Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread Brian Kimball
Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 24 September 2005 03:20 pm, David Clymer wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 12:48 -0700, Brian Kimball wrote: > > > John Hasler wrote: > > > > > As for the "These people"... Will that group of people on > > > > > this list ever stop this geek snobbery? > > > > > > >

Re: embedding fonts

2005-09-24 Thread Aaron Maxwell
Thanks for the info. I did fix the problem, sort of. I found that passing the -Pdownload35 option to dvips causes the fonts to be embedded. (LyX uses dvips as part of the process of generating the PDFs; the preferences dialog has a way to specify adding options like that.) I'm kind of uncle

ifup on startup

2005-09-24 Thread psye
Hi, for some reason ifup has stopped working on startup of my debian system. Once its started up I can log in as root and ifup and everything works fine, it just won't work on boot. I've looked at /etc/init.d/networking and things look o.k. (although I'm not sure but it looks like there's an ifup

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
It worked with a GRUB boot disk and some fancy kernel parameters. Thanks! :-)On 9/24/05, Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/other/hd-media/ Anyone know of something that can load this?On 9/24/05, Mike S < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Further research in

Re: Imap: no login... ps aux - imapd.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup

2005-09-24 Thread Pollywog
On 09/25/2005 03:51 am, Robert Wolfe wrote: > - Original Message > From: Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: Jared Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Imap: no login... ps aux - imapd.pid -nodnslookup > -noidentlookup > Date: 25/09/05 00:49 >

Re: Printer

2005-09-24 Thread Kent West
Kenneth P. Turvey wrote: > I'm running Debian unstable and I connect to a wireless network on which > there is a Windows XP box that has an HP PSC 750 connected to it. I > would like to be able to use this printer to print web pages and PDF > documents from my computer. > > A few years back sett

Re: problems with apache2 and virtual hosting

2005-09-24 Thread Robert Wolfe
Try removing the * from -- Robert Wolfe, MCP [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message From: Todd A. Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User List Subject: problems with apache2 and virtual hosting Date: 25/09/05 00:16 > I'm running apache2/stable 2.0.54-5, and am not able to get

Re: Imap: no login... ps aux - imapd.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup

2005-09-24 Thread Robert Wolfe
- Original Message From: Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Jared Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Imap: no login... ps aux - imapd.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup Date: 25/09/05 00:49 > I use Postfix and not Exim, though.Perhaps I misunder

Re: I cannot install anything!

2005-09-24 Thread Kent West
>On 9/24/2005, "Roger Creasy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I get the same error from command line >> >>I did just reinstall...Maybe I need to reinstall again?? >> >> >> >> Agh! No. No need to reinstall. List the contents of "/etc/apt/sources.list" please. -- Kent -- To UNSUB

Re: I cannot install anything!

2005-09-24 Thread Kent West
Roger Creasy wrote: > I just reinstalled my Sarge system. Everytime that I try to install a > package, using Kpackage, I get the following error: > > E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the > essential package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This > is often ba

Re: Imap: no login... ps aux - imapd.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup

2005-09-24 Thread Pollywog
On 09/25/2005 03:30 am, Jared Hall wrote: > I've tried Pollywog's method and I still can't loginto email accounts > using "telnet localhost 143." I've got some ideas about things to play > with, but my problem still isn't solved. Please help if you have any > ideas! You won't be able to login wit

Re: reboot with fsck and bad block check

2005-09-24 Thread Angelo Bertolli
Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 23 September 2005 21:39, Angelo Bertolli wrote: Does shutdown -rF also include a bad block check? I'm guessing it doesn't, but I can't find any information online on how to tell it to do a bad block check also. I did find in /etc/default/rcS a setting to send

Re: Imap: no login... ps aux - imapd.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup

2005-09-24 Thread Jared Hall
I've tried Pollywog's method and I still can't loginto email accounts using "telnet localhost 143." I've got some ideas about things to play with, but my problem still isn't solved. Please help if you have any ideas! Jared > I had similar problems and this is what I did to get it working: > Edite

Re: Imap: no login... ps aux - imapd.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup

2005-09-24 Thread Jared Hall
Pollywog Thanks for the great advice. I'm giving it a shot right now. If it works I want to post your response on the qmailrocks mailing list and forum for others. A lot of people seem to be having this problem. Jared On 9/24/05, Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/25/2005 12:56 am, Ja

problems with apache2 and virtual hosting

2005-09-24 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
I'm running apache2/stable 2.0.54-5, and am not able to get virtual hosts to work correctly. All requests are being handled by the default virtual host, which is obviously not what I want. I've defined the following in apache2.conf: NameVirtualHost * ServerName www.codegnome.

Re: WiFi on Toshiba Sattelite A70 Atheros 5004X

2005-09-24 Thread David R. Litwin
Isn't make-kpkg used to make a kernel? Or, does it simply happen to co-incide.? As a bit of a follow-up, I read the marlow.dk site: I do need to compile my own kernel with that. Don't I? Now, I'd be willing to go with the ndiwrapper, but I do not konw where the Windows driver is. Furthermore, appar

very slow usb 2.0

2005-09-24 Thread Roberto Winter
Hi there, I have been looking around to solve this, but no one else seems to have had any similar roblems. The thing is that I have an external hard drive and it takes forever to copy files from/to it. Since it is USB2 there is something awfully wrong. I tested it on macosx and windoze and it work

Re: WiFi on Toshiba Sattelite A70 Atheros 5004X

2005-09-24 Thread David R. Litwin
You do not need to compile your own kernel, just the module.Instructions as to how to do this can be found at:- http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifiand yes those instructions are Debian specific.There are an error in that page, and some changes needed if you are using 2.6.12.In the first make

Re: Imap: no login... ps aux - imapd.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup

2005-09-24 Thread Pollywog
On 09/25/2005 12:56 am, Jared Hall wrote: > debian users > > I'm a newbie having trouble getting imap to authenticate user and password: > I had similar problems and this is what I did to get it working: Edited /etc/courier/imapd-ssl making the following changes IMAPDSSLSTART=NO (it was set to

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/other/hd-media/ Anyone know of something that can load this?On 9/24/05, Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Further research indicates that somewhere, there is a kernel and initrd called 'hd-media'. I can't find it, and I think I tried it once but load

Re: Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-24 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Saurabh Nanda wrote: Hi, I've downloaded Akshar.ttf (unicode hindi font) and want to install it 'system-wide', i.e. all applications installed on the system should be able to use it. Btw, did you know about the ttf-devanagari-fonts package? It contains unicode fonts fo

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
Further research indicates that somewhere, there is a kernel and initrd called 'hd-media'. I can't find it, and I think I tried it once but loadlin wouldn't boot it.On 9/24/05, C Shore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 07:49:09PM -0400, Mike S wrote:> How do I install Debian withou

Imap: no login... ps aux - imapd.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup

2005-09-24 Thread Jared Hall
debian users I'm a newbie having trouble getting imap to authenticate user and password: # telnet localhost 143 a01 login [EMAIL PROTECTED] my_password a01 NO Login failed. a02 login [EMAIL PROTECTED] my_virtual_password a02 NO Login failed. Connection closed by foreign host. I've set up these u

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread C Shore
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 07:49:09PM -0400, Mike S wrote: > How do I install Debian without burning a CD? I have the ISO on my hard > drive, but my burner is broken. I also have an almost unlimited number of > floppies, if that helps (read: 'insert useless info here') :-) I suggest you ask on debian

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2005-09-24 Thread Nick
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Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
On 9/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The bootimage kernel should be able to read a FAT32 file system. It alldepends on which modules are loaded in the kernel. Being a boot imagesize is a limitation but I'm sure that it should be able to read FAT32 Where's the bootimage kernel?

Re: I cannot install anything!

2005-09-24 Thread debian
During the installation you are asked about the partitions. Presuming you are doing a dual boot you are asked to either claim the whole disk or manually partition. When you manually partition you will see the old partitions from the first install. Select the partitions and press enter and you ar

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread debian
The bootimage kernel should be able to read a FAT32 file system. It all depends on which modules are loaded in the kernel. Being a boot image size is a limitation but I'm sure that it should be able to read FAT32 You have evidently clicked the CDROM option instead of the File option. It won't find

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
I'd rather not buy anything...On 9/24/05, Robert Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message From: Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org < debian-user@lists.debian.org>Subject: Installing without CDDate: 24/09/05 20:49> How do I install Debian without bu

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
-- Forwarded message --From: Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Sep 24, 2005 8:09 PM Subject: Re: Installing without CDTo: Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>That rather complicates things. I know :-) >You need to mount the ISO on the loopback interface and find the boot >image and write

Re: POP & SMTP

2005-09-24 Thread Robert Wolfe
- Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: POP & SMTP Date: 24/09/05 21:05 > Use apt-get to install the servers. > > Read some good tutorials on their configuration to get them functional. > > The

Re: POP & SMTP

2005-09-24 Thread debian
Use apt-get to install the servers. Read some good tutorials on their configuration to get them functional. Then find out how to harden them. Doing this will give you some good experience in learning linux. On 9/24/2005, "Paul Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Saturday 24 September 2005

Re: Shutdown missing from GNOME "Actions" menu....

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
Also, shutdown is in /sbin, meaning you have to type the full path if you're not root or export PATH=$PATH:/sbinOn 9/24/05, Ralph Katz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On 09/23/2005 05:00 PM, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Debian Users,>> I recently completed my first install of a dual-boot box with Debian>

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade and cron

2005-09-24 Thread Robert Wolfe
- Original Message From: TreeBoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: apt-get dist-upgrade and cron Date: 24/09/05 20:52 > I really would not recommend doing this just in case things go wrong. If you > are running anything other than stable, then you

Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 24 September 2005 03:20 pm, David Clymer wrote: > On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 12:48 -0700, Brian Kimball wrote: > > John Hasler wrote: > > > > As for the "These people"... Will that group of people on this > > > > list ever stop this geek snobbery? > > > > > > Snobbery, hell. Anyone who cop

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread debian
That rather complicates things. You need to mount the ISO on the loopback interface and find the boot image and write it to floppy. Having done that you need to boot up and go through the boot process without destroying your image and keeping it in a place which you will be able to read it from.

Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

2005-09-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 24 September 2005 07:11 am, Albert wrote: > Thank you for an informative, but unnecessary, HOW-TO, No problem. Though I question it being unnecessary, the next person to ask the question will find it in the archives from Google if they want their question answered quickly. > thoug

Re: POP & SMTP

2005-09-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 24 September 2005 12:55 am, Sean Whitton wrote: > I'm a newbie and I need to set up a complete mail server, POP and SMTP, on > a Debian box. For the safety and comfort of the rest of the internet, as well as your own sanity and system security, you probably want to wait until after y

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
Oh, I forgot to mention I don't have net access in Linux, incompatible modem.

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread debian
1)Download boot floppy image 2)Write to floppy with dd 3)Boot from floppy (much slower but at least it works) 4)Configure installer to install packages with http or ftp You will get this chance after the first reboot. The installer has an intuitive ncurses GUI and guides you through the process of

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade and cron

2005-09-24 Thread TreeBoy
On Sunday 25 Sep 2005 00:04, Robert Wolfe wrote: > Hi folks. One question (which will really be my first question in the > mailing list). I would like to run the following as a nightly cron job (in > script format): > > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > > What would I need to do to get this

Re: I cannot install anything!

2005-09-24 Thread debian
I think that sounds like a good idea. Be sure to format your partitions when you reinstall. Let me know how it goes this time. On 9/24/2005, "Roger Creasy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I get the same error from command line > >I did just reinstall...Maybe I need to reinstall again?? > >

Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
How do I install Debian without burning a CD? I have the ISO on my hard drive, but my burner is broken. I also have an almost unlimited number of floppies, if that helps (read: 'insert useless info here') :-)

Re: Newbie Network Problems

2005-09-24 Thread Mark Lijftogt
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 07:05:15PM -0400, Roger Creasy wrote: > Hello: > > I am trying to connect a Debian machine to my home network. I have one > windows xp box and 2 Debian machines. What do I have to do to be able to > share files and browse from any of the three machines to any other of the >

I cannot install anything!

2005-09-24 Thread Roger Creasy
I just reinstalled my Sarge system. Everytime that I try to install a package, using Kpackage, I get the following error: E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you really want to do

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End - Patch

2005-09-24 Thread John Hasler
Simo writes: > I haven't tested this "patch", but it might do the trick: I thought the idea was to make each user's choice of numlock setting persist through logouts and reboots. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Newbie Network Problems

2005-09-24 Thread Roger Creasy
Hello: I am trying to connect a Debian machine to my home network. I have one windows xp box and 2 Debian machines.  What do I have to do to be able to share files and browse from any of the three machines to any other of the three? TIA  Roger

apt-get dist-upgrade and cron

2005-09-24 Thread Robert Wolfe
Hi folks. One question (which will really be my first question in the mailing list). I would like to run the following as a nightly cron job (in script format): apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade What would I need to do to get this to work? Mainly, how do I get the cron job to run as root? --

Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 12:50:12PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Hal writes: > > Some do, some don't. Some read the full web page, some don't. > > The ones who do don't spam us. The ones who spam us (that is who I mean by > "these people") don't. > > > I added in "THE HELPFUL ANSWER" or something

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End - Patch

2005-09-24 Thread Simo Kauppi
John Hasler Wrote: >Bozhan Boiadzhiev writes: >> huh what window manager i didn't use X at all > >Then you'll want to patch all the shells. >-- >John Hasler Hi, I haven't tested this "patch", but it might do the trick: --- /etc/console-tools/config 2005-09-25 01:27:52.0 +0300 +++ /etc

Spumux does not work

2005-09-24 Thread Ted Flamouropoulos
All, I have a recent problem with spumux in trying to multiplex subtiltes into a movie file. Apparently spumux does not recognize the subtitle images in the directory. I can open and look at the subtitles using a viewer, so the images are not the problem. I am not sure whether the current ous

Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread Robert Wolfe
- Original Message From: David Clymer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: 4ol 4rt files: Date: 24/09/05 19:20 > > > It's not so much that AOLers are stupid as it is that they are > > > numerous and are, more or less, a cross section of the population

Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread David Clymer
On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 12:48 -0700, Brian Kimball wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > > > > As for the "These people"... Will that group of people on this > > > list ever stop this geek snobbery? > > > > Snobbery, hell. Anyone who copies an email address out of a Google > > hit and sends off a complain

Re: console font

2005-09-24 Thread Simo Kauppi
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 06:44:03PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 9/24/2005, "Angelo Bertolli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>Hi there, > >>my default debian installation gives a console with 25 rows and a > >>huuuge font. I feed vga=ask as boot paramete

Re: Printer

2005-09-24 Thread David Clymer
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 22:57 -0500, Kenneth P. Turvey wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm running Debian unstable and I connect to a wireless network on which > there is a Windows XP box that has an HP PSC 750 connected to it. I > would like to be able to use this prin

Re: Apt-move and pgp signing

2005-09-24 Thread James Vahn
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you installed GnuPG package? Sure, but apparently have something skewed. I don't know what a "key name" means. A name, number, id, ..what? It's not very clear. > short:~# gpg -K > /root/.gnupg/secring.gpg > --

Re: pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) causes computer to get extremly slow ...

2005-09-24 Thread David Clymer
On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 20:10 +0200, Louis Woods wrote: > Hi > > I didn't realize I am using a subject line already in use. I'll repost > my problem under a different subject. > Thank you for the hint. The problem isnt your subject line. The problem was that you replied to a message rather than ju

Re: WiFi on Toshiba Sattelite A70 Atheros 5004X

2005-09-24 Thread David Goodenough
On Saturday 24 September 2005 20:48, David R. Litwin wrote: > On 24/09/05, Louis Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > NdisWrapper emulates a windows-driver. Maybe you want to consider using > > madwifi which would be a native dirver. If you are interested have a > > look at the following sites: > >

Re: Responses to the list

2005-09-24 Thread David Clymer
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 17:44 -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > > >> Doesn't T-bird have a "Reply to list" option? > >> > > > > It does NOT. > > > Neither Thunderbird has the reply to list button nor there is an > extension which enables this behavior. > > I have composed

Video card : ATI Radeon X300

2005-09-24 Thread Bruno Costacurta
Hi, as a Debian newcomer I installed Sarge but cannot start XFree86 as it seems driver for my card ATI Radeon X300 is missing. Where can I grab it ? Cheers, Bruno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: UPS for servers?

2005-09-24 Thread Andrea Ganduglia
On 9/24/05, Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for a UPS to hook up to a rack containing three servers. I'm > not precisely sure of the power consumption, but could find some hard > numbers if it became necessary. I want something that will keep all three > servers up f

Re: installing debian on home network

2005-09-24 Thread Thomas Jollans
michael wrote: I'm sure this has been covered before but I can't find it in the archives so all pointers welcomed! I've a Debian box (2.6, unstable) connected to the Internet via USB Broadband modem (I'm in the UK). ie it's nto a router/modem but the mobo does have a network port. I've another

IBM ServeRAID 7e and Sarge

2005-09-24 Thread Simon
Hi There, I am looking to purchase a IBM xSeries 206 server. It comes with 2 x SATA 80 GB drives and IBM ServeRAID 7e. I have googled for this setup with debian sarge, but have not found much "It works" type messages Has anyone got this going, and if so, would they be kind enough to deta

Re: recover data from a hd

2005-09-24 Thread David E. Fox
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:53:56 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > last ages. I've never had the chance to test this theory though, > since I upgrade to a higher-capacity drive in as little as two > years. I'm still using a 1.6 gig drive (although sparingly) as hda - got it back in 1996. I can

Re: WiFi on Toshiba Sattelite A70 Atheros 5004X

2005-09-24 Thread David R. Litwin
On 24/09/05, Louis Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: NdisWrapper emulates a windows-driver. Maybe you want to consider usingmadwifi which would be a native dirver. If you are interested have alook at the following sites: http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifiHope,

Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread Brian Kimball
John Hasler wrote: > > As for the "These people"... Will that group of people on this > > list ever stop this geek snobbery? > > Snobbery, hell. Anyone who copies an email address out of a Google > hit and sends off a complaint without reading the referenced message > is a doofus. > > It's not s

Apt-move and pgp signing

2005-09-24 Thread James Vahn
I read with interest about dfsbuild and would like to try it, but it wants a Packages.pgp file from my local mirror. Setting apt-move and gpg up for this is proving to be difficult. short:~# gpg -K /root/.gnupg/secring.gpg sec 1024D/C633A

Re: SELinux

2005-09-24 Thread Arvind Autar
http://home.tiscali.cz:8080/~cz210552/forkbomb.html software that can be used to test your system. 2005/9/24, Arvind Autar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > Selinux is perhaps not there yet, but debian could give it a hand No > third party hand if I may say so. > > However, how much of the time i

Re: console font

2005-09-24 Thread debian
On 9/24/2005, "Angelo Bertolli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Hi there, >>my default debian installation gives a console with 25 rows and a >>huuuge font. I feed vga=ask as boot parameter and choose 80x43 and >>get a viewable screen with squashed fonts. During the bo

Re: installing debian on home network

2005-09-24 Thread michael
>> I've another box on which I wish to install Debian (again 2.6). I tried >> to use a netinst CD on this box but it hangs (with no indication of what >> is happening) after probing hardware. I guess this is when it's trying >> to detect a network (but why doesn't it fail then offer me to skip this

Re: pcmcia-card prblem - new post

2005-09-24 Thread Louis Woods
Hi Thank you for the tip. I see now that it is not the memory but the cpu. When I plug in the card I see that the command "kacpid" is using up 97% of the CPU ... Regards, Louis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try running `top` when you plug your card in and see what happens to your resources.\nOn

Re: pcmcia-card prblem - new post

2005-09-24 Thread debian
Try running `top` when you plug your card in and see what happens to your resources.\nOn 9/24/2005, "Louis Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi > >I am reposting my problem (see blow), because I was told I was using a >subect line already in use: > >"pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) causes computer t

Re: console font

2005-09-24 Thread Angelo Bertolli
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, my default debian installation gives a console with 25 rows and a huuuge font. I feed vga=ask as boot parameter and choose 80x43 and get a viewable screen with squashed fonts. During the boot messages, just after the nic is up and running, the fonts reconfi

OT: Re: possible mb burn out: urgent question

2005-09-24 Thread William Ballard
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 08:36:07AM +0200, steef wrote: > is it possible to harm a motherboard (asus A8V deluxe) AGP 8x, *1,5 > volt* with a nvidia geforce videocard FX5700, working on a voltage of > 1,1: *1,1 volt* ?? Ask this at the OC forums like anandtech.com or nvnews.net. Too OT here. --

UPS for servers?

2005-09-24 Thread Faheem Mitha
Hi, I'm looking for a UPS to hook up to a rack containing three servers. I'm not precisely sure of the power consumption, but could find some hard numbers if it became necessary. I want something that will keep all three servers up for at least 1 hr. The rack is a 6U. I want a UPS whose sof

pcmcia-card prblem - new post

2005-09-24 Thread Louis Woods
Hi I am reposting my problem (see blow), because I was told I was using a subect line already in use: "pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) causes computer to get extremly slow ..." Regards, Louis Hi all, I have installed my pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) using "madwifi". I could make the wireless-

Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-24 Thread John Hasler
Hal Vaughan writes: > First: I didn't spell it in 'leet I know you didn't. I did, to avoid generating more Google hits. > Some will, some won't [follow the links and read the message]. It's the ones that won't we are discussing. > Well...why not try to fix it? I am trying to discourage people

console font

2005-09-24 Thread debian
Hi there, my default debian installation gives a console with 25 rows and a huuuge font. I feed vga=ask as boot parameter and choose 80x43 and get a viewable screen with squashed fonts. During the boot messages, just after the nic is up and running, the fonts reconfigure and I'm back to 25 rows

Re: installing debian on home network

2005-09-24 Thread Nelson Castillo
> I've another box on which I wish to install Debian (again 2.6). I tried > to use a netinst CD on this box but it hangs (with no indication of what > is happening) after probing hardware. I guess this is when it's trying > to detect a network (but why doesn't it fail then offer me to skip this > s

Re: pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) causes computer to get extremly slow ...

2005-09-24 Thread Louis Woods
Hi I didn't realize I am using a subject line already in use. I'll repost my problem under a different subject. Thank you for the hint. Regards, Louis Clive Menzies wrote: Hi I can't help you with your problem but you may consider reposting because you seem to have changed the subject li

Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread John Hasler
Hal writes: > Some do, some don't. Some read the full web page, some don't. The ones who do don't spam us. The ones who spam us (that is who I mean by "these people") don't. > I added in "THE HELPFUL ANSWER" or something like that to the title of my > message. Making the email address all the

Re: WiFi on Toshiba Sattelite A70 Atheros 5004X

2005-09-24 Thread Louis Woods
NdisWrapper emulates a windows-driver. Maybe you want to consider using madwifi which would be a native dirver. If you are interested have a look at the following sites: http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/ http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi Hope, this helps. Louis David R. Litwin wrote:

Re: pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) causes computer to get extremly slow ...

2005-09-24 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi I can't help you with your problem but you may consider reposting because you seem to have changed the subject line of an existing thread. Some people may, as a result, send it to trash because the thread is of no interest to them. Always, start a new message rather than highjack an existing

WiFi on Toshiba Sattelite A70 Atheros 5004X

2005-09-24 Thread David R. Litwin
I have recently acquired a Toshiba A70. It has a WiFi card: an Atheros 5004X. This is built in to the machine, so I have no need to purchase another one.Now, I do need a driver for this. I have looked, and it seems to me that the NdisWrapper would be the Driver for me. It gives two options: The Deb

Re: SELinux

2005-09-24 Thread Arvind Autar
Hello, Selinux is perhaps not there yet, but debian could give it a hand No third party hand if I may say so. However, how much of the time is it the software devolpers mistake rather then SELinux's mistake? Another different question, how does debian handle fork bomb protection? Is this kernel

pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) causes computer to get extremly slow ...

2005-09-24 Thread Louis Woods
Hi all, I have installed my pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) using "madwifi". I could make the wireless-connection work, however as soon as I insert the pcmcia card the system get's really slow as if the card is using up all of the memory. Interesting is that I have noticed this behaviour even be

Re: debian for sun sparc 3i-solaris 9-sun blade 2500

2005-09-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 08:48:54AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Please let me know whether there is a Debian linux for sparc 3i > processor based system model Sun blade 2500. > > We download 64bit version for sparc but when we boot from the > CD the system Sun 2500 repeatedly reboots and inst

Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-24 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Saturday 24 September 2005 12:54 pm, John Hasler wrote: > Now, when the doofuses search on "4ol 4rt files" and find your message they > are going to see > > 4ol 4rt files: To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; Subject: > 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER First: I didn't spell it in 'leet. > and spa

Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Saturday 24 September 2005 12:45 pm, John Hasler wrote: > Hal writes: > > It's one particular message, with 2 follow ups. Perhaps the best thing > >to do is add a number of replies saying this is the last place to go to > >find help for AOL. > > You don't understand. These people _do not read

Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-24 Thread John Hasler
Now, when the doofuses search on "4ol 4rt files" and find your message they are going to see 4ol 4rt files: To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; Subject: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER and spam us. They _will not_ follow the link and _will not_ read your message. The only subject line that woul

Re: Shutdown missing from GNOME "Actions" menu....

2005-09-24 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/23/2005 05:00 PM, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Debian Users, > > I recently completed my first install of a dual-boot box with Debian > Sarge and Windows XP. > Any time now you'll find yourself 100% debian. :) > However, on my first solo Debian Sarge box I had "Reboot" and "Shutdown" > o

Re: Bittorent question

2005-09-24 Thread Josh Battles
Erik Karlin said: > > if you already have it working on another machine, did you have to open > those ports to that particular machine on your firewall? If so, you will > need to choose another port range and map that port range to your debian > box in order to use bt there too. then you'll need to

Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread John Hasler
Hal writes: > It's one particular message, with 2 follow ups. Perhaps the best thing >to do is add a number of replies saying this is the last place to go to >find help for AOL. You don't understand. These people _do not read the messages_. They simply spam address associated with "4RT FILES".

Re: recover data from a hd

2005-09-24 Thread csj
On 21. September 2005 at 8:32AM -0400, Mitchell Laks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > I try not to use maxtor - i have switched to western digital > after too many crashes. I buy only Maxtor drives. I bought one bad Maxtor drive that started spouting read errors the first time I tried to forma

Re: Debian Compatable UPS?

2005-09-24 Thread csj
On 21. September 2005 at 12:22AM -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 17:21 +, Pollywog wrote: > > On 09/20/2005 04:16 pm, John Hasler wrote: > > > Josh Battles writes: > [snip] > > > > I would have bought a UPS for my computer but I don't know of > > any low

Re: Digital Voice Recorders/iRiver T30

2005-09-24 Thread csj
On 15. September 2005 at 9:14PM -0400, Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A report and a request for advice: > > After doing some research, I decided to buy an iRiver T30 for > use as a small digital voice recorder for meetings, interviews, > and so on. It's a very cool little device and

install probs (partially was: installing debian on home network_

2005-09-24 Thread michael
Further to: > I'm sure this has been covered before but I can't find it in the > archives so all pointers welcomed! > > I've a Debian box (2.6, unstable) connected to the Internet via USB > Broadband modem (I'm in the UK). ie it's nto a router/modem but the mobo > does have a network port. > > I'v

Re: cups problem

2005-09-24 Thread David R. Litwin
On 24/09/05, L.V.Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have debian sarge with all updates. I have cups installed. Using http://localhost:631 I can configure and print in ff. But when I try to access printers in control center, I get message Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received

[Solved] Horizontal and Vertical Refresh rates for 15.4 inch Wide-Screen

2005-09-24 Thread David R. Litwin
After executing the proposed search, it reminded me of some thing that I had seen: A Web-site devoted to Linux Toshiba Laptops http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/toshiba.html . I ventured over there and clicked on my model, the Satelite A70. Saddly, they do not yet have a configuration for Debian (per

installing debian on home network

2005-09-24 Thread michael
I'm sure this has been covered before but I can't find it in the archives so all pointers welcomed! I've a Debian box (2.6, unstable) connected to the Internet via USB Broadband modem (I'm in the UK). ie it's nto a router/modem but the mobo does have a network port. I've another box on which I wi

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