Re: Capturing install screenshots

Try script(1) it records all terminal output to a file. You will need to "cheat" a little: First create an extra partition containing script, needed libraries and space for the script. Then start the boot floppy. Kill the install front end Mount the script partition on /typescript where it won

Re: www.debian.org not responding

Tip of the day: The Official Debian mirrors are called www.country.debian.org e.g. www.us.debian.org www.dk.debian.org www.jp.debian.org www.de.debian.org etc. Easy to remember. Would be easier if all country codes were valid (as aliases of some country with a real mirror).

Re: Installation Problems

For rescue.bin, you should point right back at the floppy!!! You are not supposed to untar base.tar.gz or drivers.tar.gz, even if you put them on floppies! There are two ways to create the floppy versions of these: The Hard Way: dd if=some512byteheader of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 dd if=base.tar.

Re: XFree86 nolisten option: Debian specific or general?

On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 04:58:53PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I've been engaged in an extended offline discussion with an individual > on the topic of running remote X applications under Debian. Getting > beyond security concerns involved, the -nolisten flag of XFree86 is one > of the blocks

Re: ADSL startup and non-root users

While specialized tools like pon are fine for their special cases, Debian and other UNIX systems also have some different, generally usable way of granting normal users the right to perform some specific command as root, given roots prior permission. For Debian systems I would recommend the supe

Re: port 443 problem?

On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 12:12:08AM +0800, Eric Boo wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using SID. I installed apache-ssl and even though it loaded > without any error messages, i realized that netstat -an|grep 443 gives > nothing. ps aux shows that gcache is running. > > So i purged it and install apache +

Re: magicfilter simple question

On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:16:44PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Hi, > > I installed magicfilter and setup 2 remote printers. > What would be the best way to add a 3rd printer? > also, how do you set the default printer? > > Before, I would just blow away /etc/printcap > and then add all 3 prin

Re: ownership of target of /dev/cdroms/cdroms0 in devfs

On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 09:40:06PM +0200, Eamon Roque wrote: > Hi! > > Why is it then that when I mount a cdrom by hand, I can't change the options? > When I do a "mount -o exec /cdrom" I get still have the following in > /etc/mtab: > /dev/sr1 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev) > > Am I mi

Re: Unidentified subject!

On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:52:20AM +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote: > Cc: > Bcc: > Subject: Re: CPU Overclocking & Kernel compile > Reply-To: > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Rajesh Consultancy (Please check your e-mail program to make the headers

Re: quick perl check

On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:37:50AM -0600, Adam McDaniel wrote: > Hey...i think i've found a slight issue/bug with the testing version of perl, > but I need someone running stable to run this command: > > # dpkg -S ioctl.ph > > Actually, now that I think about it, anyone running either stable OR t

Re: Which are the network .deb-s of Debian GNU/Linux ?

On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:45:03PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I understand that there are certain .deb-s that : > 1) make your Linux box a router (I want him\her to at least identify on being > ping-ed > by others on the network , and accept telnet and ftp connections) . ... First off, as

Re: tar copying problems for "/" to "/mnt"

On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 01:08:29PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote: ... > partition) to "/mnt" which points to my spare partition. to do this i > use tar with the commands: > > cd /; tar cf - / | (cd /mnt; tar xf - ) > > this works fine but i get this timestamp messages: > > tar: Archive contains futur

Re: dpkg

On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 05:56:38PM -0500, Stathy G. Touloumis wrote: > What is 'start-stop-daemon'? When I try to install a package using dpkg I > get this error. > > > dpkg: `start-stop-daemon' not found on PATH. > dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. > NB: root's PATH should usu

Re: mountig iso images as normal user

On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 05:05:46PM +0200, Sven Garbade wrote: > Hi there, > > is it possible to allow normal users to mount an iso-image (which is in > the home directory)? Normally this must do root. > > Thanks, Sven > I do this all the time. Here is how: Decide in advance the filename that

Re: question about hostname

On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 10:39:45AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > Who "does" what in that situation? The DSL provider (Speakeasy) has > also provided me with DNS server addresses ... they know nada about the > domain I'm hosting with another company (should they?) ... that other > hosting co

Re: ssh security question

On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 10:11:08PM +0200, Martin F Krafft wrote: > my laptop has two net interfaces, one wired and one wireless. they > have different MAC addresses, but i configured my DHCP server to treat > them the same so that i usually have the same IP no matter what card i > use. > > i just

Re: problems printing

On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 01:51:20PM -0400, Eric Howard wrote: > > > Is parport.o for the same kernel as the one you are running > > (type uname -a to check)? > > Well, it's under 2.2.17 and my kernel is 2.4.9, but the /lib/modules/2.4.9 > directory doesn't seem to have the module in it, so I assu

Re: problems printing

On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 11:54:46AM -0400, Eric Howard wrote: > > I'm having trouble getting printing to work. If I cat to the lp devices > I get `no such device', so I figure it is a problem with missing kernel > support. If I try to add the parport.o module (which claims no > dependencies) I get

Getting Sunix ISA card with SUN1699 UART to run 921.2kb/s

Hello, could someone help me with this card?, or just point me in the right direction? I am using my old 486/33 box as firewall for my ISDN line (binaries and general directory structure from Debian, custom install and boot procedure, lots of hardening). The machine is all ISA bus, none of the fan