Re: make-kpkg detects wrong processor type

2003-08-05 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Wayne Gemmell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030806 09:44]: > Hi, I'm trying to make my own kernel useing make-kpkg to solve my earlier > problems with DMA etc. When I start the first processor family gets answered > for me as i386. I believe this is the default in the .config for the kernel sourc

Realtek 8139 install prob solved! [was: more install problems]

2003-08-05 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 17:23, Greg Folkert wrote: > Okay now, SINCE you went through a ton of trials and > tribulations... > > Time to Write up a Good Summary with a few key details [...] There is not much to it: PROBLEM Trying to install Woody from CD set onto a second-hand IBM Thinkpad 570

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Alan Connor
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 5 17:17:05 2003 > > > On (05/08/03 13:17), Alan Connor wrote: > > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 5 12:33:25 2003 > > > > > As a disinterested observer (who currently has yet to get grips with > > > filtering spam - I do it manually at present) this argument s

Re: Completely OT: European mobile text-messaging

2003-08-05 Thread Bijan Soleymani
--vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 03:29:47PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I'm wondering if there's a way to do it online? SMS or something > similar? I think there are s

anybody successfully installed msttcorefonts ???

2003-08-05 Thread Michael D. Schleif
At least, these last several days, I continuously get this: --20:49:01-- http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe => `andale32.exe' Resolving unc.dl.sourceforge.net... done. Connecting to unc.dl.sourceforge.net[152.2.210.121]:80... connected. HT

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:53:56 +0100 Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 09:50:34AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > I can see why Pigeon's approach might be preferable. I found > > auto-key-retrieve annoying and turned it off because it slowed things > > down *while I was readin

Re: Upgrade exim -> exim4

2003-08-05 Thread Magnus Therning
My experience: I just made the transition yesterday. The configuration has changed in a major way, but the installation was relativvely smooth (Debian rocks on this sort of thing). The only problem was that since my system is on a local network it is invisible from the outside (firewall, masquerad

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 10:36:01PM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 09:50:34AM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 09:18:05PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > Why when two entries in your .gnupg/gpg.conf file will do it > > > just fine

Re: Programs using S-Lang

2003-08-05 Thread Siward
Hi Duncan, you wrote : > What is the recommended way to stop the > colourdisplay of most terminal programs in Debian Woody? how about buying a braille terminal ? :-) have fun Siward -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

d-u / Usenet gateway (was Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful)

2003-08-05 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 11:38:48AM -0300, Anthony Rowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Veering [further] off-topic, I notice that at least one other person > has posted a genuine question to the News gateway in the last few days > (the person was admirably helped by someone else reading and posting >

Re: Radeon 9000 Pro

2003-08-05 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Antony Gelberg wrote: > >> > Maybe not. The site is NLA. I've emailed Daniel Stone to see where > >> > his Woody backports live these days, meanwhile if anyone knows where > >> > they are, please feel free to share! > >> > > >> > Antony > >> > >>

Re: Setting Gnome preferences system wide

2003-08-05 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 19:31, Mark C wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if this has already been asked before, but after some net > searching, I'm still slightly stuck on the answer. > > I'm build a Debian Gnome desktop for a small local company, and wish to > set a few things up as default in Gnome-2.2.2 for

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Also sprach Alan Connor (Tue 05 Aug 02003 at 05:43:58PM -0700): > > I know that some folks here have said that all the headers can be > forged, but they are either ignorant or lying. Please, support this with something other than your opinion, or desist. > I have NEVER gotten spam from a forged

Re: from knoppix3.2 -> where?

2003-08-05 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 16:32:42 -0400 Howell Evans wrote: > My knoppix knowledge is meger, but if its anything like the debian > install you are running stable. >From Knoppix's changelog and package list, I should think the OP is rather tracking >unstable. -- Carlos Sousa http://vbc.dyndns.org/

evolution with nonauth-SMTP (mystify host lookup failure)

2003-08-05 Thread Waldemar Gorus
Hello I decided to test evolution (SID-Version). It works pretty well with my IMAP-Server. But it seems to have problem with simple sending mail over SMTP. I entered an correct SMTP-Add into the Settings-Menu (together with my IMAP-Account). I tried an own SMTP-Server (LAN) first and the offici

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-08-05T15:45:18Z, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyone else find it mildly ironic that Alan here bitches about mangled > headers and then goes on to mangle his own. So much so that his C-R > system would *FAIL* if he ever encountered it in the wild? From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:

Re: removed kde but remnants remain

2003-08-05 Thread Chris Cheney
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 04:23:37AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > I recall I at one point "removed kde from my system", however I still see > # dpkg -l kde\*|grep ^i > ii kdeaddons-doc- 3.1.2-1KDE add-ons documentation in HTML format > ii kdeartwork-the 3.1.2-2icon themes released w

Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

2003-08-05 Thread ZekeVarg
I'm running X as a user. QT programs works just fine. Zeke > IIRC, the display is not set by default for root. If you are > trying to do this as root you need to set the display manually, > or better yet, start X as a regular user, not root, and then > only use root when you absolutely have to.

Re: downgrading from testing to woody

2003-08-05 Thread Paul Worrall
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 01:38:29PM -0600, Dan Hunt wrote: > Would this help? > http://groups.google.com/groups?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&scoring=d&edition=&q=%22downgrade+from+testing+to+stable%22 > > or would this help? > http://www.debianplanet.org/node.php?id=880#comment or even: http://

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 09:18:05PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 01:50:26 +0100 > Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a script that looks at the sigs in incoming mail as it's > > delivered, and automatically pulls from a keyserver any that I don't > > have. Very convenient.

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Alan Connor
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 5 14:27:40 2003 > > > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 11:19, Steve Lamb wrote: > > On 05 Aug 2003 10:59:52 -0400 > > Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You do care if someone else pretends to be you and makes you look bad > > > though, don't you? It's really not h

Re: fetchmail with antispam still clogged (SOLVED)

2003-08-05 Thread J F
As Derrick suggested, /etc/smail/config was the problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/smail# diff config.orig config 40c40,41 < smtp_remote_allow=127.0.0.1 --- > # was smtp_remote_allow=127.0.0.1 > smtp_remote_allow=127.0.0.1:10.0.0.9 46a48,50 > # add 2 lines > smtp_hello_broken_allow = a1700xp.myisp.ne

Re: Ooops. I've broken my command line.

2003-08-05 Thread Kent West
Mark Roach wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 12:01, Kent West wrote: chris harrison wrote: [...] I've been trying to configure my machine (woody) to authenticate with the PDC on the local win2k network, using samba, winbind and pam. Without accounts on the local machine?! Oh, man, i

Odd ethernet problem

2003-08-05 Thread Aaron
I have a weird ethernet problem. I'm trying to do a netinst of Woody on this other machine I have, but it absolutely won't find the network. I know this machine has a Netgear card in it, and tulip is the module to use for that, so I loaded that during the appropriate step in the installation, but

What happened to apt-get.org?

2003-08-05 Thread Dugan Chen
Could someone please tell me what happened to apt-get.org? I haven't been able to access it. _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: base system install failed: debootstrap poos

2003-08-05 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 14:50, nori heikkinen wrote: > trying to install debian on some new servers (dell optiplex gx270's). > i need an ISO with kernel >= 2.4.20 for the GB ethernet card they > have, so i'm using a sarge ISO since i haven't found a working woody > ISO with 2.4.20 -- i'll just dist-d

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

2003-08-05 Thread ZekeVarg
Hi! Have just installed debian and run a dist-upgrade to sid. Now when I try to open a gtk based program I get this error message: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: Any idee's on what's the problem and how to fix it? Zeke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

versioning for custom packages

2003-08-05 Thread Dj Statik
Greetings list, I am wanting to build custom packages of various utilities that are already in the Debian archive. Is there a recommended versioning system I should use while building these packages? I thought of using the word "custom" before the version number. blah-custom.1.0 but dh_make do

Ooops. I've broken my command line.

2003-08-05 Thread chris harrison
I seem to have broken the cardinal rule of tinkering - I'm not able to back out the change because I'm not sure what I've broken. I've been trying to configure my machine (woody) to authenticate with the PDC on the local win2k network, using samba, winbind and pam. All's been going reasonably

base system install failed: debootstrap poos

2003-08-05 Thread nori heikkinen
trying to install debian on some new servers (dell optiplex gx270's). i need an ISO with kernel >= 2.4.20 for the GB ethernet card they have, so i'm using a sarge ISO since i haven't found a working woody ISO with 2.4.20 -- i'll just dist-downgrade or whatever later. the install seems to be progre

Re: nfs versus reiser?

2003-08-05 Thread Mark Ferlatte
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 10:34:38AM -0400: > So it has to do with the context of the mount. Anyway, having it > automatically mounted at boot is not acceptable in the long term > because it is a dismountable volume, and, in fact, most of the time > it sits on a shelf serving

Re: stress testing software routers

2003-08-05 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 19:48, Dan wrote: > I'd like to stress test a software router to determine how many packets > it can handle per second. Is there any package available for doing this? >One requirement I would need is that I should be able to create > custom packets to be used for the t

RE: test please igore

2003-08-05 Thread Joyce, Matthew
what is this 'ignore' you speak of ? Matt -- > -Original Message- > From: Jake Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 3:23 PM > To: debian-user > Subject: test please igore > > > > > -- > Regards, > Jake Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _

Re: Installing a package without overwriting files

2003-08-05 Thread Siward
Hi Johan, you wrote : > is there a way to install everything except the conflicting file? certainly. you made the package yourself, so remove the conflicting file from it (and remove any reference to it) (if this gives you any trouble, read debian packaging manual) if the fglrx driver w

Re: debian mutt questions

2003-08-05 Thread Chris Kenrick
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 07:52:14AM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > can anybody tell me whether the debian mutt package is configured to enable > fetching from one's pop server. I get errors when I try to use the pop_host or > pop_user variables in my .muttrc. I'm not sure of the answer to your quest

Performance questions about mysql and sympa

2003-08-05 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Would there be any speed benefits to remounting the partitions that host my mysql databases and sympa state with the noatime option? Any gotchas that I might need to know about? - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debia

Re: Setting Gnome preferences system wide

2003-08-05 Thread Harshwardhan Nagaonkar
Greg Folkert wrote: On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 19:31, Mark C wrote: Hi, Sorry if this has already been asked before, but after some net searching, I'm still slightly stuck on the answer. I'm build a Debian Gnome desktop for a small local company, and wish to set a few things up as default in Gnome-

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 11:38:48AM -0300, Anthony Rowe wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 06:40:55AM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Similarly, Alan's mail configuration breaks threads for some reason. > > Yes well, he and I were both curious about reading the gateway using a > newsreader (slrn)

Re: konqueror - https?

2003-08-05 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 10:17:35AM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 02:31:00PM +0200, Johann Spies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > How do I get Konqueror to use https on Sarge and Sid? > > ... > > apt-cache search kde | grep crypto > > kdebase-crypto > Thanks for your repl

Re: more install problems

2003-08-05 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 14:28, Geoff Thurman wrote: [...now irrelevant context snipped...] > I'm a newbie, and this might in any case be too late to help, but > the best instructions for installing Knoppix to hdd are probably > those on www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/debian-knoppix.html. They made > se

Re: kernel-source-2.6.0-test1?

2003-08-05 Thread Marino Fernandez
On Monday 04 August 2003 3:43 pm, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 03:29:51PM -0500, Marino Fernandez wrote: > > I cannot help you with the debian way... that I found more complex than > > the regular way. > > > > Download a pristine kernel (get 2.6.0-test2) > > cd /usr/src > > Un

kernel-2.6.0 says no /dev/dsp - no sound

2003-08-05 Thread Anthony Campbell
Just trying out kernel 2.6.0-test2 (from source). Everything seems to work apart from sound; it loads my sound card (Ensoniq 1371) but on trying to play sound files I get a message saying that /dev/dsp is not found. It is there and the same card works with kernel 2.4.21. Any suggestions for what

Re: Anyone run LInux with 16GB RAM?

2003-08-05 Thread Ladislav Bodnar
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 16:57, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > Recent releases of Red Hat will refuse to install on anything with less > > than 64MB of RAM (in text mode) or 128MB of RAM (in graphical mode). > > That is not going to be a problem on a machine with 16 GB of RAM... Oh, sorry... I'll rea

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 09:48:05PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Please do even the tiniest bit of research; the "garbage" is a > mathematical function of the content of the message, not a single static > object. This is a startlingly elementary mistake

Re : After install of Gnome, KDE theme disappeared

2003-08-05 Thread Siward
Hi Kay, if you want to have kde start at bootup, you usually run kdm as displaymanager, if you want to have gnome start at bootup, you usually run gdm as display manager you cannot have both at same time you can write a program that lets you choose which one to run here is how i do t

Re: UPDATE: debian potato to woody transition

2003-08-05 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hello, The install goes smoothly, however I am left with an OS that neither has an X windows nor a text based web-browser "lynx". Is there a specific procedure to install the X win on to the system? Again I am trying to get the potato installed and then upgrade it to woody. Please advise, Shasha

Re : Does sub network assert limits on the remaining address space?

2003-08-05 Thread Siward
Hi Shaul Karl, it's a long time ago that i read network things to get my modem working, what i understand about it, i write to you i am nowhere near an expert on this i think that hosts on other networks can get netmask of this network number of zeros at end of netmask tells them how big n

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-05 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 01:50:26AM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 05:48:42PM -0400, ScruLoose wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 01:18:18PM -0700, Alan Connor wrote: > > > 2) They are a an extreme violation of netiquette > > > > I don't know where you've been le