Re: NIS updating question

2003-10-02 Thread Jon Masters
Neal Lippman wrote: I use nis on my LAN for storing passwd, group, hosts, services, etc, information. I need to update the hosts file with new ip addresses. Is there an command or easy way to propagate updated host information to the NIS database, or do I just use ypinit and rebuild the whoe databa

Re: Poor sound output with new emu10k1 drivers

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 22:59:11 -0400, Brian Nelson wrote: > I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.9 to try out the updated emu10k1 drivers > for my SB Live soundcard. However, the newer drivers sound like > crap. The sound is somewhat distorted, tinny, and lacking in bass. > It doesn't matter if I'm playing a wa

Re: nvidia-glx and dpkg-divert

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 19:20:32 -0700, Geoffrey Romer wrote: > > > On 02 Sep 2001 21:29:56 +0100, David wrote: > > > > > Just use the drivers from nVidia. > > > > ...and encourage a company to continue releasing non-Free software. > > Dude, the Debs are just a packaged version of the Nvidia drivers, an

Re: Xserver problem

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
[resent with correct formatting] On 02 Sep 2001 22:47:39 +, Giri X wrote: > I was trying to get Xwindows running on my PC. It has Intel Direct 2x > AGP for graphics. I found the Xserver(XFCom_i810) In this case I would suggest that, as you have an i810, you simply go with a standard XFree86

Re: Xserver problem

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
Hello, I apologise for the formatting of my previous mail...maybe I can win a prize from Ximian for adding it to the Evolution bug reports :) In any case, I like evolution and am currently engaged in a magazine review of it but it does have problems - most especially its total inability to corre

Re: Xserver problem

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 22:47:39 +, Giri X wrote: > I was trying to get Xwindows running on my PC. It has Intel Direct 2x AGP > for graphics. I found the Xserver(XFCom_i810) In this case I would suggest that, as you have an i810, you simply go with a standard XFree86 4.x install. The XFCom drivers f

Re: ipchians and ssh

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 14:54:47 -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Do you think its best to change the state of the input chain to DENY and > then just allow ssh ? Yes absolutely. --jcm

Re: nvidia-glx and dpkg-divert

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 21:29:56 +0100, David wrote: > Just use the drivers from nVidia. ...and encourage a company to continue releasing non-Free software. --jcm

Re: Programming in Java

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 14:34:56 -0400, Steve Dondley wrote: > I'm interested in learning the Java programming language. I suggest aquiring a good book, a number of these are available :) > What do I need to install the JVM and program in Java on my Debian There are a number of JDKs available for Debian

Re: conflicting network-cards?

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 11:29:23 +0200, Joerg Huber wrote: > But I wasn´t right, when saying that eth0 works properly. When I deconfigure > eth1 with "ifconfig eth1 down" eth0 is stopping to work, too. All connections > freeze and I have to bring down eth0 and up again to make them work again. This was a

Re: Good mail management techniques?

2001-09-02 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 15:32:02 +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just wondering how people manage their email... * Each mail incomming message is triple duplicated. * Mail is filtered on my primary mail server by several hundred procmail rulesets which filter in to groups by topic, month, yea

Re: Configuring a printer whose specification is not shown by printtool

2001-09-01 Thread Jon Masters
On 01 Sep 2001 19:57:01 -0600, John Galt wrote: > > Use something other than a roothat-based printer configuration tool. I > think that magicfilter knows about epson LX-300's, and I even think that > Epson once made some filters specifically available from their website. Maybe Epson do a PPD des

Re: OT: WinLinux

2001-09-01 Thread Jon Masters
On 01 Sep 2001 21:19:24 -0400, Greg Buchanan wrote: > If you haven't already mentioned/explored it, CorelLinux might be worth > a look. http://www3.corel.com/ Why could anyone want to install Corel/WinLinux when there is Progeny GNU/Linux? Surely Progeny offers all the attractive features you wan

Time Tracking/Task mangement

2001-09-01 Thread Jon Masters
Hi, I am after suggestions for packages which offer ``web based'' * time tracking * task management with a view to installing for use within a company I work for. Suggestions welcome. --jcm

Re: Mozilla is invisible

2001-09-01 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 00:08:12 +0200, Stefan Deibel wrote: > However, after upgrading in memory from 128 MB to 512 MB and installing a > game from a Linux User CD, Mozilla starts 4 never ending mozilla-bin processes > but is completely unusable. There is not even a mozila window any more. > What the hel

[Fwd: Re: XFree86 4.1.0 with Potato & dri]

2001-09-01 Thread Jon Masters
--- Begin Message --- Hi, I reckon you may be missing the agpgart module though - have you done a modprobe agpgart? --jcm --- End Message ---

Re: XFree86 4.1.0 with Potato & dri

2001-09-01 Thread Jon Masters
On 02 Sep 2001 02:32:12 +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote: > Any ideas what am I missing ? Do you have agpgart and other modules correctly inserted? sometimes dependencies seem to miss-generated and fail to get the correct modules installed prior to the X server attempting to use them. What do the rele

Re: Gnome Freeze

2001-09-01 Thread Jon Masters
On 01 Sep 2001 16:37:54 -0400, dman wrote: > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 05:02:34PM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: > | I guess that is not the answer you were expecting? > > No, but it seems someone else has correctly guessed the problem. > Anyways, that is good information for the future :-). Hehe,

Re: promise ultra ata100 controller card and linux support

2001-09-01 Thread Jon Masters
On 01 Sep 2001 22:32:29 +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote: Jimmy> >ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support ---> and then... > I went to Network Device Support -> Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) and could not > find the above card hence posted to the list. :-) Hmmm... > Your reasoning is excellent -- it's only your basic a

Re: Gnome Freeze

2001-09-01 Thread Jon Masters
On 01 Sep 2001 16:19:08 +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: > ...when I load the Gnome desktop into play the machine will freeze at > the first gnome action I try (selecting an icon of the desktop or > similar). Locks up tight. This will sound weird... Do you have a sound card installed and the