Re: Recommendations for Linux compatible wireless LAN PCMCIA card

2004-10-01 Thread Alex Polite
On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 02:29:00PM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > I have a Dell Latitude C640 laptop [1] that I would like to get hooked > to the network via wireless. Any recommendations for good PCMCIA WLAN > cards (802.11b/g/a)that are Linux-compatible as well (native drivers > that is)?

Recommendations for Linux compatible wireless LAN PCMCIA card

2004-10-01 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
I have a Dell Latitude C640 laptop [1] that I would like to get hooked to the network via wireless. Any recommendations for good PCMCIA WLAN cards (802.11b/g/a)that are Linux-compatible as well (native drivers that is)? How would I configure the wireless interface in /etc/network/interfaces? [1]

Re: broken packages

2004-10-01 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
Hello Travis, thanks much for the tips! Debugging output from apt-get revealed "broken dependency" on libidn11 in mutt; upgrading mutt solved the problem. On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 01:43:18AM -0400, Travis Crump wrote: > Since sarge/sid's apt should no longer give this less than helpful error > me

Re: broken packages

2004-10-01 Thread Travis Crump
Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 06:30:03AM +0200, Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: E: Some broken packages were found while trying to process build-dependencies for openoffice.org. So, I've updated apt and all Build-Depends packages manually. Now, apt-get build-dep openoffice.org wants to

Re: broken packages

2004-10-01 Thread Travis Crump
Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing the following problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep openoffice.org Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig Abhangigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig E: Some broken packages were found while trying to process build-dependencies for openo

If ATI and nVidia don't support their own products, who does?

2004-10-01 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Paul Johnson wrote: >> <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> >> Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. >> Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the

Re: broken packages

2004-10-01 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 06:30:03AM +0200, Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: > E: Some broken packages were found while trying to process build-dependencies for > openoffice.org. So, I've updated apt and all Build-Depends packages manually. Now, apt-get build-dep openoffice.org wants to remove libcurl3, li

aptitude: packages have been kept back?

2004-10-01 Thread ms419
I'm a long time apt-get user, trying to make sense of aptitude. I really like aptitude's automatic dependancy tracking; but it keeps "keeping packages back" whenever I run "aptitude dist-upgrade". "apt-get dist-upgrade" doesn't keep packages back. Examining these "kept back" packages in aptitude

Re: Two compilation errors

2004-10-01 Thread Eric Gaumer
On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 16:57, Tong wrote: > On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:32:13 -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: > > > On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:10, Tong wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm trying to compile DWI (a simple system to create data driven > >> applications, http://www.linas.org/linux/dwi/), but met with 2

broken packages

2004-10-01 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
Hello, I'm experiencing the following problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep openoffice.org Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig Abhangigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig E: Some broken packages were found while trying to process build-dependencies for openoffice.org. You might wa

Re: boot problems with grub

2004-10-01 Thread Jonathan
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 01:50:57PM -0700, Jonathan wrote: > I have been using debian with kernel 2.4.25 (I tried 2.6.8 but it had issues > with my onboard sound and so I stuck with 2.4.25). > My problem is the following: > > I left emule running overnight (which was never a problem before). I >

Re: KDE install: unmet dependencies problem

2004-10-01 Thread Adam Aube
Edward Kamau wrote: > I wanted to install KDE alongside Gnome so I did: > > apt-get install KDE > > After downloading and unpacking close to 300 packages apt-get quit > I have tried running apt-get -f which exits withe the following error: > Unpacking kontact-plugins (from > .../kontact-plugin

Re: Connecting to a particular SSID

2004-10-01 Thread Adam Aube
William Ballard wrote: > But how can I specify the SSID and connect to mine? I've read the > commands to make wpa_supplicant start working: > > wpa_supplicant -Dndiswrapper -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -d > > How can I make "ifup wlan0" call this? Put that command on a "pre-up" line in /

Re: UTF-8 locale, strange chars in X terminal pager(s), specifically man pages

2004-10-01 Thread Frederick B. Henry Jr.
On Friday 01 Oct 2004 01:54:19 +0200, Martin Dickopp wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frederick B. Henry Jr.) writes: > > > Context: Debian unstable. [...] Since switching my locale to > > en_US.UTF-8 (dpkg-reconfigure locales), > > I think "dpkg-reconfigure locales" takes of that, but just to be sur

Re: New Grub user?

2004-10-01 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 11:31:28AM -0400, Robert Harris wrote: > I just installed my first system from the new Sarge installer (rather > nice) and noticed I have Grub instead of lilo. I've read the man > pages and it's a bit different than I'm used to. Does anyone have a > very simple step by ste

modprobe error for soundcard CMI8330

2004-10-01 Thread Johnny
I installed the sndconfig and started the program and went through selected the CMI8330 I am having a modprobe error /lib/modules/2.2.20/misc/ad1848.0: init_module: Device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.20/misc/ad1848.0: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.20/misc/ad1848.0: failed /lib/modules/2.2.20/misc

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:28:05PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Greetings list, ... > What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Partly > because I am sick of ATi, and partly because my nForce2 > motherboard will hopefully be a bit more compatible > with the nVidia card than it has been wit

Re: UTF-8 locale, strange chars in X terminal pager(s), specifically man pages

2004-10-01 Thread Frederick B. Henry Jr.
On Friday 01 Oct 2004 01:52:13 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Martin Dickopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.10.01.0135 +0200]: > > > On Thursday 30 September 2004 13:03, Frederick B. Henry Jr. wrote: > > >> Greetings, > > >> Since switching my locale to en_US.UTF-8 (dpkg-reconfigure locale

Re: Two compilation errors

2004-10-01 Thread Eric Gaumer
> > Add -l /usr/lib/glib-2.0/include to the build > > > > Sounds like a buggy configure.ac > > Isn't the "-l" suppose to be for library files instead of header files? > Note that I have -I/usr/include/glib-2.0/include for gcc. What does `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0` return? It should return t

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Roy Pluschke
On October 1, 2004 20:29, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> > > > > Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. > > > > Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even > > crappier driv

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Paul Johnson wrote: <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even crappier drivers. Just get a newer Radeon if you want graphics performance. I believe the

flphoto and usb permissions

2004-10-01 Thread John Kerr Anderson
Hi, I have a fresh install of Debian sarge for a intel pentium iii machine. I have a Kodak CX6200 digital camera that I was able to get working only with flphoto. I created an alien package from the rpm on the flphoto website. The problem I'm having is I can access the camera's photos for roo

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Frederick B. Henry Jr.
On Friday 01 Oct 2004 14:50:40 -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > > Is there a secure, solid and stable e-mail client built for linux? > > No. Every mail client in existence is utter crap, including mutt and > gnus. The best you can ho

Re: "resolving host"

2004-10-01 Thread Tom Furie
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 08:05:03PM -0400, Ralph Katz wrote: > On 09/30/04 23:21, Haines Brown wrote: > >$ time host www.debian.org > >www.debian.org A 194.109.137.218 > > > >real 0m0.027s > >user 0m0.000s > >sys 0m0.000s > > > >The man and info time did

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even crappier drivers. Just get a newer Radeon if you want graphic

Re: Emacs like environment for VIM

2004-10-01 Thread Nitebirdz
On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 01:37:02PM +0545, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > Hi, > Emacs has been praised by many. It's said to be an all-in-one editor. > Read mail, surf the web, code... everything there. > Do we have similar environments for VIM ? I like the idea vim has of > modes. Is there any softw

Re: Static IP Setup Problem in Sarge

2004-10-01 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:21:49PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I used jigdo-lite to get sarge-i386-1.iso (cd version), burnt the cd and > installed the Debian Base System on a new computer. All went well > except I cannot connect to our LAN. The DHCP setup says it has obtained > an IP addres

Re: Two compilation errors

2004-10-01 Thread Eric Gaumer
On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 16:57, Tong wrote: > On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:32:13 -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: > > > On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:10, Tong wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm trying to compile DWI (a simple system to create data driven > >> applications, http://www.linas.org/linux/dwi/), but met with 2

Static IP Setup Problem in Sarge

2004-10-01 Thread Thomas H. George
I used jigdo-lite to get sarge-i386-1.iso (cd version), burnt the cd and installed the Debian Base System on a new computer. All went well except I cannot connect to our LAN. The DHCP setup says it has obtained an IP address but the address is wrong and the gateway is wrong. The other computers

[OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Greetings list, I will make this short. Basically, I am fed up with my Radeon video card. Driver support from ATi sucks, I can hardly play America's Army or Neverwinter Nights. When I can play them, I am stuck with very low quality compatibility textures. I have tried several dri-trunk packages

Re: Advice on quiet but powerful hardware for Debian

2004-10-01 Thread Tom Allison
Dave Howorth wrote: Tom Allison wrote: Chris Evans wrote: So questions I have are: 1) Can anyone recommend any company or consultant who puts together Debian based systems in the UK? 2) Assuming I do it myself I'm telling myself that it's probably time to go to SATA, to use at least RAID0 mirrori

Re: Debian Sarge Routing

2004-10-01 Thread Peter A. Cole
On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 11:12:46 +1000 "Peter A. Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to get very basic routing happening between two locally connected subnets > on Debian Sarge. > > I'm doing some disaster recovery planning at work which requires me to test some > replication

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Re: New Grub user?

2004-10-01 Thread cr
On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 03:31, Robert Harris wrote: > I just installed my first system from the new Sarge installer (rather > nice) and noticed I have Grub instead of lilo. I've read the man > pages and it's a bit different than I'm used to. Does anyone have a > very simple step by step to add a kern

Debian Sarge Routing

2004-10-01 Thread Peter A. Cole
Hi all, I'm trying to get very basic routing happening between two locally connected subnets on Debian Sarge. I'm doing some disaster recovery planning at work which requires me to test some replication with two subnets connected by an IPSec tunnel, but for my testing I'm just routing between

Re: Chroot Debian

2004-10-01 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Dean Montgomery wrote: We are currently managing around 50 Terminal Servers, each terminal server is running RedHat. The terminal servers have been heavily customized and hacked. Each of the 50 Terminal Servers can have anywhere from 30 to 60 thin clients attached. We decided to install Debia

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Mandus
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:49:33 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:43:56 -0500 > Tim Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > > > ... > > >Is there a secure, solid and stable e-mail client built for >

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread ghcbc
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:41:22AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 04:30:15PM +0200, Francois Cerbelle wrote: > > Le Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland ecrit : > > > had to log-out and reboot in order to regain control. Is there a > > > secure, solid and stabl

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: >> Is there a secure, solid and stable e-mail client built for linux? > > No. Every mail client in existence is utter cra

Re: "resolving host"

2004-10-01 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/30/04 23:21, Haines Brown wrote: Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: What do you get when you try to resolve the address directly? Ex: ~$ time host www.debian.org www.debian.org has address 194.109.137.218 real0m0.071s user0m0.050s sys 0m0.010s That ain't molasses :) Thi

Chroot Debian

2004-10-01 Thread Dean Montgomery
We are currently managing around 50 Terminal Servers, each terminal server is running RedHat. The terminal servers have been heavily customized and hacked. Each of the 50 Terminal Servers can have anywhere from 30 to 60 thin clients attached. We decided to install Debian in a chroot environme

Re: Two compilation errors

2004-10-01 Thread Tong
On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:32:13 -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:10, Tong wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to compile DWI (a simple system to create data driven >> applications, http://www.linas.org/linux/dwi/), but met with 2 >> compilation errors. >> >> 1) in the dwi-gtk direc

Re: SSH Cracking Attempts

2004-10-01 Thread Ralph Katz
On 10/01/04 03:30, Alexei Chetroi wrote: ... If you are desktop user, do you really need ssh access from everywhere? If you need access to your machine from home, for example, define IP range of your ISP in /etc/hosts.allow for ssh or shutdown sshd entirely. -- Alexei Chetroi Linux, with cool fea

Re: SSH Cracking Attempts

2004-10-01 Thread Ralph Katz
On 10/01/04 00:20, Jacob S wrote: ... At this point I'm thinking tarpitting may provide the more thorough yet tailored approach, but I'm still in the process of doing research on it. And, depending on how it works, these two different approaches may be worth using in parallel. Thanks again, Jacob J

Re: Problem booting 2.6.8 kernel

2004-10-01 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Robert D. Hilliard wrote: I have built a 2.6.8 kernel, but booting it fails with the following message: VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) The grub stanza used is

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:43:56 -0500 Tim Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > > ... > >Is there a secure, solid and stable e-mail client built for > > linux? I don't want applications to have a mind of their own. ;) > > Plenty of them.

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Re: NOT ANSWERED asus a7n8x built in nic and intel pro 100 S nic

2004-10-01 Thread Ian L
At 08:21 AM 10/1/2004, you wrote: On Thursday 30 September 2004 15:45, Ian L wrote: > To answer pretty much all of your questions ... i dont know ;p > > I used the latest daily debian installer build to do this. During the > partitioning process i selected ext3 and swap as the partition types. > Ye

Re: broken cd-rw drive

2004-10-01 Thread maikhai04
On Friday 01 October 2004 08:24 pm, David Fokkema wrote: > Hi group, > > I broke my cd-rw drive. I really hope this has nothing to do with a > possible bug in linux and/or cdrecord. Here's my story... > > I have an ASUS L5800C. > > I use kernel 2.4.26 and after some upgrade in debian sid I lost [s

Problem booting 2.6.8 kernel

2004-10-01 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
I have built a 2.6.8 kernel, but booting it fails with the following message: VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) The grub stanza used is: root (hd0,2) kernel /v

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Tim Kelley
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 02:50:40PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > > Is there a secure, solid and stable e-mail client built for linux? > > No. Every mail client in existence is utter crap, including mutt and > gnus. The best you can

Re: DMA issue

2004-10-01 Thread Justin Guerin
On Saturday 25 September 2004 10:28, Josh Lauricha wrote: > On Sep 23, 2004, at 9:13 AM, Justin Guerin wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 September 2004 14:50, Josh Lauricha wrote: [snip] > Well, taking Justin's advice, I've pulled the disk put it into another > computer and tried to use the smarttools on

Re: New Grub user?

2004-10-01 Thread Bill Marcum
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 11:31:28AM -0400, Robert Harris wrote: > I just installed my first system from the new Sarge installer (rather > nice) and noticed I have Grub instead of lilo. I've read the man > pages and it's a bit different than I'm used to. Does anyone have a > very simple step by ste

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Brian Nelson
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > Is there a secure, solid and stable e-mail client built for linux? No. Every mail client in existence is utter crap, including mutt and gnus. The best you can hope for is something that is barely tolerable, and I'm still searching

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Brian Nelson
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 02:23:53PM -0500, Douglas G. Phillips wrote: > > It might not complain, but it'll take its sweet ass time loading a large > > mailbox. > It's a lot faster than some others, especially Evolution with huge mbox > files, IMHO. If you have issues with the speed, try switching t

Re: Two compilation errors

2004-10-01 Thread Eric Gaumer
On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:10, Tong wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to compile DWI (a simple system to create data driven > applications, http://www.linas.org/linux/dwi/), but met with 2 > compilation errors. > > 1) in the dwi-gtk directory, I got the "No package 'xml2' found" error: > > make[2]: En

Re: boot problems with grub

2004-10-01 Thread Bill Marcum
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 01:50:57PM -0700, Jonathan wrote: > I have been using debian with kernel 2.4.25 (I tried 2.6.8 but it had issues > with my onboard sound and so I stuck with 2.4.25). > My problem is the following: > > I left emule running overnight (which was never a problem before). I > f

Two compilation errors

2004-10-01 Thread Tong
Hi, I'm trying to compile DWI (a simple system to create data driven applications, http://www.linas.org/linux/dwi/), but met with 2 compilation errors. 1) in the dwi-gtk directory, I got the "No package 'xml2' found" error: make[2]: Entering directory `/export/home/tong/try/dwi-0.6.1/dwi-gtk'

Re: Problems with prebuilt kernel ALSA

2004-10-01 Thread Ryan Waye
How would I go about blacklisting discover? Ryan On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:09:43 +0200, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Ryan Waye (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > After a short testing run of SuSE, I have decided to come back to > > Debian (it is much faster and customize

boot problems with grub

2004-10-01 Thread Jonathan
I have been using debian with kernel 2.4.25 (I tried 2.6.8 but it had issues with my onboard sound and so I stuck with 2.4.25). My problem is the following:   I left emule running overnight (which was never a problem before). I found that emule had failed and shut down my computer. When I turned it

Re: New Grub user?

2004-10-01 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:01:14 -0400, Robert Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I modify the menu.lst or just change/replace a kernel, do I have to > run a command like you do with "lilo" ? > Usually no, but this if you don't modify the path or name of your kernel (i.e. using the vmlinuz link yo

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Olav
Op vr 01-10-2004, om 18:20 schreef Scott Helms: > Amazing that no one even mentioned Evolution > > I handle thousands of emails a day and have email that dates back to > 1999. The only folders that are ever cleared out are the ones for mail > lists, everything else stays, in fact the oldest

Re: apache2 install problems

2004-10-01 Thread Marcos Carneiro da Rocha
Try to apt-get install apache2-mpm-prefork instead of apache2. apache2 is a virtual package to another package but there is a conflict between apache2-mpm-prefork and apace2-mpm-worker and apache2-mpm-perchild - you should choose one of these. Marcos. On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 05:04, Urs Thuermann w

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a secure, solid and stable e-mail client built for > linux? I don't want applications to have a mind of their own. ;) Emacs Gnus rocks the house, as does mutt. -B

Re: New Grub user?

2004-10-01 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just installed my first system from the new Sarge installer (rather > nice) and noticed I have Grub instead of lilo. I've read the man > pages and it's a bit different than

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It might not complain, but it'll take its sweet ass time loading a large > mailbox. You think Mutt takes a long time loading a big mailbox? Try PINE. Looking at the better par

Re: Updating regularly

2004-10-01 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Golovniov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can anybody explain to me, please, whether it is possible and feasible > to run a regular cron job like "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" to > keep the system up-to-date?

Re: :SPAM: Re: 100Mbit Lan runs at sloow 417Kbs!!

2004-10-01 Thread Marcos Carneiro da Rocha
What version of samba are you using ??? there is a problem with samba - slow performance. try to use newer version of samba package. or if you are already using the latest version of samba, verify smb.conf file to adjust for better performance - try to adjust the socket options parameter. Marcos

Accented characters

2004-10-01 Thread Rich Wellner
I have two debian boxes and unable to get accented characters to work. I am attempting to do this via: xmodmap -e "keycode 117 = Multi_key" On machine one it works perfectly. I can multi-key my accented characters to my hearts content. On machine two it goes into multi_key mode, in that I can

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Douglas G. Phillips
> Never crashes? I crash mutt at least once per day. Never had that problem myself -- rock solid even using CVS version. > It might not complain, but it'll take its sweet ass time loading a large > mailbox. It's a lot faster than some others, especially Evolution with huge mbox files, IMHO. If y

Re: Looking for a Debian based distro similar to SME Server.

2004-10-01 Thread Alex Polite
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 02:16:11PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > Just install webmin on a Debian box and away you go. While webmin isn't > DEAD simple, it's still very easy to work with IMO. > I think you have to see the SME interface to realize the difference in simplicity. BTW, this isn't

Re: Looking for a Debian based distro similar to SME Server.

2004-10-01 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 21:12 +0200, Alex Polite wrote: > SME Server is a RedHat based distro that has a dead simple > configuration interface for some server functions (samba, netatalk, > ftp, http, webmail, printer server, firewall etc). It provides the > typical stuff you need in a small office. T

Looking for a Debian based distro similar to SME Server.

2004-10-01 Thread Alex Polite
SME Server is a RedHat based distro that has a dead simple configuration interface for some server functions (samba, netatalk, ftp, http, webmail, printer server, firewall etc). It provides the typical stuff you need in a small office. The plus being that it's so easy to manage it's ridiculous. The

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/10/04 10:41), Brian Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 04:30:15PM +0200, Francois Cerbelle wrote: > > Le Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland ecrit : > > > had to log-out and reboot in order to regain control. Is there a > > > secure, solid and stable e-mail client built

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 12:20 -0400, Scott Helms wrote: > Amazing that no one even mentioned Evolution > > I handle thousands of emails a day and have email that dates back to > 1999. The only folders that are ever cleared out are the ones for mail > lists, everything else stays, in fact the ol

Re: Need help to setup soundcard CMI8330

2004-10-01 Thread guilherme
  Hello Johnny, You can use the sndconfig tool in command line.   EX: # sndconfig the tool ask some questions for you and if all is OK you will go to over listening a linux torvals voice. is the best way to configure your sound system. Bye. Guilherme Rocha Brasilian IT for the world     -Mensa

Re: Using mplayer save RealMedia audio in a sensible format?

2004-10-01 Thread Alex Polite
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 06:22:09PM +, Adam Funk wrote: > Sorry: I'm sure I've most of the man mplayer page a few times and I > still can't figure out how to do this. I want to convert a RealPlayer > URL stream into a file in some sensible (e.g. WAV, Ogg, MP3) audio > format. > > I started wit

Need help to setup soundcard CMI8330

2004-10-01 Thread Johnny
Hi I have a onboard soundcard adapter is CMI8330 I have installed isapnptools What else do I need to do to get the soundcard working Johnny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: windows locks up while accessing samba shares

2004-10-01 Thread Wim De Smet
Hi, On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:06:20 +0100, Ognjen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a server running debian (testing) with samba. All permissions etc... > work and i can create folders etc my problem is that when i try to > transfer files on the server windows (win2000 prof) locks up. after > r

Re: floppy in kernel 2.6: is not a block device

2004-10-01 Thread Justin Guerin
On Wednesday 29 September 2004 21:53, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Can't use my floppy drive in Linux 2.6. > G> As root in /dev type: MAKEDEV floppy > ./MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "floppy" > G> Another piece, is "udev" installed? > OK, I installed it and rebooted. > G> If it is, it should cre

Re: VIA sound problem

2004-10-01 Thread Wim De Smet
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:11:24 -0400, Jim Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Alvin Oga wrote: > > >hi ya jim > > > >On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Jim Lynch wrote: > > > > > > > >>I've been completely unable to get sound to work with Debian and any > >>sound card, ever and I've been running Debian for y

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Brian Nelson
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 04:30:15PM +0200, Francois Cerbelle wrote: > Le Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland ecrit : > > had to log-out and reboot in order to regain control. Is there a > > secure, solid and stable e-mail client built for linux? I don't want > > applications to hav

Re: Software

2004-10-01 Thread Francois Cerbelle
Le Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 05:14:54PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ecrit : > Macromedia Studio MX 2004 - 180.00 > Adobe Photoshop 7.0 - 60.00 [...] > and more http://www.hotoem.info/ Arf, Netcraft told me : http://www.hotoem.info was running Apache on Linux when last queried at 1-Oct-2004 08:19:48 GMT

Re: SSH Cracking Attempts

2004-10-01 Thread Alexei Chetroi
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 08:20:59PM -0400, Ralph Katz wrote: > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:20:59 -0400 > From: Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SSH Cracking Attempts > > >From: Jacob S ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >Subject: SSH Cracking Attempts > > > >Newsgroups: linux

Re: make xconfig & xfree???

2004-10-01 Thread Joost Witteveen
Carl Fink wrote: On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 09:03:05AM -0600, Justin Guerin wrote: I would recommend using some of the other suggestions given in this thread before using xhost +. On my box, I tend to issue xhost local:+, which is (I would think) pretty safe. If you are sure you're the only person