On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 22:10:12 -0500, Justin R. Miller wrote:
> What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
> while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user? I've tried xhost
> +localhost and that does not seem to do the trick.
>
if you're not worried about local users hija
i got myself one of those nice cordless Logitech MouseMan Wheel mouse.
got the wheel working fine.. trouble is, X can't see the thumb button
because left click, wheel click, wheel up, wheel down, and right click
already take up the five buttons that X supports. since X only supports
5 buttons,
> hello all,
>
> this is going to be a long one I guess:
> Problem: instaling sound
> OS: Debian 2.2r3 (all 3 binary CD's)
> Hardware: yamaha opl sax
>
> What I've accomplished:
> pnpdump >>/etc/isapnp.conf
> uncommented the appropriate entries in isapnp.conf (dmesg now show the
> card detected)
> hello all,
>
> this is going to be a long one I guess:
> Problem: instaling sound
> OS: Debian 2.2r3 (all 3 binary CD's)
> Hardware: yamaha opl sax
>
> What I've accomplished:
> pnpdump >>/etc/isapnp.conf
> uncommented the appropriate entries in isapnp.conf (dmesg now show the
> card detected)
> I've installed the new kernel-image-2.4.4-686 package on my sid system,
> with this lilo entry:
>
>image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.4-686
>label=2.4.4
>initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.4-686
>read-only
>
> Trying to boot this kernel hangs hard right after it prints `starti
> I noticed that there are several members PGP-signing their postings.
> However,
> the signature is MIME-formatted and appears as an attachment in my mail
> client,
> Netscape Messenger. Because there is no built-in PGP function, I am
> forced to
> copy/paste the message to TkPGP to verify it. *Bu
> > Could someone please email me a copy of the above file that is setup to
> > use eth0?
> just do 'man interfaces'. And dont forget to add a lo as well.
speaking of which, can someone explain how Debian decides which dhcp
client to use to configure an interface, given that the interface is se
>
> P.S. Anybody know a good introduction for beginners to this whole area
> (i.e., fonts, character sets, and graphical displays)?
>
read XWindow-Overview-HOWTO and XWindow-User-HOWTO
/ben
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On Mon, 21 May 2001 16:43:04 Chris Spencer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I change my permissions so that root can run things on the X Display
> of my normal user? For example, if I drop to a command prompt, su to root,
> and try to configure the kernel by typing in "make xconfig" I get
> the err
> gpg: Good signature from "Linux Kernel Archives Verification Key
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
this means the signature matches the key. if you trust that the place
you got the key from is secure and the key hasn't been compromised, then
you can trust that the source is good.
> Could not find a vali
hello everyone,
recently for some unknown reason my /usr partition was corrupted.
running it through fsck, i answered 'y' to fix many, many errors. my
system now appears to be fine, however there are scattered files that
had their permissions, sizes, owners, etc. changed to various strange
things
> Add:
> Driver "nvidia"
> Option "NvAgp" "1"
> to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
where is this documented? i can find nothing in the "README and
Installation Guide" on nvidia's site.
/ben
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>
> Apparently it was a permissions problem with /dev/sg0.
> Not sure what that device is used for, because my cd is on /dev/scd0, but
> after I fixed permissions, grip worked just fine.
i'm pretty sure /dev/sg* are the generic scsi devices. if your cd
writer is ide/atapi, then you're probably
> > I asked this question a short time ago, but with a (probably)
> > unhelpful subject header. I will try again.
> >
> > Can anyone give me a clue as to why xdm is very slow to start X
> > windowing. I have been using xdm for some time. Recent upgrades (to
> > testing?) seem to have changed
On 22 Apr 2001 00:44:13 +1000, Mark Purcell wrote:
>
> The very first thing to do is to take a backup copy of your existing partion
> table as any changes to the partition table can be bad. See below...
>
i did that before i even posted the first message.
> Once you have taken a backup copy you
1.) the default behavior for debian seems to be to run modprobe on all
modules listed in /etc/modules at boot time, without -k (autoclean). is
there a way to change this behavior?
2.) i've looked through some of the kernel docs, but it seems that the
only place i can find the names that the kerne
hi everyone.
a few days ago, my partition tables were fine. proof of fact: i
installed the new kernel-image-2.4.3-686 that was uploaded a few days
ago into my boot sector, and lilo did not complain; i am now running
that image. today, i was trying to set up my cd writer, so i added
append="hdd=i
to set the system clock to standard time, run (as root):
rdate time.nist.gov
that server is usually really slow so it may take a few tries to get
through. see `man rdate`. you may have to install the rdate package;
it's in opt/net.
to set the hardware clock from the system clock (after r
it is possible to safely use unstable, if you can resist the urge to
update at least once a day. wait a few days (2 or 3) between updates.
that should be long enough for any serious issues to be discovered. the
#debian channel on irc.debian.org usually has the latest info on
problems and workarou
Martin Albert wrote:
You should edit in /etc/modutils, then update-modules. You should
end up with a /etc/modules.conf that includes ...
(my lines (for two soundcards)):
alias sound-slot-0esssolo1
alias sound-slot-1emu10k1
how do you figure this out? i mean where exactly do yo
Vadim Kutsyy wrote:
blackdown java seems to be a lot slower than IBM, or even SUNs. Here is
some benchmarks (run on K-6, 300Mz, 196Mb, woody with 2.4 static
kernel):
that's very interesting, because the official Sun JDK for Linux is afaik
the [1]same as the Blackdown project's port with S
COLPAERT, Koen wrote:
I installed Debian without any difficulties but I'm not amused with the
grey loginscreen from XDM. Someone told me to change this using xbanner
but that didn't satisfy me. Another user pointed me to some backgrounds
for XDM at http://x.themes.org . I took a nice Debian bac
Cameron Matheson wrote:
I installed xdm, but x doesn't start up. It says "starting x display
manger: xdm", but it never does. Anyone know why?
(i'm running potato w/ x4)
you might try having a look at /var/log/xdm.log to see why it's failing
(if it is failing). also check and make sur
Kenward Vaughan wrote:
Sorry for what may be a trivial ?? for the Java-folks, but I'm not one
myself... yet. I DL'd a package called jchempaint for my chemistry classes
which is a java app. I installed java-common and kaffe, believing that to
be what was need to run the program. But when I tr
Mitchell wrote:
Does anyone know of an apt source which has a later version of JDK than
the one in the woody tree. Either 1.2.2 or higher?
Thanks
From Mitchell
add:
deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian woody non-free
and you should be set. this information can be [1]found on the
black
anyone know of a console font that can properly display box characters?
i have a tricked out bash prompt that displays fine in X when i use
"--font vga" or the like (downloaded from tigert.gimp.org) with a
terminal window, but i can't for the life of me get my standard tty
console to display b
ive doesn't seem to do it,
since apt-config dump simply lists the second mount point, not both.
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