wpa_supplicant disconnecting problems

2007-11-08 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi, I'm a bit of a wireless newbie. I'm trying to connect my tnet1130 PCI wifi card (104c:9066) with the ndiswrapper to a Asus WL-500GP access point. I've got the ndiswrapper going, using Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-5-686, and building the ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.18-5-686 package, version 1.28-1+2

openoffice spelling failing

2004-03-29 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi, I'm running openoffice.org v1.1 from unstable. I've installed the myspell dictionaries, however spell check doesn't work. When the auto spell feature is on, every word is underlined with the red squiggles. Any suggestions on what I need to do to get the spell checking to work? Cheers

openoffice dialogs no borders

2004-03-29 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi, I'm running Debian Unstable. In OpenOffice.org, v1.1 many of the dialogs that popup have no borders on them. So I can't close them once they are open. Is this an issue with OpenOffice.org, or is it related to my window manager? (Which is sawfish) Thanks, Geoff Crompto

woody spamassassin tests

2003-10-20 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi, Can someone tell me where I can find which tests are used/available in Woody's spamassassin package? I know I can do a "grep '^score ' *" in /etc/spamassassin, but does this tell me all the possible tests? In particular, there is nothing about matching MIME type html, which does look to

exim configuration, second router not used

2003-08-19 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi All, I've got the following routers configured in my exim.conf file: smarthost: driver = domainlist transport = remote_smtp route_list = "* fermi.bjh bydns_a" lookuphost: driver = lookuphost transport = remote_smtp end This is on a laptop. When the laptop is in the office, t

help for backporting

2003-07-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi, Where would be a good place to ask for help in backporting some packages? I'm trying to backport the libssl and ipsec-tools packages from sid to woody, so I can try out the IPsec features of the 2.4.21 kernel. At the moment, when running '%debian/rules binary' for the openssl packages

CD writing with cdrecord and xcdroast

2003-02-11 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi All, I've found that copying data CD's (such as the Debian Woody set) to a blank disc with xcdroast gives me errors when I try and read some of the packages. (Only a few of the packages, the majority is fine.) This is burning at speeds of 2x to 4x, on a 16x burner. However if I use

copying disks with dd and cat

2003-01-20 Thread Geoff Crompton
last line of the file that is different in the other hexdump. Can anyone explain how hexdump produces an almost identical listing for a file that differs in size by 491520 bytes? Cheers Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

2003-01-20 Thread Geoff Crompton
ber that grubs disk/partition addressing is 0 based, where as the linux partition addressing is 1 based. Geoff Crompton > This worked for me once before...hope it helps you! > > Tim > > will trillich wrote: > > any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB&qu

synching palm via irda port

2003-01-07 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi everyone, Has anyone got any pointers on synching a Palm IIIxe via a IR port on a laptop? I've got the ircomm kernel modules loaded, and I've tried specifying the /dev/ircomm0 device with pilot-xfer, but there doesn't seem to be any action. Thanks Geoff Crompton --

Re: cryptoloop as user?

2002-12-12 Thread Geoff Crompton
Is there away to set a directory to be crypted? Rather than creating a file to hold a filesystem and then crypting that? That way, any access of the directory would render unusefull information (or just deny access), until it was mounted (or unlocked in some fashion) by the password. Cheers G

Re: phpgroupware setup guide

2002-12-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 08:51:25AM -0600, Jacob S. wrote: > Oops... Scratch that last reply. I just tried Header Admin as you > suggested and it gave the same message you said you got. It did have a > nice little note up at the top though saying "Edit your existing > header.inc.php". I guess that's

Re: phpgroupware setup guide

2002-12-09 Thread Geoff Crompton
I have got phpgroup ware installed successfully. My packages are: phpgroupwareinstall phpgroupware-addressbookinstall phpgroupware-admin install phpgroupware-apiinstall phpgrou

anyone using mbone

2002-11-24 Thread Geoff Crompton
I'm trying to find out some information on connecting to the Mbone. Alot of the information on the web is out of date (such as the multicast howto at www.tldp.org). In particular, I'm interested in tunnel endpoints for the Mbone in Australia. Thanks for any information Geoff -- To UNSUBS

Re: Securing debian

2002-11-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
eeswan to interoperate with SSH Sentinel. Mind you, if you are beind some masquerading, you will be out of luck. Cheers Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel patch howto

2002-10-23 Thread Geoff Crompton
it works. That is the way you are supposed to be able to do it, but for some reason it isn't working for me at the moment. (I have done this before successfully though). Cheers Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to check md5sums of official debian discs

2002-10-23 Thread Geoff Crompton
s the file names as it checks them. Geoff Crompton On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:12:01AM -0400, Levi Waldron wrote: > > Naively, I tried > > md5sum /cdrom/* > > and it locked my deb3.0 computer hard. (maybe because I had a disc burning > in /cdrw simultaneously?) I no

make-kpkg not patching kernel

2002-10-22 Thread Geoff Crompton
IPSEC kernel support for FreeSwan I then do % cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 % make-kpkg clean % export PATCH_THE_KERNEL=yes % make-kpkg --config xconfig --revision freeswan.1.0 kernel_image The patching is not done, and no ipsec related files are created. Geoff Crompton --

ulogd and iptables

2002-09-26 Thread Geoff Crompton
e /var/log/ulogd.syslogemu file never gets any information in it. Thanks for any help Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Talking about USB Mouses yesterday...

2002-09-24 Thread Geoff Crompton
> > The hotplug package is currently installed, and so is the gpm package. > These are the packages strait of the 7CD set. I can't get gpm to work > either, maybe that would be a goood precursor to making sure X worked? > > Additionally, I don't know how to re-use the debian config that I did d

Re: Three monitors with X?

2002-09-24 Thread Geoff Crompton
Is it possible to have these two configurations on one box, and swap between them as needed: 1) Two monitors on one X server (Similar to OP question) 2) Two (monitor + keyboard + mouse) combos on seperate X servers running from the same computer (ie, two 'working stations' plugged into

Re: need advice on building packages from source

2002-09-18 Thread Geoff Crompton
'scuse my ignorance. How do you configure UDMA 100 (or the other modes)? Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mouse Problems On Install

2002-09-16 Thread Geoff Crompton
uot;Auto" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Again, you may need to fiddle with the Protocol if you get some sort of response with this configuration, but it

Re: debian3.0 (Woody) login interface - How?

2002-09-12 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 06:49:09PM -0700, damar thapa wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Debian3.0, during which I chose KDE as my > default X Window. Everything works fine, and I like > the login interface, from which I could (i)login as > root (or any users, of course), (ii) Switch to > different X

Re: connect 2 computers with USB

2002-09-12 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 08:49:21PM -0400, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > The rates I've seen are between 5 and 7Mbit/s -- slower than 10BaseT, I'm > not sure what 10Base2 rates are, so judge for yourself. And the > ones I've seen so far only allow you to connect two boxes -- but there > may be

Re: connect 2 computers with USB

2002-09-12 Thread Geoff Crompton
> I did some research on this a couple years ago, and have followed it > ever since. You need special USB devices to do this -- such a device > allows two usb hubs to connect and communicate with each other, as well > as to communicate information about their systems. It's basically a > point-t

Re: connect 2 computers with USB

2002-09-12 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 01:32:02PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 03:28:45PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote: > | On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 03:17:00PM +0200, Olivier Esser wrote: > | > Is it possible to connect two computers with a USB cable? > | > | Yes, but it won't ge

Re: using two exims for dialup, was Re: Using exim efficiently on a dialup machine

2002-09-12 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 09:21:45AM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 01:43:46PM +1000, Geoff Crompton wrote: > >Is it possible to configure exim on homepc to use dially as a smart > >relay, and to continually poll dially (say every 5 minutes) to

using two exims for dialup, was Re: Using exim efficiently on a dialup machine

2002-09-11 Thread Geoff Crompton
or is even turned on). I don't want the exim on homepc freezing emails if it can't send them out though. Cheers Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Having 2 LAN Card w/ 2 Diff(Live/Internet) IP

2002-09-11 Thread Geoff Crompton
faces then they could be possible, but I doubt this is possible. Once we are clear on how the box should be configured, we can go on to talk about the apps. Geoff Crompton On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 08:36:05AM +0800, louie miranda wrote: > Im guessing something and im not sure if this will work

Re: Install older version of libc6

2002-09-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
ld need to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to remove the unstable entries, and add stable entries. You would also need to do an apt-get update. ... and then my knowledge runs out. Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What happens to modules after recompiling to a new kernel

2002-09-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
e modules from the earlier kernel, and would be looking at compiling the modules I need from within the new 2.4.19 tree. Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: finding the right package

2002-09-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
e this (the man page for aptitude doesn't mention anything about it). Cheers Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debconf 1.1.30 broken?

2002-09-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
t the BTS for debconf, and didn't see anything obvious about this. But it does look like debconf is being developed and undergoing changes in unstable. I guess I haven't really helped a lot. Maybe an email to the package maintainer might help, or lodging something in the BTS. Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: shutdown without waking up the monitor

2002-09-05 Thread Geoff Crompton
through networks, it > just helps when there isn't costly apparels. > > > -Suraj What about running powerd, and having some sort of very simple switch plugged into the serial port? As I understand it, powerd just looks for one of the lines to go high (or to go low, I'm

Re: slow gl graphics

2002-09-03 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 06:20:29PM +0200, Burkhard Ritter wrote: > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Geoff Crompton wrote: > [...] > > Ahah, I needed to have libglide3 installed, instead of libglide2. > > > > It seems the libglide2 description explicitly mentinos the Banshe

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
" "usb" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" It sounds like the Option "Device" is set ok, as you are getting data from the mouse (an making the pointer jump to the top left of the screen). Also, does the log from X starting up show anything mentioning the mouse? Geoff Crompton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: slow gl graphics

2002-09-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
e Banshee: Description: Graphics library for 3Dfx Voodoo based cards This package allows you to use the 3D functions of cards based on 3dfx Interactive, Inc's Voodoo 2, Voodoo Banshee, and Voodoo 3 chipsets. You should install it if you have such a card. Goody, I get to file my first bug r