with the following command: $ for i in *.HTM; do mv -i `basename "$i" HTM`htm;

Re: RedHat support of Debian packages

2003-07-08 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:19:04AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Our admin has a Redhat box set up and I would like to install > a suite of medical imaging tools that are composed of Debian > packages. Does Redhat support Debian packages (.deb)?

Re: Securing a Debian server

2003-07-08 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, SF deb wrote: > How do they CHECK the servers? Could you not do it yourself? with nmap or > www.pcflank.com will scan your server. pcflank is nice .. but ... like all scanners... it will tell you that: - you have port 25 open on your mail server, - you h

Re: cleaning up messy capitalization to transfer a web page from wintoes

2003-07-08 Thread Levi Waldron
On July 8, 2003 11:24 pm, K S Sreeram wrote: > Check out this page: > > http://linuxvm.org/Info/HOWTOs/win2lin.html > > Looks like it has what you need This script would be great, except that it doesn't actually work. I first got an error because the end of one line was missing a \. Then it ran

Re: apt-get update gives an error message

2003-07-08 Thread Nick Hastings
* Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030709 13:37]: > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:54:24 -0500 > Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thus spake Rodney D. Myers: > > > My apologies if this already made it to the list, but I have not > > > seen it, and I sent it over 8 hours ago. > > > > > >

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Carl Fink
Has anyone got experience with htmldoc? I'm looking for a way to convert HTML to PDF, but htmldoc scrambles tables badly, and HTML2PDF isn't usable with Sarge right now because HTML2PS can't be installed because PerlMagick can't be installed because it depends on an *older* version of perl-base (a

RE: Debian rpm

2003-07-08 Thread Louie Miranda
alien --to-deb fmserver-trial-5.5-1.i386-makedeb.rpm Converted!! :) -- Thank you, Louie Miranda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -Original Message- From: Louie Miranda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:56 AM To: 'Noah L. Meyerhans'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Debian rp

Re: apt-get update gives an error message

2003-07-08 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:54:24 -0500 Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thus spake Rodney D. Myers: > > My apologies if this already made it to the list, but I have not > > seen it, and I sent it over 8 hours ago. > > > > apt-get update gives the following error message, when I try and use

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is, > then which program do I need to use? > ps2pdf . txt2pdf .. basically u need ghostscript and the scripts that come with it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: S3 Trio 64/32

2003-07-08 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 08:47, Jose colmenares wrote: > > I've just installed Debian, but cannot configure the video card. I > > have a S3 Trio 64/32, but don't know what driver to use. The closest > > option that appears when I run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 it's > > something like s3verig

RE: Debian rpm

2003-07-08 Thread Louie Miranda
> Using alien to convert the rpm to deb is usually the recommended way to install > Redhat software on Debian. This still won't get you around all possible dependency > problems, but at least you won't have to worry about managing two package > databases. I'll consider converting the rpm package

Re: apt-get update gives an error message

2003-07-08 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Rodney D. Myers: > My apologies if this already made it to the list, but I have not seen > it, and I sent it over 8 hours ago. > > apt-get update gives the following error message, when I try and use the > following /etc/apt/sources.list; > > E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Alan Shutko
Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Most likely this is because you are using Type 3 or Bitmapped fonts. Switch > to Type 1 fonts (some freetype packages provide Type 1 fonts or the MS > True Type fonts from the contrib or non-free section of the > archive). Last time I checked, OO ou

Umbrello

2003-07-08 Thread Oki DZ
Hi, I just downloaded Umbrello, and had this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ umbrello libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering Is it about X config? Thanks in advance, Oki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

RE: Debian rpm

2003-07-08 Thread Jake Johnson
It is not recommended to mix the two (apt and rpm) because they can't validate what each one has installed. Regards, Jake Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Plutoid - http://www.plutoid.com - Shop Plutoid for the best prices on Rims, C

Re: Debian rpm

2003-07-08 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 10:28:33AM +0800, Louie Miranda wrote: > I just installed a rpm deb package manager, I just wonder. If I > installed an rpm package where would it go? I mean don't it get > confused on two package manager? It very well could work with no problems. On the other hand, if the

Re: cleaning up messy capitalization to transfer a web page fromwintoes

2003-07-08 Thread K S Sreeram
Check out this page: http://linuxvm.org/Info/HOWTOs/win2lin.html Looks like it has what you need Regards On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 22:42, Levi Waldron wrote: > I'm transferring a web page from a wintoes webserver to Debian, and all the > capitalizations are inconsistent between the hyperrefs and

apt-get update gives an error message

2003-07-08 Thread Rodney D. Myers
My apologies if this already made it to the list, but I have not seen it, and I sent it over 8 hours ago. apt-get update gives the following error message, when I try and use the following /etc/apt/sources.list; E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI) I'm starting over du

xine playback is jerky

2003-07-08 Thread Kevin McKinley
I have been able to play DVDs on my testing-sid system until tonight, when I panicked and reinstalled xine: ii libxine1 1-beta9-1 the xine video/media player library, binary ii xine-ui0.9.21-2 the xine video player, user interface Now the video playback is jerky (alth

New to Debian... Problem connecting to the internet

2003-07-08 Thread Hameed R
Hi there, I just installed debain yesterday and I a little problem with my internet connection. I connect alright, but when I try to access I can't. THere is simply no data coming in or going out and my ISP cuts me off after 20 minutes idle. This means that no data went through. I would ap

Re: Debian rpm

2003-07-08 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Louie Miranda: > I just installed a rpm deb package manager, I just wonder. If I > installed an rpm package where would it go? I mean don't it get confused > on two package manager? Don't. Mixing package managers is Not Good. Really, the only reason you should install the 'rpm' packag

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Zhao YouBing
Roberto Sanchez wrote: --- Zhao YouBing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi: OpenOffice 1.1 do can create pdf, but it needs much improvement. For one can't set the image quality there and the default quality is so low that one can hardly be satisfied with it. Most likely this is because yo

Re: creating deb package of xfree86 4.3 from source?

2003-07-08 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030709 11:18]: > Hello all, > I am setting up sarge with video unsupported by xfree86 4.2. I know I > can use the install script, but I wondered if I should turn the source > into a deb file so I could remove and upgrade easily at a later date? > (presuming it's n

RE: Debian rpm

2003-07-08 Thread Louie Miranda
Hi Jake, I have downloaded a FileMaker Server Database, its on a rpm archive. So I got curious and wanted to know if i will have some problems using two package manager at the same time. -- Thank you, Louie Miranda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -Original Message- From: Jake Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: X lockups

2003-07-08 Thread Jake Johnson
Try using a different windows manager apt-get install enlightenment* cd ~/ vi .xinitrc (open file in your home directory) enlightenment ZZ (close file) startx Regards, Jake Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Plutoid - http://www.plut

some dev files disappeared, mouse doesn't work, no hostname

2003-07-08 Thread Kent West
The other day I shut down my Sid box and left if off for several days. Then when I came back to it tonight, I'm seeing some weird behaviour. For example, the mouse doesn't work, via gpm in console. I can't start X via "startx"; it complains about no /dev/tty0 device. And sure enough, it doesn't

Re: apt-get update gives an error message

2003-07-08 Thread Jake Johnson
Look at the output on the screen when you run apt-get update. This should give you a fairly good indication which address or line is failing. The worst case is you could always try commenting out each line one by one. Regards, Jake Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: Debian rpm

2003-07-08 Thread Jake Johnson
Just out of curiosity...why would you want to use rpm when apt-get is so fast and easy to use? Regards, Jake Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Plutoid - http://www.plutoid.com - Shop Plutoid for the best prices on Rims, Car Audio, and

Debian rpm

2003-07-08 Thread Louie Miranda
I just installed a rpm deb package manager, I just wonder. If I installed an rpm package where would it go? I mean don't it get confused on two package manager? -- Thank you, Louie Miranda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

xserver wont run

2003-07-08 Thread Bobby Lockett
Everytime I boot Linux, it appears to startup fine. After startup, my computer normally loads gdm and the greeter appears. Now everytime I boot, the computer seems like it wants to load gdm, but then I get a black screen with a bunch of grey squares that look like cursors. I dont know if the

creating deb package of xfree86 4.3 from source?

2003-07-08 Thread Daniel
Hello all, I am setting up sarge with video unsupported by xfree86 4.2. I know I can use the install script, but I wondered if I should turn the source into a deb file so I could remove and upgrade easily at a later date? (presuming it's not easily removed and not worrying about the time it takes a

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Zhao YouBing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > OpenOffice 1.1 do can create pdf, but it needs much improvement. > For one can't set the image quality there and the default quality is so > low that one can hardly be satisfied with it. > Most likely this is because you are using Type 3 or Bi

Re: S3 Trio 64/32

2003-07-08 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 08:47, Jose colmenares wrote: > I've just installed Debian, but cannot configure the video card. I > have a S3 Trio 64/32, but don't know what driver to use. The closest > option that appears when I run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 it's > something like s3verige. > > Whe

Re: Securing a Debian server

2003-07-08 Thread SF deb
How do they CHECK the servers? Could you not do it yourself? with nmap or www.pcflank.com will scan your server. Scott - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:26 AM Subject: Securing a Debian server > Hi there > > We're th

X's "default console input source" = /dev/what?

2003-07-08 Thread Pigeon
From "man kbd" for X 4.3.0: (Doesn't exist in earlier versions) The following driver Options are supported: Option "Device" "string" Specify the keyboard device. Default: the OS's default console keyboard input source. This is /dev/console, right? No...

Re: apt-get update gives an error message

2003-07-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 12:04:25PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > apt-get update gives the following error message, when I try and use the > following /etc/apt/sources.list; > > E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI) So ... what's the /etc/apt/sources.list in question?

Re: XServer installation

2003-07-08 Thread Mark C
On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 00:57, Peter Francis wrote: > Hello: > > I am trying to install XServer. When issue the command > apt-get install xserver-xfree86 I get the error "xserver-xfree86 > depents: zlib1g .. but it is not installable > E: Sorry, broken packages Have you by any chance got multiple

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Zhao YouBing
lists1 wrote: Besides the aforementioned ps2pdf and other tools, if you are coming from a windows environment, you can also use OpenOffice.org or StarOffice to do the same. OpenOffice.org is a free download (and is available on cds cheaply from many places, check the site, and your country, sc

Free Original copy of Never Winter Nights for Linux going! (andits original)

2003-07-08 Thread Mark C
Hi, Yes you read the title correctly, being a complete idiot I ordered 2 copies of nwn from tuxgames, I could of sent it back, but I went on holiday after receiving it and missed sending it back. Yes its all original, and not unwrapped at all, all I ask is that you pay for the postage, being a deb

XServer installation

2003-07-08 Thread Peter Francis
Hello:   I am trying to install XServer. When issue the command apt-get install xserver-xfree86 I get the error "xserver-xfree86 depents: zlib1g .. but it is not installable E: Sorry, broken packages   I suppose this has to do with by version of Debian.   How can I fix this problem   P.S. I

Re: Securing a Debian server

2003-07-08 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there > > We're thinking about starting to use Debian instead of RH on our Linux boxes and I > have a question concerning this. RH offers to check servers and optimizing these for > maximum security, does Debian offer this? Or is there a guide

Re: is a backport of Xfree86 4.2 or 4.3 for woody available?

2003-07-08 Thread Mark C
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 19:42, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 02:53:54PM -0400, Walter Tautz wrote: > > just wondering. a google search revealed a deadlink > > http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree86/ I would personally recommend the above link, as well, also put test

Re: OT: CPU Speed and Temperature

2003-07-08 Thread Alvin Oga
On 8 Jul 2003, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 00:52, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > I adjusted the the "FSB Frequency" down from 166 MHz to 133 MHz. I usually > > get temps of 48-52 C after a few hours of normal use (running as a 1900+). > > If I do anything CPU intensive (compile a

Re: fetchmail and port forwarding

2003-07-08 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Emma" == Emma Jane Hogbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Emma> On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:06:38PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Emma> Hudson wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 11:08:40PM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin >> | Right now I run from the command line: >> | ssh my.mail.host -L 8

Video problems and questions

2003-07-08 Thread Roberto Sanchez
I am still in the process of getting my new machine to maximum performance, so I pose yet another question: How do I maximize my card's performance under X and how do I get the framebuffer to work? As far as X performance, what should I know about? How do I know if I am using the hardware OpenGL

Re: Libc6 broken -- unable to boot...

2003-07-08 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:30:05PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 03:55:08PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi everybody: > > I am getting kind of desperate with this and before trhasong all my debian > > installation I would like to beg for help in the list. I broke my > > i

Re: is a backport of Xfree86 4.2 or 4.3 for woody available?

2003-07-08 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 02:53:54PM -0400, Walter Tautz wrote: > just wondering. a google search revealed a deadlink http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree86/ -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F pgp

magic.mime (was: apache)

2003-07-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* mi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030703 14:50]: > 2) Where is mime_magic ? > > This is filling up the log: > > # /var/log/apache/error.log: > > [Wed Jul 2 19:09:08 2003] [error] (2)No such file or directory: > mod_mime_magic: can't read magic file /etc/apache/share/magic > > Though /etc/apache/httpd.

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Wayne Topa
LeVA([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello! > > Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is, > then which program do I need to use? openoffice1.1beta will output PDF files from any MSWord or OO file. -- Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive

Re: OT: CPU Speed and Temperature

2003-07-08 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Op di 08-07-2003, om 17:34 schreef Jamin W. Collins: > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:54:54PM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > --- "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi?: > > > > The mobo is rated for a 3200+ @ 400 MHz FSB and so is the Zalman. > > Memory _should_ be good too, it's brand n

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread lists1
Besides the aforementioned ps2pdf and other tools, if you are coming from a windows environment, you can also use OpenOffice.org or StarOffice to do the same. OpenOffice.org is a free download (and is available on cds cheaply from many places, check the site, and your country, school, or favori

Re: RedHat support of Debian packages

2003-07-08 Thread Mohammed Sameer
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:19:04AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Our admin has a Redhat box set up and I would like to install > a suite of medical imaging tools that are composed of Debian > packages. Does Redhat support Debian packages (.deb)? Out > of curiosity, which distros support th

Trouble with USB

2003-07-08 Thread Roberto Sanchez
I can't seem to get USB working. I have all the necessary options enabled in the kernel (as modules). I have also tested under a Red Hat install on another partition (no flames please ;) and the USB mouse and USB SmartMedia card both work, but not with Debian. I also have the hotplug scripts i

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Moritz Moeller-Herrmann
LeVA wrote: > Hello! > > Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is, > then which program do I need to use? Have a look at scribus. -- Moritz Moeller-Herrmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wiss. Mitarbeiter, IMGB La loi, dans un grand souci d'égalité, interdit aux riches

Re: fetchmail and port forwarding

2003-07-08 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
Ok, I'm ready for the next step. I've set up Public Key Authentication and have installed "keychain" and set it up (and added it to .bash_profile and made it quiet). I can now ssh to the server without having to enter a password (it sort of creeps me out that I can do it, but I'm sure I'll get over

Re: Bad experience in installation

2003-07-08 Thread Nico Meijer
Hi, > Take note of Jamin's comments. Whatever anecdotes you read here > should not be considered data. Seconded. No data ahead here. > I've also had problems with IBM drives, but I believe it was a > particular model that was bad (it was a 60GB deskstar). A particular > model, I said, not a pa

Re: fetchmail and port forwarding

2003-07-08 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:06:38PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 11:08:40PM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > | I'm in the process of setting up port forwarding to bypass my spam-crazy > | ISP. I've got everything working, but I'd like to try putting the port > | forw

Re: Kernel Options for Dummies... + Followup...

2003-07-08 Thread Gary Singleton
--- Kevin McKinley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:18:35 -0700 (PDT) > Gary Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When asked: ...install a partition boot block on /dev/hda1? > > I answer: yes - I originally set up debian to have the mbr on > /dev/hda > > You want to write

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Jeremy T. Bouse
I routinely write using LaTeX and use pdflatex to generate the output in PDF format... I've actually found I get better results doing this than producing the LaTeX to PS and then run it through ps2pdf... Regards, Jeremy T. Bouse On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200, Le

Re: LILO --> GRUB

2003-07-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Kenneth Jacker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030707 09:47]: > km> I recommend making a boot floppy: > > km> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4622 > > Well I was able to make the boot floppy ... > > But *now*, I can't even run "grub-install /dev/hda" without an error > message: > >

Networking Problems

2003-07-08 Thread Pablo Limon
Hello, Im new to the list, and I have a new problem, one that I havent seen before. I have a pcmcia card, a CNET SiglePoint 10/100 FastEthernet PCcard atached to a Compaq Presario 1711LA computer. This is eth1. Eth0 is the internal Ethernet card and is atached to a ADSL modem. Eth1 is the intranet.

Re: Kernel Options for Dummies...

2003-07-08 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:22:08 -0700 (PDT) Gary Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm compiling a kernel using the docs provided at > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html and it's all > good but is there a doc somewhere that explains the options in the > kernel configurati

Re: Kernel Options for Dummies... + Followup...

2003-07-08 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:18:35 -0700 (PDT) Gary Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When asked: ...install a partition boot block on /dev/hda1? > I answer: yes - I originally set up debian to have the mbr on /dev/hda You want to write the boot loader to the MBR, not the partition boot sector. If

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200, LeVA wrote: > Hello! > > Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is, > then which program do I need to use? I don't know what you mean by clean. But almost every Unix/Linux program can output as PostScript (.ps files). You can t

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200, LeVA wrote: > Hello! > > Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is, > then which program do I need to use? pdf is not a nativ format, you'll always transfer something else into a pdf document. Create a Postscript file from any a

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Mark Ferlatte
LeVA said on Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200: > Hello! > > Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is, > then which program do I need to use? ps2pdf will create a PDF from any PostScript file. Most unix software can generate PostScript (ie, Mozilla, GNOME apps, K

Re: Font references and info

2003-07-08 Thread David Fokkema
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:25:33PM -0400, Aaron wrote: > On -3175-Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:41:14PM -0700, Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > spake thus, > > I've been trying to understand how fonts work on Debian over the last few days, > > and thought it might be useful > > to share some of the r

Re: RedHat support of Debian packages

2003-07-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:19:04AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Our admin has a Redhat box set up and I would like to install a suite > of medical imaging tools that are composed of Debian packages. Does > Redhat support Debian packages (.deb)? You'd probably have to ask Red Hat that questio

Re: Bad experience in installation

2003-07-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030707 11:00]: > In a message dated 7/6/03 6:55:47 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > Was the hard disk IBM by any chance. IBM hard drives are renowned for > > their click of death. Nothing to do with Linux. I think it might have >

apt-get update gives an error message

2003-07-08 Thread Rodney D. Myers
apt-get update gives the following error message, when I try and use the following /etc/apt/sources.list; E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI) I'm starting over due to a hard drive failure. Thanks -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #96112

Order ide drivers are loaded?

2003-07-08 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo! A friend's computer has a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP-A Ultra motherboard. This mobo has the usual 2 ide controllers (VIA), plus 2 more from Promise (PDC20276), plus 2 SATA connectors (Sil3112). The problem is that both the Promise and the SATA contr

pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread LeVA
Hello! Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is, then which program do I need to use? Thanks! Daniel -- LeVA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RedHat support of Debian packages

2003-07-08 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Our admin has a Redhat box set up and I would like to install > a suite of medical imaging tools that are composed of Debian > packages. Does Redhat support Debian packages (.deb)? Out > of curiosity, which distros support these packages? Does > Mandrake? N

Re: RedHat support of Debian packages

2003-07-08 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:19:04AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } Our admin has a Redhat box set up and I would like to install } a suite of medical imaging tools that are composed of Debian } packages. Does Redhat support Debian packages (.deb)? Out } of curiosity, which distros support th

-ck patches and sound with skips

2003-07-08 Thread Christophe Courtois
Hi, I've applied the -ck patches to my 2.4.20 kernel (lowlatency, preempt, O(1), rmap and other patches). At first sight, KDE and X seem to be more responsive, but I can hear xmms skip when I click on something. It was almost never the case with previous unpatched kernels. Priority of X is

test program

2003-07-08 Thread LeVA
Hi! I need a testing program (under console or X) which can test memory, mainboard, cpu, disks, graphics card, network card, sound card etc... Anybody could suggest a nice, and useable one? Thanks! Daniel -- LeVA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

A menu bug?

2003-07-08 Thread Todd Pytel
I'm noticing a very peculiar behavior trying to translate menus. First I tried using the example in /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus - changing "Apps" to "Programs". Using the "subtranslate" directive destroyed the subfolder hierarchy under Programs, so I tried using "substitute" instead. This

modem kernel 2.4.18-newpmac

2003-07-08 Thread Vincent Le Bayon
Hi, I'm using a G3 lombard an woody 3.0r0 Modem works fine with kernel vmlinux-2.2.20-pmac But with kernel vmlinux-2.4.18-newpmac modem can not dialout It make ATZ but nothing else Thanks for help -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: Font references and info

2003-07-08 Thread Aaron
On -3175-Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:41:14PM -0700, Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus, > I've been trying to understand how fonts work on Debian over the last few days, and > thought it might be useful > to share some of the references that look especially useful and some things I think >

Re: RedHat support of Debian packages

2003-07-08 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:19:04AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Our admin has a Redhat box set up and I would like to install | a suite of medical imaging tools that are composed of Debian | packages. Does Redhat support Debian packages (.deb)? No. | Out of curiosity, which distros suppo

RedHat support of Debian packages

2003-07-08 Thread jaretis
Our admin has a Redhat box set up and I would like to install a suite of medical imaging tools that are composed of Debian packages. Does Redhat support Debian packages (.deb)? Out of curiosity, which distros support these packages? Does Mandrake? -surgin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: Securing a Debian server

2003-07-08 Thread Levi Waldron
On July 8, 2003 03:26 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We're thinking about starting to use Debian instead of RH on our Linux > boxes and I have a question concerning this. RH offers to check servers and > optimizing these for maximum security, does Debian offer this? Or is there > a guide on how to

Re: pptpd help

2003-07-08 Thread C. R. Oldham
> When I ping other hosts on the Debian server's network > the traffic is going across the PPTP link, but > nothing comes back. What am I missing? After much googling, I realized that /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward was not set to 1. I was used to this being set as the default, but the sarge ins

cleaning up messy capitalization to transfer a web page from wintoes

2003-07-08 Thread Levi Waldron
I'm transferring a web page from a wintoes webserver to Debian, and all the capitalizations are inconsistent between the hyperrefs and actual directories and filenames. And of course all the filename extensions are .HTM. Does anyone know of a script to clean this up? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Kernel Options for Dummies... + Followup...

2003-07-08 Thread Gary Singleton
--- Shawn Lamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, July 07 at 5:22 PM EDT > Gary Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Hi, I'm compiling a kernel using the docs provided at > >http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html and it's all > >good but is there a doc somewhere that exp

Re: apt problems

2003-07-08 Thread Kent West
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 07:03:23AM -0700, Dirk Ouellette wrote: I hope I'm not being rude in posting here, but I have a problem with apt on my RedHat 9 box. When I apt-get update or try to upgrade,my system gets as far as ; # apt-get update E: Could not get lock /var/state/apt/lists/lock

gs and the stp driver

2003-07-08 Thread Norman Walsh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been struggling for a while to get printing working (under woody). My most recent fallback position is, "screw getting it working on the network, just make it possible to print a file from my laptop". Hack. Hack. Hack. Eventually I get to this:

Re: OT: CPU Speed and Temperature

2003-07-08 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:54:54PM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi?: > > The mobo is rated for a 3200+ @ 400 MHz FSB and so is the Zalman. > Memory _should_ be good too, it's brand new. That's never stopped memory from being bad in the past. H

Re: How to play CD and video in debian?

2003-07-08 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 July 2003 07:45 pm, James Ng Yuen Sum wrote: > I am using kde3.1.2, but the system cannot play CD and video CD. > when i insert a CD in the cdrom, and doing > "mount /dev/cdrom" > there is some error, > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, ba

Re: building openafs-modules for 2.4.21 fails

2003-07-08 Thread David Z Maze
Anders Lennartsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Short update: just now I tested with a vanilla kernel-source-2.4.21 from > a kernel.org mirror and it worked, the kernel-image, modules-image and > kernel-headers processed fine. > > So something in the debian kernel-source seems to break compilatio

Re: S3 Trio 64/32

2003-07-08 Thread bob parker
On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 00:21, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > Jose colmenares wrote: > > I've just installed Debian, but cannot configure the video card. I have a > > S3 Trio 64/32, but don't know what driver to use. The closest option that > > appears when I run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 it'

Re: Securing a Debian server

2003-07-08 Thread Jeremy Brooks
> We're thinking about starting to use Debian instead of RH on our Linux boxes and I > have a question concerning this. RH offers to check servers and optimizing these for > maximum security, does Debian offer this? Or is there a guide on how to do this > somewhere? We chose Debian where I work

Re: S3 Trio 64/32

2003-07-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Jose colmenares wrote: > I've just installed Debian, but cannot configure the video card. I have a > S3 Trio 64/32, but don't know what driver to use. The closest option that > appears when I run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 it's something like > s3verige. If you use Debian Woody with

Re: apt problems

2003-07-08 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 07:03:23AM -0700, Dirk Ouellette wrote: > I hope I'm not being rude in posting here, but I have a problem with apt > on my RedHat 9 box. When I apt-get update or try to upgrade,my system > gets as far as ; Well, you might want

apt-get problem

2003-07-08 Thread Henning Moll
Hi! On the system of a friend of me, apt-get is unable to 'upgrade'. It recommends the use of 'apt-get -f install'. Here's the output: snip # apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages will be RE

apt problems

2003-07-08 Thread Dirk Ouellette
I hope I'm not being rude in posting here, but I have a problem with apt on my RedHat 9 box. When I apt-get update or try to upgrade,my system gets as far as ; Fetched 1500kB in 27s (55.4kB/s) Reading Package Lists... 66% and then hangs. This came on out of nowhere though possibly when I upgraded

Re: Securing a Debian server

2003-07-08 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pleae turn on your line wraps to about 70 columns so people can easily read and respond to you. On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 09:26:00AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We're thinking about starting to use Debian instead of RH on our > Linux boxes and I h

S3 Trio 64/32

2003-07-08 Thread Jose colmenares
I've just installed Debian, but cannot configure the video card. I have a S3 Trio 64/32, but don't know what driver to use. The closest option that appears when I run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 it's something like s3verige.   When I run X the upper parte of the screen seems to "fold", and str

Re: Switch full screen progs?

2003-07-08 Thread Haines Brown
> > In X, is it possible to switch between two programs being one in > > full screen? > > Yes but it depends on the windows manager. I'm running gnome2 with > metacity right now and I can do that easily with Alt-Tab. I think that > might also work with wmaker and icewm, but I'm not sure at all. W

Re: X lockups

2003-07-08 Thread Shawn Lamson
On Tue, July 08 at 7:35 AM EDT Bradley Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am really starting to suspect Gnome. I am not a Gnome fan, but it has >sort of infiltrated my desktop, through the use of apps like Galeon, >Evolution etc. > >I dist-upgraded last night, left the system running with tw

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