Security updates - slight confusion

2006-10-24 Thread Ken Walker
I'm getting a little confused about security updates I'm using Debian stable and daily do the apt-get update/upgrade. But when a package has a security update, do i have to start/stop specific applications. Like today, Python was updated due to a security fix. Is there any application i have

RE: hosts.deny

2006-05-10 Thread Ken Walker
can't you just do 100.100.100. Ken > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt > Zagrabelny > Sent: 29 March 2006 5:41pm > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: hosts.deny > > > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 09:05 -0600, Jack Hale wrot

RE: copying a 12GB file

2006-04-27 Thread Ken Walker
smbmount //other_machines_IP_or_name/share_name /mnt/c -o lfs,username=blah,password=blah the lfs in the middle gives samba Large File Support. I couldn't copy anything bigger than 2Gig without it Ken > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of C

RE: New user need some help

2006-04-27 Thread Ken Walker
username/password, nothing there for different desktops or shutdown or such. but it does work. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent West > Sent: 27 April 2006 11:57am > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New user need som

RE: New user need some help

2006-04-27 Thread Ken Walker
Sorry my mistake, it should be apt-get install x-window-system :o) > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mariusz Kruk > Sent: 27 April 2006 11:46am > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New user need some help > >

RE: New user need some help

2006-04-27 Thread Ken Walker
apt-get install x-windows-system apt-get install 'whatever gui you want' such as icewm or fluxbox or kde or . startx when you reboot you will have a gui login window and that will then take you strait into your chosen windows manager. :o) There are 10 types

RE: DVD ISO files

2006-02-22 Thread Ken Walker
Looks like a typical samba, fat32 file size limit, are you downloading to a fat32 file system ( win98 ) by any chance, is the download via http, ftp or samba ? Ken > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jean-Rene > David > Sent: 22 February 20

dual processors

2006-02-22 Thread Ken Walker
Does Debian stable 3.1, net install detect and install for dual processors or is there another installation disk for them Ken :o) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: USB flash drive not automounting or mounting

2006-02-10 Thread Ken Walker
Please correct me if i'm wrong but isn't the answer right there in the very first posting. Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi6 It's saying the device is scsi6 so shouldn't it be mount -t vfat /dev/scsi6 /media/flash ? :o) > -Original Message-

RE: Problems with X window system

2006-02-10 Thread Ken Walker
So, if i installed from net install, what would i need as a minimum to get say icewm or blackbox to run on my system. ? Ken > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shawn Lamson > Sent: 08 February 2006 12:06am > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

RE: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread Ken Walker
So from a basic net install boot disk, what is the minimum you would need to install to get icewm or blackbox running ? Ken > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent West > Sent: 24 January 2006 5:55pm > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Su

RE: Raid 0 array

2005-11-24 Thread Ken Walker
Did you set your partitions to type 'fd' and put the raid in your fstab ? > -Original Message- > From: TAC Forums [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 October 2005 2:01pm > To: Debian Users > Subject: Raid 0 array > > > Hi All, > > We have a Debian 3.1 Sarge Stable running on a backup s

RE: tar backup ok but restore errors w/ scsi dat dds2

2005-09-29 Thread Ken Walker
File system limits don't apply to tape drives because there seen by the system as a black hole, it's a serial stream rather than a file system. Your only limit is the capacity of the drive. :o) > -Original Message- > From: Ralph Eagle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 September 2005 2:

RE: reinstall lilo after windows

2005-09-13 Thread Ken Walker
I just tried mkboot, and put it in me little book. :o) It works on sarge with grub installed, but it doesn't work on lm9 with lilo installed. ken -Original Message- From: Hendrik Boom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 September 2005 1:51pm To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: r

RE: sarge: the worst distro?

2005-09-13 Thread Ken Walker
Yep, the option to make a boot floppy has gone, well i couldn't find it anywhere, even under expert26, and no more vanilla and such for older systems :o) but apart from that it went strait onto me lappy last night and purrred :o) I really missed the security of a boot floppy though :o( Ken

RE: my first raid disaster on reboot :o( update2

2005-09-08 Thread Ken Walker
ition making up the raid if you create a raid1 with mdadm do you create the filesystem before or after the raid is assembled. Many thanks Ken -Original Message- From: Alvin Oga To: Ken Walker Cc: debian-user Sent: 08/09/2005 14:39 Subject: Re: my first raid disaster on reboot :o( upd

RE: my first raid disaster on reboot :o( update

2005-09-08 Thread Ken Walker
vin Oga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 September 2005 2:39 pm To: Ken Walker Cc: debian-user Subject: Re: my first raid disaster on reboot :o( update hi ya ken On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Ken Walker wrote: == which is it .. - raid1 or raid0 .. big difference betweenthe two > /dev/md7 u

my first raid disaster on reboot :o( update

2005-09-08 Thread Ken Walker
ded, but can be helpful, if i hide me mdadm.conf file will the system boot with md7 and md8. I do have those two raids in my fstab file at the end as /dev/md7/Cad100 ext3defaults 0 2 /dev/md8/Cad200 ext3defaults 0 2 Can anybody help :o( Ken -----Original Message---

installing kernel module on install from CD

2005-08-11 Thread Ken Walker
Does anybody know where i can get the driver ( module ) to install 3.1 onto a scsi system with an advance scsi card. I've been to the advansys web page and looked at the installation cd, but they only have drivers for up to redhad5.2, and they are in zipped tar format in .c and .h, but i haven't g

shorthand for ip ranges

2005-08-11 Thread Ken Walker
how would i put the following into smb.conf in a shorthand format host allow all ip's from 192.168.0.151 to 192.168.0.185 but non outside this range without putting them all in separately, is it host allow 192.168.0.151 - 192.168.0.185 ? Many thanks Ken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

RE: Debian hangs at 5% on install ??

2005-08-10 Thread Ken Walker
It's set to Auto detect. But i don't understand why vanilla and lm8.2 install and run with no problems :o( -Original Message- From: Karl O. Pinc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 August 2005 7:44pm To: Ken Walker Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian hang

RE: Debian hangs at 5% on install ??

2005-08-10 Thread Ken Walker
( 68pin cable ) the card is at id:7 I've tried a different 50 pin cable and terminator and a different cd drive, tried with everything but the cd drive disconnected. I can't see it being hardware, because, as i said, i can install vanilla and Linux mandrake 8.2 :o( -

Debian hangs at 5% on install ??

2005-08-10 Thread Ken Walker
I'm trying to install Debian 3.1r0a and have the following problem. The install hangs with 5% showing on the progress bar with the following shown at the bottom of the screen. loading module 'advansys' for 'Advanced System products Inc ABP940-UW' If i do alt-f4 i can see the following hw-dete

RealPlayer on Debian

2003-07-19 Thread Ken Walker
I have been searching unsuccessfully for information on using RealPlayer in Debian. I use Opera or sometimes Konqueror as my web browser. The realplayer site has some downloads of generic Linux players but I was hoping to find a .deb package somewhere. Is there such a thing? -- Ken Walker