Re: Setting dnsdomainname w/ DHCP client on Debian?

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Paul Smith wrote: > When I plug my Debian laptop in at work and connect to our DHCP network > it all seems to work: I get DNS servers configured, get a network > connection where I can surf, ssh to other systems, etc., and everything > seems fine. > > BUT, when I type "dnsdomainname", it says I ha

Re: root login How ???

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Robert Storey wrote: > I know that most Debian users disdain the idea of ever logging in as root, No, you misunderstand. It is fine to log in as root. Especially on the console. It is just frowned upon to run a large collection of unaudited programs such as KDE/Gnome as root. Does anyone know

exim runtime configuration file

2003-08-23 Thread David List
I'm looking through the exim documentation coming with Debian 3.0r1 since I wish to try it out for my mailserver. I cannot seem to find any default or example runtime configuration file for exim. I have this under /etc: sol:~# find /etc -name exim* 2> /dev/null | xargs ls -ldG -rw-r--r--1 root

Re: Nvidia driver install

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
ralph bacolod wrote: > I downloaded the driver from another machine with windows coz im not > connected. Anyway,i had to split the driver file coz it wont fit in > a floppy. I then put it together in my box with windows. But when i > try to run this file , i got a error on line 580 which looks like

Re: UDMA in kernel 2.4.21

2003-08-23 Thread Diego Calleja García
El Sat, 23 Aug 2003 16:46:51 +0300 Alexey Chetroi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Hello, > > I've compiled kernel 2.4.21 from unstable, but when I'm trying > to setup UDMA mode X67-X69, kernel complains that udma 3/4/5 not > functional and indeed hdparm -tT /dev/hda shows performance degrade.

Re: Summary: IBM DB2 installation on Woody

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Holger Marzen wrote: > Some notes for the installation of IBM DB2 v7.1 on Debian Woody > Holger Marzen, 2003-08-21 Thanks for sharing your notes. I think that cross distribution compatibility is one of the important areas for Debian to concentrate on. I have some of the same issues you have with

Re: /etc/mtab & /etc/modules.conf warning messages on startup

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > I get the following two warning messages on startup. > 1) warning: cannot open /etc/mtab. no such file or directory > and > 2) warning: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > /lib/modules/2.4.18-686/modules.dep... I have not tracked down either of those to root cause. B

Re: kernel source (file name and location)

2003-08-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:00:13 -0700, "M.Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I need to know what the name and location would be as for the > kernel-source in order to get my Ethernet card working. I was getting ..ok, you told us you own your card, which is reason

Re: kernel source (file name and location)

2003-08-23 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:00:13 -0700 "M.Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to know what the name and location would be as for the > kernel-source in order to get my Ethernet card working. > I was getting an error in line 27 that the kernel source was not able to > be found. I was able to

Re: PHP4 for Apache2: when ?

2003-08-23 Thread yoann
Hello, Hello I know this has already been discussed here and there but I really want to know why Debian doesn't provide PHP4 for Apache2. what is the reason Apache2 in debian don't support PHP4 ? In fact I am in a desperate need of it for my personnal use and also for my work. So why ? I know PHP

Re: Out of Office AutoReply: Approved

2003-08-23 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 01:00:50 -0400 Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMO someone with admin privs should have a script to immediately > unsubcribe the account and send a nice, canned, notification message. > The notification message would be sent "from" the bit-bucket so as to > a

Re: trident i want driver

2003-08-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:56:31 +0200, Sebastian Kapfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:30:08 +0200, usman wrote: > > > trident pci audio does not work on windowXP.please send me a driver > > for it so i download from u > 4.0 Transitional//EN"> >

Re: kernel source (file name and location)

2003-08-23 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* M.Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030823 22:00]: > I am currently running the woody 3 distro of Debian with kernel > 2.4.18. > Can someone throw me a clue? (I tried #ksrc > :=/usr/src/kernel-source-2.x.xx but there are no files that are > showing in my usr directory or the subdirectories there of )

Re: libc6 optimizations

2003-08-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:33:11 +0200, Pierre THIERRY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Benchmark have been made between Debian, Mandrake and Gentoo, with > identical version of programs, and there is no signficant speedup with > Gentoo. > > As a matter of fact, it is th

Re: kernel source (file name and location)

2003-08-23 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:20:14 +0200, M.Forbes wrote: > I need to know what the name and location would be as for the > kernel-source in order to get my Ethernet card working. > I was getting an error in line 27 that the kernel source was not able to > be found. I was able to find that I have to a

Re: trident i want driver

2003-08-23 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:30:08 +0200, usman wrote: > trident pci audio does not work on windowXP.please send me a driver for > it so i download from u Transitional//EN"> [X] Wrong mailing list. Ask Microsoft instead. [X] HTML mail sent to a mailing list. [ ] Checkboxes are so cool. -- Best Reg

Re: nis client problem (still)

2003-08-23 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 20:40:11 +0200, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > I have a debian potato nis server. I have some debian woody desktops > (nis clients) configured. When I updated these machines do sid, the nis > stopped to work! :( Only when I do su

kernel source (file name and location)

2003-08-23 Thread M.Forbes
 I need to know what the name and location would be as for the kernel-source in order to get my Ethernet card working. I was getting an error in line 27 that the kernel source was not able to be found. I was able to find that I have to adjust the following line of code:   #ksrc :=/usr/sr/

Re: libc6 optimizations

2003-08-23 Thread Pierre THIERRY
> I was thinking that in addition to the kernel, libc6 was a good > candidate for a recompile in terms of overall performance boosts. I > know about gentoo, but I dont feel like changing distros. Benchmark have been made between Debian, Mandrake and Gentoo, with identical version of programs, and

Why Does Testing mozilla-firebird Wants To Remove diald

2003-08-23 Thread David Crane
When I try to "apt-get install mozilla-firebird" from the testing distribution, it wants to remove the diald and ppp packages. I am certain that that would be bad, and that I have done something wrong. I added the following to my /etc/apt/sources.list: dev http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing

Re: PHP4 for Apache2: when ?

2003-08-23 Thread Steve Lamb
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:22:14 +0200 Xavier Maillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can understand your point but mine is different in which I _only_ > want debian packages on those systems. Then make your own packages and install those. -- Steve C. Lamb PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 pgp0.pgp Descr

Re: PHP4 for Apache2: when ?

2003-08-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 08:57:22PM +0200, Yves Goergen wrote: > and, even if there will be php4 support for apache 2 (i'm still with > apache 1, because of a necessary setuid module) by debian, i guess you > wouldn't really want to use it. seems, they'll not update php before > php5. FUD. > i mea

Re: PHP4 for Apache2: when ?

2003-08-23 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 09:22:14PM +0200, Xavier Maillard wrote: > > I can understand your point but mine is different in which I _only_ > want debian packages on those systems. Why do I need a PHP4 for my > Apache2 server is related to subversion which is provided with a > apache2 dev_svn module.

Re: PHP4 for Apache2: when ?

2003-08-23 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 08:57:22PM +0200, Yves Goergen wrote: > i have seen some time ago (as i was quite new to debian/linux) that > debian packages are far not current or partially even over some years > old. so i have decided for myself, to install only some uncritical > packages like gcc/compil

Re: PHP4 for Apache2: when ?

2003-08-23 Thread Xavier Maillard
Yves Goergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i have seen some time ago (as i was quite new to debian/linux) that > debian packages are far not current or partially even over some years > old. so i have decided for myself, to install only some uncritical > packages like gcc/compilers and some oth

Re: libc6 optimizations

2003-08-23 Thread Mental Patient
Manolis Tzanidakis wrote: [20030822] Mental Patient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Earlier today I was toying with the idea of recompiling libc6 with a bunch of optimization flags. I did an apt-get source libc6 and added the flags I wanted. I built binaries via "fakeroot ./debian/rules binary" and

Re: libc6 optimizations

2003-08-23 Thread Mental Patient
Diego Calleja García wrote: El Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:52:12 -0400 Mental Patient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: Its not really critical or anything, I was just wondering about it. Try apt-src/apt-build No, I know how to build the debs. The problem is I belive the CFLAGS I used. The kernel uses -fo

Re: PHP4 for Apache2: when ?

2003-08-23 Thread Yves Goergen
i have seen some time ago (as i was quite new to debian/linux) that debian packages are far not current or partially even over some years old. so i have decided for myself, to install only some uncritical packages like gcc/compilers and some other things like bash or zip. everything else, server

nis client problem (still)

2003-08-23 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi, I still cannot log with nis. I atached a strace log of: "su - user". Anyone can help me? Thanks, PH Hi all, I have a debian potato nis server. I have some debian woody desktops (nis clients) configured. When I

Re: USB problems

2003-08-23 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Henning Moll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030823 18:55]: > But there is no /proc/bus/usb/devices and programs like gphoto do not work... Put "none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults" in your /etc/fstab and run "mount -a". Yours sincerely Alexander pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How to "fool" apt-get into believing a package is installed?

2003-08-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:03:17 +0200, Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Neal Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030823 17:13]: > > > Is there a reasonable way to do this? > > Take a look at the equivs-Package. ...or 'alien -d a-foreign-format.pkg' and the

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-23 Thread James Strandboge
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 10:47, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On 22 Aug 2003 09:01:35 -0400, > James Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 05:25, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On 21 Aug 2003 09:07:39 -0400, > > > James Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

PHP4 for Apache2: when ?

2003-08-23 Thread Xavier Maillard
Hello, I know this has already been discussed here and there but I really want to know why Debian doesn't provide PHP4 for Apache2. In fact I am in a desperate need of it for my personnal use and also for my work. So why ? I know PHP4 *IS* working pretty well in conjunction with Apache2 (i had f

Re: Best way to upgrade a single app (apt-get update, not upgraded)

2003-08-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 01:05:19PM -0400, David Corbin wrote: > In attempting to follow the suggestion below, I end up with this: > > trombone:/home/dcorbin# apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages have been kept back > spamassa

Re: Best way to upgrade a single app (apt-get update, not upgraded)

2003-08-23 Thread David Corbin
In attempting to follow the suggestion below, I end up with this: trombone:/home/dcorbin# apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages have been kept back spamassassin 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded

USB problems

2003-08-23 Thread Henning Moll
Hi! if i do a modprobe usb-uhci i get the following in my /var/log/messages: | Aug 23 18:49:47 mothership kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod | 0x4a9/0x2208) is not claimed by any active driver. kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 13:42:01 Apr 14 2002 kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandw

Re: [OT] Good GNU/Linux book for translation

2003-08-23 Thread Lance Simmons
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 05:28:38PM +0300, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > I am not looking for a "Linux for Dumbs" or "Linux for > Newbies" thing, but I also don't want "Linux device drivers for kernel > 2.4" either. What I am looking for, is a complete, comprehensive guide > for using Linux in all it's

Re: gtkeyboard

2003-08-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 10:37:04PM +0800, Jianan Huang wrote: > I came across gtkeyboard 1.1.7-2 which was described as a highly-configurable > on-screen keyboard. > > But I failed to install it with apt-get. The error msg reported "package not found." gtkeyboard is only in testing and unstable

libacl1 (sid)

2003-08-23 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi I like to compile my own version of cyrus-sasl but the package wants heimdal-dev installed. However i am not able to install heimdal-dev cause it depends on libacl1-kerberos4kth-dev wich depends on libacl1-kerberos4kth wich conflicts wich confilcts with libacl1. libacl1 can not be removed ca

Re: Only Courier fonts are printed out with Xprint under Mozilla

2003-08-23 Thread R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar
Folks, I have now got Xprint to print proportional fonts in Mozilla. FYI, I did the following: 1. apt-get remove --purge mozilla* 2. got mozillalinux-gnu-1.4-sea.tar.gz 3. installed mozilla under /usr/local as root 4. ran /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla as root for the first time. The upside is

Re: Permissions on a vfat partition

2003-08-23 Thread Wayne Gemmell
Hi I use /dev/hda7 /data vfatrw,users,auto,gid=106,umask=003 0 0 with any other users in the 106 group. You still have a bit of control but its not such a pain in the ass. Wayne On Saturday 23 August 2003 15:14, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- kenneth dombrowski

Re: ebay slow

2003-08-23 Thread Yves Goergen
i don't. ebay (www.ebay.de at least, but what's the difference?) was slow and might even be a bit slower these days. but they just don't get it... -- Yves Goergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please don't CC me (causes double mails) -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: [EMAIL PRO

Re: How to "fool" apt-get into believing a package is installed?

2003-08-23 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Neal Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030823 17:13]: > Is there a reasonable way to do this? Take a look at the equivs-Package. Yours sincerely Alexander pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Edward Robinson/SCE/EIX is out of the office.

2003-08-23 Thread Edward . Robinson
I will be out of the office starting 08/19/2003 and will not return until 08/25/2003. Please be advised that I will be on vacation beginning Tuesday, August 19th through Friday, August 22nd. I will return to the office on Monday, August 25th. For emergencies, please call 626-302-1212 to have me

Re: [OT] Good GNU/Linux book for translation

2003-08-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 09:28, Aryan Ameri wrote: > Hi there: > > I am looking for a good introductory-to-intermediate Linux book, to > translate to Farsi. Currently in Iran I don't see a single good book > about GNU/Linux available in the market, so I am looking to fill this > gap. > > > I am

How to "fool" apt-get into believing a package is installed?

2003-08-23 Thread Neal Lippman
I am looking to install squid onto a system which runs my imap mail store, using cyrus-imap. As part of the cyrus installation, I have also installed cyrus-sasl. I compiled both myself, because at the time (over 1 year ago) that I did this, the version of cyrus-sasl and cyrus-imap running in stable

Re: ebay slow

2003-08-23 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 01:49:59AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Also going to oddman since I doubt he's among the hundreds subscribed > to the list. > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 12:39:22AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > my ebay is going slow... how do youy cure? thanks, mike > > Debian is not

gtkeyboard

2003-08-23 Thread Jianan Huang
Hi folks,   I came across gtkeyboard 1.1.7-2 which was described as a highly-configurable on-screen keyboard.   But I failed to install it with apt-get. The error msg reported "package not found."   Hope someone can offer some info on this.   Thanks  Yahoo! Games- Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? Pla

[OT] Good GNU/Linux book for translation

2003-08-23 Thread Aryan Ameri
Hi there: I am looking for a good introductory-to-intermediate Linux book, to translate to Farsi. Currently in Iran I don't see a single good book about GNU/Linux available in the market, so I am looking to fill this gap. I am not looking for a "Linux for Dumbs" or "Linux for Newbies" thing,

Re: gnomeConf.sh

2003-08-23 Thread ZekeVarg
On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 15:06, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 02:56:32PM +0200, ZekeVarg wrote: > > I tried to install gfilerunner from source package but I #./configure > > ends with: > > > > checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found > > configure: error: Could no

Re: root login How ???

2003-08-23 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:27:06PM -0400, Jeff Elkins wrote: | On Friday 22 August 2003 10:28 pm, Robert Storey wrote: | >I know that most Debian users disdain the idea of ever logging in as root, Well, there is a reason for that. (see my first message in this thread) | > but there are a few ti

UDMA in kernel 2.4.21

2003-08-23 Thread Alexey Chetroi
Hello, I've compiled kernel 2.4.21 from unstable, but when I'm trying to setup UDMA mode X67-X69, kernel complains that udma 3/4/5 not functional and indeed hdparm -tT /dev/hda shows performance degrade. But kernel version 2.4.20 on the same machine works perfectly with UDMA. What could be the

Mozilla printer problems

2003-08-23 Thread Tom Allison
I'm having difficulties getting my cups printer to work with Mozilla. The printer is located on a different box (server). But for this client, I can successfully print using 'cat foo | lpr' and Open Office documents as well.. But Mozilla tends to hang. There is a lot of traffic to the server i

Re: gnomeConf.sh

2003-08-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 02:56:32PM +0200, ZekeVarg wrote: > I tried to install gfilerunner from source package but I #./configure > ends with: > > checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found > configure: error: Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file that is generated > by gnome-lib

installing mixed packages with apt

2003-08-23 Thread Dweeil Brock
I"m using woody and I want to install the unstable version of vsftpd 1.2.0-1. I have tried the following apt-get commands, but apt cannot find the version I want -- even though this version if listed under the unstable release. apt-get -t unstable install vsftpd apt-get install vsftpd=1.2.0-1

Re: Install Help again PS

2003-08-23 Thread Bill Morgan
On 8/22/03 7:50 PM, "Alan Waterfall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know what the video chipset and PCI video buss ID is on a > powermac 7600? > > Thanks, > > Alan > You'll probably have better luck on the debian-powerpc mailing list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject "subscribe

Re: Permissions on a vfat partition

2003-08-23 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- kenneth dombrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On 03-08-23 03:30 +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > You are not telling it who owns all the files. FAT has no concept of > users, > > groups, or other attributes (aside from RW and RO). You must specify the > UID > > or GID (uding gid=)

Re: Printer Selection Range

2003-08-23 Thread Wally Collett
I would like to find out why my Epson Stylus 440 will no longer allow me to select printer range. This means that instead of printing just one page I am forced to print all of the page even though I don't need them. This selection worked up until a few months ago. I have enquired at every possibl

Thank you for your message!

2003-08-23 Thread girls
Thank you for writing to us. We will answer as fast as possible!! If you do not receive an answer, one of the following may be the reason: The message you sent me has been considered as offensive or meaningless.  Your inquiry does not include necessary and required information. The e-mail address y

gnomeConf.sh

2003-08-23 Thread ZekeVarg
Hi! I tried to install gfilerunner from source package but I #./configure ends with: checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found configure: error: Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by gnome-libs install Running #apt-cache search gnome-libs only finds "gnome-

Re: (OT) Team programming tools

2003-08-23 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 21:37, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > Egos are the root cause of all poor software, IMX. Just look at the quality of windows and the ego of its parent for a good example. Shri -- Shri Shrikumar

Loadlin fails where lilo succeeds.

2003-08-23 Thread Shaul Karl
initrd was made while the deb for the self prepared kernel-image-2.6.0-test2 package was installed. Lilo boots fine. Yet when launching loadlin, and activating an identical kernel image and initrd like the ones that are used with lilo, I get: [ looks like the expected boot process ] m

Re: libc6 optimizations

2003-08-23 Thread Diego Calleja García
El Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:52:12 -0400 Mental Patient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Its not really critical or anything, I was just wondering about it. Try apt-src/apt-build -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Difference between dpkg and APT?

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 01:12:09PM +0200, Yves Goergen wrote: > can anyone explain the difference between dpkg (dpkg-deb, > dselect...) and APT (apt-get...) to me? apt is a frontend to dpkg. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :

Re: Autodetection and configuring of devices! Need advice

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 12:53:58PM +0200, Joakim Nordberg wrote: > Does anyone knows the progres of discover2? It doesn't appear to be in sid... - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Deb

Re: Checking what's installed

2003-08-23 Thread Damien Solley
There's even handy scripts that'll show arrange the dpkg output by size of package, so you can really trim it. Someone published this on a newsgroup list a while back, but am not sure who it was! Very nice output, kudos to the original author. Oh, and here it is (a the bottom of the page): http://l

Re: Checking what's installed

2003-08-23 Thread Johann Koenig
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:23:55 +0100 Piers Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all > > Am installing Debian on a 486 laptop, and because I want to trim down > the installation as much as possible, how do I view a list of what's > installed by apt-get on the laptop? DSelect is useless as it

trident i want driver

2003-08-23 Thread usman
trident pci audio does not work on windowXP.please send me a driver for it so i download from u

Re: Difference between dpkg and APT?

2003-08-23 Thread Johann Koenig
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:12:09 +0200 Yves Goergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > can anyone explain the difference between dpkg (dpkg-deb, dselect...) > and APT (apt-get...) to me? What is considered the better one of both? > The APT manpage says, APT is still in development, but why create

Difference between dpkg and APT?

2003-08-23 Thread Yves Goergen
Hi list, can anyone explain the difference between dpkg (dpkg-deb, dselect...) and APT (apt-get...) to me? What is considered the better one of both? The APT manpage says, APT is still in development, but why create another debian packager, if there's already one? -- Yves Goergen [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Checking what's installed

2003-08-23 Thread James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You could try dpkg -l JS On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:23 pm, Piers Kittel wrote: > Hello all > > Am installing Debian on a 486 laptop, and because I want to trim down > the installation as much as possible, how do I view a list of what's > installed by apt-get on the laptop? DSelect is useless as it m

Re: Checking what's installed

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 11:23:55AM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: > Am installing Debian on a 486 laptop, and because I want to trim down > the installation as much as possible, how do I view a list of what's > installed by apt-get on the laptop? DSelec

Checking what's installed

2003-08-23 Thread Piers Kittel
Hello all Am installing Debian on a 486 laptop, and because I want to trim down the installation as much as possible, how do I view a list of what's installed by apt-get on the laptop? DSelect is useless as it marks some stuff that hasn't been installed as to be installed. Thanks very much fo

Re: Working around package conflict

2003-08-23 Thread James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think this idea will work just fine - I'll test it shortly. Thanks. JS. On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:52 am, Bob Proulx wrote: > James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry Bob - that didn't quite work. I did something like the following; > > mkdir /usr/lib/libkde3 > > cp /root/kdelib3/usr/lib/

Re: Working around package conflict

2003-08-23 Thread James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes there are plenty of browsers to choose from, but what other KDE apps were also stuffed? I only tried konqueror Opera isn't 100% - it dies for me every now and then. Galeon I haven't tried. Mozilla is all powerful but very bloated and slow (I need more memory yes). Konqueror is small, fas

Console misconfigured

2003-08-23 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo! I'm running knoppix in my laptop, and I've installed 4 times woody in a slow machine (P166, 64Mb). As I'm using the slow one in text mode only -usually through ssh- I've found some things that aren't working fine: 1. < > aren't working (spa

Re: opening ports & i feel dumb

2003-08-23 Thread Stefan Waidele jun.
amg wrote: > recently switched to debian after years with windows, i am enjoying > the experience, although at times i get frustrated - i know that is > my fault and not my computer (or operating system - or linux - or > debian - or yours) > > my current dilemma is with ports: > > understanding the

Re: root login How ???

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 02:01:41AM -0700, Joris Huizer wrote: > As root, run gdmconfig. > Click the tab "Login behavior" and check "Show the > 'system' menu (for reboot shutdown etc)" This is strongly discouraged, however. You should be using su -m

Re: root login How ???

2003-08-23 Thread Joris Huizer
--- Victory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found out that after debian 3.0r1 installed, > try to login as root and passwd at the GNOME Desktop > Manager > and it said " The system administrator is not > allowed to login form this > screen" > How to login with root account to run some utility > fro

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Re: ebay slow

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Also going to oddman since I doubt he's among the hundreds subscribed to the list. On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 12:39:22AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > my ebay is going slow... how do youy cure? thanks, mike Debian is not ebay. Why not email ebay or

Re: root login How ???

2003-08-23 Thread Stefan Waidele jun.
Robert Storey wrote: > [...] > I know that most Debian users disdain the idea of ever logging in as > root, but there are a few times when I've found it useful (I'll > probably get flamed to a crisp for saying that). The best way I know > of to log in as root is to kill gdm and log in using text mo

Re: SCO show must end!!!

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 05:02:40AM +0300, acatrineicatalin wrote: > http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/5067404.htm Yet another company stating the obvious. On a side note, I was listening to some Marilyn Manson when I saw the subject

Re: opening ports & i feel dumb

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:56:41PM -0400, Luke Reeves wrote: > Also, you might wanna check out mldonkey - it's a much nicer replacement > for the official client, and includes an easy web interface. xmule may be more stable and less obnoxious to Wind

Re: opening ports & i feel dumb

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please turn your line wraps on to 72 columns so we don't have to do linewrap gymnastics to read it. On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 09:37:18PM -0400, amg wrote: > while looking at "/etc/inet.dconf" and "/etc/services" i see that > these programs and/or servic

Re: support - Re: where is the place to enable agp gart in kernel 2.4.21?

2003-08-23 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya sebastian On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Sebastian Kapfer wrote: > Very good advice. Different users have different expectations from their > hardware. You often hear that Radeons "work" under Linux. Sure, the 2D > part works fine, but that's not a reason to get the latest 3D accelerator. "work[ing

Re: Mouse Problems

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:10:00PM -0400, William Bradley wrote: > This particular machine is dualed with Windows 98, so I looked up the mouse > and though it is a Logitech mouse, Windows lists it as a PS/2 mouse. More detail, please. Specifically, w

Re: root login How ???

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 01:26:46AM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: > Under gdmsetup, you can allow root logins and remote root logins through > GDM via the Security tab. No! Do *NOT* do this! Log in as a normal user, open your favorite terminal, and ty

Re: Unicode: is it safe to use it ?

2003-08-23 Thread Christophe Courtois
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Re: Finishing the Install: Packages

2003-08-23 Thread ben
Alfredo Valles wrote: > On Friday 22 August 2003 7:23 pm, Chrissy wrote: > >> The stage that I am at now is that I have the base system installed >> and running. I loath to get anywhere past the root or user login. I >> get the prompts and such but I cant seem to find or understand, at >> this poin

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Re: how to configure e-mail server

2003-08-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 06:22, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:19:28AM +0200, Richard Lyons wrote: > > He can't do that. It's sure to be a non-registered copy in India - or > > anywhere else in the developing world ;-) > > Indi

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