Re: no sound on Sarge

Alsa sound initializes to muted. Yup. Run one of the alsa mixers (alsamix, aslamixgui, etc) and raise the volumes as required, see if this works). There is a bug on latest sid and these setting, which used to be saved and restored, are now lost. So each login, you may need to repeat until this i

Re: Problems with mounting vfat in Debian

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:40:38 +0200, NiL SpaaR wrote: > /dev/hdb1 /home/nil/redmond vfat users,uid=nil,umask=0002,iocharset=utf8 0 0 The "uid" must be numeric; I don't know how to use the "iocharset" option. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

error while apt-get upgrade

Hi all, when i am trying to do apt-get upgrade /apt-get dist-upgrade or the follwoing the encounter the following problems. How do I fix it? sh-2.05b# apt-get install -f dictionaries-common Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done dictionaries-common is already the newest v

Re: re: Msi motherboard G11-cb00056 - quick question

Hi, The motherboard is model # MS-6154V. Look at the MSI website and you will find it. Regards Gunther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mouse works with X but breaks as a left-handed...

Hi, I'm a newbie with Debian, but not so much with Linux.. My problem is that my wheelmouse works fine with X but it goes crazy when I change it to left-handed (kde or gnome). The middle button stops working and the other two show me the menu. I checked the XConfig86-4 but seems fine, I even t

Creative Commons Metamorphosis

There's a new style of licence happening at Creative Commons. It is typified by the policy of attempting to meld closed and open source, particularly in relation to software. Is this where this project was heading all along? This same proposition is one that has been previously touted by such ent

Re: howto add xfree86

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > i installed Woody 3.0 r2 on my computer, then download > xfree86-4.3-JoeyHess (about 150MB). > > Howto add that package into my Debian to run X? dpkg -i If you want to do anything more specific, check the manual. http://

Re: Re-configurating Programs...

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:19:29AM +0800, Shu Hung (Koala) wrote: > Well, I'm newbie full of silly questions > > When using the 'apt-get install' command to install a program, a kind > of 'blue screen' will appear for user to config the program. Is it > possible to re-do this configuration process

Solaris 4 Intel w/ Linux

Hello again, Can somebody know how can I configure my LILO in order to load my Solaris partition? I got a document and followed it step by step. But a problem has been occuring when Debian tries to install LILO at /boot (first partition of my IDE 0). It pissed me off cuz I tried to install it 3 ti

Re:

On Wednesday 18 August 2004 16:02, junk wrote: > How do you find a process that is using a file. I am trying to run > rhythmbox 0.8.5 and I get this error when I try to play a song. > > OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program. > > A man page would be most helpful. lsof --

Re-configurating Programs...

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well, I'm newbie full of silly questions When using the 'apt-get install' command to install a program, a kind of 'blue screen' will appear for user to config the program. Is it possible to re-do this configuration process after installation? -BEG

Re: security updates

Nori Heikkinen wrote: hey, reading the debian weekly news, i noticed a couple packages that i have installed with newly-discovered security holes in them. the newsletter says about these packages "you know the drill." well, i don't ... Assuming you have these deb http://security.debian.org/ st

Re: "screen" saves life, all in a day's work

Will Trillich wrote: okay, this is no big deal for an rsync transfer to get interrupted. it'll pick right back up where it left off, too (more properly, it'll send the data necessary to change the target to match the source). it's the principle of the thing -- the process is still chugging along, d

Re: newbie package question

Thomas Adam wrote: On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 04:37:07PM -0400, Tong wrote: I vaguely remember that apt-get has the ability to report version numbers by reading its man page, but I can be quite wrong... COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $3}' dpkg --status If the package isn't installe

Re: TCO - Windows vs Linux

Magnus Therning wrote: On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:24:28AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote: On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:14:58PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: } "Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments } of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments,

postfix configutaion problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm using postfix (left sendmail and exim behind for some reason) on my Debian machine. I need to set the machine up on a network with non-fixed IP right now. How am I supposed to do so? Besides, how can I re-config the postfix? -BEGIN PGP SIGNAT

more fun - Re: Securing SSH: How to enable FAIL_DELAY?

hi ya On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Ralph Katz wrote: > > > In trying to further tighten-up SSH, I'd like to enable FAIL_DELAY that > > I see in /etc/login.defs but has no effect in ssh. I'm running ssh > > 3.8.1p1-8 and have already disabled RootLogin and

Re: Securing SSH: How to enable FAIL_DELAY?

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Ralph Katz wrote: > In trying to further tighten-up SSH, I'd like to enable FAIL_DELAY that > I see in /etc/login.defs but has no effect in ssh. I'm running ssh > 3.8.1p1-8 and have already disabled RootLogin and enabled MaxStartups. i assume you have enabled tcp_wrapper

Securing SSH: How to enable FAIL_DELAY?

In trying to further tighten-up SSH, I'd like to enable FAIL_DELAY that I see in /etc/login.defs but has no effect in ssh. I'm running ssh 3.8.1p1-8 and have already disabled RootLogin and enabled MaxStartups. From /etc/login.defs: # Delay in seconds before being allowed another attempt after

now modem only works on IRQ 0 (was: pci hardware modem not working)

Thanks for the advice, it helped me figure out how to get the I/O from lspci -v.  I've got the modem *sort of* working now:  It seems to only work on IRQ 0 (shared with the timer), and at speeds no higher than 9600 baud.  Examples: # lspci -v :02:0b.0 Serial controller: 5610 56K FaxModem 56K

now modem only works on IRQ 0 (was: pci hardware modem not working)

Thanks for the advice, it helped me figure out how to get the I/O from lspci -v.  I've got the modem *sort of* working now:  It seems to only work on IRQ 0 (shared with the timer), and at speeds no higher than 9600 baud.  Examples: # lspci -v :02:0b.0 Serial controller: 5610 56K FaxModem 56K

can't post to "linux.debian.user" "solved"

> "F" == Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: F> I note that you post to "linux.debian.user" and get your postings F> listed. Something that I have yet to achieve. F> I have no wish to subscribe to the list and get 200 emails daily - F> most of which are well beyond my understanding and

Re: X client problem..

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Andreas Janssen wrote: > > on A --> xhost +B > > loggged into B(via ssh) and --> export DISPLAY=A:0; xterm display variable is: DISPLAY=ip#:0.0 -- note the .0 for screen 0 c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: software RAID1: oops! - backup

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Will Trillich wrote: > so we already have a working md* device using hda and hdb -- what > settings need to be changed before we shut down and move hdb to > hdd? backup the data to a spare disk ... shutdown boot into single user off a standalone boot cd that supports raid

Re: security updates

On 08/18/04 13:00, Nori Heikkinen wrote: so, what's the Right Way of getting the security patches to these packages, besides apt-get upgrading? is there one? [1] seems to imply that the right way is the way i can't do ... thanks very much, [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-ho

Re: Working through kdelibs-data update on Debian Sid

Charlie Zender wrote: > Preparing to replace kdelibs-data 4:3.2.3-4 (using > .../kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.0-1_all.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement kdelibs-data ... > Replacing files in old package korganizer ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.0-1_all.deb (--unp

Re:

junk wrote: How do you find a process that is using a file. I am trying to run rhythmbox 0.8.5 and I get this error when I try to play a song. OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program. A man page would be most helpful. Junk Try: lsof | grep /dev/dsp Michael -- Michael Morey C

Re: All these open ports

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:56:17 -0400, Tong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've just noticed that my debian testing open many ports by default: > > How can I close them? Firstly open up the rc file for your inetd (e.g. /etc/inetd.conf) and comment out any lines you don't need. This should do

Re: your mail (Finding Open Files)

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 15:17, Paul Stolp wrote: > * junk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-18 16:10]: > > How do you find a process that is using a file. I am trying to run > > rhythmbox 0.8.5 and I get this error when I try to play a song. > > > > OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another p

Re: Debian equivalent of /etc/profile.d

Once upon a time Paul Gear said... > > P.S. I can't believe Debian doesn't have /etc/profile.d. :-) Time to > submit the above as a patch? Section 9.9 of the Debian policy has this to say about environment variables:

Re: your mail (Finding Open Files)

* junk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-18 16:10]: > How do you find a process that is using a file. I am trying to run > rhythmbox 0.8.5 and I get this error when I try to play a song. > > OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program. > lsof | grep /dev/dsp - > A man page would be

Re: Apache with mod-ssl cannot start ssl

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 15:13, Deron Wilkerson wrote: > I'm running Apache 1.3.31 on Sarge with the mod-ssl. I cannot get ssl to work. > when I try apachectl startssl it gives me a list of the options and startssl > is not one of them. Do I need a new apachectl script. And where would I find > one?

Apache with mod-ssl cannot start ssl

I'm running Apache 1.3.31 on Sarge with the mod-ssl. I cannot get ssl to work. when I try apachectl startssl it gives me a list of the options and startssl is not one of them. Do I need a new apachectl script. And where would I find one? Thanks in advance. -- Deron D. Wilkerson Express Title Ins

Re: SCPM

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 15:10 -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 18 August 2004 14:53, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > Now, just a quick question here... why in the world would you expect > > this to be in Debian? > > Doh! > > Because I

Radeon 9200 XFree86 4.3 DGA Modes Vmware

Hello, When starting vmware I am unable to create a full-screen mode, I get error Unable to enumerate any DGA modes. XFree86 direct graphics (DGA extension) initialization failed. I am using the ATI proprietary drivers (fglrx) on kernel 2.6.7 Any suggestions?? Here is my XF11Config-4 file: # *

Re: Untwist, adjust, and apologize

Wow, A well worded apology in the open source community could get you promoted; I'd be careful about that if I were you! ;-) On Wednesday August 18 2004 4:18, Brian Pack wrote: > Here I stand, hat in hand. > > I reacted in an irresponsible and childish manner on the list recently, > and nearl

Re: 2 questions: 1., iptables, 2., local net with rtl8139

Hello! On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 08:28:52PM +0200, Na Zo wrote: > >>>The problem come, if i try to use the following command:<<< > > router:~# iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -m state --state ^ > ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > > then i go

installing debian woody bf2.4

Hi, I am installing the debian distro on a SUPERSERVER 6012P-6. But it stoped because no hard drive was found. I had had that problem with a poweredge 2300 but don't remember how I did.. it was the mess, with modules, special boot floppies.   So if somebody can show me the way of doing or th

Re: TCO - Windows vs Linux

I had loads of fun reading it, as did a few of my colleagues. I have to admit I first dissmissed it due to its title, until I realised they spell ownership with 0 (zero). /M I read the /. thread on this as well; I don't know which I found funnier - the article itself, or the number of people who

Re:

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:02:17 -0500 junk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you find a process that is using a file. Try lsof. It's in a package with that name. -- Got Backup? Jabber: Shadowdancer at jabber.fsinf.de pgpqL6WXADT3N.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: no sound on Sarge

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all. > > I have installed Sarge (2.6 kernel) on one of my machines and I get no > sound. The sound card is onboard, here is the line generated by the lspci > command > - :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 > Audio (rev 02) > > and I a

Re: your mail

On 2004-08-18T16:02:17-0500, junk wrote: > How do you find a process that is using a file. I am trying to run > rhythmbox 0.8.5 and I get this error when I try to play a song. fuser, lsof /Allan signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: your mail

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 04:02:17PM -0500, junk wrote: > How do you find a process that is using a file. I am trying to run > rhythmbox 0.8.5 and I get this error when I try to play a song. > > OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program. > > A man page would be most helpful. Tw

Re: [[your message]]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 04:02:17PM -0500, junk wrote: > How do you find a process that is using a file. I am trying to run > rhythmbox 0.8.5 and I get this error when I try to play a song. > > OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program. > > A man page would be most helpful. >

Wireless question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In the book "Linux Unwired", it says that installing the wireless tools via apt in Debian will make entries into the /etc/network/interfaces file. I've installed the hostap-modules for the installed kernel and the wireless-tools. I did apt-get insta

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How do you find a process that is using a file. I am trying to run rhythmbox 0.8.5 and I get this error when I try to play a song. OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program. A man page would be most helpful. Junk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

UML question

I am trying to get a user-mode-linux (UML) kernel running. However, the kernel won't boot. Just at the end of the boot sequence 'init' complains about the getty's respawning too fast and decides to pause them for 5 minutes. So, I never get to the login prompt... any ideas? hints? Linux kernel vers

Re: TCO - Windows vs Linux

On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:24:28AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote: >On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:14:58PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: >} "Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments >} of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments, >} especially against

Re: USE THREADS, DAMMIT! Re: No list mail

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 11:56:15AM -0500, Pascal Hakim wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 09:44:44AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > In case it helps... the mail has magically resumed coming to me. Same here, though I can't yet tell if things are fully up to speed. But at least it's moving! :) ya

Untwist, adjust, and apologize

Here I stand, hat in hand. I reacted in an irresponsible and childish manner on the list recently, and nearly made a move that I would have definitely regretted. So in that vein, I apologize to the list, and the Debian community in general. I flew off the handle, and I am truly sorry for any disr

Re: SCPM

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 18 August 2004 14:53, Greg Folkert wrote: > Now, just a quick question here... why in the world would you expect > this to be in Debian? Doh! Because I stupidly didn't look at what the acronym stood for. Coming from the SuSE world, I t

Re: no sound on Sarge

Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I have installed Sarge (2.6 kernel) on one of my machines and I get no > sound. The sound card is onboard, here is the line generated by the > lspci command > - :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 > Audio (rev

Re: SCPM

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: | On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 13:49 -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote: | |>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- |>Hash: SHA1 |> |>This message seems to have gone into the mailing list bit bucket, so I'm |>resending it. All help appreciated. |

Re: SCPM

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 15:42 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 13:49 -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > This message seems to have gone into the mailing list bit bucket, so I'm > > resending it. All help appreciated. > >

Re: Is the new installer creating too small a / partition?

On Wednesday 18 August 2004 02:39 pm, stan wrote: > Am I missisng something here? Yes: telling us the size of your / directory so that we can decide whether it was too small. :) -- Kirk Strauser pgpj0lcxaNlIn.pgp Description: signature

Re: SCPM

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 13:49 -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > This message seems to have gone into the mailing list bit bucket, so I'm > resending it. All help appreciated. > > I'm bringing up a laptop on Debian sarge. I've created the hardwi

Re: Problems with mounting vfat in Debian

Michael Satterwhite wrote: [snip] I have my Windows partition mounted as follows: /dev/hda1 /windows vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,iocharset=utf8 0 0 Note that the gid is set at this point, it's then available for use by all members of that group. Took up the advice, and tried it (with the chmo

Is the new installer creating too small a / partition?

Sorry if this is a repeat, I sent it several hours ago, and never saw it come back. I built a machine over the weekend using the new installer. I installed unstable on it, and set it up as a ltsp server, whch required adding a small amount of data to the root filesystem (/tftpdir). I used all of

Re: Problems with mounting vfat in Debian

Hello Thomas Adam (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 08:26:56PM +0200, NiL SpaaR wrote: > >> I've added this line to my /etc/fstab "/dev/hdb1 >> /home/nil/redmond >> vfat defaults,user 0 0" > > What does: > > ls -l /dev/hdb1 > > produce? You should ensure tha

Re: Problems with mounting vfat in Debian

Thomas Adam wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 08:26:56PM +0200, NiL SpaaR wrote: I've added this line to my /etc/fstab "/dev/hdb1 /home/nil/redmond vfat defaults,user 0 0" What does: ls -l /dev/hdb1 produce? You should ensure that it is set with perms 660. Am on the way, hadn't thoug

Re: All these open ports

Generally speaking, to close a port, you shut down whatever deamon is listening on it. For example, if you had port 80 open, and want to close it, shut down your web server (apache or whatever else). Same with ssh - to close that port, shut down sshd. On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:56:17 -0400, Tong <[EM

Re: /var/log/messages entry??

Hello. Ishwar Rattan: > I see entries of the form (in /var/log/messages): > > Aug 18 13:54:45 Hostname -- MARK -- > Aug 18 14:14:45 Hostname -- MARK -- > > with a frequency of 20 minutes. What > is the significance of such entries? It means nothing worth logging happened during these 20 minute

no sound on Sarge

Hi all. I have installed Sarge (2.6 kernel) on one of my machines and I get no sound. The sound card is onboard, here is the line generated by the lspci command - :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02) and I also did the lsmod to see if modules for so

Re: Intel 82845g Problem.

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 11:41:19AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I'm having a problem with my Intel 82845g video card(Dell Demension 2300c) setting > up XFree86 server. I cannot find compatable video server for it and can't find out > how to set it up. Please send me the informati

Intel 82845g Problem.

Hello, I'm having a problem with my Intel 82845g video card(Dell Demension 2300c) setting up XFree86 server. I cannot find compatable video server for it and can't find out how to set it up. Please send me the information in order to set it up. Thank you for your time and energy, Lynx

Re: XFree86 uses 75% of CPU, it takes 30 seconds to open an application

Sean, Paul: I just now did that and it seems to be a little snappier. Thanks for the tip. J PS: Looks like it is trying to use the accelerated version of driver, but I want more speed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# egrep -i accel /var/log/XFree86.0.log (II) SIS(0): Accel enabled (II) SIS(0): Using X

Re: apt-get upgrade doesn't honor my rebuilded packages

Hi Koos Vriezen, *, Koos Vriezen wrote: > This is probably a stupid question, but I did a search on this list with > 'apt-get source dpkg -i upgrade' and there was no answer, so here it is. > > I've upgraded gcc from 3.3 to 3.4 and, since I always build KDE from > CVS, I needed to recompile some

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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This message seems to have gone into the mailing list bit bucket, so I'm resending it. All help appreciated. I'm bringing up a laptop on Debian sarge. I've created the hardwired network profile and wanted to save it. The problem is that I can't find

Re: Problems with mounting vfat in Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 18 August 2004 13:26, NiL SpaaR wrote: > Hi all, > > A Linux-newbie speaking here and am a bit frustrated by the fact i > cannot get a vfat mounted properly. > > I've added this line to my /etc/fstab "/dev/hdb1 /home/nil/redmond > vf

Re: /var/log/messages entry??

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 02:40:52PM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > System is Kanotix-BH-07A (Sid based). > > I see entries of the form (in /var/log/messages): > > Aug 18 13:54:45 Hostname -- MARK -- > Aug 18 14:14:45 Hostname -- MARK -- > > with a frequency of 20 minutes. What is the the > signifi

/var/log/messages entry??

System is Kanotix-BH-07A (Sid based). I see entries of the form (in /var/log/messages): Aug 18 13:54:45 Hostname -- MARK -- Aug 18 14:14:45 Hostname -- MARK -- with a frequency of 20 minutes. What is the the significance of such entries? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems with mounting vfat in Debian

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 08:26:56PM +0200, NiL SpaaR wrote: > I've added this line to my /etc/fstab "/dev/hdb1 /home/nil/redmond > vfat defaults,user 0 0" What does: ls -l /dev/hdb1 produce? You should ensure that it is set with perms 660. -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly

Re: XFree86 uses 75% of CPU, it takes 30 seconds to open an application

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "J F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > XFree86 uses 75% of CPU when opening a new Konqueror > or any new application. Did you forget to run fc-cache -f as root when you last upgraded X? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD

2 questions: 1., iptables, 2., local net with rtl8139

-- Továbbított levél -- Dátum: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:35:24 +0200 (CEST) Feladó: Na Zo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Címzett: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tárgy: 2 questions: 1., ipfwadm, 2., local net with rtl8139 hi! 1., I' d like to use ipmasquerading to share the internet, but i have problem with it.

Re: X client problem..

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 19:24, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 11:41:37AM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > > > System is Kanotix-bug-hunter-07-A (debianunstable based). > > > > Call this box machine A > and replace 'no' with 'yes'. Then restart sshd on machine B. From > machine A, do: >

Problems with mounting vfat in Debian

Hi all, A Linux-newbie speaking here and am a bit frustrated by the fact i cannot get a vfat mounted properly. I've added this line to my /etc/fstab "/dev/hdb1 /home/nil/redmond vfat defaults,user 0 0" I can mount it with the user but can only access it with root I mount (as nil)

Re: XFree86 uses 75% of CPU, it takes 30 seconds to open an application

On Wednesday 18 Aug 2004 7:15 pm, J F wrote: > Anyhow, it takes from 30 to 60 seconds to open > a new konqueror window or any application. > The reason is XFree86 uses 75% of CPU according to > top. Type fc-cache -f as root if you haven't tried that already, might make a difference. -- To UNSU

XFree86 uses 75% of CPU, it takes 30 seconds to open an application

XFree86 uses 75% of CPU when opening a new Konqueror or any new application. Now I have a way I like to use KDE, 16 desktops labeled alphabetically from a to z. I know mail is on desktop "M". Konqueror with Yahoo is on desktop "Y". I start up with about 16 Konqueror windows and a netscape windo

Working through kdelibs-data update on Debian Sid

Hi, I am having problems updating my Debian Sid system (MEPIS, actually). The system has been running fine and updates worked well for months until a few days ago when I encountered a problem with kdelibs-data. I've now put the system into a state where kdelibs-data will not install, not even with

Re: mozilla doesn't load

Hello i woud like to catch on that thread, because i got a simular problem. I used debian sarge on an diskless installation and have problems to run Mozilla or Mozilla-Firebird, some dayes earlyer i installed the woody realease and had the same problems.Then i tried other aplications also some diff

Re: to any other users and/or list admin

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi d-I users, > when ever I post to the list I get this message below. Does anyone else > get this? who should take care of this? me, or someone else? if me, how? > if someone else, who? Some rube misconfigure

Delayed mails on debian-user [Now mostly fixed]

Hi, A number of people have commented about not getting mail from the debian-user list. There should not be nearly as many delays in getting mail for most users now. Delays were caused on this list by the high number of gmail subscribers, which caused some gmail servers to start t

Re: X client problem..

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 11:41:37AM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > System is Kanotix-bug-hunter-07-A (debianunstable based). > > Call this box machine A > I want to run xterm from machine B > > Steps tried: > > on A --> xhost +B > loggged into B(via ssh) and --> export DISPLAY=A:0

Adding wireless card

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If I've got to do this the old-fashioned way, it's OK, but... When I was running the Debian installer, it recognized both my LAN cards (the ethernet and the wireless). I brought it up with the ethernet active, but now I want to create a profile with

SCPM

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm bringing up a laptop on Debian sarge. I've created the hardwired network profile and wanted to save it. The problem is that I can't find scpm anywhere. It's not on my computer, and "apt-cache search scpm" returns nothing. Either it's done a dif

Re: X client problem..

Ishwar Rattan wrote: > results in > ... Can't open display "A:0" > > Any ideas? Read http://www.linux.com/howtos/Remote-X-Apps-6.shtml Right there on top it says: "Notice that some X servers (from XFree86) can be configured not to listen on the usual TCP port with the -nolisten tcp argu

Re: not getting posts

Jason G Skala wrote: I have been getting posts but getting them either the next day or hours later and missing posts as well, I will get 5 replies to a topic but not an original post about it. this has been on going for a week for me. Is everyone getting post to Debian user or have I been thrown

Re: not getting posts

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Dougpol1 wrote: :Is everyone getting post to Debian user or have I been thrown off :list??? I'm not receiving posts. I didn't receive for days, and just now am getting the backlog. And phew, what a backlog it is! Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: X client problem..

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 11:41:37AM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > System is Kanotix-bug-hunter-07-A (debianunstable based). > > Call this box machine A > I want to run xterm from machine B > > Steps tried: > > on A --> xhost +B > loggged into B(via ssh) and --> export DISPLAY=A:0

Re: USE THREADS, DAMMIT! Re: No list mail

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 09:44:44AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > In case it helps... the mail has magically resumed coming to me. I believe we've fixed it now, as long as you don't have a gmail address. Cheers, Pasc (with his listmaster hat on) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: not getting posts

Neither do I :-( Actually I joined the list only two days ago but this is the first post i got. Kinda strange for a high volume mailing list .Michael Dougpol1 wrote: Is everyone getting post to Debian user or have I been thrown off list??? I'm not receiving posts.

Re: X client problem..

Hello Ishwar Rattan (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > System is Kanotix-bug-hunter-07-A (debianunstable based). > > Call this box machine A > I want to run xterm from machine B > > Steps tried: > > on A --> xhost +B > loggged into B(via ssh) and --> export DISPLAY=A:0; xterm > > results

Re: USE THREADS, DAMMIT! Re: No list mail

In case it helps... the mail has magically resumed coming to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: not getting posts

I have been getting posts but getting them either the next day or hours later and missing posts as well, I will get 5 replies to a topic but not an original post about it. this has been on going for a week for me. > Is everyone getting post to Debian user or have I been thrown off > list??? I'm n

Re: Can't ssh

How can you log in? Can you log in locally? Are you using IMAP and POP with the same user? What I am getting at is have you confirmed /etc/passwd, ~/bashrc, and ~/.bash_profile are correct? I had a similar problem when my shell in /etc/passwd was /sbin/bassh. I have never used Putty so I do

Re: newbie package question

On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 04:37:07PM -0400, Tong wrote: > I vaguely remember that apt-get has the ability to report version > numbers by reading its man page, but I can be quite wrong... COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $3}' Will give you the version. As for apt-get, well: apt-get showpkg

security updates

hey, reading the debian weekly news, i noticed a couple packages that i have installed with newly-discovered security holes in them. the newsletter says about these packages "you know the drill." well, i don't ... reading up on security on the security FAQ, i see that just upgrading to a higher

XMMS/ALSA - how to get mono output?

Hello. I found out today that something bad happened to the left speaker of my laptop, so I'm trying to make XMMS output mono for the time being. Unfortunately, I can't find the relevant option (neither in XMMS's setting, nor in ALSA's; Google's all about the reverse problem). How can I set ALSA (

X client problem..

System is Kanotix-bug-hunter-07-A (debianunstable based). Call this box machine A I want to run xterm from machine B Steps tried: on A --> xhost +B loggged into B(via ssh) and --> export DISPLAY=A:0; xterm results in ... Can't open display "A:0" Any ideas? -ishwar

Re: Debian release archive (was: One More time.)

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:52:16 +0200, Florian Ernst writes: >You mean the list of mirrors from >? The first one I tried >(ftp.de.debian.org, closest to me) seems to work fine, same applies to >others, but admittedly not all of them. Some of those don't actuall

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