RESOLVED Re: Pinning, Local Repositories

2005-08-16 Thread Ryan King
> [My problem was being unable to set up a local repository with pinning] As far as I'm concerned, this was a trememndous feat of collaborating to save a poor sap some serious chunks of time. Exactly both of these things mentioned below were the problem. Even with this advice, it still took me q

Re: diary with encryption

2005-08-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 00:59 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 06:57:53AM +0200, Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking for an application which can store my notes in an > > _encrypted_ way. Preferably it is GTK+ or console based, and > > has some developmen

Firefox and Debian Testing: Getting Security Updates?

2005-08-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm a happy user of Testing, but I'm a bit concerned about getting updates to Firefox in a timely manner. The current version in Testing is 1.0.4-2, which has recently-announced vulnerabilities in it. The vulns (I don't like typing that word :) have been fixed in the version in Sarge, 1.0.4-2sarg

Re: diary with encryption

2005-08-16 Thread eCLesiAst
gpg is a console base for more info http://www.gnupg.org/ good luck On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 00:59 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 06:57:53AM +0200, Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking for an application which can store my notes in an > > _encrypted_ way.

Re: diary with encryption

2005-08-16 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 06:57:53AM +0200, Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for an application which can store my notes in an > _encrypted_ way. Preferably it is GTK+ or console based, and > has some development to keep up with the current GTK+ version > at least. > GPG can encryp

WINE

2005-08-16 Thread David R. Litwin
I've apt-get install wine. I wish to set it up nicely. It also says:If you have launched this through the KDE meny system and your KDE installation is specially configured for Wine, then you can use the KDE file browser to select a Windows executable and then click on it to launch Wine with that ap

diary with encryption

2005-08-16 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
Hi, I am looking for an application which can store my notes in an _encrypted_ way. Preferably it is GTK+ or console based, and has some development to keep up with the current GTK+ version at least. Thanks, Laszlo/GCS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Suspend

2005-08-16 Thread Joe Smith
echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CD file copying problem with kernel 2.6

2005-08-16 Thread Ryan King
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 06:55:01PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I dual boot this computer to Debian 3.1 Sarge with kernel 2.6 and Windows > 2000. Some time ago I created some VCDs on the Windows 2000, using > Nero, on a Sony CDRW. Now I tried to copy the video file, named avseq01.dat, > from

Translucency, Kompmgr and Xorg in KDE

2005-08-16 Thread David R. Litwin
I recently installed Xorg. There is a bit in KDE's Control Centre which speaks of Translucency. It requires Xorg 6.8 or greater, which I have. But, it still doesn't work. It claims it needs kompmgr, but this is not a package in Debian's Repository. I googled a bit and it seems that others have had

Upgraded kernels, now eth0 and framebuffer are gone

2005-08-16 Thread M Carlock
I recently upgraded from woody to sarge per the instructions (aptitude etc), which was successful. However, after then upgrading the kernel from 2.2.20-idepci to 2.6.8-2-386, I found I could boot OK, but I'd lost eth0 and the ATI framebuffer. lspci can see both devices, but I'm at a loss as to ho

PDF Plugin in Firefox Deer Park

2005-08-16 Thread David R. Litwin
I have installed Adobe Reader for Linux which works nicely. It comes with a Plugin for Mozilla, which I should think works in Firefox. Now, yes, I am using Deer Park, but it doesn't matter: It didn't work when I had standard Firefox and it doesn't work now. I googled it and it seems that other peo

Re: xterm and keypad

2005-08-16 Thread Asher Bond
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 07:50:07PM -, Thomas Dickey wrote: > But you're not using xterm. > You're using PuTTY. > AHA! This was it. PuTTY was sending xterm as it's terminal type string (under session -> data). I changed this from xterm to putty, and everything behaves properly! Thanks for your

Re: What happened to kernel-image 2.6.12

2005-08-16 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2005-08-16 21:38:31 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > Both linux-image-k7 and linux-image-2.6-k7 currently depend on > linux-image-2.6.12-2-k7 but only linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 is available. > > Is that a bug that should be reported? Perhaps. linux-image-2.6.12-2-k7 isn't listed on http://package

monitoring serveraid 4LX under Sarge?

2005-08-16 Thread Emrys Hughes
Hi, I want to install Sarge on an x340 with a serveraid 4LX and 3x36Gb SCSI disks in a RAID5. Having a look around this appears (relitively) pain free.my only concern is monitoring and getting IPSSEC to work under Debian. Has anyone got a setup like this going successfully? My other option is t

Re: On the use of DVD recordable media (was: Re: DVD+R writing problems)

2005-08-16 Thread Brendon Lloyd Higgins
Rogério Brito wrote (Sunday 14 August 2005 2:06 pm): > Anyway, just out of curiosity: are you able to read all the DVD discs that > you burn on regular computer or standalone drives? I have only had success > when using DVD-R media, not with the other variants (DVD+RW or DVD-RW; I > don't have DVD+

Re: DVD+R writing problems

2005-08-16 Thread Brendon Lloyd Higgins
csj wrote (Sunday 14 August 2005 10:38 pm): > Brendon Lloyd Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recently I upgraded my disc burner to a LiteOn SOHW-1693S Dual > > Format Double Layer DVD burner. I've been trying it out but > > I've run into problems trying to burn DVD+R discs. Of the 50 or > > s

Re: What happened to kernel-image 2.6.12

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 06:48:40PM -0400, Rick Friedman wrote: > On Tuesday 16 August 2005 06:15 pm, Tom Allison wrote: > > I guess I haven't been paying attention much lately. But where did the > > kernel-image 2.6.12 go? > > > > There is a linux-image 2.6.12 out there, but nothing to indicate th

Re: usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 11:59:25PM +0200, Bob Vloon wrote: > Hi Antonio, > > >> 6) examine "/var/log/messages". It *should* say something :-)) Send in > >>the relevant output (lines are marked with "default.hotplug").. > > AR> and here is what I got: > AR> tail -f /var/log/messages > AR> Aug

Re: AMD64 question...

2005-08-16 Thread Adam Majer
Brad Sims wrote: >I am thinking of switching to an AMD64 processor... I am currently running >kernel 2.4.27-2-k7. I really don't wanna switch to a 2.6 series kernel if I >don't >have to... I presume I can simply install the -386 versions of the packages >and have them work; correct? > > Yes. If

Re: Re: aol art files:

2005-08-16 Thread Headfaces
I keep getting the message also every time I close AOL it says it is removing art files for more disk space or whatever.   Thanking you.     Janis

Re: disable init scripts

2005-08-16 Thread John Hasler
Seeker writes: > I don't know if all of these give you control over individual run levels > or if they unilaterally make changes accross run levels 2 through 5 Sysvconfig lets you either disable/enable services across all runlevels or edit individual links. > ...or how they treat the links in reg

Re: What happened to kernel-image 2.6.12

2005-08-16 Thread Colin
Tom Allison wrote: > I guess I haven't been paying attention much lately. But where did the > kernel-image 2.6.12 go? > > There is a linux-image 2.6.12 out there, but nothing to indicate that > this is a replacement to the kernel-image... Ok, I will. linux-image-2.6.12 is the replacement for ker

Re: lame not in the debian package repository?

2005-08-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 13 August 2005 11:40 pm, Rishi wrote: > > As Paul pointed out, it is better to use a tool that implements a > > patent-free algorithm. > > Hmm. Then I guess I screwed up when I bought the Sony USB NS-11 MP3 > Player (512 MB). I tried to play an OGG file on the device, but no > joy. > >

Re: Backup/Restore debian package

2005-08-16 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there is a way to save/backup debian installed package ? > > For example i have installed package 'test version 1.0' and i have > installed package 'test version 1.1'. For some reasons i want to > restore to 'test version 1.0' but i have not 'test.deb' file 'version >

Re: disable init scripts

2005-08-16 Thread Seeker5528
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:13:33 -0400 Erik Karlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:32:45PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > John Hasler wrote: > > > Matthew Lenz wrote: > > > > is there a 'debian way'/command for disabling init scripts from > > > > various run levels? Or do I just

Re: gnome + nautilus prevent xstarfish from setting background

2005-08-16 Thread Seeker5528
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:23:33 +0200 Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I changed from my .xsession based setup to Gnome but now xstartfish seems to > be unable to set the background. Gnome's background preferences is already set > to "no background" but that just seems to mea

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > Thanx - that's a reasonable answer. At the moment then, it sounds like > the 3Com 3c905 or Intel Pro/100 series should be my preferred sources > for 10/100 cards - with SMC as a third place contender. 3COM 3C905C or newer. The 3C905B are so-so. A

Re: What happened to kernel-image 2.6.12

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Friedman
On Tuesday 16 August 2005 06:15 pm, Tom Allison wrote: > I guess I haven't been paying attention much lately. But where did the > kernel-image 2.6.12 go? > > There is a linux-image 2.6.12 out there, but nothing to indicate that > this is a replacement to the kernel-image... > > Which one do I use?

NF7-S2G Motherboard -- sound driver

2005-08-16 Thread Tom Allison
I can't seem to find the right Audio drivers for my motherboard. I had to replace another board for this and the sound never worked. I went ahead and removed the modules.conf find and rebuild it from /etc/modutils/ and rebooted, but there's nothing there. now I'm not sure that the right drive

Re: RE: Webmin access denied problem

2005-08-16 Thread Pere Moltó Agut
Hello Robert. I have experienced the same problems you posted a few ago. I solved it setting the netmask in the allow rule (miniserv.conf) like this: allow=192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 insted of allow=192.168.0.0/24 After that, restart webmin and try... Hope it helps. Pere Molt

Re: Web Development on Debian

2005-08-16 Thread Dirk
Parker, Matthew wrote: > I'm hoping to do some web development on Debian. Can anybody recommend > some web development technology? > > > > sure.. html isn't so bad... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

What happened to kernel-image 2.6.12

2005-08-16 Thread Tom Allison
I guess I haven't been paying attention much lately. But where did the kernel-image 2.6.12 go? There is a linux-image 2.6.12 out there, but nothing to indicate that this is a replacement to the kernel-image... Which one do I use? Any other goodies to watch out for? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-16 Thread Bob Vloon
Hi Antonio, >> 6) examine "/var/log/messages". It *should* say something :-)) Send in >>the relevant output (lines are marked with "default.hotplug").. AR> and here is what I got: AR> tail -f /var/log/messages AR> Aug 15 20:18:47 localhost -- MARK -- AR> etc/hotplug/usb.agent () These are t

Re: Web Development on Debian

2005-08-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:16:14PM -0400, Parker, Matthew wrote: > > I'm hoping to do some web development on Debian. Can anybody recommend > some web development technology? Yes. But not without more information, like what kind of web development, how many people will work on the project, what

Re: Web Development on Debian

2005-08-16 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:16:14PM -0400, Parker, Matthew wrote: > > I'm hoping to do some web development on Debian. Can anybody recommend > some web development technology? Personally, I am a big fan of XHTML. PHP is good for dynamic content. If you would like more specific recommendations, t

Re: Segmentation fault

2005-08-16 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:26:44PM -0400, Marty wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I installed a copy of debian from the netinstall cd about 2 weeks ago. the > >installation works fine but once I get the base system on and try to do > >any apt-get commands every packet I try to download gives the

Re: Web Development on Debian

2005-08-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/08/05 17:16), Parker, Matthew wrote: > I'm hoping to do some web development on Debian. Can anybody recommend > some web development technology? Bluefish, Quanta and nvu are worth a try and screem (although it can lose work from time to time) also. When looking for packages use: $ apt-c

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Daniel L. Miller
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 11:48:30AM -0700, Daniel L. Miller wrote: Great! So now some people say Realtek sucks, others say it's better. What's a poor admin to do? Don't use realtek :-) Well documented and well supported != good performing. Some of the best

Re: Segmentation fault

2005-08-16 Thread Marty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed a copy of debian from the netinstall cd about 2 weeks ago. the installation works fine but once I get the base system on and try to do any apt-get commands every packet I try to download gives the error "segmentation fault" and then goes back to prompt. I've t

Re: resolved Re: sarge package installation segfaults

2005-08-16 Thread Marty
Marty wrote: Marty wrote: I reported Bug#301912, consisting of repeated perl warnings and segfaults during package installation. It turns out to likely be hardware data corruption caused by a new memory module or changed timing. I caught it by the venerable "burnit" kernel compile loop script

Web Development on Debian

2005-08-16 Thread Parker, Matthew
I'm hoping to do some web development on Debian. Can anybody recommend some web development technology?

Segmentation fault

2005-08-16 Thread aadamson
I installed a copy of debian from the netinstall cd about 2 weeks ago. the installation works fine but once I get the base system on and try to do any apt-get commands every packet I try to download gives the error "segmentation fault" and then goes back to prompt. I've tried many different sources

Re: System backup/snapshot

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Friedman
On Tuesday 16 August 2005 12:29 pm, Rogério Brito wrote: > And don't forget, if you use mondo to backup to CDs, to test them for > readability with dvdisaster. You won't want to be surprised to know your > drive doesn't read the CDs where you put your data on. I use mondo for my home machine and I

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 11:48:30AM -0700, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > Great! So now some people say Realtek sucks, others say it's better. What's > a > poor admin to do? Don't use realtek :-) Well documented and well supported != good performing. Some of the best supported hardware in Linux is

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 08:35:40PM +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > Gnu-Raiz wrote: > >Cpu nic usage is a little moot, with dual core chips, > Well, I have seen the following. Pentium-III 1ghz with 3com nic, maxing > the CPU under heavy network (100mbit) load such as copying stuff over > samba/nfs.

Re: Crintab Problem

2005-08-16 Thread Phantazm
Thank you for your help bob. Got it solved earlier today. All i needed was an extra empty line at the bottom of the crontab. Kinda odd never had that with gentoo or slack. Anyhow its working :) Thank you for your time -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Backup/Restore debian package

2005-08-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What about hold options in dpkg? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xterm and keypad

2005-08-16 Thread Thomas Dickey
Asher Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when I added echo $TERM to .ssh/rc I got this: > Last login: Tue Aug 16 12:29:25 2005 from 192.168.0.188 > xterm PuTTY sets $TERM (in one of its session settings). There's a "putty" terminfo in ncurses, which is more likely to work correctly than using "x

Re: xterm and keypad

2005-08-16 Thread Thomas Dickey
Asher Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm trying to use the > application functionality of the numeric keypad (arrows, home, end, > page up, page down, etc). > It appears that I'm in application mode, but there's no difference > between the arrows on th

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Hans du Plooy
Sarunas Burdulis wrote: So is the CPU load caused by the copying program (scp, rsync, samba, nfs) or by the driver? How should this be determined? Well, that's hard to say, subjective at least from my perspective, but I find samba and nfs to be fairly low on CPU as compared to scp. On that s

Re: trouble setting up leafnode

2005-08-16 Thread Peter J Ross
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 08:28:17PM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > Is the following entry in /etc/inetd.conf: > > nntp stream tcp nowait news/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode Earlier versions of the leafnode package modified /etc/inetd.conf, but 1.11.3.rel doesn't - though an upgrade from an e

resolvconf configuration

2005-08-16 Thread Haines Brown
I'm setting up a new machine (sarge, kerel 2.6.8-2-686), and have trouble accessing my firewall. I run Postfix, and it insists on creating a new directory, /etc/resolvconf, and replacing /etc/resolv.conf with a symlink to /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf. I copied the configuration on a running

Re: no desktop

2005-08-16 Thread Kent West
Stephen Green wrote: > i'm a newby installing debian for the first time. i've been able to > install debian 3.1, however i'm unable to reach the desktop. when i > boot up i only get to the text based screen which presents me with a > prompt, ( debian login), if i use my user name and password a sm

NFS not working any more with UNIONFS

2005-08-16 Thread Larry Alkoff
I used to have no problems using NFS to mount Knoppix to another computer and read files in most of the directories with the exception of /home. Now the directories are all soft linked to something like etc -> /UNIONFS/etc and I'm unable to view or cd to them. Is this UNIONFS something new to Kn

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
Hans du Plooy wrote: > Gnu-Raiz wrote: > >> Cpu nic usage is a little moot, with dual core chips, > > Well, I have seen the following. Pentium-III 1ghz with 3com nic, maxing > the CPU under heavy network (100mbit) load such as copying stuff over > samba/nfs. AthlonXP 2ghz (2400+) with marvel gi

Re: Iconos en el escritorio automáticos

2005-08-16 Thread Jonathan Kaye
En/La Pau Novella Garijo ha escrit, a 17/08/05 00:51: > Hola, > > trabajo con sid y kde 3.4.1. > > LLevo dos días tratando de averiguar "quién" hace aparecer en mi escritorio > iconos de las particiones del disco duro cada vez que enciendo el ordenador > (no cada vez que levanto las X o entro

DOTDEB Apache2 / PHP5 / MySQL4 Packages

2005-08-16 Thread Michael Schreifels
Hello, I am not sure if this list supports dotdeb.org packages, but I have been going around in circles with this problem for days. I would greatly appreciate some help. At first, I added the dotdeb.org package list to be /etc/apt/sources.list file, used apt-get to install Apache2, PHP5, and some

Re: System backup/snapshot

2005-08-16 Thread Alvin Oga
On 16 Aug 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I need to save several versions of the backup on the local disk and be > able to restore it when system is running. it is practically impossible to (randomly) restore a "running system" and if you can do that, you'd be a multi-billionaire it will rest

Re: Backup/Restore debian package

2005-08-16 Thread Alvin Oga
On 16 Aug 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there is a way to save/backup debian installed package ? if you do your own stuff... you should create your own *.deb pkg if you create pkg.lst BEFORE you apply apt-get update/apt-get upgrade, than you will always have the "state" before any pkg th

Re: xterm and keypad

2005-08-16 Thread Asher Bond
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:27:58PM +0200, DFX, s.r.o. - Michal Sedlak wrote: > >Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm trying to use the > >application functionality of the numeric keypad (arrows, home, end, > >page up, page down, etc). > I had the same problem with putty, i do not know if

Re: xterm and keypad

2005-08-16 Thread Asher Bond
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 04:02:29PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2005-08-16 00:46:20 -0500, Asher Bond wrote: > > It appears that I'm in application mode, but there's no difference > > between the arrows on the numpad and the regular arrows. when I use > > page up and page down I get the tilde

re: no desktop

2005-08-16 Thread Stephen Green
hello, i'm a newby installing debian for the first time. i've been able to install debian 3.1, however i'm unable to reach the desktop. when i boot up i only get to the text based screen which presents me with a prompt, ( debian login), if i use my user name and password a small software discla

Re: trouble setting up leafnode

2005-08-16 Thread Dave Ewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael A. Miller wrote: > [...] > Connecting to host 127.0.0.1 ...Unable to make connection. Giving up. > slrn fatal error: > Failed to initialize server. Is leafnode actually running? Is anything listening on port 119 of localhost? Do 'netstat -l

Re: System backup/snapshot

2005-08-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think the rsnapshot will be the best solution. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Reading an autocad dwg file

2005-08-16 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Marco Scholten wrote: > > What tool could I use to read a dwg autocad file? > > You could try LX-viewer (http://lx-viewer.sourceforge.net/). > There is also BricsCad, a propietary autocad clone wich runs under linux. ( semi complete list of ) autocad readers and editors

Apache2::Util not getting installed?

2005-08-16 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
I installed Sarge/3.1/Stable whatever you want to call it, and installed Apache and mod_perl, and they work for very simple things (like the trivial hello program in the Apache documentation). However, I'm running into missing files trying to get to anything more advanced. For example, the Apac

trouble setting up leafnode

2005-08-16 Thread Michael A. Miller
I've just installed leafnode package (version 1.11.3.rel2) on a testing/unstable machine and I'm having trouble using it. It works so far as getting the active list from the server, but when I try to access the local server by setting NNTPSERVER=127.0.0.1 and running slrn, I get the following erro

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Daniel L. Miller
Gnu-Raiz wrote: On 01:27, Tue 16 Aug 05, Anders Breindahl wrote: On Monday 15 August 2005 23:48, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:54:40PM +0200, Jan Schledermann wrote: A safe bet is a card with a realtek chip. It works well and is not expensive. Y

Re: Difference in naming of hard drive partitions

2005-08-16 Thread Alan Chandler
On Tuesday 16 Aug 2005 16:04, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > You have to setup udev to *not* use the devfs compatibility names. If > you had previously run devfs, then udev did this to prevent breaking > your devfs-aware applications. I had the same issue and simply had to > reconfigure udev and r

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Daniel L. Miller
Rogério Brito wrote: On Aug 16 2005, Hans du Plooy wrote: I'll add my voice for this, the Realtek chips (at least the 100mbit ones) are rubbish. They don't perform well, they're incredibly sensitive to interference, and they have a habit of not lasting long. In the mean time, Jeff G

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Daniel L. Miller
Hans du Plooy wrote: Gnu-Raiz wrote: Cpu nic usage is a little moot, with dual core chips, Well, I have seen the following. Pentium-III 1ghz with 3com nic, maxing the CPU under heavy network (100mbit) load such as copying stuff over samba/nfs. AthlonXP 2ghz (2400+) with marvel gigabit cont

Re: Recommended Web Server Ports Open?

2005-08-16 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 02:16:40PM -0400, Fred OGrady wrote: > Is there a recommended Lockdown that will allow the safest use of my > Debian Sarge box on the Net? Yes - a default deny iptables-based firewall. First, if you need a brush-up on networking concepts, read [1]. Either way give [2] a

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Hans du Plooy
Gnu-Raiz wrote: Cpu nic usage is a little moot, with dual core chips, Well, I have seen the following. Pentium-III 1ghz with 3com nic, maxing the CPU under heavy network (100mbit) load such as copying stuff over samba/nfs. AthlonXP 2ghz (2400+) with marvel gigabit controller, copying files to

Re: Two problems: Low resolution and login screen

2005-08-16 Thread Alejandro Salas
Hi, I had already tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 with no results. Once, the only resolution I checked was 1280x1024 and I had a nasty result, ending up with a resolution below 800x600. I just tried changing the driver to S3, but I couldn't even start X. That was in kind of a hurry, so I'm

problem with setting openoffice to A4...

2005-08-16 Thread Bruno Boettcher
Hello! trying to get rid of this annoying US-Letter problem... if i could purge the whole system of any occurence of that paper type i would this is getting very annoying... there's no way to get openoffice to print on A4 paper i went through messages on the net, tryed first SAL_DISABLE

Split external requisitions between two internet connections

2005-08-16 Thread Leonardo Marques
Hi people, I have a debian gnu/linux box which will have three ethernet interfaces: eth0 connected with the LAN eth1 connected with the internet across ISP1 eth2 connected with the internet acorss ISP2 So, i need do it: All internet requisition for a external 80 port (http) go out to the intern

Recommended Web Server Ports Open?

2005-08-16 Thread Fred OGrady
I have a Newbe question here:   I am running a small website on my home computer for my Blog and a few other Web Pages (Dynamic DNS) 8080   I sometimes use the same computer to surf.   Is there a recommended Lockdown that will allow the safest use of my Debian Sarge box on the Net?   I know I have

Re: Hi Is my hardware supported?

2005-08-16 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Suzanne M ODell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I contacted the wrong list, initially, my > apologies. My board is an Intel D815EEA, my > processor is Celeron 700mg w/ 256mg RAM, 20Gg HD, > I do not, that I know of have an extra graphics > card. XP, in fact, fixed a color problem that I > had h

slow X and kdm startup

2005-08-16 Thread Joe Mc Cool
Sarge, and with either 2.2 or 2.6 kernels: at boot up I get a login prompt at the F1 console ok. After about 10 secs, the screen goes blank. After another very long delay I get an hour glass in the middle on the screen at F7. There is another very long delay before I get a KDE login prompt.

Re: Using CDs/DVDs to backup and dvdisaster

2005-08-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 16 2005, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:20:07 +0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > > I recently discovered one excellent program already packaged for > > Debian, called dvdisaster. I would recommend it to anybody interested > > in seeing how (un)reliable your CDs/DVDs are. > > I

hotplugging mouse hassles

2005-08-16 Thread Adam Hardy
I have XF86Config-4 configured like this for my mouse: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol"

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 16 2005, Hans du Plooy wrote: > I'll add my voice for this, the Realtek chips (at least the 100mbit > ones) are rubbish. They don't perform well, they're incredibly > sensitive to interference, and they have a habit of not lasting long. In the mean time, Jeff Garzik (the maintainer of ma

Re: sendmail: 'Unrecognized host name'

2005-08-16 Thread Bob Proulx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am trying to make my sendmail work and it should work when I fix > this problem: I *strongly* recommend using either Postfix or Exim. apt-get install postfix > sendmail -bv [EMAIL PROTECTED] returns [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unrecognized host name lyderis.com. Look for

Bad udp checksum, says tcpdump

2005-08-16 Thread MatB
Hi, i have a vanilla Sarge mailserver running kernel 2.4.27-2-686 and postfix, no iptables and no special routing rules. While i was investigating a DNS resolution problem, i discovered that the outgoing udp packets have a bad udp checksum. Here's a snapshot: 12:19:21.946897 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64,

Re: Crintab Problem

2005-08-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Phantazm wrote: > syslog: > Aug 16 10:00:01 camelot /USR/SBIN/CRON[4728]: (root) CMD > (/home/cluster/www/www.x.se/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=www.x.se -update) > > So that is working. Good. > --- > camelot:~# crontab -l Usually root would not have a "user" crontab because root h

Iconos en el escritorio automáticos

2005-08-16 Thread Pau Novella Garijo
Hola, trabajo con sid y kde 3.4.1. LLevo dos días tratando de averiguar "quién" hace aparecer en mi escritorio iconos de las particiones del disco duro cada vez que enciendo el ordenador (no cada vez que levanto las X o entro en KDE). De hecho, también se crean en /mnt/ unas carpetas llamdas

Re: Using CDs/DVDs to backup and dvdisaster

2005-08-16 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:20:07 +0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > > I recently discovered one excellent program already packaged for Debian, > called dvdisaster. I would recommend it to anybody interested in seeing how > (un)reliable your CDs/DVDs are. I looked at this program's web page, and it seems th

Re: pppd and dhcp questions [WAS: demon usb modem [WAS: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK]]

2005-08-16 Thread TreeBoy
On Tuesday 16 Aug 2005 17:23, michael wrote: > > okay, it should be my demon login. but althought it says > > ADSL line is up (...) > > it then does several > > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0... > > ending with > > No offers received > > > > but once in to X I can do 'sudo pon speedtch' and am away... so

Re: System backup/snapshot

2005-08-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 16 2005, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > If you want to do that use mondo, it creates bootable CD's, but that > process takes a lot longer, the advantage being you can do that on the > current system and boot the CD(s) anywhere else, not so with partimage. And don't forget, if you use mondo to b

Re: Using CDs/DVDs to backup and dvdisaster

2005-08-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 16 2005, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Rogério Brito wrote: > >I recently discovered one excellent program already packaged for Debian, > >called dvdisaster. I would recommend it to anybody interested in seeing > >how (un)reliable your CDs/DVDs are. (...) > > Just what the doctor ordered! Indee

getmail4 does not retrieve mails

2005-08-16 Thread Robert Ewald
Hello, Please CC me. I have a problem with getmail4 in Debian Sarge. The program gets killed without an error message. I have not tried to remove the offending message from the server yet, since I think it should be retrieved. Maybe this is some sort of configuration issue, but I don't really

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-16 Thread Gnu-Raiz
On 01:27, Tue 16 Aug 05, Anders Breindahl wrote: > On Monday 15 August 2005 23:48, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:54:40PM +0200, Jan Schledermann wrote: > > > A safe bet is a card with a realtek chip. It works well and is not > > > expensive. > > > > Yeah. It's safe in th

Bad udp checksum, says tcpdump

2005-08-16 Thread MatB
Hi, i have a vanilla Sarge mailserver running kernel 2.4.27-2-686 and postfix, no iptables and no special routing rules. While i was investigating a DNS resolution problem, i discovered that the outgoing udp packets have a bad udp checksum. Here's a snapshot: 12:19:21.946897 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64,

sendmail: 'Unrecognized host name'

2005-08-16 Thread konf
Hello, I am trying to make my sendmail work and it should work when I fix this problem: sendmail -bv [EMAIL PROTECTED] returns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unrecognized host name lyderis.com. I found posts with similar problem on the mailing list, but it did not help :( I would appreciate any help, Thanks

pppd and dhcp questions [WAS: demon usb modem [WAS: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK]]

2005-08-16 Thread michael
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 00:00 +0100, michael wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 14:51 +0100, linux wrote: > > At 11:33 13/08/2005, you wrote: > > > > >At 12:22 12/08/2005, you wrote: > > > > > >>On Friday 12 Aug 2005 12:03, TreeBoy wrote: > > >> > The instructions I followed were: > > >> > > > >> > http

Re: xterm and keypad

2005-08-16 Thread DFX, s.r.o. - Michal Sedlak
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm trying to use the application functionality of the numeric keypad (arrows, home, end, page up, page down, etc). I had the same problem with putty, i do not know if it helps to you but when I made this changes{uncommenting some lines } in the /etc/in

Re: System backup/snapshot

2005-08-16 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 07:18:29AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > I had this reference in my links. > > http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ I'm using that. More specifically: Debian package rsnapshot. -- Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [Dutch/Nederlands] Publi

Re: Onstream SCSI backup

2005-08-16 Thread Gabe Granger
On 16 Aug 2005, at 14:47, Philippe Marzouk wrote: On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 02:30:41PM +0100, Gabe Granger wrote: On 16 Aug 2005, at 13:23, Philippe Marzouk wrote: On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 12:17:10PM +0100, Gabe Granger wrote: From devices.txt (distributed with the Kernel sources), /dev/o

Re: Difference in naming of hard drive partitions

2005-08-16 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 03:42:23PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > On my Debian unstable machine, my /etc/fstab has entries of the form > /dev/hdc3 > to mount partitions. Using the df command, these mounts are shown as > /dev/hdc3 > etc On my Debian Sarge machine my /etc/fstab has similar entries

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