[OFF-TOPIC] Mailing List Netiquette

2007-01-09 Thread Justin Gallardo
Hey All, I am preparing a presentation to a group of students on mailing list netiquette(as you may have guessed by the subject), and thought that maybe I could use the busiest mailing list I followed as a good source of information. I have thought of numerous things to bring up in the presentatio

Re: smooth upgrades

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:19:51PM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > > > i replaced 'testing' with 'etch' today and haven't used apt-get since. > > > > > > how do i tell which version (testing/stable) i'm running? > > > > you'll have to check the version numbers of a few things. I don't know > > how ap

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 10:06:25PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote, in part: > > >I'm sure it can largely be solved by copious reading and hacking ... > > That's what I have been doing, to no avail. Fortunately, for most > of my writing I am still using -- bel

Re: What's wrong with abiword in etch

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
please don't top post. thanks. On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 09:51:15AM +0800, Ken Hu wrote: > well... > > The only reason that I did not provide ant error message is I didn't > have one. > I tried to start abiword in console mode before I posted my question , > but there's no error message at all. >

Re: Etch release

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:25:28PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 12:58:28PM -0500, Tony Heal wrote: > > > >>Anyone heard anymore about the release of etch? All I can find is an old > >>note on the site stating Dec 2006. > >> > > > >1. rea

Re: kdm configuration read from /var/run/kdm/kdmrc

2007-01-09 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 06:52:10AM +0100, Leutwein Tobias (GS-EC/ESA3) wrote: > Hello, > > after installing kdm 3.5.5a.d (testing) the configuration of kdm is read > from /var/run/kdm/kdmrc. I think it should be read from > /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc. There

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread cga2000
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:40:46PM EST, Casey T. Deccio wrote: > On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 18:17 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > Pardon my ignorance .. I do my best to stay away from gui apps .. > > > > And I don't use sudo either. > > > > Mind you, I have thought about it and I have come with the conclus

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Yvan
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | Suggestion: Install from DVD's but also specify an FTP site when | prompted. Once you're happy that everything works, if you # out the | DVD lines then you'll get security updates and so on from the Net. | Looks like a good idea, I will do like that. | > --

kdm configuration read from /var/run/kdm/kdmrc

2007-01-09 Thread Leutwein Tobias (GS-EC/ESA3)
Hello, after installing kdm 3.5.5a.d (testing) the configuration of kdm is read from /var/run/kdm/kdmrc. I think it should be read from /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc. There seems to be something wrong in the script /etc/init.d/kdm. Tobias Leutwein

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 12:42:22AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > > > However, in a situation with multiple admins it is nice to have the > > logging of sudo so that you know who did what/when. > > yes .. see above. > > otherwise it sounds like unnecessary overhead .. making things a bit more > c

Re: Bug: funny network problem

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:25:11PM -0600, Waqar Malik wrote: > Forgot to add that I'm using using `unstable' repos. > > Another observation: > Using ping adding an http:// in front of the address produces an "unknown > host" > > > wam:/home/waqar# ping -c 3 http://www.google.com > ping: unkno

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread cga2000
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:37:01PM EST, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:28:05PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > > > Pardon my ignorance .. I do my best to stay away from gui apps .. > > > > Unfortunately, some things flat out require a GUI. Unfortunately? :-) > > > And I

Re: PPRacer and video card problem

2007-01-09 Thread David Shultz
Sorry for late reply. On 1/9/07, Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Install the package lm-sensors and run sensors-detect, it will even > write the modules to /etc/modules for you Okay, I did that and: lsmod | grep i2c i2c_sensor 2944 2 w83627hf,eeprom i2c_isa

Printing from WP8 (was Re: Text on printed pages truncated)

2007-01-09 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 1/9/07, Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fortunately, for most of my writing I am still using -- believe it or not -- WordPerfect 5.1 on Dosemu. It prints beautifully. In my estimation the best word processor ever. However, when I need to I convert 5.1 files to 8.0 for Linux, where I c

Re: Etch release

2007-01-09 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 12:58:28PM -0500, Tony Heal wrote: Anyone heard anymore about the release of etch? All I can find is an old note on the site stating Dec 2006. 1. read the archives. we just discussed this. 2. watch the pretty chart http://bugs.debia

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-01-09 Thread Ken Heard
Andrew Sackville-West wrote, in part: I'm sure it can largely be solved by copious reading and hacking ... That's what I have been doing, to no avail. Fortunately, for most of my writing I am still using -- believe it or not -- WordPerfect 5.1 on Dosemu. It prints beautifully. In my esti

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Mark Grieveson
Thanks for all the great suggestions for the dial up connection. The computer is an old laptop that I'm setting up for my mom (an IBM Thinkpad 770, with MS-DOS and Mom's beloved WordPerfect 5.1 on one partition, and Abiword, with xfce4, on the other partition), with a dial-up connection. I wen

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
cga2000 wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:33:32AM EST, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:29:02AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: >> > >> > Quick hack from a bash prompt: >> > >> >> >> Please investigate sudo and sux. If used properly, they are more secure >> and certainly more s

Re: DVD-RAM questions

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Robert Epprecht wrote: > I have a couple of questions about DVD-RAM on Debian Sarge, > kernel 2.4.27-3-686 > > > If I format DVD-RAMs with ext2 most things work fine but there > are two minor problems: > > When I shut down the system without manually umounting the DVD-RAM > it does not get clea

Re: Swapping archives between similar debian PC?

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been trying to get the debian version of Ubuntu APTonCD to work > on Debian 386 but with mixed results. I want to give the packages from > my fast work internet connected PC to my slow connected home PC. > Would it not be simpler to delete the /var/cache/apt/archi

Re: Can I change motherboard without reinstal ling sarge

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
a wrote: > I change motherboard, sarge refuse to boot, it says BIOS check fails > I used debian before (woody, potato...) there's no such problem > Do I have to re-install sarge? I would make sure you have a stock Debian kernel installed and working properly before you change to the new motherboa

Re: What's wrong with abiword in etch

2007-01-09 Thread Ken Hu
well... The only reason that I did not provide ant error message is I didn't have one. I tried to start abiword in console mode before I posted my question , but there's no error message at all. After issueing the "abiword" command to start abiword , I can only see the logo image of abiword , the

Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2007-01-09 Thread Francisco Zabala
On 1/7/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:27:14 -0800 "Francisco Zabala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a similar problem. After I restart my computer xmms says that there isn't a soundcard. So: 1. I have to execute ./snddevices 2. Then, run alsa-config 3. The

Re: OT : K9Copy Problems

2007-01-09 Thread Matt Brooks
Do you have all the dependencies installed; * DVDAuthor * libdvdread * growisofs * vamps * libdvdcss2 Without these dependencies k9copy is merely eye candy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:46:16PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > I switched from RH to Debian for two reasons: > You are preaching to the converted, as they say. > The RH GUIs kept crashing > Hmm. Never experienced this. > RH compiled their then new version to need a pentium and

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:00:35PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > Since I wrote my first post I now think that the problem Rick and I > encountered is a long standing CUPS bug. I was able to find on an > archived thread one post which said so. This thread was hard to find, > as the thread name is unrel

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:46:16PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:23:29PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:08:58PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > > > > For me, if something flat out requires a GUI I go and find a different > > > way. My

Re: smooth upgrades

2007-01-09 Thread tom arnall
> > i replaced 'testing' with 'etch' today and haven't used apt-get since. > > > > how do i tell which version (testing/stable) i'm running? > > you'll have to check the version numbers of a few things. I don't know > how apt behaves if you don't specify a default distribution when there > are mul

Re: why can't I see my messages

2007-01-09 Thread Bryce
Actually I'm pretty sure the error was that in the subject I had listed the name of a file, so the server filters rejected it. Even after the message to which you are replying went through, I sent off another copy of that message and it never came back. I changed the contents of the subject f

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Grok Mogger
John C wrote: celejar wrote: On 1/9/07, John C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available

Re: i386 packages on amd64 arch

2007-01-09 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 12:52:34AM +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to install 32bits packages on my amd64 arch Debian. > > I know that some people use a 32bits chroot for this, but I don't think it's > the best solution. Hi G

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:23:29PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:08:58PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > > For me, if something flat out requires a GUI I go and find a different > > way. My firewall box for example has no gui apps at all, no X files at > > all...

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Casey T. Deccio
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 18:17 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > Pardon my ignorance .. I do my best to stay away from gui apps .. > > And I don't use sudo either. > > Mind you, I have thought about it and I have come with the conclusion > that it is just not worth the trouble setting up sudo in a desktop >

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:08:58PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > For me, if something flat out requires a GUI I go and find a different > way. My firewall box for example has no gui apps at all, no X files at > all... Its a command-line only box. > > I use su. Its only me; I'd need an exta a

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:37:01PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:28:05PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, some things flat out require a GUI. > > > > I'll stick with plain /bin/su. > > > > However, in a situation with multiple admins it is nice to ha

Re: about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 02:22:13PM -0500, Nelson Castillo wrote.. > >I created ssl certicates by openssl sucseccfull for each domain > >there is no problem with certificates and keys) like > >https://www.domain1.com https://www.domaian2.com something like > >this... > >> > >1. Please don't

Re: Root privilege

2007-01-09 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 02:06 +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: > How can I have root privilege in graphical mode? I can run any command > by using "sudo" but how can I have full privilege in graphical mode? apt-get install sux Then you can use: sudo sux - That will get you all the gra

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-01-09 Thread Ken Heard
Since I wrote my first post I now think that the problem Rick and I encountered is a long standing CUPS bug. I was able to find on an archived thread one post which said so. This thread was hard to find, as the thread name is unrelated to our particular problem. The name is "Not able to print pa

i386 packages on amd64 arch

2007-01-09 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Hello, I would like to install 32bits packages on my amd64 arch Debian. I know that some people use a 32bits chroot for this, but I don't think it's the best solution. It's possible to install debs with dpkg --force-architecture and it works for most of the packages I've tried. Of course I hav

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:28:05PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > Pardon my ignorance .. I do my best to stay away from gui apps .. > > Unfortunately, some things flat out require a GUI. > > And I don't use sudo either. > > > > Mind you, I have thought about it and I have come with the conclusi

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread cga2000
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:17:31PM EST, cga2000 wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 03:21:05PM EST, Casey T. Deccio wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 14:50 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > Please investigate sudo and sux. If used properly, they are more secure > > > > and certainly more standard than yo

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread John C
celejar wrote: On 1/9/07, John C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debi

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:23:56AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:35:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> James Stevenson wrote: > >> > >> >> If I understand the matter correctly, a firewall can protect only > >> >> against incoming messages, an

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:55:37PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > > >>It certainly does, I do not have all of these symlinks. Obviously, I > >>can create them manually but I would prefer to know why they disappeared > >>in the first place. What comman

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:55:37PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > > >>It certainly does, I do not have all of these symlinks. Obviously, I > >>can create them manually but I would prefer to know why they disappeared > >>in the first place. What command is suppose to create them? > >> > >>Thanks >

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-01-09 Thread Rick Reynolds
Ken Heard wrote: Whenever I print text, html or pdf files from either Konqueror or Firefox, the text starts so close to the top of each page that the first line either does not get printed, or only part of it is printed. Is there a way to adjust the printing to have the text start say 8-10 mm

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Wackojacko
It certainly does, I do not have all of these symlinks. Obviously, I can create them manually but I would prefer to know why they disappeared in the first place. What command is suppose to create them? Thanks Hi Wackojacko, My guess would be to use 'aptitude reinstall' on the packages tha

Re: Why Disable Root ssh login?

2007-01-09 Thread Firebeam
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Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:38:07PM +0100, Yvan wrote: > Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: > > | If you use apt-get, use -s for simulate or --dry-run > > Sorry I just remembered. I use apt-get (synaptic). If I add three > "testing" DVD-s to apt-s list of available sources, and if the package I > wan

Re: RBL lookup errors

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:21:11AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:ivK_kzCDzI0J:www.ordb.net/+ORDB&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8 > > Google says ordb.org shut down December 18, 2006. > Great, thanks. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.

Re: set up Etch to unicode

2007-01-09 Thread csanyipal
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 10:10:42AM -0600, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 20:16 +0100, csanyipal wrote: > > > > I upgraded the system from Sarge to Etch. > > > > Now, I want to setup the X Window system to unicode. > > are you talking about X applications or simply an xterm (or eq

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Yvan
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | If you use apt-get, use -s for simulate or --dry-run Sorry I just remembered. I use apt-get (synaptic). If I add three "testing" DVD-s to apt-s list of available sources, and if the package I want to install is the same at both DVD and Debian repositories will it

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:35:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> James Stevenson wrote: >> >> >> If I understand the matter correctly, a firewall can protect only >> >> against incoming messages, and is useless against spyware which >> >> "phones home" or zombie-ware which

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Yvan
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | This Sempron is 64 bit capable. It will run the 32 bit i386 with no | problems. amd64 is what you need for your 64 bit architecture: ia64 | is the Intel Itanium. There are slightly fewer packages: some 32 bit | only packages don't work easily (Real Player and Fl

Re: RBL lookup errors

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > I've just started seeing these messages in my logs: > > Jan 8 17:46:42 bogota postfix/smtpd[19538]: warning: > 31.162.103.70.relays.ordb.org: RBL lookup error: Host or domain name not > found. Name service error for name=31.162.103.70.relays.ordb.org type=A: > Host no

Multimedia docs..

2007-01-09 Thread Digby Tarvin
Has anyone found any good references on multimedia programming applicable to a Debian/Linux system? I have the O'Reilly "Linux Multimedia Guide", but having been published in 1996 is getting a bit dated now, and for audio only covers OSS and not ALSA. I have found using the online documentation a

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Monday 08 January 2007 14:13, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> So, before I preach about the dangers of spyware and zombies to my >> buddies using Window$, how can I be certain that my own Debian machine >> has not been compromised and has not become a zombie? Is the

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Casey T. Deccio
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 14:50 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > Please investigate sudo and sux. If used properly, they are more secure > > and certainly more standard than your hack. > > Done..! :-) > > Now, please explain how I can use sudo to tranfer X credentials .. > sudo does not transfer X cre

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
cga2000 wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 09:22:38PM EST, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:19:56AM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: >> > Actually I had tried it before and I couldn't. It is cool since Debian >> > increases security like this, but I modified login settings in login

Re: How can I build debian /dev tree on RHEL 4?

2007-01-09 Thread Supriya Sriraman
That is what I did - used MAKEDEV to create the debian /dev tree but under /dev1/dev, because I didn't want to mess with RedHat's /dev. See below: MAKEDEV -v -d /dev1/dev hda create hda b 3 0 root:disk 640 create hda1 b 3 1 root:disk 640 create hda2 b 3 2 root:disk 640 . [truncated]... My qu

Re: why can't I see my messages

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Bryce wrote: > Never mind. somehow that one went through. Email and newsgroups aren't instant (that's what XMPP is for). Give things a day or two before thinking there's a problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

no "autodetection" of dvd under etch

2007-01-09 Thread Mauricio Ortiz Calvao
Hi all, I was just trying to read a dvd (with some pdf and djv files) under my Debian etch desktop. When I insert a cd-rom on the combo cd-dvd drive there automatically pops up a window asking what I should do. Unfortunately, the same does not happen with the dvd disk, neither under KDE nor u

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread celejar
On 1/9/07, John C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debian. So far I've n

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up > connection for xfce? I don't wish to use kppp, or gnome-ppp. mv /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot to /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot and set the ppp options to persist and to automatically redail if the connection is lost. Us

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Angelo Bertolli wrote: > Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> My LAN is protected by a machine running SmoothWall Express 2.0, >> acting as a firewall and router. Would an internal firewall package be >> useful in this environment? >> > As someone mentioned Linux already has an internal firewall. Or

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:10:15AM +0100, Ivan Imperl wrote: > Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: > > | Testing is currently settling down immediately prior to release : > | once it's released, the pace of updates will be slow and > | manageable. > | > | Most of what you need is on the first DVD o

Re: How can I build debian /dev tree on RHEL 4?

2007-01-09 Thread Casey T. Deccio
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 11:27 -0600, Supriya Sriraman wrote: > > Does anyone know how I can build a debian /dev tree on a RHEL 4 > distribution? There is a MAKEDEV script that is part of the Debian distribution. The man page is helpful. http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/makedev Regards, Ca

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread cga2000
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:33:32AM EST, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:29:02AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > Quick hack from a bash prompt: > > > > > Please investigate sudo and sux. If used properly, they are more secure > and certainly more standard than your hack. D

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:54:54PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:43:36AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >>On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:14:55PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > >>>Due to changing pa

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 10:18 -0600, John C wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to > wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will > work effortlessly with etch/sid. > > Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of > d

Re: totem media player...

2007-01-09 Thread Michael Fothergill
From: Marcelo Gondim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user Subject: Re: totem media player... Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:20:40 + Hello! I was able to watch it with the Firefox's extension Media Player Connectivity and the Real Player plugin: http://www.real.com/linux/?rppr=rnwk&src=04

no "autodetection" of dvd under etch

2007-01-09 Thread Mauricio Calvao
Hi all, I was just trying to read a dvd (with some pdf and djv files) under my Debian etch desktop. When I insert a cd-rom on the combo cd-dvd drive there automatically pops up a window asking what I should do. Unfortunately, the same does not happen with the dvd disk, neither under KDE nor u

Re: about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Nelson Castillo
> My aaim is to run multi domains on apache server with ssl support. ( I created ssl certicates by openssl sucseccfull for each domain there is no problem with certificates and keys) like https://www.domain1.com https://www.domaian2.com something like this... > 1. Please don't post entire

Re: How to create a debian-Cd like a standard

2007-01-09 Thread Joe Smith
"abdelkader belahcene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I create a debian Cd from a selected packages for my own purpose, so I have 2 cd's, the first official one ( a bootable cd) and the second built with dpkg-scanpackage. Instead of this a want a Cd like the off

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Wackojacko
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:43:36AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:14:55PM +, Wackojacko wrote: Due to changing partitions around I managed to mess up my Debian Sid AMD64 install. I reinstalled from scratch and then restored my /e

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:37 -0500 Mark Grieveson wrote: > I've used wvdial, but I find it only works as root. I've been using wvdial for many years. This command enabled it to be run as user: chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd I just did not have Debian at that time, so I can't check this. Not 100% sure

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:16:45AM -0500, Roby wrote: > John C wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to > > wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will > > work effortlessly with etch/sid. > > > > Preferably one whose drivers a

Re: about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:25:05AM -0800, Nevruz Mesut Sahin wrote: > Dear Friends first I am going to tell you my aim then what I did and resoult. > on my system is kernal 2.6 and apache 2.2 is running. > > My aaim is to run multi domains on apache server with ssl support. ( I > created ssl

Re: Etch release

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 12:58:28PM -0500, Tony Heal wrote: > Anyone heard anymore about the release of etch? All I can find is an old > note on the site stating Dec 2006. 1. read the archives. we just discussed this. 2. watch the pretty chart http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ 3. subscribe

Re: What was SA thinking?

2007-01-09 Thread Raquel
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:58:08 -0800 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently a ton of mail running through SA has been hitting the > soft-limit > for spam. I have it set tight, 5.0 for mark and pass. 7.0 for > reject at SMTP. Mail from this list, from Exim's list, mail from > an

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Roby
John C wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to > wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will > work effortlessly with etch/sid. > > Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of > debian. > > So far I've not done well

Re: nxserver

2007-01-09 Thread Marco Mandl
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:45:57 -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:04:00PM +0100, Marco Mandl wrote: > >> This brings me to security problem. I nx adds its default key then >> everybody could use this default key to login to the corresponding >> user with a ssh client. Wrong?

Etch release

2007-01-09 Thread Tony Heal
Anyone heard anymore about the release of etch? All I can find is an old note on the site stating Dec 2006. Tony

What was SA thinking?

2007-01-09 Thread Steve Lamb
Recently a ton of mail running through SA has been hitting the soft-limit for spam. I have it set tight, 5.0 for mark and pass. 7.0 for reject at SMTP. Mail from this list, from Exim's list, mail from an MMORPG I play and from a motorcycle web site I went to all got blocked. Ok, so maybe so

Re: icewm emacs maximized flickering

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:35:24AM -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I have been using icewm and I have noticed > funny behavior of emacs windows. > > If I maximize an emacs window, and try to > move it right or left, (for instance on a two monitor > x window), it RESISTS moving and "moves back to whe

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:43:36AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:14:55PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > > Due to changing partitions around I managed to mess up my Debian Sid > > AMD64 install. I reinstalled from scratch and then restored my /etc > > directory from

Re: Problem with software-raid/lvm after reinstallation (2.6)

2007-01-09 Thread Jørgen P. Tjernø
(Sorry, Douglas, I didn't mean to send this directly to you, I just realized that's what I did the first time. I need to find out if I can tell Thunderbird to 'prefer' replying to the list instead of the user when I click 'Reply') Douglas Tutty wrote: > Keep in mind that block errors from fsck

How can I build debian /dev tree on RHEL 4?

2007-01-09 Thread Supriya Sriraman
Does anyone know how I can build a debian /dev tree on a RHEL 4 distribution? This /dev tree is intended to be loaded on an embedded system that has Debian (version 2.4.16). I am building a debian linux system on RedHat (RHEL 4) and loading it on the embedded box. For RedHat, I am aware that udev

Re: etch images

2007-01-09 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Kamaraju, On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 11:33 -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 06:57, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > Hi list! > > > > what is the difference between the images of etch in the links > > (10-Nov-2006) > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd

Re: gnunet

2007-01-09 Thread operator
/I am curious, how can I access gnunet?/ Martin Paraskevov wrote: > I've just installed gnunet and its frontend > gnunet-gtk. I tried searching for random > stuff in gnunet using the frontend but nothing > ever gets found. Is anybody using gnunet? > Why is gnunet not able to find anything? > Simp

Can NOT record sound on my acer notebook

2007-01-09 Thread ketchup tomato
My debian system is installed under vmwarw workstation in windows 2000. The pc is ACER travelmate 2440, which has on board ac97 sound card. I just install the stable version 2.6.8-3-386 I can hear the sound, but can not record. Does anybody know the reason? Thank you.

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:14:55PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > Due to changing partitions around I managed to mess up my Debian Sid > AMD64 install. I reinstalled from scratch and then restored my /etc > directory from a backup. Now none of the commands in /etc/alternative > work (java, wx-conf

Re: How to create a debian-Cd like a standard

2007-01-09 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On 09/01/07, abdelkader belahcene wrote: Hi, I create a debian Cd from a selected packages for my own purpose, so I have 2 cd's, the first official one ( a bootable cd) and the second built with dpkg-scanpackage. Instead of this a want a Cd like the official standard ( to respect the tree of dire

icewm emacs maximized flickering

2007-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
I have been using icewm and I have noticed funny behavior of emacs windows. If I maximize an emacs window, and try to move it right or left, (for instance on a two monitor x window), it RESISTS moving and "moves back to where it came from". Complete with flashing and flickering of the window. It i

Re: about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Nelson Castillo
[Tue Jan 09 15:51:09 2007] [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 443, the first has precedence [Tue Jan 09 15:51:09 2007] [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 443, the first has precedence (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:443 no listening sock

Re: etch images

2007-01-09 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 06:57, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi list! > > what is the difference between the images of etch in the links > (10-Nov-2006) > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/ > and (weekly snapshot) > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-

wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread John C
Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debian. So far I've not done well and purchased one that did n

/etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Wackojacko
Due to changing partitions around I managed to mess up my Debian Sid AMD64 install. I reinstalled from scratch and then restored my /etc directory from a backup. Now none of the commands in /etc/alternative work (java, wx-config x-www-browser etc). All of the symlinks are present and I have

Re: set up Etch to unicode

2007-01-09 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 20:16 +0100, csanyipal wrote: > Hello! > > I upgraded the system from Sarge to Etch. > > Now, I want to setup the X Window system to unicode. are you talking about X applications or simply an xterm (or equivalent)? > How can I do that? have you searched yet? google: utf

about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Nevruz Mesut Sahin
Dear Friends first I am going to tell you my aim then what I did and resoult. on my system is kernal 2.6 and apache 2.2 is running. My aaim is to run multi domains on apache server with ssl support. ( I created ssl certicates by openssl sucseccfull for each domain there is no problem with c

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