Re: Procmail and Mutt questions ?

2002-02-21 Thread Iain Smith
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 06:20:47PM +0100, R. Pac wrote: > how should I filter mail with procmail ? > I want to put each mail from the same person in a directory like > ~/Mail/person_name Would help to know which MTA you are using... But you can generally put |/usr/bin/procmail in ~/.forward You w

Re: erasing CDRW media?

2002-02-19 Thread Iain Smith
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 03:27:50PM -0700, Dave Price wrote: > Question... > > Can CDRW media be reused with cdrecord (burning ISO images)? If so, > how does one go about 'erasing the media first? Seems like an apt moment to de-lurk, since I'm doing exactly what you ask at the moment... # cdreco

Re: Using AWE64 on kernel 2.4.9

2001-09-13 Thread Iain Smith
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 10:19:21AM -0500, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > Can someone give me a hint or hand on building the 2.4.9 kernel to support > the > AWE64 sound system? I use one myself... The sound section of the kernel is set up like so: CONFIG_SOUND=y # CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 is not set # CON

Re: Debian packaged 2.4.9 kernel prevents internet access to ISP ONLY?!?

2001-08-31 Thread Iain Smith
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:11:00AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've have a strange problem here... > > On my system I have various Debian packaged kernels (2.2.19 and 2.4.9). > When I boot into my 2.2.19 kernel, my internet connection is fine. I can > access all sites and download my emai

Re: rlogin delays

2001-08-30 Thread Iain Smith
On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 07:29:06PM +0200, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Pam is the whinger... > > Aug 29 19:15:57 angel rlogind[392]: PAM unable to > dlopen(/lib/security/pam_cracklib.so) > Aug 29 19:15:57 angel rlogind[392]: PAM [dlerror: > /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so: cannot open shared > object

Re: rlogin delays

2001-08-29 Thread Iain Smith
On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 03:39:44PM +0200, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > hello, > I have installed the latest potato/2.2.19 on one of my network PCs. > When I rlogin into it from another host it takes more than a minute > before I get prompted for a password. There is nothing else of > consequence runnin

Re: Encrypted Filesystems

2001-08-23 Thread Iain Smith
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 12:37:50PM -0400, Mike McGuire wrote: > Yeah, that's it, I guess. Maybe they got it right the first time. :) > One minor problem (too minor to bother fixing, apparently) is that > the kernel makefile changed slightly somewhere between 2.4.3 and now. > So the patch fails on

Re: Ethernet Card Setup

2001-08-22 Thread Iain Smith
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:08:02PM +1000, Nathan Goss wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty setting up my Network Card. > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/100 network card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with the current Potato >

Re: Encrypted Filesystems

2001-08-22 Thread Iain Smith
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:39:41AM -0400, Mike McGuire wrote: > > I remember seeing a project recently which was a kernel module which > > allowed you to have encrypted loopback devices with patching the kernel > > of using the international kernel patch. > > Not sure if this is it, but I've been

Re: mount permission problems

2001-08-10 Thread Iain Smith
On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 02:45:42PM +0100, P Kirk wrote: > #! On Fri, Aug 10, 2001, Bob Koss wrote: > > >Mounting worked. By repeating the command I assume you meant > >'chown -R sue /mnt/dosE'. If so, that failed as it traversed the > >subdirectories of the partition. > > > ? Its meant to get all

Wireless

2001-07-13 Thread Iain Smith
Hi all, Has anyone any experience of linux-compatible wireless lan hardware. I'm looking for something reasonably cheap - maybe Netgear or something like that. Obviously I'd like to be sure the damn thing will work when I get it home! Cheers, Iain

Re: changing hostname

2001-06-22 Thread Iain Smith
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:10:56PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > Also must do is to read a book on unix systems. I suggest the 4.4 bsd > book, because it is a lot more readable than some of the more well-known > pamphlets by various illustruous academics[1]. Also, Kirk McKusick has > a video with

Re: changing hostname

2001-06-22 Thread Iain Smith
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:23:46PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:16:51PM +0000, Iain Smith wrote: > > I'd suggest: > > > > find /etc/ -type f |xargs grep $HOSTNAME > > Well, that is a really big hammer in fact. And you will still miss >

Re: changing hostname

2001-06-22 Thread Iain Smith
> Adri, > > I'm in the habbit of reading loads of magazines / install guides / howto's > and so on. > They all warn for this situation. None of them give a way to 'solve' this. > They 'just' pont out to 'think hard' at the domain and hostname part. > I know that this does not help, so i hope this

Re: contents of woody iso images?

2001-06-22 Thread Iain Smith
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 08:35:02PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Hi... > > Just curious about the woody iso images.. > Are these actual .iso images? or are they > .raw CD images? > I don't have any burn software that will create .raw images > only .iso > > What is the url that you are d