New newsgroup for Debian users

2004-08-26 Thread M Singh
Hi Had to reveal my email address for this post, but I guess its ok if this new newsgroup takes off and opens up a choice for Debian users. Following positive response in comp.os.linux.misc and generally supportive response in alt.config, I have created the first unmoderated newsgroup for Debian

Re: Serial console installs?

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Err, d-i? Debian Installer What you're (probably) using to install Sarge On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, John Summerfield wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to install Sarge over the net (booting netinstall via pxe). I can only connect to it via serial console.. Whe

Re: domain name of debian

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
John L Fjellstad wrote: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John L Fjellstad wrote: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dnsdomainname is in /etc/resolv.conf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf search demo.room nameserver 192.168.9.4 nameserver 192.168.8.1 [EM

Re: Serial console installs?

2004-08-26 Thread debian
That did the trick, Thanks! Michael > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 23:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm trying to install Sarge over the net (booting netinstall via pxe). > > I can only connect to it via serial console.. When it boots up into > > serial console, it seems to try sending VGA data to t

Re: Serial console installs?

2004-08-26 Thread debian
Yes, I add the console= line to my boot image in pxe, but I still get weird characters .. It works fine when I do a (cringe) redhat install.. Is it maybe the kernel I'm using (sarge) ? On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, John Smith wrote: > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 23:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm trying to

Re: "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable"

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
Phil Thomson wrote: Hi all, Working on a network install of Debian, but I'm having trouble getting the network to come up. My NIC is a D-Link DFE-530TX, the driver for which is rtl8139. When I run dhclient, I get "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable". The list archives suggest that it

Re: (Sid) Net broken - Sending streams stall

2004-08-26 Thread Brendon Higgins
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Please verify if you don't have ECN enabled, but it really doesn't look > like an ECN problem at all. Uh, ECN? *puzzled* If I had changed anything about "ECN" on purpose I think I'd remember, but I don't remember doing anything regarding that particular acron

Re: copying text from console to X with gpmdata?

2004-08-26 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:30:22PM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > Reformatted: > What windows teaches you to do: > 1. Select text to copy > 2. Ctl-C > 3. Select text to replace > 4. Ctl-V > > Convert to the 'X11 way': > 1. Select text to copy > 2. Select text to replace > 3. Btn2 click Reformattin

Re: Debian-FreeBSD?

2004-08-26 Thread Dean Hamstead
freebsd isnt ported to ppc so it doesnt install. you could use openbsd on your ppc though. but theres no debian openbsd Dean Ed Sutherland wrote: Has anyone tried the Debian port of FreeBSD? Is there a PPC version? How does it install? Thanks. Ed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: How to Back Up SQL Databases and Firewall

2004-08-26 Thread John Smith
On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 06:12, Ed Sutherland wrote: > How do I back-up my MySQL databases to a CD disc? > > Also, what is the best firewall app for Gnome users? > > Thanks. > > Ed > firestarter comes to mind... 'apt-get install firestarter' Sincerely, Jan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: domain name of debian

2004-08-26 Thread John L Fjellstad
John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > John L Fjellstad wrote: > >>John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >> >>>dnsdomainname is in /etc/resolv.conf >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf >>>search demo.room >>>nameserver 192.168.9.4 >>>nameserver 192.168.8.1 >>>[EMAIL PR

Re: clock suddenly slipping behind

2004-08-26 Thread Tim Connors
Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:34:17 -0700: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:23:07PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > over the past few days, i've noticed that my system clock gets about > > ten to fifteen minutes slow over the course of a day. this is really > > weird!

Re: installing error

2004-08-26 Thread Loki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:39:21PM -0400, Abdool wrote: > > hi, > > While installing the "base system" in Debian, I get the error message, > > file:/instmnt/pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.4_1386.deb was corrupt. >

Re: Serial console installs?

2004-08-26 Thread John Smith
On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 23:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to install Sarge over the net (booting netinstall via pxe). > I can only connect to it via serial console.. When it boots up into > serial console, it seems to try sending VGA data to the serial port. > > Is there a way to get arou

OT: Gmail invitations

2004-08-26 Thread zz
Spammer. This has nothing to do with Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South

2004-08-26 Thread Scarletdown
On Thursday 26 August 2004 21:24, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:09:12PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > > On Thursday 26 August 2004 20:00, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > > locate *.deb > > > > > > Take the first one you see, and: > > c > Take the first you you see that still exists, and:

Re: copying text from console to X with gpmdata?

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:12:03PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:46:52AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 11:08:33PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > > I do that all the time, and it ALWAYS works. The only problem I have is: > > > > 1. Select Text 1.

Re: how do i get kdm

2004-08-26 Thread Loki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Johnny wrote: > Late last nite i reinstall Debian 30r2 i386. and I am using gdm as login > now i wanting to use kdm how do i go about get kdm and not gdm. apt-get install kdm - -- GnuPG public key available from http://ca.geocit

Re: smbmount w2k3 no write access

2004-08-26 Thread Loki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Jody Grafals wrote: > If I can't get the thing to mount the way I want it, Can I somehow give the > user (myself) root access to this directory? Yes. Use sudo. apt-get install sudo first (if you don't have it) Create a script in

Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:09:12PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > On Thursday 26 August 2004 20:00, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > locate *.deb > > > > Take the first one you see, and: c Take the first you you see that still exists, and: . ... > Here's what I got: > > dpkg-deb: failed to read archive `/roo

"SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable"

2004-08-26 Thread Phil Thomson
Hi all, Working on a network install of Debian, but I'm having trouble getting the network to come up. My NIC is a D-Link DFE-530TX, the driver for which is rtl8139. When I run dhclient, I get "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable". The list archives suggest that it has something to do

Debian-FreeBSD?

2004-08-26 Thread Ed Sutherland
Has anyone tried the Debian port of FreeBSD? Is there a PPC version? How does it install? Thanks. Ed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to Back Up SQL Databases and Firewall

2004-08-26 Thread Paolo Falcone
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:12:57 -0400, Ed Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I back-up my MySQL databases to a CD disc? Well, I think it's easier that you do mysql_dump to the filesystem then burn the dumps to disks -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

How to Back Up SQL Databases and Firewall

2004-08-26 Thread Ed Sutherland
How do I back-up my MySQL databases to a CD disc? Also, what is the best firewall app for Gnome users? Thanks. Ed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: copying text from console to X with gpmdata?

2004-08-26 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:46:52AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 11:08:33PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > I do that all the time, and it ALWAYS works. The only problem I have is: > > 1. Select Text 1. Select text > 2. 2. Hit Ctrl-C > 3. Select Text 3.

Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South

2004-08-26 Thread Scarletdown
On Thursday 26 August 2004 20:00, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > Ok, try: > > mkdir foox > cd foox > catchsegv tar -xf ../foo.tar > > If you still don't see anything... > > locate *.deb > > Take the first one you see, and: > > cd > mkdir debx > cd debx > catchsegv dpkg-deb -x > /home/stefan/avifile-player_

Re: Serial console installs?

2004-08-26 Thread John Smith
On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 23:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to install Sarge over the net (booting netinstall via pxe). > I can only connect to it via serial console.. When it boots up into > serial console, it seems to try sending VGA data to the serial port. > > Is there a way to get arou

Re: debian potato 2.2 - apt sources.list

2004-08-26 Thread dale lane
Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 07:05:00PM -0700, dale lane wrote: > > > For the last 2 days I have been trying to Install > > Debian potato 2.2r? on an old computer that I have. > > Why? It hasn't had a security update in over

Re: clock suddenly slipping behind

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:23:07PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > over the past few days, i've noticed that my system clock gets about > ten to fifteen minutes slow over the course of a day. this is really > weird! i've been using ntpdate to synchronize it with a timeserver > whenever i notice it

Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South

2004-08-26 Thread ACP
Scarletdown wrote: > On Thursday 26 August 2004 19:25, Stefan O'Rear wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 06:50:08PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: >> > I need some help here. Suddenly, I can no longer install anything >> > via apt-get, segfaults out the wazoo. >> > >> > Here is the output from my attemp

clock suddenly slipping behind

2004-08-26 Thread Nori Heikkinen
over the past few days, i've noticed that my system clock gets about ten to fifteen minutes slow over the course of a day. this is really weird! i've been using ntpdate to synchronize it with a timeserver whenever i notice it, and i put it in a once-a-day cron job, but i want my system to ALWAYS

OT: Gmail invitations

2004-08-26 Thread Jeff Elkins
Here are six more gmail invites: Jeff Elkins http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d23898c6f5-a44f0a166f-0fff6b0591 http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d23898c6f5-0ae86e6db2-e8781237b7 http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d23898c6f5-3241a2396a-56af3f46b6 http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d238

Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 07:43:17PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > On Thursday 26 August 2004 19:25, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > catchsegv tar -cf foo.tar .bashrc > I saw nothing at all. Good! Ok, try: mkdir foox cd foox catchsegv tar -xf ../foo.tar If you still don't see anything... locate *.deb Ta

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-26 Thread Kent West
Adam Funk wrote: On Thursday 26 August 2004 16:00, Kent West wrote: I think what Adam might want to do is to run "modconf", go down to the "kernel/drivers/acpi" section, and install any necessary features in that manner. (I think different versions of modconf look different, so if you're not run

Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South

2004-08-26 Thread Scarletdown
On Thursday 26 August 2004 19:25, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 06:50:08PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > > I need some help here. Suddenly, I can no longer install anything > > via apt-get, segfaults out the wazoo. > > > > Here is the output from my attempt to install the latest k3b

Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 06:50:08PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > I need some help here. Suddenly, I can no longer install anything via > apt-get, segfaults out the wazoo. > > Here is the output from my attempt to install the latest k3b... > #SNIP# > > I get similar errors no matter what I try to

Re: Modems for Linux?

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: Hi, My existing dialup modem does not have linux drivers (its one of those winmodems), and so am planning on buying a new modem for my machine. I checked around the net for a list of modems that are known to work with linux (hardware modems preferred, if not winmodems that

Re: installing error

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
Stefan O'Rear wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:39:21PM -0400, Abdool wrote: hi, While installing the "base system" in Debian, I get the error message, file:/instmnt/pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.4_1386.deb was corrupt. Couldn't download apt. Please tell me what is to be done. I want to use dual boot

Re: Serial console installs?

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to install Sarge over the net (booting netinstall via pxe). I can only connect to it via serial console.. When it boots up into serial console, it seems to try sending VGA data to the serial port. Is there a way to get around this? Best to direct Qs about d-i

Re: GCC/G++ will not compile i686 binaries when asked.

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That may indeed be it. Is there any known way short of looking a the asm dump of a binary for telling what CPU instructions are used? When asked I was directed to readelf and file and they work great for SPARC based development, I wouldn't bet on that either:-) Seems t

Re: OT: Questions or Doubts?

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
Pigeon wrote: It's either equivalent to "question" or "problem". I seem to have a vague memory of someone asking a question in a non-English language, being told this is an English list, and coming back with a translation, which confirmed this. I might be remembering wrong though. I doubt you ar

I don't care

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
Wayne Topa wrote: Now all you have to do John if get them to fix the To: & Cc: problem. From: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:38:35 +0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Borked e-mail threading [Was Re: HylaFax receives rubbish] Reply-To: [EMA

Re: Debian equivalent of /etc/profile.d

2004-08-26 Thread John Summerfield
Jeremy Brown wrote: John Summerfield wrote: X stuff exceptions are xterms and imitations which can be configured to run login shells. I assume you get a login shell when you log in via GDM though, right? I don't use GDM, but I think you don't (you didn't used to with KDE, but since I learnedto d

apt-get Seems To Have Gone South

2004-08-26 Thread Scarletdown
I need some help here. Suddenly, I can no longer install anything via apt-get, segfaults out the wazoo. Here is the output from my attempt to install the latest k3b... apt-get install k3b Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be install

Re: Software RAID using Sarge Installer

2004-08-26 Thread Lucas Albers
Paul Gear said: > The last time i tried, the installer didn't support installing to RAID / > or /boot, and this was a topic of some discussion on this list, since > some people think that the new installer is perfect and to think that > other people want it to support more features is just shocki

Re: the Packages files should get to mirrors last -- no swarthy emails

2004-08-26 Thread Brian Pack
On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 19:14, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Or block your user from sending in the first place. I suppose we see > .net .com .org are not safe to send to as there is no assurance > anymore that a reply might not come from a bad country and not the > United States. And according to a study

kernel-image 2.6.8 sound config issues

2004-08-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Trying to figure out kind of sound I am using with kernel-image 2.6.8 from Sarge. I downloaded the packages to get lgeneral to play sound. mplayer will play vorbis files but ogg123 will not. I don't get sound from realplay. Here is a list of sound drivers loaded: Looks like maybe I need a confi

Re: Bounce detection

2004-08-26 Thread Alan Chandler
On Thursday 26 August 2004 16:30, Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > Is there a Debian package that can detect which mails are bounces? > Doesn't every MTA? Otherwise you would get bounce loops. A bounce should be to a single mail address with a null sender address. -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Error upgrading KOrganizer

2004-08-26 Thread Brian Pack
On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 20:09, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:21:53PM +, Dave Bokan wrote: > > Hello, > I answered this yesterday. You clearly have no ability to check the BTS. > Please read here, and follow the subsequent threads: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/0

Re: File permissions? Poss OT-SOLVED

2004-08-26 Thread John Fleming
There was an Alias of /images to /usr/share/images in httpd.conf. This must not be there by default in the unstable distro. Thanks Jacob. - John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ndiswrapper/Sarge Newbie - link

2004-08-26 Thread Roger Creasy
Roger Creasy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi ya rogerOn Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Carl Fink wrote:> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:56:41PM -0700, Roger Creasy wrote:> > > I have the cd set for Sarge. Where to I find the sources for the> > kernel? Do I merely copy them to th

Re: the Packages files should get to mirrors last -- no swarthy emails

2004-08-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
The problem is an ursine.ca user reads the debian-user list and sees a message by from a jidanni.org user and sends an offlist comment directly to that jidanni.org user. When the jidanni.org user tries to email a response back to the ursine.ca user. His mail is blocked, greatly disturbing the jida

Re: Error upgrading KOrganizer

2004-08-26 Thread Thomas Adam
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:21:53PM +, Dave Bokan wrote: > Hello, I answered this yesterday. You clearly have no ability to check the BTS. Please read here, and follow the subsequent threads: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/08/msg03770.html -- Thomas Adam -- Quis custodiet ipsos cu

Re: Debian equivalent of /etc/profile.d

2004-08-26 Thread Jeremy Brown
John Summerfield wrote: X stuff exceptions are xterms and imitations which can be configured to run login shells. I assume you get a login shell when you log in via GDM though, right? --j -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Modems for Linux?

2004-08-26 Thread Steve Mandelmore
Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > Hi, > > My existing dialup modem does not have linux drivers (its one of those > winmodems), and so am planning on buying a new modem for my machine. I > checked around the net for a list of modems that are known to work > with linux (hardware modems preferred, if not

Re: Trying to build agpgart.o with an rpm from Intel

2004-08-26 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Hi Eric, > And I'm having no luck. Nothing seems to be where the > rpm wants it to be. Is there anything I can do to > make this rpm work? Why would you need an RPM? The agpgart module should be included with any Debian kernel 2.4 package available in woody, sarge or sid (with the possible exc

Error upgrading KOrganizer

2004-08-26 Thread Dave Bokan
Hello, I'm running Sarge and I'm trying to get KDE 3.3 but I ran into a problem. When updating KDE I run into this... Unpacking korganizer (from .../korganizer_4%3a3.2.2-2_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/korganizer_4%3a3.2.2-2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite

Economy is much better now

2004-08-26 Thread Christi Adkins
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Models that regret photo shoot (part 1) debian-user!

2004-08-26 Thread Bang Gang
Title: Amazing Joke Of The Day There was a woman who wanted to repaint her house, so she called the contractor and set an appointment to meet with him. When the contractor came to her house they did a walk-through and he asked her what colors she would like. They came to the living r

Re: Modems for Linux?

2004-08-26 Thread Tim Kelley
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 12:24:28AM +0400, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > Hi, > > My existing dialup modem does not have linux drivers (its one of those > winmodems), and so am planning on buying a new modem for my machine. I > checked around the net for a list of modems that are known to work > with

Re: OT: Questions or Doubts?

2004-08-26 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:04:21PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Hopefully this won't offend anyone; I'm just curious. > > I often see posts on this list with subject lines like: > > Doubt about Debian Installation > > or > > Configuring PS/2 Mouse Doubts > > Is this word "doubt" a non-American-

Re: Known file-sharing client

2004-08-26 Thread Tarapia Tapioco
You wrote: > Hey > Does anyone know a good filesharing program for linux besides xmule? > greets dirk Both available as Debian packages: mutella gtk-gnutella -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /usr/bin/editor missing: update-alternatives problem?

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:35:36PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Somehow /usr/bin/editor got deleted, and this is causing problems > upgrading many of my editors. > > I first saw this with vim > (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267095) a week ago, > but it's since bit me with many o

[playergiro@gmail.com: php4-curl]

2004-08-26 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
Debian-user, this is a misdirected user question for you. Please don't Cc me, nor wnpp, but do Cc the original question asker: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (see m-f-t) Thanks, --Jeroen - Forwarded message from Geoffrey Plitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:58:34 -0500 From: Geoff

Re: ndiswrapper/Sarge Newbie - link

2004-08-26 Thread Roger Creasy
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi ya rogerOn Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Carl Fink wrote:> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:56:41PM -0700, Roger Creasy wrote:> > > I have the cd set for Sarge. Where to I find the sources for the> > kernel? Do I merely copy them to the directory in the error? Or are> > there

/usr/bin/editor missing: update-alternatives problem?

2004-08-26 Thread Ross Boylan
Somehow /usr/bin/editor got deleted, and this is causing problems upgrading many of my editors. I first saw this with vim (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267095) a week ago, but it's since bit me with many others (I track testing). I suspect this has something to do with the fac

pcmcia-cs or hotplug?

2004-08-26 Thread Stephen Patterson
I've got sarge on a laptop with a pcmcia network card, all configured using pcmcia-cs and working just fine. An aptitude upgrade since then has pulled in hotplug, so I've now got a system with pcmcia-cs and hotplug. I'm just wondering which of these is considere the 'official' way to sort out pc

Re: fine-tuning du -h ?

2004-08-26 Thread Josef Oswald
Tim Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:06:45PM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote: > >> Sorry I was not clear here, I want to check more then _one_ directory, >> at once: > > try > > du -csm /home/* Thanks :-) _that_ is what i was after. du -csmh /* told me what I wanted to

Re: icecast

2004-08-26 Thread Marco van Putten
Hey Steven, Steven Jones schreef: I am looking to stream some of my own music, looks like icecast is a good candidate. can anyone offer/suggest?, 1) Good URLs for documentation? 2) Alternative applications for a Debian based box, if they are easier to do? You could also use mod_mp3. In debian it

Re: ide-scsi emulation deprecated

2004-08-26 Thread csj
On 26. August 2004 at 1:26PM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 12:52:05AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > Rob Benton wrote: > > > > >OK I may be slow, but I just noticed in my boot messages the other day > > >that in the 2.6 kernels ide-scsi emulati

Re: Modems for Linux?

2004-08-26 Thread Fernando
Hi, i've got a conceptronic serie, work perfect and its cheap. Now serial modem its hard find it in the computer shop, but look them and you will find it ;). El jue, 26-08-2004 a las 22:24, Rakhesh Sasidharan escribió: > Hi, > > My existing dialup modem does not have linux drivers (its one of tho

Re: Procmail setup problem

2004-08-26 Thread Lorenzo Rossi
Thanks Michael, I have miss the sentence "Conditions are anded"now I kow ;) Lorenzo Il gio, 2004-08-26 alle 21:45, Michael Marsh ha scritto: > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:03:56 +0200, Lorenzo Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i was trying to setup procmail to store incoming e-mails to differe

Re: Procmail setup problem

2004-08-26 Thread Lorenzo Rossi
Stephen, Il gio, 2004-08-26 alle 21:47, s. keeling ha scritto: > Incoming from Lorenzo Rossi: > > > > i was trying to setup procmail to store incoming e-mails to different > > files in my home directory, but, procmail write all my incoming emails > > to the same file, the "mbox" file. > > I can

Re: File permissions? Poss OT

2004-08-26 Thread Jacob S.
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:41:00 -0500 "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:01:21 -0500 > "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip - problem with images not displaying on user's website] > > > Have you checked the error logs for apache? They usually provide > >

Re: Procmail setup problem

2004-08-26 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Lorenzo Rossi: > > Il gio, 2004-08-26 alle 21:47, s. keeling ha scritto: > > > Solution to this is scoring: > > > > :0: > > * 1^0 ^To:.*debian-user > > * 1^0 ^Cc:.*debian-user > > ${HOME}/Mail/debian-user > > > > What does it meen * 1^0 ^To:.*debian-user ?? >

Re: installing error

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:39:21PM -0400, Abdool wrote: > hi, > While installing the "base system" in Debian, I get the error message, > file:/instmnt/pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.4_1386.deb was corrupt. > Couldn't download apt. > Please tell me what is to be done. I want to use dual boot with Win xp >

Re: Procmail setup problem

2004-08-26 Thread Lorenzo Rossi
Magnus, Il gio, 2004-08-26 alle 21:39, Magnus Therning ha scritto: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 07:03:56PM +0200, Lorenzo Rossi wrote: > >Hi, > > > >i was trying to setup procmail to store incoming e-mails to different > >files in my home directory, but, procmail write all my incoming emails > >to th

Re: I need help with my touch pad.

2004-08-26 Thread Thomas Adam
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:30:22PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > if [ -f /usr/bin/tpconfig ]; then > /usr/bin/tpconfig --tapmode=0 > if [ $? ]; then ^^^ That doesn't do what you think it does. In Bash, the [ $? ] bit says "if the variable requested is not empty, then.."

installing error

2004-08-26 Thread Abdool
hi, While installing the "base system" in Debian, I get the error message, file:/instmnt/pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.4_1386.deb was corrupt. Couldn't download apt. Please tell me what is to be done. I want to use dual boot with Win xp thanks Ron  

Re: Can't open default sound device during boot... works fine after boot

2004-08-26 Thread Pottinger, Hardy J.
> The sound card has the standard Debian permissions, and all > users, including root, have been added to the audio group, so > that part checks out. Answering my own e-mail here, I ran this by a buddy, and he scratched his head, said dunno, and that it still sounded like a permissions problem.

I need help with my touch pad.

2004-08-26 Thread Peter_TenEyck
Greetings, I have just installed "Sarge" on my Toshiba notebook A15-S157. I believe this notebook has a ALPS Glidepad. I would like to disable touch pad "clicking". From what I can tell, this can do this by using tpconfig. I have installed this package tpconfig (3.1.3-5) from debian. I can not s

Re: ahc_dv_0

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:21:30PM +0200, Luis Fernando Llana D?az wrote: > Hi all, > I am trying to install a 2.6.7 kernel with swsusp, the sources are obtained > from the Debian repository. The kernel is running correctly until I try to > suspend it: it says that cannot stop process ahc_dv_0

Serial console installs?

2004-08-26 Thread debian
I'm trying to install Sarge over the net (booting netinstall via pxe). I can only connect to it via serial console.. When it boots up into serial console, it seems to try sending VGA data to the serial port. Is there a way to get around this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Modems for Linux?

2004-08-26 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 12:24:28AM +0400, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > My existing dialup modem does not have linux drivers (its one of those > winmodems) ... Did you check linmodems.org? Almost any external modem will work. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister o

ahc_dv_0

2004-08-26 Thread Luis Fernando Llana Díaz
Hi all, I am trying to install a 2.6.7 kernel with swsusp, the sources are obtained from the Debian repository. The kernel is running correctly until I try to suspend it: it says that cannot stop process ahc_dv_0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps -elf | grep ahc 1 R root 510 1 21 85 0 -

RE: icecast

2004-08-26 Thread Steven Jones
neat. Steven -Original Message- From: Marco van Putten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 27 August 2004 8:51 a.m. To: Steven Jones Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: icecast Hey Steven, Steven Jones schreef: >I am looking to stream some of my own music, looks like icecast is a >

Re: Modems for Linux?

2004-08-26 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rakhesh Sasidharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My existing dialup modem does not have linux drivers (its one of those > winmodems), and so am planning on buying a new modem for my machine. If you really want a challen

I still can't surf the web using Wvdial ...UPDATE

2004-08-26 Thread Johnny
Hi Late last nite i reninstalled Debian-3.0r2-i386. This time i watch very close what i was doing. Right now i can connect to the internet and surf the web by using pon to connect and poff to disconnect. I did install wvdial and tried to use it but just dial the isp and disconnects after a 3 m

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-26 Thread Adam Funk
On Thursday 26 August 2004 16:00, Kent West wrote: > I think it's a good learning process to be able to roll your own, but > just to get standard hardware features to work, it's a bit overkill > for the majority of new users coming into the GNU/Linux camp. (Still, > as Loki says, it's a good thing

Re: Snort default config ?

2004-08-26 Thread Tim Kelley
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:27:33AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > Installed snort the other day and I am getting daily reports > from the default setup. I did nothing but install. > > So, is there anything I should/need do to this default config > for simple monitoring or/and a bit of added secu

Re: GCC/G++ will not compile i686 binaries when asked.

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 01:32:21PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That may indeed be it. Is there any known way short of looking a the > asm dump of a binary for telling what CPU instructions are used? When > asked I was directed to readelf and file and they work great for > SPARC based devel

Re: Known file-sharing client

2004-08-26 Thread Brian Pack
On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:31, Stephen Tait wrote: > At 20:03 26/08/2004, you wrote: > >Hey > >Does anyone know a good filesharing program for linux besides xmule? > >greets dirk > > Depends what you're after...! > > There are a zillion and one BitTorrent (the only P2P I use now anyway) > clients

Re: Modems for Linux?

2004-08-26 Thread Stephen Tait
At 21:24 26/08/2004, you wrote: Hi, My existing dialup modem does not have linux drivers (its one of those winmodems), and so am planning on buying a new modem for my machine. I checked around the net for a list of modems that are known to work with linux (hardware modems preferred, if not winmodem

Re: ide-scsi emulation deprecated

2004-08-26 Thread Eric
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:40:06 +0200, Rob Benton wrote: > OK I may be slow, but I just noticed in my boot messages the other day > that in the 2.6 kernels ide-scsi emulation is deprecated. Unfortunately > the version of cdrecord I have (from testing) doesn't agree. Has > anybody had any success

Re: fine-tuning du -h ?

2004-08-26 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 01:00:17PM -0500, Tim Kelley wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:06:45PM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote: > > > Sorry I was not clear here, I want to check more then _one_ directory, > > at once: > > try > > du -csm /home/* > > and note the difference leaving the wildcard off

Modems for Linux?

2004-08-26 Thread Rakhesh Sasidharan
Hi, My existing dialup modem does not have linux drivers (its one of those winmodems), and so am planning on buying a new modem for my machine. I checked around the net for a list of modems that are known to work with linux (hardware modems preferred, if not winmodems that do have drivers for linu

Re: GCC/G++ will not compile i686 binaries when asked.

2004-08-26 Thread dking
That may indeed be it. Is there any known way short of looking a the asm dump of a binary for telling what CPU instructions are used? When asked I was directed to readelf and file and they work great for SPARC based development, so I had assumed them to be correct for pc development as well. T

Re: fine-tuning du -h ?

2004-08-26 Thread Tim Kelley
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:06:45PM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote: > Sorry I was not clear here, I want to check more then _one_ directory, > at once: try du -csm /home/* and note the difference leaving the wildcard off the end makes. -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / \

Re: I still can't surf the web using Wvdial ...UPDATE

2004-08-26 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johnny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For now i am happy with pon and poff it works. If you have an external modem, you might want to set it up to infinitely redail persistently. Then, to connect, just turn on the modem and wait a few seconds for the

Re: smbmount w2k3 no write access

2004-08-26 Thread Jody
Using the syntax below did the trick; things seem to work better when mount invokes smbmount instead of doing it manually. Thanks !!! mount -t smbfs -o username=username,uid=username //downtown/sysback /mnt/smb/downtown > Hi, > > go to /mnt directory anda verify who is the owner of smb subdirecto

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