Re: console based word processors

2002-05-11 Thread David Smead
Use any old text editor and run it through LaTeX. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 10 May 2002, Bryan K. Walton wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for a good linux console based word > processor? What I am looking for is a consoled based word pro

Forwarding

2002-05-09 Thread David Smead
forwarding using: echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward What else is required? With the new netfilter code do I have to provide some rules to allow forwarding? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Red Hat user shopping around

2002-05-08 Thread David Smead
Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 8 May 2002, Glen Lee Edwards wrote: > Hi, > > I've been a loyal Red Hat user for the last 4 or 5 years. Their recent > distributions will no longer install on all my computers because they now > require more than 16 Me

Re: Apache?? problem

2002-05-08 Thread David Smead
f 2.1 using GCC 2.96. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Tue, 7 May 2002, Larry Holish wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 03:21:54PM -0700, David Smead wrote: > > > > I'm converting an intranet server from RH to Debian and have run into a > > problem

Apache?? problem

2002-05-07 Thread David Smead
g/messages I get the following when the error occurs. May 7 10:34:10 knuth -- MARK -- Any one with clues? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: under six inches of water -- a debian tale

2002-05-07 Thread David Smead
Easy to explain. Debian purifies and pure water is not a conductor so electrons take no nefarious routes. Windows? Well water dilutes, and spreads - I hope you saved that water for your lawn. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Tue, 7 May 2002, will trillich wrote: >

Re: Making a boot floppy

2002-05-07 Thread David Smead
pet peeve is the fact that error messages are not identified with a line number and source file that emits them. This is the ultimate means to finding a problem. But hey, any OS is worse than Linux! -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On 6 May 2002, Dan Griswold wrote: > Wal

Re: Problems with VLAN and 3com card

2002-05-06 Thread David Smead
Michael, I prefer 3Com cards personally and have never had that kind of problem. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Mon, 6 May 2002, Michael A. Miller wrote: > Our network was recently changed to a cicso-based vlan system. I am not > a > network export, so I c

Re: Making a boot floppy

2002-05-03 Thread David Smead
My signature takes up 5 lines. Should I not replay with the message included? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 3 May 2002, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, 3 May 2002 20:36:57 -0600 (MDT) > "dave mallery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: Making a boot floppy

2002-05-03 Thread David Smead
/var /dev/hda8 192115624 1823540 1% /tmp /dev/hda9 351825244 3339488 1% /home /dev/fd0 1412 649 691 49% /mnt/floppy Suggestions?? Thanks. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Making a boot floppy

2002-05-03 Thread David Smead
Sorry for being so unskilled - I just installed a new kernel and would like to make a boot floppy. I've wasted an hour on google and debian looking for how that is done. I.e. shove a floppy into the drive and type ENTER. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -

Re: route goes on reboot ?

2002-05-02 Thread David Smead
ed to call your route script again. I haven't looked that deep into it yet. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 2 May 2002, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > Hello David Smead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > BTW, if I have multiple routing table, where can I defi

Re: route goes on reboot ?

2002-05-02 Thread David Smead
I put them all in as a reminder. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 2 May 2002, Kapil Khosla wrote: > Hi, > In my current configuration , I have to do an > ifconfig eth0 IP addr and route commands everytime I reboot. > The problem is on reboot, all these settin

Re: SIOCADDRT : No such device

2002-05-01 Thread David Smead
You'll have to put a driver for your nic in /etc/modules. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 2 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I have a similar porblem. > I have upgraded it to 2.4.18 from the source code www.kernel.org. > And when I

Compunding the problem

2002-05-01 Thread David Smead
.4.18 kernel. Oops! Apt-get thinks I have them all already. Where do I go in an slay the information that says I have them so I can re-install? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: debian.org down?

2002-05-01 Thread David Smead
Yes, I haven't been able to apt-get from us.debian.org for the last two days. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 1 May 2002, Matias Hermanrud Fjeld wrote: > Anybody else having problems accessing debian.org? > normal browsing works fine, and apt-get

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-01 Thread David Smead
I suspect that anyone manufacturing motherboards is hesitant to mention Linux for fear that they would no longer get driver interface requirements from Micros~1. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 1 May 2002, alex wrote: > I've received a dozen or so off list

Re: routing problem

2002-05-01 Thread David Smead
Have the route you're trying to delete in the routing table? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 1 May 2002, Baris Metin wrote: > Hello; > > I try to delete a routing entry but get the fallowing : > > tiger:/etc/samba# route > Kernel IP rout

Re: exim not delivering mail from my machine

2002-04-30 Thread David Smead
Did fetchmail do one of its fade outs leaving the file locked. I'd do a kill -TERM on it pid and see if the lock goes away. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On 30 Apr 2002, Tomasz Kosinski wrote: > I am using exim 3.32, Debian testing. > > I have been using

Re: boot-floppies broken?

2002-04-30 Thread David Smead
These are something you should just download using ftp and then write to a floppy. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On 30 Apr 2002, Nic Ferrier wrote: > I have a mostly stable/testing system. > > I wanted to install the boot-floppies package but it doesn't

Re: Tool to find out info about machine ?

2002-04-30 Thread David Smead
I'd guess that the program works by doing a whois and extracting the business address of the `owner'. Where the server eventually assigned the IP is located would be a little much to ask. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Shawn McMahon wrote

Re: Unidentified subject!

2002-04-30 Thread David Smead
re modular. In the long run, we'll all benefit from the modular approach. In the short term it's a problem. On the otherhand unless you have a compelling need for a newer kernel stick with what works. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Keith O&#x

Re: Tool to find out info about machine ?

2002-04-29 Thread David Smead
printf( "Getting host by address\n" ); host = gethostbyaddr( (char *)&addr, sizeof(addr), AF_INET ); } else { printf( "getting host by name\n" ); host = gethostbyname(argv[1]); } if( host ) print_host_info( host ); else printf("Look up failure\n

Re: printing problems

2002-04-28 Thread David Smead
things and get support for 1200 dpi, but --- I originally managed to get lprng working under RH, so I think I'll spend some more time trying to get it working with Debian. Yes, the interface is nice, but in my case it's like using a flame thrower to make toast. -- Sincerel

Re: help on make

2002-04-27 Thread David Smead
You don't have function prototypes for the functions you're calling, and the default retrun value is an int. You need to include the header files that prototype the functions. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson

Re: IP Masquerade

2002-04-26 Thread David Smead
www.shorewall.net -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Richard Beri wrote: > I would like to set up simple IP Masquerading on my machine for another > machine on my network to connect to the internet via cable modem. In the > past I used a nifty

Re: how to create a link of another directory in home directory ...

2002-04-26 Thread David Smead
ln -s the_existing_path your_alias_for_it -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, faisal gillani wrote: > > i want to create a link of another directory in my home directory .. as i > dont want to type huge command to reach there .. > > i

printing problems

2002-04-26 Thread David Smead
remote machines, otherwise I just use pdq. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread David Smead
Quenten, Thanks for the answers. I should kick myself for not trying that, but I was blindsided by thinking that the module was loaded in the kernel based on the kernel config file. Now I can get back to the printing problem - xpdq works, but lprngtool doesn't. -- Sincerely, David Smead

Re: networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread David Smead
kernel, then I need the module. Any enlightenment would be appreciated. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Quenten Griffith wrote: > > Sounds like your network modules didn't get loaded into the new kerenel > what type of card are you

Re: kdm [] XFree86 [XF86Config-4]

2002-04-25 Thread David Smead
use startx normally, then do the alt/f2 to get a second login prompt. now do: startx -- :1 Now you can alt/f7 and alt/f8 between them. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Davi Leal wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible run a kdm on Atl+F7 and a

networking under 2.4.18

2002-04-25 Thread David Smead
to change? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: printing problems

2002-04-24 Thread David Smead
he problem. knuth:~# uname -a Linux knuth 2.2.19-idepci #1 Sat Jun 9 13:39:29 EST 2001 i686 unknown Should I bite the bullet and compile a kernel? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: printing problems

2002-04-24 Thread David Smead
Where will I find char-major-6 driver? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, dman wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 04:57:26PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > | begin dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:10:47PM

Re: printing problems

2002-04-24 Thread David Smead
Thanks for the help. knuth:~# modprobe lp modprobe: Can't locate module lp I haven't been able to find what package this is in. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, dman wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:10:47PM -0700, David Smead wrote

printing problems

2002-04-24 Thread David Smead
e0 15: 8 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: missing parallel port

2002-04-24 Thread David Smead
an lp package in the installation manual. I've tried modconf and added both parport and parport_pc. With this config, lprngtool quits complaining about no /dev/lp0, but still nothing gets printed though it is getting into the Q. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On

Re: firewall / ipchains ?

2002-04-24 Thread David Smead
look at shorewall.net. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, afj wrote: > another wee question, > > i have 2 (physically seperate for security resons) networks. > i'd like to be able to access both from a linux box. > the idea is tha

Re: $netstat -a

2002-04-23 Thread David Smead
Isn't this portmap listening? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 12:04:39PM -0700, Jeff wrote: > > This means that you have a process that's listening for anything > > for that p

missing parallel port

2002-04-23 Thread David Smead
w a user for it with lsmod. There is another module parport_pc, but I got warnings about using it. lrpngtool tells me that probing /dev/lp0 + doesn't find a printer. Yes, I know the port and printer work fine. Old DOS boot floppies are good for a few things yet. -- Sincerely, David Smead

apt-get for RedHat

2002-04-23 Thread David Smead
I've got a RedHat 7.1 machine that keeps begging to be upgraded to Debian. Can someone point me to a package I can install and execute which will do a net install of Debian? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

2002-04-23 Thread David Smead
from the start of installation in 1985 to having a printed copy of the first chapter of Living on 12 Volts with Ample Power. After that I struggled for many hours tweaking and experimenting, but it has been well worth the effort. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Mon, 2

Re: Scwawcaac: I need a little more on apps available for Linux

2002-04-22 Thread David Smead
You can use LaTeX and associated programs to publish books, catalogs, data sheets, e-commerce sites, etc. Software cost $0.00. Some learning required. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Soul Computer wrote: > I require a professional quality publish

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-22 Thread David Smead
el is more secure, can be sure I'm all ears. If you don't understand the presentation, ask me to elaborate or provide an example. And yes, flames are welcome too. Forest fire fighters use firewalls, sometimes successfully, to contain flames, but for the rest of use there's procmail and

Re: Can't connect to internet with new kernel

2002-04-21 Thread David Smead
bring the interface down that is using it first. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Deepak Subburam wrote: > I have the following in /etc/networking/interfaces: > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > # The

Re: apt-get upgrade won't

2002-04-20 Thread David Smead
try: dselect update apt-get dist-upgrade -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On 20 Apr 2002, Dan Griswold wrote: > Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 07:28:23 -0500, Dan Griswold wrote: > > > > >Just a guess: c

Re: Problem installing SMC 8013wc NIC

2002-04-20 Thread David Smead
gateway 192.168.8.254 -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Second reply to David - now answering last 3 questions: Let me know if > you have any ideas. Thank. > Randy > > > > > I'm doing some g

Re: Can't connect to internet with new kernel

2002-04-20 Thread David Smead
What do you have in /etc/network/interfaces? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Deepak Subburam wrote: > Hello! > I am a new user to Debian (and Linux) and just compiled the 2.4.18 kernel > since the 2.2.20-compact kernel that I was using did no

Re: newby --flaky mouse question

2002-04-20 Thread David Smead
Bill, ps ax |grep gpm will tell you the PID of the gpm driver. kill it. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, William Binkley wrote: > I'm a debian newbie, with a seriously jumpy mouse pointer. I installed the > isolinux woody mini-CD then u

Re: configuring multiple NIC's at boot

2002-04-20 Thread David Smead
of each card, you can line them up in the slots in interface order which makes it easy to know which connector is which interface. NICs on PCI busses using the same driver may be ordered on which slot they are found in. It may take a few cycles of booting to find out. -- Sincerely, David Smead

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-20 Thread David Smead
ting host by address Name = (cable-bb-255.sigecom.net) Addresses: 65.195.98.249 getting host by name Name = (serensoft.com) Addresses: 208.33.90.85 getting host by name Name = (dontuthink.com) Addresses: 208.33.90.85 - end of probe--- -- Sincerel

Re: fb cursur disappears - howto restore

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
gpm will do this if X is running. Is gpm running? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > I am using a framebuffer device. Sometimes my mouse cursor disappears > and I have to reboot to get it to come back. Is there another

Re: Problem installing SMC 8013wc NIC

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
I'm doing some guessing, but often that works. How do you know that modprobe didn't find the card and install the correct driver? What does ifconfig tell you? What is in /etc/modules? What is in /etc/network/interfaces? And what is in /etc/networks? -- Sincerely, David

Keyboard was: xdm/wdm/gdm/kdm/login.app etc.

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
a smooth as I'd like, but they are the right size. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, craigw wrote: > On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 02:23:49AM -0400, Robert_L wrote: > > On Friday 19 April 12:29, craigw wrote: > > > > > If you'

Upgrade to Woody

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
at the original upgrade problem was. The major stuff I use like apache, Python, gcc, LaTeX, gv, xfig, and LaTeX2html all appear to work. BTW, today marks an anniversary for me - one week ago today I downloaded the two boot floppies and did the first net install. -- Sincerely, D

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
erely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, dman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 10:16:50PM -0700, David Smead wrote: > | Noah, > | > | The more programs running on a computer, the less secure it is. A > | firewall can run a mimimal system - see the LEAF proj

Re: Woody not ready, methinks

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
f you just take defaults. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, DSC Extra wrote: > > Michael> Attempt 4-trying the impossible: downloading a Tarball > > Michael> over Windoze and my slow line. > > > > If you have a weblin

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-19 Thread David Smead
with what ever program you want. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 09:42:06PM -0700, David Smead wrote: > > That's why you run those services in a DMZ. > > > > And what do you do whe

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
That's why you run those services in a DMZ. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 08:05:31PM -0700, David Smead wrote: > > Are you operating behind a firewall. There are only two kinds of systems

Re: Detatch and re-attatch shell/process?

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
install vncserver. That gives you a whole X windows environment that you can visit when you want. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Troy Telford wrote: > Is there a way in Linux (or UNIX and its cousins in general) to run a > process (like

Re: E-MAIL

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
If you're getting that message on a Linux machine, log in as root and find out what space is available on /home. I assume you do have root mounted on a separate partition. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Trying

Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
Are you operating behind a firewall. There are only two kinds of systems operating without firewalls - those that are hacked and those that will be soon. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, will trillich wrote: > debian-users: i've got what may be

Re: Setup x-windows

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
In tasksel, the X package is at the bottom. It is not the Desktop Environment, but the server for that environment. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Dennis Krinke wrote: > Last night at my Linux SIG meeting, > I attempted to demonstrate x-w

Re: Emacs advice,what to install?

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
nd if the boss is listening to all the keyboarding you're doing using emacs so much the better. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Holger Rauch wrote: > Hi! > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Wendell Cochran wrote: > > > [...] > >

Upgrade to woody

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package testing Does anyone have the real instructions? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: conio.h

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
I've used the slang package that has all the raw functions that makes it easy to write wrappers for text screen operations. Ncurses used to have lots of bugs but that was several years ago when I chose slang instead and probably the ncurses bugs have been fixed. -- Sincerely, David Smead

Re: Mouse problem

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
by default. Section "Pointer" Protocol"PS/2" Device "/dev/mouse" # BaudRate1200 # Emulate3Timeout 50 # Resolution 100 Buttons 3 # Emulate3Buttons EndSection -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower

Re: view output of process while

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
And there is always vncserver. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On 17 Apr 2002, Dave Carrigan wrote: > Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is it possible to log back into a machine over ssh and 'attach' to a > > runni

Re: Allow root to telnet

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
It's probably easier to set up ssh, and access as a normal user and the su. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Michael Watts wrote: > Hi, > > I am having trouble with a few services and want to allow root to telnet > to a Debian 2.2r5 s

Re: [update] Re: CUPS: now pdf files don't print

2002-04-17 Thread David Smead
Run pdf2ps and see if it converts to ps. It could be something is wrong in the pdf file. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On 17 Apr 2002, DvB wrote: > > Apparently, it's just one pdf file in particular that refuses to print > and all others work (or at le

Re: choose slackware or debian?

2002-04-17 Thread David Smead
and Debian appears easier to maintain and upgrade, but I'm only guessing here because I'm still having install problems. I want to do some work on the LEAF project using a virtual environment and that's being done on Debian hosts, so I figured I'd give Debian another try. --

Re: Swapfiles

2002-04-17 Thread David Smead
I remember `demand paging' on the PDP-11, which predates the VAX. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On 17 Apr 2002, John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > Executables, being read-only, are mapped directly from disk and never > > use any swap at all. Only

Re: Mouse problem

2002-04-17 Thread David Smead
3 Emulate3Buttons EndSection Apparently potato doesn't default install to XF86Config-4. I figured it was best to start with stable before moving to Woody, but maybe stable has been orphaned. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Jamin W. Collins wrote: &

Mouse problem

2002-04-17 Thread David Smead
ime around I have problems with X. Everything works but the middle button on a Logitech mouse which uses the M$ protocol. Nothing I do in XF86Setup helps. When I exit X, I get a warning - /dev/mouse unable to get status of mouse fd (invalid argument). Any suggestions? -- Sincerely, David

Re: Setting up a DHCP connection

2002-04-17 Thread David Smead
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/ -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > > My work is currently organizing the installation of a broadband > internet connection (via a digital set top box) into my home. The

Re: starting nfs - allow/deny - more

2002-04-17 Thread David Smead
Alvin, Thanks for the help - it didn't work any different. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya david > > from your ( df ) list of partitions... > > just simplify the problem and export just /tmp for te

Re: starting nfs - allow/deny - more

2002-04-17 Thread David Smead
ause I did see reference to `it' somewhere in all the docs I've read since last Thursday. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya david > > what is the output of > knuth# /etc/init.d/portmap start >

Re: starting nfs - allow/deny

2002-04-16 Thread David Smead
. . . done Apr 16 09:59:30 knuth rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from feynman.ampl$ Apr 16 09:59:30 knuth rpc.mountd: getfh failed: Function not implemented WHERE IS getfh With kernel activation of NFS do I need a line in /etc/inetd.conf? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.ampl

Re: starting nfs - allow/deny

2002-04-16 Thread David Smead
s equal no-opportunity. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount /mnt/knuth mount: knuth.amplepower.com:/home failed, reason given by server: Permission denied -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya > > donno the current implementation ...

Re: starting nfs

2002-04-16 Thread David Smead
ynman PING feynman.amplepower.com (192.168.8.26): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.8.26: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.2 ms Do you have to reboot after changing /etc/exports? I haven't had to do that on other systems. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, O

Re: starting nfs

2002-04-16 Thread David Smead
;ALL" and IP # addresses (NOT host or domain names) for the portmapper. See portmap(8) # and /usr/doc/netbase/portmapper.txt.gz for further information. # # The PARANOID wildcard matches any host whose name does not match its # address. #ALL: PARANOID At this point, nfs is the onl

Re: starting nfs

2002-04-15 Thread David Smead
S 0:00 grep rpc According to Osamu Aoki, I should also see /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, David Wright wrote: > > > Why can't I find a simple answer when I search for `starting nfs' on the > > Debi

Re: starting nfs

2002-04-15 Thread David Smead
Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package nfs I know apt-get works because I just picked up the nano and e3 editors. Suggestions ?? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 12:17:54AM -0700, David Smead wrote: &

Re: starting nfs

2002-04-14 Thread David Smead
ount henry, or henry can mount bohr. Bohr is a backup machine, so most of the other machines can mount bohr to do backups. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, David Wright wrote: > > > Why can't I find a simple answer when I search for `startin

starting nfs

2002-04-14 Thread David Smead
I'm not on the list, so please cc me. Why can't I find a simple answer when I search for `starting nfs' on the Debian site? I'd like to get nfs started and show up in some form when I do a ps ax |grep nfs, but I'm stymied. Man nfs is no help either. What am I missin