gnome2--tooltips

Hi All, I was wondering if someone might be able to remind me how I can turn off tooltips in gnome2. I had to reinstall this weekend and that is the last thing I can't seem to figure out. Every time the mouse pointer runs over a panel applet a box pops up, even when I remove the text from th

cannot mount zip--totally strange

Hi all, I just encountered a very strange situation, which has rendered my zip drive un-mountable. I was modifying a shell script mentioned on this list as a way to back up a certain directory to my zip drive. After some doing, I finally got to a point where I actually got the script to work prope

Re:cannot start sshd

Thanks for the suggestions, Here are the results from the previous suggestions: >try checking with netstat -a if someone's listening on the ssh port on >the server; Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State

cannot start sshd

Hi again group, Sorry to post this message again, but I am still not able to get sshd to start. Below are the results from the diagnostics that I ran to figure out the problem. I have even tried a fresh install of ssh because I did not know what else to try. I am not behind a firewall so I cann

still no sshd

Hi again all, I have continued plugging away trying to get sshd to start on my home machine, and still no luck. Below are the results of tests I have run to try to figure out the problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. This is what I get when I try to log in remotely: shaq-fu[~]%

can't start sshd

Hi All, For some reason, I am unable to start sshd. I have combed thhrough many web pages and the archive, but did not find anything that sounded like my specific problem. I even resorted to a fresh install of the most recent version of ssh in unstable, but to no avail. When I run /etc/init.d/s

ssh- cannot load host key

Hi all, I am fairly new to using SSH, and I was wondering if anyone may be able to help me with a problem. For some reason I am not able to ssh into my home machine from any other location. When I try, I get the following message: Secure connection to satchel1.dyndns.org refused. I can rlogin,

gnome quicklaunch

Hello, I am having a problem and was wondering if someone might be able to help me out. I have a quicklaunch applet on my gnome panel. Interestingly, when i start xterm or axyftp from the quicklaunch, /root shows up as the default home directory: satchel[/root]% I tried removing ~/.gnome/quick

tulip and kernel 2.4.4-more info

Hi again, Here is the specific information taken from dmesg and modprobe from both kernel 2.2.18 and 2.4.2. This is the error message I get when I try to load the tulip driver manually for kernel 2.4.2: satchel[/home/jake]% modprobe tulip /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o: in

tulip and kernel 2.4.2

Hi, I recently compiled kernel 2.4.2 and am having a difficult time getting the tulip driver module to load. The module loads fine using kernel 2.2.18 (from /etc/modules) without passing any parameter arguments. However, even when I try to load the module using irq and io values, it fails to loa

mounting cd-rw

Hi group, I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me figure out how to mount my cd-rw drive. I was able to install it and get it to record cd's, but I have been unable mount it and use it like a regular cd-rom. In other words, when i place a music cd or a data cd into that drive, no disk i

crontab

hi, I am still a relatively new user of debian, but i was wondering if someone may be able to help me out setting my crontab. basically, i want to set cron to check and update (if necessary) my dyndns account daily. i read many pages about how to set the crontab, which seems pretty straight forwa

archives

i was wondering if someone would give me some fundamental advice.i have never used the archives before. where are they located, and how might i be able to look at them? thanks. jake

netscape-amended

hello, sorry for the lack of specificity in my last message. it now looks like at least one other person posted a similar concern. when i try to open netscape i get the following message: /usr/bin/X11/netscape: line 277: syntax error near unexpected token `(' /usr/bin/X11/netscape: line 277: `

uncompressing kernel

hello, i was wondering if someone could help me. i need to install sound modules into the kernel (2.2.15) and i do have the kernel-source, but it is compressed in a .bz2 format. i am new to this and my last kernel was gzipped which i know how to handle. also right now i only have /usr/src/ dire