Re: procmail. query use of trailing :

To all who answered this, thanks, has taken me a while to get around to it. I checked out the useful site this evening and have got some good ideas. Thanks again Ian On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 05:33:46PM -0700, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Ian Balchin wrote: >

Re: slrn + leafnode = heavy load

ar 10, 2002 at 09:50:19PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > Hi, > > I am running a low-spec machine comprising a Cyrix 120 processor, > 120 Mb ram, ample hdd and swap space. It is running potatoe in > console mode. > > Having got the setup going with help from this group, i f

slrn + leafnode = heavy load

times when it seems to be ok, i can arrow down half a dozen posts but then it sticks and it is back to waiting 10 seconds to move down one group. Surely there must be something wrong? top shows slrn consuming 20% of CPU and 40% of memory just to change groups. -- Ian Balchin http

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

Hi Glynn, We have some success! On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 10:55:50PM +, Glyn Millington wrote: > Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > OK, let me just catch up here!! You are running > > a. Leafnode? > b. slrn on yes, yes > > debian stable? >

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

...news.saix.net: Unknown host. slrn fatal error: Failed to initialize server. Each time it wants to connect to news.saix.net but since I am offline it cannot. $ slrn --spool will get slrn going onscreen but with no groups. :( :( :( -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

nothing is being written to file Are 1,2 & 3 linked? Whereto? Am i correct in assuming that I should be able to run it from user$, and should I then change permissions somewhere? -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

Feb 28, 2002 at 10:49:04PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 02:41:42AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: late again, nogal! > ... > > and another daily email from the same source saying > > > > /usr/lib/news/bin/news.daily: /usr/lib/news/bin/innconfval:

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

or non-login shells I assume this will not take effect in a login shell, only if you open a new shell? Maybe I am not understanding that correctly. slrn top line says ** Server: /var/spool/news and the bottom line says News Groups: /var/spool/news so, since I am need a dialup config this is correc

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

epends on. how can i do that? Write them down, start > dselect and select them individually. Or use `apt-get install'. > > > > blanks. I don't want to remove the dialup package and start again as > > that would break the email connection. > > No need to do that. not going to > groetjes, carel en baaie dankie vir u help. ian let us see what glynn says too. -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

Glyn, hi, no luck, comments below. On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:36:08PM +, Glyn Millington wrote: > Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:28:48PM +0200, inksi wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Now I have really stuffed u

procmail. query use of trailing :

procmailex. Even if the second example has two conditions to be satisfied, why does it dispense with the trailing : ? Regards Ian -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: resource for newbie

re plenty of other publishers that print Debian books also. > > > > And this mailing list, ofcourse :-) > > > > Kar. > > Debian Planet (http://www.debianplanet.org/) had a link earlier this week to a > debian user guide. http://teleport.medri.hr/~docelic/debguide/ >

Re: Blank Messages To Mailing List With Attachments Containing Message

-- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

;t going to fill in the > blanks. I don't want to remove the dialup package and start again as > that would break the email connection. > > Can somebody please hold my hand and lead me down the yellow brick > road please? > > On-list please. > > :) > >

really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

isn't going to fill in the blanks. I don't want to remove the dialup package and start again as that would break the email connection. Can somebody please hold my hand and lead me down the yellow brick road please? On-list please. :) -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables Th

Re: slrn + slrnpull

aders, that I have read are not > > retained. > > > > I have run slrnpull on its own but since it is in /usr/sbin it is > > not on the path and I conclude that it is meant to be integrated into > > the slrn program and not run seperately. I followed the instructions

slrn + slrnpull

ot run seperately. I followed the instructions in /usr/share/doc/slrnpull/QUICK_INSTALL to no avail. Any broad help guidelines would be appreciated. Something has gone wrong and only the thought of all the hours spent playing around has prevented me from uninstalling the whole thing. Yours in need Ia

Re: AntiVirus 4 Linux

lease point me to the right direction. > > P.S I am aware that my question is not exactly for this list, but I am > desperate. :) > > GW. -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

offline news reader

multi-user network. Can someone please cut through the fog and talk me into a sensible selection please. Regards Ian -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

maximum nuber of messages in mutt?

I am going to lose the lot (well, i would be really worried in windows). Ian -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: broken gpm

been playing with it. Thanks. Ian -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

broken gpm

relevant. The cursor moves around the screen nicely, but cannot mark anything. I have it as /dev/ttyS0 What to do. Should I perhaps uninstall and reinstall gpm? (well, I am windows trained) Thanks Ian -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http

Re: Many apologies for auto-reply spam

turn the multipart message feature off as well. Rather get yourself Pegasus Mail for use on a M$ system anyway. PS. Congratulations, Dad. -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: bash history file

On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:07:10PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:57 PM +0200, Ian Balchin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My commands are no longer recorded in .bash_history > > > > HISTFILE. HISTFILESIZE, & HISTSIZE a

bash history file

Hi, My commands are no longer recorded in .bash_history HISTFILE. HISTFILESIZE, & HISTSIZE are all set. What have i done? This is apparent in my user login, commands as root are still recorded. Thanks for any tips. Ian -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is run

Re: dialup priority

On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 05:59:30PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 09:55:56PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > Hi, all, > > > > Shortly after booting up, machine probably had been off for 24h, > > there is a flurry of activity from the hdd. I imagine

dialup priority

I in fact do anything about this? Any time that you guys can spend away from the enormous thread developing on Debian and money etc. welcomed. (Please keep comments on-list). Regards -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: killed process still on-screen

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:42:40PM -0600, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:33:25PM +0200, Ian Balchin insinuated: > > I locked up mutt & jove while editing a message. I killed them from > > top but cannot get use of tty1 back which still shows the process. > &

tty1 clogged up

. Am still stuck with the locked screen display. I don't want to have to reboot to clear it, so how can I get tty1 back? Mutt and Jove are dead. -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

killed process still on-screen

Hi, I locked up mutt & jove while editing a message. I killed them from top but cannot get use of tty1 back which still shows the process. I do not want to reboot. Any magical suggestions which rtfm to examine? Ian -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is run

Re: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error

t; # set pgp_verify_key_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --fingerprint --check-sigs %r" # set pgp_list_pubring_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --with-colons --list-keys %r" # set pgp_list_secring_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --with-colons --list-secret-keys %r" # set pgp_getkeys_command="" # some email aliases source ~/inksi.aliases # no aliases here -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error

. Next download i will not use the -e limit and see what success or failure attends it. In case it got lost, can i use the -n miscellaneous option in fetchmail to speed up things perhaps? Yours ever in query Ian -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU

Re: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error

On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 11:36:44PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 10:49:32PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 07:06:13PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:08:22AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > &

Re: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error

7On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:10:39AM +, Stig Brautaset wrote: > * dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:08:22AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > >> While using fetchmail all goes OK until reaching message 91 and then > >> > >

Re: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error

On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 07:06:13PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:08:22AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > While using fetchmail all goes OK until reaching message 91 and then > > > > 'reading message No 91' > > SIGPIPE thrown

Re: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error

On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 06:25:26PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:08:22AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > | While using fetchmail all goes OK until reaching message 91 and then > | > | 'reading message No 91' > | SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream s

SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error

e up to 91 has been downloaded and deleted on the host I do not understand how the same messages are downloaded on the next attempt and the above process repeated as many times as i dial in. Is this me or the isp? Regards -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running

system clock

. I can temporarily set the time back $ date --set='-2 hours' but this is not permanent if switching off/on. I can see where to accurise the clock, but cannot find where the basic boot setting can be revised. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co

exim in cron - why for dialup system?

Hi, Since I have a dial-up system to my isp for email collection and delivery why does cron have an entry for exim? It runs whenever I dial up and connect? Should I remove this entry? -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http

Re: Debian Lists, USENET & Spam

never going to get Debian up and configured in a Sunday afternoon, this is a _steep_ learning curve and patience is a virtue as is reading the docs given. Best of luck with procmail, don't stop trying. -- Ian Balchin http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux ... http://www.debian.org

Re: multiple copies of getty running Newbie #61

other program was using it. Looking at top I spied getty All the best for 2002 which at this time of writing I am happily in while you are still in 2001 (if you are in North America, that is). regards Ian > On Dec 2001, at 14:44, Jor-el wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Ian Balc

wwwoffle loading Newbie #61

see wwwoffle spring to the fore. I checked my renaming of the links and all was correct. I had not renamed the @K links assuming this would not be a problem. What is happening here, how can wwwoffle be disabled short of uninstalling it? Regards Ian Ian Balchin email [EMAIL PROTECTED

multiple copies of getty running Newbie #61

disable this action Help always appreciated Ian Ian Balchin email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel or Fax: +27-(0)46-636-1525 Home +27-(0)46-622-2474 cell 083-495-7353 Grahamstown, South Africa.

Re: Mounting floppy. Newbie #61

On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 11:13:32AM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 03:12:54PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > > > # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy > > # mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /floppy > > # mount -t auto /dev/fdo /floppy >

Re: Mounting floppy. Newbie #61

easier. kde must have something like that too. on the console, > you have only mount and umount. > > hope it helps. > > pietro. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] &g

Re: Mounting floppy. Newbie #61

rush. Regards Ian On 27 Dec 2001, at 13:14, dman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 03:12:54PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > | Hi, > | > | I did a fresh install over the Xmas break. > | > | Prior to this I saved all the various conf files to a floppy. > | > | Now I cannot mount the

Re: Newbie comments & queries

haestus and put in my root password, but this is not the solution. In any case the passwords have already been dealt with at ppp negotiation stage - right? Next step? Regards Ian Ian Balchin -- Fables Bookshop, 119 High Str

Mounting floppy. Newbie #61

it in fact written to the floppy at the same time as it appears on /floppy ? Thanks and all the best for 2002 Ian Ian Balchin email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel or Fax: +27-(0)46-636-1525 Home +27-(0)46-622-2474 cell 083-495-7353 Grahamstown, South Africa.

ppp daemon dies Newbie #61

season here until 2nd week in Jan) as other matters are pressuring for my attention in the days and weeks ahead (i have to make a living). So, wishing you all the best for the festive season, whatever your faith, wherever you are, I will look to better success just now. Regards Ian Ian

-->PPP daemon has died! (exit code = 242) Newbie #61

Hi, posting this under new Subject. Any ideas? What does exit code 242 say? All the best for the festive season Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

ppp daemon dies Newbie #61

please. I see nothing in /var/log of any help. Note. I also set up to try pon and poff. pon also fails to connect Regards Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Getting email together with dman Newbie #61

thus I cannot add on the debug option were I running it at the prompt. Any ideas? Without sending the log files I note that woffled appears to be listed heavily in them and I am not using this. regards Ian Ian Balchin -

Newbie comments & queries

lock script), is there an automated removal sequence as well? There are other things but they will have to wait until I bring hephaustus home this weekend. Monday is a public holiday so have great hopes to be up and running then at the latest. Regards Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Printing HOWTOs a problem. Newbie #61

reg, dman and gary as well, some useful info there and seeing as the paper level is diving dramatically I will certainly look at CUPS to get 2 pages per page. Might be nicer if I used the laser printer for that. regards Ian Ian Balchin ---

Printing HOWTOs a problem. Newbie #61

. Any and all suggestions welcomed with thanks. Regards Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Getting email together with dman Newbie #61

commented out re latter when I gave it an unsuccessful try previously Regards Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Newbie comments & queries

y. I had a frantic call at the shop that the was "a snake hissing at her" and would I come home and deal with it! Fortunately I quizzed her about the size and colour of the snake, so she bravely went back --- and found the cat! Regards Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Re: numlock and twm [was Re: get leds on after bootup. Newbie #61]

). Can anyone please amplify Colins instruction at a really basic level. Thanks Ian > On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 02:58:12AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:28:53AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > > > To the point, why does debian switch off the numlock in

Getting email together with dman Newbie #61

AP, > but I've never used it. I am not sure that I understand you here. I log in from the computer at home or I carry it home and then do it there. I am going to use one dedicated address on the linux box to start off with and get going with just personal email (family around the globe). Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Re: get leds on after bootup. Newbie #61

ock in the first place when it has been set on at bios level, and surely most people want it on anyway? Thanks Ian Talking about Re: get leds on after bootup. Newbi, you last wrote. > On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 03:58:05PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > Karsten M. Self wrote: > >

get leds on after bootup. Newbie #61

to activate Numlock for the > first six terminals: > > echo "Activating Numlock ..." > for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do > /usr/bin/setleds +num < /dev/tty${i} > /dev/null > done Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Re: Key words, please [was: Newbie comments & queries]Newbie #61

ages en-masse and so filter out and delete anyhing other than those with my standard header. I thought that this was a reasonable solution. However, I have given the matter some thought and will see if a new header scheme will be more effective and useful to all. Regards Ian Ian

Newbie comments & queries

have accounts @hotmail.com and the like, is that IMAP (Pegasus has it, but do not know if my ISP has). I have a free email at a local server but Pegasus Mail has 'multipop' and collects from all my email addresses one after the other. Have to go now, want to watch the late film. Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Newbie comments & queries

Hi, I note a line on bootup 152 ? S< 0.00 /usr/sbin/diald Just thought I should mention this. Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Newbie comments & queries

s that this was of course set, but the setting does not survive the bootup/login process. I will look at this and be a little more specific just now. Now I have to run off to the shop, but this weekend will answer all the suggestions given. Regards Ian (& Jezebel) Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Newbie comments & queries

m.html Rob Clark --- End of forwarded message --- Ian Balchin -- Fables Bookshop, 119 High Street, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone or Fax +27-(0)46-636-1525 cell: 083-495-735

Newbie comments & queries

nned sardines in tomato sauce which has enabled it to hiss more strongly. I found some backups of some of the lost files and have dried my tears. I hope to get an email out just now, so keep your fingers crossed. Regards Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Newbie comments & queries

send in minicom, nothing would appear on the screen from the keyboard. Will probably connect the modem onto the W98 box to see that it does operate and remove any nagging doubts in that direction. Will look at the matter again soonest Regards Ian Ian Balchin

Newbie comments & queries

OK, OK, OK, I _am_ reading the modem-HOWTO and the wvdial README right now. I can see this is a complex subject. I have installed minicom but can only run from root. When run from user I get: minicom cannot open /dev/ttyS1: permission denied Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South

Newbie comments & queries

g that he is). My hdd on dos machine had a fit and have lost 15 years of addresses and other data while it was backing up! Alleyula! Regards and a plea for help as have switched hephaustus off with not an idea what to do now. Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Re: Newbie comments & queries

Right, I have got my 'new' external Microcom 28.8 modem and will be using tasksel this weekend to install appropriate packages for email and usenet activity. Definitely not a winmodem! Hold thumbs. Regards Ian I

Re: Newbie comments & queries

curence, type > an n. To get rid of the highlighting, type u (hit the > esc key, then hit the u key). > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Consider registering as a bone marrow donor > http://www.bloodservices.ca/english/ubmdr > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Newbie comments & queries

plete and will then be looking at installing dial-up email access. Will be off the list for a few days, but really appreciate the help so far, even if your email appears unanswered all are read, digested, and appreciated Ian Ian Balchin ---

Newbie comments & queries

prompt. Joe should colorise, the local university have it running on Free- BSD in glorious yellow text on red, but can find nothing in the docs or config file. Really shouldn't Debian install with an option for color? I'll sort out the colours and come back with next problem. Alles va

Re: Newbie comments & queries

do assume that you are already in the know on most matters linux and the writers are often using redhat or something other than Debian. Regards Ian Ian Balchin -- Fables Bookshop, 119 High Street, Grahamstown, 6139, South Afr

Re: Newbie comments & queries

ing this in it comes up with 'syntax error' for this line (this as suggested in BootPrompt-HOWTO) Am I worrying about something that I need not? In fact LPT2 was primarily intended for a dos programme (printer normally loaded with invoice paper) but thought OK add it in to Li

Newbie comments & queries

n it daily via cron perhaps. Enjoy the weekend & thanks Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Re: Newbie comments & queries

ns, I will read the books and man pages first. regards Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Newbie comments & queries

oes that actually mean? Without being able to see the bottom of top (!) I cannot add the figures up to see if they add up. alles van die beste Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Re: Newbie comments & queries

is nothing in /floppy and nothing in /dev/fd I have 16Mb Ram. according to top I have 13.7 of which 11.8 is used and 1.9 free. Where has this all gone! I am not doing anything yet. Enough Regards Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Re: Newbie comments & queries

Hi, A progress report. I will stay in the console mode as suggested by Karsten. So no more queries on Xfree at the moment. > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 10:17:34PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > device = /dev/ttys0 as now have a plain serial 2-button on COM1 > > type=ms repeat_ty

Re: Newbie comments & queries

d line lp port=0x378 irq=7 the point being that the screen wording implies that you input the command-line parameters _without_ the preliminary 'lp' command. I am not installing X until after I scrounge some more memory. I will try the printing soon. keep well Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.

Re: Newbie comments & queries

roblem this w.e. dman made some suggestions to follow. Really need some hardcopy READMEs. thanks a lot Ian Ian Balchin -- Fables Bookshop, 119 High Street, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph

Re: Newbie comments & queries

under I lightning and the UPS is doing its thing. I will tackle the printing problem after a reinstall this evening that hopefully will see me sound/mouse/video operational. New stupid question. I stay out of root (load as tty5 always) unless necessary. Can I poweroff out of a user account

Newbie comments & queries

plain serial mouse? In XF86Setup I cannot get the serial mouse to go with _any_ settings either. I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction here. (I am now sort-of vi competent so can edit files OK). Thanks Ian Ian Balchin Grahamstown, South Africa.