Re: Slashdot clones

1999-12-12 Thread Kevin Heath
On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 12:48:49AM +, Randy Edwards wrote: >I've got a project that needs a weblog with conversations, i.e. a > Slashdot clone. Any particular reason you don't want to use slash? ( http://slashdot.org/code.shtml ) Speaking of weblogs, does anyone know what happened to meme

Re: Easy way to migrate a Slackware system to debian?

1999-11-19 Thread Kevin Heath
On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 08:14:39AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > Bruno Boettcher wrote: > > I have a running slackware system on a computer which lacks a CD so > > since > > this is a running linux system i figure that it should be possible to > > migrate > > it towards debian is there somewhere

Re: /dev/console

1999-11-18 Thread Kevin Heath
On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 02:59:58AM -0500, Nagilum wrote: > I'm wondering how to get /dev/console to work properly in Debian. > > I'm running Debian 2.1 slink, and a 2.2.12 kernel. I've seen that the > Debian distribution sets /dev/console up as a symlink to /dev/tty0, while > slackware and Redhat

Re: Real world IP address of a machine behind a firewall ?

1999-11-15 Thread Kevin Heath
On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 11:17:32PM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > I am behind a firewall and/or Proxy server (I still have to learn what is the > difference between those 2 and when to use each). A firewall is a machine that sits between you and your default internet gatway that blocks and/or modifie

Re: kernel compile and modules

1999-11-15 Thread Kevin Heath
On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 01:27:10AM +0100, J Horacio MG wrote: > here I have a doubt about the options which can be configured as > loadable modules instead of compiling into the kernel. Say I use a > device too often, eg. cdrom. If I configure it as a loadable module, > would this imply the perfo

Re: Idea to prevent those long package listing downloads...

1999-11-15 Thread Kevin Heath
On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 11:40:19PM +, Russell G. Howe wrote: > I had this idea when I was sitting there watching 768K of package > listing for unstable trickle down my flaky, slow modem connection > at about 1K/sec, paying my 1 pence per minute to British Telecom > when I thought "Why can't I j

Re: /usr/src and file permissions

1999-11-14 Thread Kevin Heath
On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 12:52:28PM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote: > drwxrwsr-x4 root src 1024 Oct 16 00:18 oldsrc > drwxr-xr-x5 root root 1024 Nov 14 12:33 src > > Could someone explain the difference? I tried setting chmod g=+r+w+s > /usr/src, but that apparently d

Re: apt-get, now what?

1999-11-13 Thread Kevin Heath
On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 03:50:05AM +0100, J Horacio MG wrote: > I just tried to upgrade via apt-get, and while it did download the > files, it didn't install them. A first `apt-get install' attempt gave > me the following: >[...] > upgraded. > Sorry, but the following packages are broken - this

Re: Somebody is hacking me; what to do?

1999-11-13 Thread Kevin Heath
On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 02:31:35PM -0900, Christopher S. Swingley wrote: > The only way to be sure you've removed all backdoors and compromised > files is is to disconnect from the net, format all of your drives > and reinstall from scratch. >[...] > Probably sounds like overkill, but when all is s

Re: Somebody is hacking me; what to do?

1999-11-12 Thread Kevin Heath
On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 05:39:01PM -0500, Kevin Heath wrote: >[...] > I'm probably forgeting lots of things. Yup--you should probably first install the debsums package to see what files don't match their original checksum: "debsums -sa 2>&1 |tee -a dubsum.log"

Re: Somebody is hacking me; what to do?

1999-11-12 Thread Kevin Heath
On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 09:22:54PM +0200, Daniel Mashao wrote: > I am getting emails from some fool saying > Ifwewerehackerswedownyourdumbass > which means "If we were hackers we down your dumb ass" >[...] > Any advice for me? Physically diconnent the box from the network. Reinstall all th

Re: don't make it a black box please

1999-11-12 Thread Kevin Heath
On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 04:13:03PM -0600, Fethi Okyar wrote: > to move to kde I needed to upgrade my X system. (I was using one > that came with hamm) > [...] > > Only thing mentioned is "use apt-get". Ok, I used "apt-get" to get > the "xbase" package which is supposed to include all what is > ne

Re: Getting apt-get to explain things

1999-11-12 Thread Kevin Heath
On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 12:16:34AM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: > How can I get apt-get to explain *why* it wants to remove a package? > > I can't find any reasoning why it want to remove one of the packages I have > installed, especially since it is not in the main distribution, and does not > de

Re: debconf frontend error

1999-11-11 Thread Kevin Heath
On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 11:50:24AM -0600, Charles Lewis wrote: > Getting the following debconf frontend errors periodically: > > Gtk-WARNING **: Cannot init gtk at > /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/FrontEnd/Gtk.pm line 53 > debconf: failed to initialize Gtk frontend > debconf: falling back to Dialog

Re: saving X session?

1999-11-07 Thread Kevin Heath
On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 04:02:39PM -0800, Ron Farrer wrote: > When I log out all my settings are lost; window manager (WindowMaker), > themes, etc. How can I make it so that these things 'stick' when I > logout and back in? I'm using slink and xdm to load X. KDE has excellent session management bu