Re: Re: Nvidia Kernel Drivers ( Sarge )

2004-11-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:38:58 -0500, Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > May I add suggestions to your fine recipe page under "Post-install?" > > 1) Directly edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. For some reason, > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 didn't work for me. > IIRC, if you modify

RE: snort logging in mysql on Debian!

2004-11-21 Thread NabilM
It's a bug in 'dpkg-reconfigure snort-mysql' for woody. I installed Sarge and its works in it. Thanks for the help. -Nabil. -Original Message- From: Mike Mestnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:58 PM To: Nabil MALIK / KTEFH - OTAS; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

Re: clock oddity

2004-11-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:22:40 - (GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been reading man pages of hwclock, xclock, adjtime, and so on, but > cannot see how to adjust the time shown on teh icewm clock, which is > steadfastly 56 minutes ahead of the hwclock (which is set reasona

Re: Evolution Mail Filters

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:34 -0700, Derek Neighbors wrote: > On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 16:00 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 13:23 -0700, Derek Neighbors wrote: [snip] > > > Also, on one machine it seems to "auto" filter sometimes and not at > > > other times. It is really weird. I

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:39:34PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 00:30 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:23:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > I had a similar problem under Mandrake

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 00:30 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:23:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > > [snip] > > > I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just > > > told me > > > > The sound that

Re: Evolution Mail Filters

2004-11-21 Thread Derek Neighbors
On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 16:00 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 13:23 -0700, Derek Neighbors wrote: > > I am running Debian Unstable on two different machines. I recently > > upgraded Evolution. > > > > ii evolution 2.0.2-3The groupware suite > > ii evolution-data 1.0

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:23:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > [snip] > > I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just told > > me > > The sound that a baby chicken makes, told you to upgrade to Mdk 9.2 > That tr

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: [snip] > I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just told me The sound that a baby chicken makes, told you to upgrade to Mdk 9.2 That truly is amazing. Do you have video? > "It's a bug, upgrade to 9.2." >

Re: lilo

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 23:42 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am having a problem. I had lilo set up and booting fine, then xp on > my main /dev/hda partition got trashed and I had to reformat it and > reinstall xp, which wiped out the mbr. I am having trouble getting > lilo to redo the boot sect

lilo

2004-11-21 Thread cjnoyes
I am having a problem. I had lilo set up and booting fine, then xp on my main /dev/hda partition got trashed and I had to reformat it and reinstall xp, which wiped out the mbr. I am having trouble getting lilo to redo the boot sector. Where does one get a mbr.b file or how does it get create

VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-21 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; Just installed Sarge for the first time. I got VNC server up and running, and accessed it from my near-by Mac (Good ol' Mac OS 8.1... haven't downloaded Sarge PPC yet ;-) ). The X server pops up with the "X" cursor... but no window manager. How do I get it to start KDE when I start up a

Re: DSL+PPPoE with Efficient Networks LANL card (legacy SBC)?

2004-11-21 Thread Jacob S
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:26:34 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > They installed an unmarked PCI card which reads > "Efficient Networks (LANL)" in lspci. It's got one > green LED and an RJ11 phone jack. There is no external > DSL modem/bridge/router; this thing just hooks up to > the phone line ups

Re: Problem with installing gnome

2004-11-21 Thread Brian Pack
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 10:38 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > >Pure Sid, or sarge/sid, or sid/experimental? Maybe you have > >something lurking in your /etc/apt/sources.list that you forgot > >about? > > > > > > > I am using Pure unstable Sid. GNOME 2.8 is in the process of trickling into Sid. It has

Re: Problem with installing gnome

2004-11-21 Thread Cathayan
maybe it is because gnome-2.8 is coming into the unstable and it will last for several days? On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:38:35 +0800, Lian Liming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Pure Sid, or sarge/sid, or sid/experimental? Maybe you have > >something lurking in your /etc/apt/sources.list that you fo

realplayer 10 mozilla plugin does not work in firefox 1.0

2004-11-21 Thread Cathayan
hi, friends, I use debian sid, with xfree86+Xfce4.06 as desktop. I apt-get isntall helix, and then use real.com's realbin file to install realplayer10gold, they all works fine. but in firefox1.0, real movie clips cannot be loaded, such as news.com: http://news.com.com/1606-2-5427817.html, or

Re: Problem with installing gnome

2004-11-21 Thread Lian Liming
Pure Sid, or sarge/sid, or sid/experimental? Maybe you have something lurking in your /etc/apt/sources.list that you forgot about? I am using Pure unstable Sid. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: maintaining deb mirror w/o online access

2004-11-21 Thread David Mandelberg
PaulNM wrote: > daily basis) so I can put it on zip disk to bring home? I need to do > this without maintaining a mirror on my parent's computer. I'm not sure if there's any program to do this, but you could put a .deb file list on the zip or their computer, and only download files that aren't in

maintaining deb mirror w/o online access

2004-11-21 Thread PaulNM
I have a rather interesting problem. I've recently lost my nice cable internet access, and will have to make due without any internet access at home for a while. Since I have three machines networked at home - all running debian, I decided to keep my own mirror of Sarge. Right now I'm using

Re: Courier certificate

2004-11-21 Thread Robert Vangel
I'll also give an example... [ req_dn ] # Country C=US # State ST=NY # Locality L=New York # Organisation O=Courier Mail Server # Organisational Unit OU=Automatically-generated IMAP SSL key # CN=Common Name (Server Name, mail.domain.com make it whatever you will be accessing the server by) CN=lo

Re: Courier certificate

2004-11-21 Thread Robert Vangel
The imapd.cnf file is an OpenSSL configuration file (used in conjunction with the -config option) http://www.technoids.org/openssl.cnf.html#X_509_EXTENSION_DIRECTIVES ^^ Should help you out some [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edit `/etc/courier/imapd.cnf' accordingly, then run `/usr/lib/courier/mkimapd

Re: Courier certificate

2004-11-21 Thread richard
> Edit `/etc/courier/imapd.cnf' accordingly, then run > `/usr/lib/courier/mkimapdcert' to generate the new certificate. > > Reload /etc/init.d/courier-* and close your client, log in again. > Thanks, that is clear. But man imapd does not explain the fields in imapd.cnf. I need to enter info in C,

Re: Problem with installing gnome

2004-11-21 Thread Robert Vangel
Try installing gnome-desktop-environment on its own and see what comes up. I remember having this problem, and I tried each package individually until it finally spat something out at me which was helpful. Lian Liming wrote: Hi all, I am using debian/unstable, and find i can't install gnome

Re: Problem with installing gnome

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 09:26 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > Hi all, > I am using debian/unstable, and find i can't install gnome with > the following error: > > #aptitude install gnome > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree > Reading extended state information > Initial

Problem with installing gnome

2004-11-21 Thread Lian Liming
Hi all, I am using debian/unstable, and find i can't install gnome with the following error: #aptitude install gnome Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done E: Unable t

clock oddity

2004-11-21 Thread richard
I've been reading man pages of hwclock, xclock, adjtime, and so on, but cannot see how to adjust the time shown on teh icewm clock, which is steadfastly 56 minutes ahead of the hwclock (which is set reasonably correct). Which utility controls this? -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: does kernel 2.4 support scsi AC-520A

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 16:54 -0800, j smith wrote: > i have a ISA scsi card, the model name is AC-520A, the > chipset is adaptec AIC-6360L, does kernel 2.4 support > it? Thanks! Have you googled? -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA

Re: Courier certificate

2004-11-21 Thread Robert Vangel
Edit `/etc/courier/imapd.cnf' accordingly, then run `/usr/lib/courier/mkimapdcert' to generate the new certificate. Reload /etc/init.d/courier-* and close your client, log in again. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time I log on to IMAP server via mutt, it says This certificate belongs to: local

Courier certificate

2004-11-21 Thread richard
Every time I log on to IMAP server via mutt, it says This certificate belongs to: localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] Courier Mail Server Automatically-generated IMAP SSL key New York NY US This certificate was issued by: localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] Courier Mail Server Automatica

Re: Problem with CUPS: need to enter password for lp and lpq several times

2004-11-21 Thread Andreas Ehn
On Sunday 21 November 2004 18:03 -0600, Tim Kelley wrote: > It sounds like you have /jobs set to AuthType Basic / AuthClass User; which I > believe is the default. Yes, you are right. I have now changed that to AuthType Digest, with the result that I can now access /jobs. I still have the same

does kernel 2.4 support scsi AC-520A

2004-11-21 Thread j smith
i have a ISA scsi card, the model name is AC-520A, the chipset is adaptec AIC-6360L, does kernel 2.4 support it? Thanks! __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Installing Development Headers

2004-11-21 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 03:59:03PM -0500, Jeremy Brown wrote: > Jeremy Brown wrote: > > >Is there any script or command in Debian that will install development > >header subpackages for all of the packages on my system? > > > >If you'd like to compile software above and beyond what is shipped >

Re: Problem with CUPS: need to enter password for lp and lpq several times

2004-11-21 Thread Tim Kelley
On Sunday 21 November 2004 17:34, Andreas Ehn wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using CUPS (cupsys-1.1.20final+rc1-10) in Sarge and have a problem > using any functions that require authentication. > > If I want to print a document using lp, I have to enter my password > three times before it is accepted. If I

Re: mounting Windows problem

2004-11-21 Thread Chris Martin
Lauri Tischler wrote: freire wrote: For some reason my windowsnt filesystem in may debian istalation is owned by root and is mounted as read only (and tgherefore I cant change anything). Teh line in /etc/fstab is: /dev/hda1 /Winntfsrw,user,noauto 0 0 but... Someone can

Problem with CUPS: need to enter password for lp and lpq several times

2004-11-21 Thread Andreas Ehn
Hi, I'm using CUPS (cupsys-1.1.20final+rc1-10) in Sarge and have a problem using any functions that require authentication. If I want to print a document using lp, I have to enter my password three times before it is accepted. If I want to query the status of the printer queue using lpq, I have t

Re: Disabling access to SSH

2004-11-21 Thread Ivan Teliatnikov
There are several approaches: 1) Use tcpd - access control facility for internet services Configure your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny as follows: Add to /etc/hosts.allow # Services that can be contacted externally. sshd: IP-host1/255.255.255.0 IP-host2/255.255.255.0 172.16.145.0/255.2

Re: Cups in sarge stops a lot.. maybe lprng better

2004-11-21 Thread Ivan Teliatnikov
I was having exactly the same problem. I noticed when my HP4100 printers goes off-line, cups disables printer gueue. The only way I could think of fixing it is to run /usr/bin/enable from the cron. My respect to all people on this list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Nikon Coolpix 5200

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 17:41 -0500, Clifton Sluss wrote: > I am currently running debian sid kde 3.3.1 kernel 2.6.7-1-686-smp, > and in the market for a digital camera, i really like the nikon > coolpix 5200 but it is not listed in KDE's digital camera menu under > control center. i was wondering

Re: error in apt updating to Sarge

2004-11-21 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Sunday 21 November 2004 04:23 pm, Igor Arruza wrote: > Hello > I have installed Woody and i want to upgrade to Sarge. > I put the sources but when i update i have this error > > Reading Package ListsError! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing po4a (NewVersion

Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root

2004-11-21 Thread arodriguez31
yeap, it is www-data. See next www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www/:/bin/sh and www-data:x:33: It probably hapenned by allowing uploading of pictures through a perl script to my server without proper security. STUPID mistake, if it is the reason. And more stupid, if another mistake of mine. T

Re: Installing Development Headers

2004-11-21 Thread John Hasler
Jeremy writes: > Is there any script or command in Debian that will install development > header subpackages for all of the packages on my system? apt-get build-dep -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Nikon Coolpix 5200

2004-11-21 Thread Clifton Sluss
I am currently running debian sid kde 3.3.1 kernel 2.6.7-1-686-smp, and in the market for a digital camera, i really like the nikon coolpix 5200 but it is not listed in KDE's digital camera menu under control center. i was wondering if anyone out there might know if the 5200 would work with this

Re: Bold Fonts Not Working in OpenOffice (Sid)

2004-11-21 Thread Bernard Lineham
I have installed those packages and the problem is solved. I had some problems with the mstt fonts package (proxy issues) so it was installed later than the others and the problem did not resolve until this package was on, so it may be that I needed this package in particular. Thank you to everyo

Re: Re: Nvidia Kernel Drivers ( Sarge )

2004-11-21 Thread Ralph Katz
On 11/20/2004 09:20 PM, Frederik Dannemare wrote: it's still a pretty easy task (especially if you're using 2.4.x). I have written down the instructions at: http://www.sentinel.dk/cookbook/?nvidia_drivers Frederik, Thank you! I've had several failed attempts at installing nvidia-glx and getting i

configure PS2 mouse through KVM Switch to serial port on Debian with Xfree

2004-11-21 Thread Greg Strong
Hello Debian_User, How do you configure a PS/2 mouse through a KVM Switch connected to a PS/2 to serial port adaptor to the serial port on a PC with Xfree? Interesting point is old serial port mouse works fine in GUI (i.e. Xfree) but the new PS/2 mouse through the KVM switch does not work. Why w

LIRC modules and kernel 2.6

2004-11-21 Thread Luis Fernando Llana Díaz
Hi all, I cannot compile lirc-modules with kernel 2.6.8. I have installed kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 and kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-686. This is what I get when I try to compile: salon:/usr/src/modules/lirc# debian/rules binary-modules sed -e "s!\$KVERS!`sed -n -e '/UTS_RELEASE/s/^[^"]*"\([^"]*\)".*$/

Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root

2004-11-21 Thread David Mandelberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Access: (0660/-rw-rw) Uid: ( 33/www-data) Gid: ( 33/www-data) Do this: $ grep 33 /mnt/debian/etc/passwd $ grep 33 /mnt/debian/etc/group and email the user with uid 33 and the group with gid 33. If it actually is www-data/www-data, then you've probably been h4x

Re: TEST: New MOC source and binary available

2004-11-21 Thread Hans-Georg Bork
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 07:35:33PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > Hi list, > [...] > Do you smell something burning or ist it me? It's you! Das ist hier naemlich die deutsche Liste. Gruss -- hgb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root

2004-11-21 Thread arodriguez31
Ok, it seems someone got in, don't know, here goes what you asked me for: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mkdir /mnt/debian [EMAIL PROTECTED] mount -o rw,exec -t auto /dev/hdb1 /mnt/debian [EMAIL PROTECTED] chroot /mnt/debian /bin/bash chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED]

atftpd installation and Multicast Transfer

2004-11-21 Thread Tom Allison
What is Multicast Transfer and why would I use it? I'm not sure what the correct answer is during the installation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

nautilus-audio-view dies unexpectedly, nautilus becomes unusable

2004-11-21 Thread Pascal Bonesh
Hi everyone, I recently upgraded to debian sid, with udev and gnome-volume-manager enabled and then after my first reboot I started getting strange messages about "nautilus-audio-view" dying unexpectedly. This happens every time after a reboot. Killing nautilus or killing X and starting it again

Re: error in apt updating to Sarge

2004-11-21 Thread Wayne Topa
Igor Arruza([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello > I have installed Woody and i want to upgrade to Sarge. > I put the sources but when i update i have this error > > Reading Package ListsError! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing po4a (NewVersi

Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root

2004-11-21 Thread David Mandelberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > the chroot step didn't work, rr webmail is being a pain, loging me out every > 5 sec, sorry if send this mail twice, dont know if it made it Hmm, it worked before though, are you sure you followed the exact same steps (mkdir /mnt/debian, then mount /dev/ /mnt/debian, the

Re: courier-mta + amavisd-new + spamassassin

2004-11-21 Thread Frederik Dannemare
On Sunday 21 November 2004 21:45, Horst Bursik wrote: > Hi Frederik, > > Thank you very much for your notes - I'll give them a try in the next > days and let you know if I find something that may be not in your > notes. > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 03:10:10 +0100, Frederik Dannemare > > <[EMAIL PROTECTE

DSL+PPPoE with Efficient Networks LANL card (legacy SBC)?

2004-11-21 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted.] A friend of mine has residential DSL service from SBC. I can move him from MSFT to Debian if I can get his DSL service going. Apparently he was an early adopter, and let the telco install and configure his service, and it took them nine house calls to get it wo

error in apt updating to Sarge

2004-11-21 Thread Igor Arruza
Hello I have installed Woody and i want to upgrade to Sarge. I put the sources but when i update i have this error Reading Package ListsError! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing po4a (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_de

Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root

2004-11-21 Thread arodriguez31
the chroot step didn't work, rr webmail is being a pain, loging me out every 5 sec, sorry if send this mail twice, dont know if it made it is chroot indispensible for the dpkg reinstallation? Thanks david [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, I did it, but it didn't help. Still unable to boot. The corr

Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root

2004-11-21 Thread David Mandelberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, I did it, but it didn't help. Still unable to boot. The corresponding > entry in fstab was changed to > r,w,exec That should be rw,exec If that doesn't fix it, try (in knoppix, after the chroot and mount -a): # apt-get update # apt-get install --reinstall `dpkg --

Re: courier-mta + amavisd-new + spamassassin

2004-11-21 Thread Horst Bursik
Hi Frederik, Thank you very much for your notes - I'll give them a try in the next days and let you know if I find something that may be not in your notes. On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 03:10:10 +0100, Frederik Dannemare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >mention. Maybe you can use some of it, maybe you can't.

Re: xprt broke my printing in Galeon

2004-11-21 Thread arodriguez31
- Original Message - From: Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, November 21, 2004 2:55 pm Subject: xprt broke my printing in Galeon > I used to be able to print double-sided from Galeon. After a recent > upgrade (Sarge) which pulled in xprt-xprintorg, there are two > immediatep

Re: Beginner's?? Question

2004-11-21 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Sunday 21 November 2004 10:34 am, K-sPecial wrote: > David Baron wrote: > > Quick answer: How might one retrieve the path to the most recent entry in > > a directory to pass to something else in a bash script? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo $OLDPWD > /home/kspecial > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ ec

Re: Installing Development Headers

2004-11-21 Thread Jeremy Brown
Just re-checking because I hadn't gotten a response. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Jeremy Jeremy Brown wrote: Is there any script or command in Debian that will install development header subpackages for all of the packages on my system? If you'd like to compile software above and beyond

Re: courier-mta + amavisd-new + spamassassin

2004-11-21 Thread Horst Bursik
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:10:10 +0100, Mark Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Mark, >central point. But take a look at LDAP. With LDAP you can do the >same things and also do future things from this one database. >Creating a "single-sign-on" environment for your users. I considered moving the u

Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root

2004-11-21 Thread arodriguez31
Well, I did it, but it didn't help. Still unable to boot. The corresponding entry in fstab was changed to r,w,exec Even from the woody rescue cd couldn't get in, same response. Used a grub floppy, tried to load another kernel, 2.4.20 i think, same response. Any ideas what to do? Sunday, all are r

xprt broke my printing in Galeon

2004-11-21 Thread Bill Wohler
I used to be able to print double-sided from Galeon. After a recent upgrade (Sarge) which pulled in xprt-xprintorg, there are two immediate problems: 1. Printing is single-sided (yes, Printer is set to my double-sided spool ds and yes, lpr -Pds still prints double-sided). 2. The print is HUGE

Re: Woody -> Sarge with apt-cdrom

2004-11-21 Thread Felixk Karpfen
On 2004-11-18, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Felixk Karpfen wrote: >> before plunging into an upgrade >> via "apt-cdrom". >> >> I have used this routine successfully to add the "Debian 3.0R2" upgrade >> disk to my successfully-installed "Debian 3.0R1"; but I blench at an >> upgrad

Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root

2004-11-21 Thread David Mandelberg
Try this from a knoppix xterm (or other terminal) $ su # mkdir /mnt/debian # mount -o rw,exec -t auto /dev/ /mnt/debian # chroot /mnt/debian /bin/bash # mount -a # /etc/fstab make sure that / is mounting read-write and exec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Running sid, computer went bananas. Gnome te

HELP!!!, can't login even as root

2004-11-21 Thread arodriguez31
Running sid, computer went bananas. Gnome terminal froze. Logged out from X. Couldn't come back. Rebooteed. This is what happens: INIT: cannot excute "/etc/init.d/rcS" INIT: Entering runlevel:2 INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init/d/rc" INIT: cannot execute "/usr/sbin/secvpnmon" same same same

Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-21 Thread Cousin Stanley
| Oh, sorry. I misunderstood your question | and can't help on the 2.6 issue. Ralph No problem My question maybe could have been worded a bit better in general Are internet connection problems with common NICs that function well under kernel 2.4 but fail under 2

TEST: New MOC source and binary available

2004-11-21 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
Hi list, there is a new console music player available. _M_usic _O_n _C_onsole ->MOC http://moc.daper.net deb http://www.lxtec.de/debarchiv binary-powerpc/ deb http://www.lxtec.de/debarchiv binary-i386/ deb-src http://www.lxtec.de/debarchiv sources/ moc (2.1.3+2.2.0alpha1-1) unstable; urgency

Re: Bug Reporting for Woody & Sarge Installations

2004-11-21 Thread Wim De Smet
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:50:42 -0600, John J Waldeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was directed to file bug reports for installations of Woody > (which failed with a P4 system), and Sarge (which failed on a P3 system > and succeeded on a P4 system). My question is which package should I > i

Bug Reporting for Woody & Sarge Installations

2004-11-21 Thread John J Waldeck
I was directed to file bug reports for installations of Woody (which failed with a P4 system), and Sarge (which failed on a P3 system and succeeded on a P4 system). My question is which package should I indicate for the bug reports? jjwdeck _

Re: mutt + squirrelmail

2004-11-21 Thread richard
On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:06:12PM +0100, Maurits van Rees wrote: [...] > > Some snippets from my .muttrc: > > # Default mail directory - `=' refers to this folder. > set folder=imaps://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/INBOX. > > # Local mail spool box: > mailboxes /var/mail/maurits > # IMAP inbox: > mailboxes

Re: Re: Kernel 2.4

2004-11-21 Thread Ralph Katz
Oh, sorry. I misunderstood your question and can't help on the 2.6 issue. Still, starting a new thread with a more specific subject may get you better responses. All the logs are in /var/log, so looking there for your 2.6 sessions' problems may be instructive. Good luck! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 08:40:57AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to > forward X through ssh you still need X there. You need xfree86-common installe

Re: User can't start firefox

2004-11-21 Thread Kent West
Jerry Turba wrote: I just installed debian on a computer for a friend (PIII 500meg ram) and everything has gone fairly well. I installed firefox and thunderbird and some of the basic programs. Root can start and run firefox and thunderbird. there is only 1 other user. He can start thunderbird but

Re: applications on gnome don't start.

2004-11-21 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I installed Sarge (Debian 3.1 testing) on my machine. It looks very nice. It was a basic install and I selected the Desktop Environment packages only during install. I was able to answer the right questions and gnome started very well. I also made a normal user accoun

Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem

2004-11-21 Thread Kent West
Brian Coiley wrote: Many thanks for your reply. I really appreciate your efforts to help. Unfortunately, you have overestimated my abilities! I started on this literally just yesterday, and doing anything at all is requiring a great deal of research and trial-and-error! Specifically: As others

User can't start firefox

2004-11-21 Thread Jerry Turba
I just installed debian on a computer for a friend (PIII 500meg ram) and everything has gone fairly well. I installed firefox and thunderbird and some of the basic programs. Root can start and run firefox and thunderbird. there is only 1 other user. He can start thunderbird but not firefox. When

Re: Beginner's?? Question

2004-11-21 Thread K-sPecial
David Baron wrote: Quick answer: How might one retrieve the path to the most recent entry in a directory to pass to something else in a bash script? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo $OLDPWD /home/kspecial [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo $PWD /tmp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ PWD contains the current direct

Re: mounting Windows problem

2004-11-21 Thread Lauri Tischler
freire wrote: For some reason my windowsnt filesystem in may debian istalation is owned by root and is mounted as read only (and tgherefore I cant change anything). Teh line in /etc/fstab is: /dev/hda1 /Winntfsrw,user,noauto 0 0 but... Someone can tell me why? Because

Re: mounting Windows problem

2004-11-21 Thread David Mandelberg
The linux ntfs code can't stably mount read-write yet, and I'm pretty sure the debian stable and testing stock kernels can't mount ntfs rw at all. freire wrote: > For some reason my windowsnt filesystem in may debian istalation is > owned by root and > is mounted as read only (and tgherefore I can

mounting Windows problem

2004-11-21 Thread freire
For some reason my windowsnt filesystem in may debian istalation is owned by root and is mounted as read only (and tgherefore I cant change anything). Teh line in /etc/fstab is: /dev/hda1 /Winntfsrw,user,noauto 0 0 but... Someone can tell me why? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 12:44:27PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > No, you just need to understand how it works. > > X server is a *screen server*, thus it is your screen/station. > > X client is a program that wants to talk to a "screen server" so that it can > display something. >

cyberjack cardreader with libchipcard on sarge

2004-11-21 Thread Rainer Hoeckmann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I have a ReinerSCT Cyberjack PinPad USB. I'm using Debian Sarge with Kernel 2.6.8. The driver used for the reader is the NEW libctapi-cyberjack-2.0.1. A test with ReinerSCT check programm cjgeldkarte is successful, it shows the correct amount

Multiple domains in exim4

2004-11-21 Thread tito
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: MD5 Hello. I am currently using qmail-vpopmail to manage multiple email domains. Can I manage these domains with exim4? How could I define domains? Thanks! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6 iQEVAwUAQaCrTSz0qkmHAn1PAQFO2wf7BPOz61mkHbm/LkCgF5Co+9

Re: Webcam in Debian Sarge?

2004-11-21 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 03:06:43PM +0100, Inge Thorin Eidsaether wrote: > > Hi all! > > Does anyone have any recommendations as to what webcam > to use for videoconferencing under Debian GNU/Linux (Sarge)? > > I have been reading here and there on the subject, but I haven't found > an obvious

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > Here's where the X notion of client/server can be confusing. If you > > consider a server which provides programs to clients, then this server > > would be running X client programs, and each terminal an X server. :) > > Yeap, confusing. H cr**

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 02:10:41PM +, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:40:57 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server,

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:09:42 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In sid xbase-utils provides xauth, is sarge is about the same > (probably). Is there any short howto anywhere? > Thank you guys. If your headless machine has sshd running and your terminal has an X server, a) apt

Webcam in Debian Sarge?

2004-11-21 Thread Inge Thorin Eidsaether
Hi all! Does anyone have any recommendations as to what webcam to use for videoconferencing under Debian GNU/Linux (Sarge)? I have been reading here and there on the subject, but I haven't found an obvious candidate yet. It seems that the Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 is one of the better suppor

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:40:57 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to > forward X through ssh you still need X there. Here's where the X

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:58:05AM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, > > to > > forward X

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:40:57 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to > forward X through ssh you still need X there. > > -- > To UNSUBS

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to > forward X through ssh you still need X there. You don't need the X server to run any X clients (the

X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

2004-11-21 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to forward X through ssh you still need X there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Nvidia Kernel Drivers ( Sarge )

2004-11-21 Thread martin f krafft
I noticed that my Makefile was suboptimal. Here's a better version, requiring no modifications. ---snip--- KSRC ?= /usr/src/kernel-headers-$(KVERS) SUITE ?= unstable .PHONY: all all: modules/nvidia-kernel $(KSRC) ifndef KVERS @echo "You must specify the kernel version to use like so:" 1>&2 @e

Re: Is life with 'udev' good?

2004-11-21 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jules Dubois wrote: On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:41:32 -0500, Williams, Allen wrote: What did you have to do to get it to work with the nvidia driver? Apparently -- I don't buy closed hardware -- udev is not able to create the device nodes needed by X quickly enough to satisfy the NVidia server. So, as

Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem

2004-11-21 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Alvin Smith wrote: .. > > > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run ... > As far as the video driver is concerned, a driver called > "nv" (http://www.xfree86.org/current/nv.4.html) will be used and installed by > default for the nvidia card. If you need special featu

Re: Nvidia Kernel Drivers ( Sarge )

2004-11-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Nicolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.11.21.0041 +0100]: > Yep, I installed the nvidia modules. It's a shame that's so badly made! They are well-made and you can compile drivers with one command: Make a new directory and drop the following Makefile there: ---snip--- KROOT = /usr/src/kern

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