"blocking" hosts

2004-05-18 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
If I want to block all access to my debian box from a certain IP, is it as simple as placing the IP in /etc/hosts.deny? I am using debian woody... Thanks. -- Matthew Daubenspeck 08:13:06 up 5 days, 17:58, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.01 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

ntpd connection problems

2004-02-05 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
0 0.00 delay 0.02588, dispersion 0.0 offset 0.112532 5 Feb 20:01:33 ntpdate[27111]: adjust time server 172.17.0.1 offset 0.112532 sec What do I have screwed up? Thanks for the help. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Replying from Mutt

2004-01-09 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
if either of them are > set. Or you can set this in ~/.muttrc set editor = "vim -c 'set tw=72'"' -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Anyone using Squirrelmail 1.4.2 on Stable?

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
2 on stable, but I don't use the .deb package. It's just as easy to download the php source and install it manually... -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bookmarks: Konqueror *AND* Mozilla ???

2004-01-03 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
arch Freshmeat or > Sourceforge for something similar. http://bookmark4u.sourceforge.net/ I have been using it for years and it works GREAT. Very speedy even with a lot of bookmarks and folders... -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Jabberd segfault

2003-12-15 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:05:40PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > Yep, this is the _exact_ combination that first reported the problem to > me. Upgrading the package or recompiling the source with the new libc6 > corrects the problem. Thanks for the quick help! -- :wq! Matthew Da

Re: Jabberd segfault

2003-12-15 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
ell with the same result) libc6 - 2.3.2.ds1-10 Bingo! Upgrading jabber to 1.4.3-1 solved the problem. Sorry, I didn't even notice that a new package was in the list.. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Jabberd segfault

2003-12-15 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
/sbin/jabberd 20031215T16:18:46: [notice] (-internal): initializing server Segmentation fault There is nothing in the log other then the above line minus the Segmentation fault... Any ideas? -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Jabber servers

2003-10-23 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Is there anyone using jabberd as an internal Jabber server? I have the server up and running fine, but have had no luck with the jabber-muc Conference room package. Whatever I try, it fails to connect. Any ideas? -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

PDA/GSM Phones

2003-10-07 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
]. Has anyone tried syncing this with something via Bluetooth? An example of a phone in question is the Sony Ericson T616: http://www.1800mobiles.com/t616activ.html Any ideas? Thanks. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Printing to JetDirect printer

2003-10-05 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
s working with JetDirect. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Multiple IPs on one NIC

2003-07-24 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
work card? You don't need the eth0:0 gateway item, as that route has already been added to the system from the first interface. Just use ifup eth0:0 and you will be all set! -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: IEEE 1394 (FireWire) on Debian

2003-07-13 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
ng, you don't have to mess around with SCSI stuff from scratch :) Just compile the kernel (module or directly) for firewire, ohci1394, and SBP-2 device support. If compiled as modules, load the modules and mount the drive in the same manner you did the USB. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspec

Re: PHP Fatal error: Unable to start session mm module in Unknown on line 0

2003-07-09 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 10:22:22AM -0700, Maria Garcia Suarez wrote: > Hi there! > > I'm using the Apache and PHP4 packages in Woody and my > Apache doesn't want to load. When I load it the system > says: > > /etc/init.d/apache start > > Starting web server: apache > PHP Fatal error: Unable to

Rack servers

2003-06-19 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I am in the works of trying to plan for a handful of new servers, and have had enough with towers... Does anyone have any suggestions for rack (1 or 2 U) servers that I can install Debian on? TIA. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: Big Sister, network monitor.....

2003-06-18 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 09:37:34AM +0100, Max Lock wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm trying to get `big sister' working on Debian stable. > > I've aliened the RPM's to .deb's and installed OK, but now I'm having problems > creating a display_map.cfg that works. All the images referenced are there

dancer-ircd and olines

2003-06-16 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I am trying to get the O: lines working with dancer-ircd and, well, it doesn't. I have changed /etc/dancer-ircd/olines according to the docs [http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~aps100/dancer/dancer-oper-guide/dancer-oper-guide/x798.html#AEN865] and my client still responds with an incorrect password. I have

Re: Need advise about FTP

2003-06-13 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
h '/etc/passwd' (e.g. > vpopmail has passwd file for every virtual domain...). You can create a separate user file with proftpd... AuthUserFile /path/to/file It uses the exact same format as /etc/passwd -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Netsaint or Nagios?

2003-04-02 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I am in the process of building a dedicated Netsaint/Nagios box to host a slew of client/server stats. What exactly should I use? I have no problems running unstable if I have to, but what do I need to install? Netsaint or Nagios? TIA. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org

Re: Log rotation

2003-04-01 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
.log" > prevents "<...>log.1" from matching. This is where I run into the problem. The files do not have a .log extension. They are in the format of MM.DD. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Log rotation

2003-04-01 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
files that always get a unique > name, like Mon.20030331.log. I am not sure if logrotate can handle filenames > like Mon.*.log. Drat. Yes, the files are created with daemon-MM-DD- with no extension. I guess shell scripts are the only recourse. Thanks for the reply. -- :wq!

Log rotation

2003-04-01 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
cript that would run in cron once a day and delete the oldest file in the log directory. Any other ideas that I might be missing? Thanks. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Is my hard drive dying?

2003-03-24 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 03:06:43PM -0800, nate wrote: > Andrew Pritchard said: > > I've been looking through the logcheck on one of my machines, and I've > > seen a lot of these types of messages: > > > > Mar 24 17:14:51 orion kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady > > SeekComplete Error }

Re: Why use COPS?

2003-03-18 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
rint anything, it would just spit out blank pages... What did you use as the address for the printer in the CUPS setup? -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why use COPS?

2003-03-18 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:01:18PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > A preliminary attempt to set up CUPS was rather demanding and I'm > wondering if there is much point on a single-user system. Most of my > printing is quite straightforward (plain text and only occasional > images) and it works wel

Re: entrance exam [was wt?(long and fustrated)]

2003-03-11 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
7;d like to > think it's more because the powers that be are more careful about > introducing the latest bleeding edge GUI toy (not to imply that GRUB is > a toy). So why not just install GRUB yourself? I can't understand how people consider the install that diff

Small/Medium scale SAMBA

2003-03-07 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
ion. Is anyone using something similar, that can point me in a few specific directions? Thanks for the help. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mutt 1.5.x packages for Sarge?

2003-03-02 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 09:31:21PM +0100, Sebastian D.B. Krause wrote: > On 3468 September 1993, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > > Does anyone have or know where to get some 1.5.x mutt packages that will > > work on woody? > > http://people.debian.org/~nobse/debian/woody/backpo

Mutt 1.5.x packages for Sarge?

2003-03-01 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Does anyone have or know where to get some 1.5.x mutt packages that will work on woody? TIA. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: howto select webmail ???

2003-02-28 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> Also sprach Michael D. Schleif (Wed 26 Feb 02003 at 08:07:48PM -0600): >> I am looking for a webmail client. >> [1] mutt is my primary mta, and this is not going to change. >> >> [2] often, I am away from my office, in a windoze environment, and >> exploder is more available than putty ;> >> >>

IRC Server

2003-02-26 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Can I please have some suggestions on a small, simple, and secure IRC server. I don't need anything major, but would like some basic functionality... Thanks. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: ftp

2003-02-22 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 05:43:21PM -0600, Donald Spoon wrote: > I believe the ftp "client" is installed by default... much the same as > in Windows. The daemon needed to make the machine a ftp "server" is > not. There are several you can install via "apt-get"... > > 1. ftpd > 2. proftpd > 3.

Re: exim vs. mutt: envelope/from/sender ???

2003-02-17 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
o you think? I already do a similar thing, but I forget about Exim rewriting everything. I use the following in my .muttrc: my_hdr Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] my_hdr From: Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> set use_from That should take care of it all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ssh keys from two behind-the-firewall boxes?

2003-01-31 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 06:08:31PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > this is probably item #2 of the really-obvious-faq that i'm not > yet aware of, so i'll go ahead and ask because i haven't taken > the opportunity to look like a goober in, oh, about half a day, > now... > > doing the ssh-keygen thin

Re: setting up mysql-server

2003-01-27 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:22:51PM -0600, Ray wrote: > i seem to be missing part of the setup on this. i can't remotely connect to > mysqld and it seems to have the TCP port disabled, but the config files seem > to say it should be using the default tcp port. > > >a few lines from /etc/mysql/m

Re: Can not get UDMA-100 working...

2003-01-26 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 10:29:30PM +0100, mess-mate wrote: > | I use a vanilla 2.4.20 kernel, in which I have activated the > | Promise PDC202XX support. I have also chosen the "Boot off-board > PDC202xx is a RAID controller ! So long as I know when working in raid1 > every HD must have his own ca

Re: bash, but no .bashrc??

2003-01-24 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
. If I explicitely > invoke bash (typing 'bash' at the shell), .bashrc is executed properly, but > if I simply log in (locally or remotely), it doesn't happen. Can anyone > explain what is going on here? if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then source ~/.bashrc fi Add that to your ~/.b

Re: Memory usage after upgrade

2003-01-24 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 02:24:37PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > Looks like it only sees 1GB RAM. What you have to do is recompile > the kernel to enable these options: > CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G > CONFIG_HIGHMEM > > This is because, by default, the kernel only sees 1GB. I think it > has to do with the x

Memory usage after upgrade

2003-01-24 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
have do be done to allow the system to use this much RAM? After the reboot, top is showing some strange numbers for memory usage: Mem: 970780K total, 964108K used, 6672K free, 891456K buffers It doesn't look like it's recognizing all of the new RAM.. -- :wq Matthew Daubensp

Re: [OT] custom dyndns.org domain & local bind

2003-01-20 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 02:47:38PM -0500, Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: > Yes, the virtual hosts all listen on > > I still have some domains set up for the LAN only (they belong to me, > but are not registered with dyndns.org yet), these are VirtualHosts with > the same apache configuration and the

Re: [OT] custom dyndns.org domain & local bind

2003-01-20 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Kenneth Dombrowski said: > I am trying to set up a http://dev.domain.tld VirtualHost as well as a > http://www.domain.tld VirtualHost, which was working fine in Apache from > the LAN when I was serving the DNS myself, and is reportedly working > now from without the LAN Do you have the Apache v

Re: Apache dies every Sunday, 6:00am

2003-01-17 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 06:33:40PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > Now hold on just a second, there, cowboy... Is apache _dying_ or is > it _restarting_? If you go to http://yourbox.com/ at 6:30 on Sunday > morning, do you get a response? No. And there are no Apache processes running. I have to m

Apache dies every Sunday, 6:00am

2003-01-17 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
dev/null endscript } I am using the sarge versions of both apache (1.3.26-1.1) and logrotate (3.6.5-2). Any suggestions? -- :wq Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Drive errors

2003-01-17 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
gt; disk to a "used to be good backup" until the last backups Already started doing that :) > - if you are using the IBM "deskstar" drives ( made in thailand).. > than yes.. go buy a new disk "now" and join the class action suit Nope, it's a Seagat

Drive errors

2003-01-17 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
: success I seem to remember (the archives were no help) that someone had suggested that this may be a bad drive? Everything seems to be working now, but if this drive is on it's way out, I would rather replace it now before it's completely dead... Thanks for the help. -- :wq Matthew D

Re: DNS hosting

2003-01-15 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
onds with domain names for name servers, not IP addresses. So if I am using a dynamic host name (dyndns.org) to point to my server, will requests follow the name or the IP? Reading over what I just wrote, it's pretty ugly, but I can't think of a better way to explain it... -- :wq Matth

CVS Attic question

2003-01-07 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
e. -- :wq Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian as a packet shaper

2002-12-30 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
when the budget came in way under projects amounts :) I am probably looking at a 1000 client network. Any ideas where I should start to look? -- :wq Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org msg21650/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: X Win and Mouse

2002-12-29 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Hal Vaughan said: > 2) Does anyone know how X behaves if it is looking for the mouse on the > wrong port? Does it not start, start w/out a mouse, keep restarting > until it finds the mouse, or what? It will fail to start, and you will see a message about not being able to initialize a mouse...

USB/Serial converter

2002-12-12 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I just got a new laptop and after all was said and done, I realized the damned thing didn't have a serial port. Doh! Has anyone had any experience with USB -> Serial Port converters and linux? -- :wq Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: DWL-650 Wireless NIC

2002-12-10 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
hat can be 'tweaked'. I am also using an orinoco gold card and orinoco WAP, but I cannot get WEP working. Have you? -- :wq Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mutt and multiple identities

2002-12-01 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:38:35PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-12-01 20:57]: > >folder-hook . source ~/.muttrc > >folder-hook =INBOX.NWLSDsource ~/.mutt/nwlsd_muttrc > > > >Fo

Mutt and multiple identities

2002-12-01 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I currently have about three different mail accounts forwarded to my debian server, and then exim sorts them into their respective folders. I have mutt setup to read all of the folders, and I am trying to set specific settings for each account. From what I can see, folder-hook is what I am looking

Re: Dual Monitors

2002-11-21 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 01:00:03PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > Depends, are you using Xinerama or true Dual Head? If you're running > Xinerama, I think you're more or less stuck. With Xinerama the two > physical displays become one logical display. If you're running true > Dual Head, simply

Dual Monitors

2002-11-21 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I am currently using fluxbox with a dual video card/monitor setup and it works great. Is there any way to give each of the monitors a different background? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:04:55PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote: > Matthew, > > What did you use for the Netelligent Ethernet adapter, or did you install > something else? I am using the onboard adapter as well as another... After you partition the drive and begin the base install, it will ask y

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:19:31PM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: > "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sorry for the goofy OT post but I really wanted to put Debian on a Compaq > > Proliant 1600 and not have to put RedHat on it. I couldn't get it to see > > the array controller and bei

Re: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what?

2002-11-14 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
csj said: > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 09:24:20 -0600 "Jamin W. Collins" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I wouldn't dream of running any Desktop Environment on my K7-650 or >> my C1VN laptop. > > Some people dream, others do ;-). I'm running KDE 3.1rc2 on a P2-350 > with 128 MB SDRAM. My packages are b

Re: mutt and Mozilla mail

2002-11-13 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 08:59:32PM -0600, Gianfranco Berardi wrote: > I like Mozilla mail, but sometimes I am at work and I would like to be > able to access my mail through the command line. > Well I find Mutt should do its job just fine, but what I also find is > Mozilla will seem to get confus

Text files in "windows mode"

2002-11-13 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I am trying to create a bunch of text files for use with a streaming MP3 player (Audiotron). However, due to the fact that the developers use Windows CE as their "kernel", every danged playlist I make is not understood by the player because it cannot understand my debian created text files. Is ther

Re: signing mails using gnupg

2002-11-13 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:49:27PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:46:32AM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > > also: you might want to try: > > gpg --keyserver --send-keys > > the correct syntax is: > > gpg --kerserver --send-keys > > i have done that and i hope tha

Re: Dedicated Server on Athlon 1200 w/Debian

2002-11-13 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 07:12:18AM -0600, Mailing List wrote: > We are looking at setting up a dedicated box for a client and on of our > vendors sells white boxes with a Athlon AMD processor 1200 + and the mother > board is a SiS, with a Realtek built-in NIC card, which I would be willing > to ki

Re: users still logged in

2002-11-09 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 08:01:35PM -0800, nate wrote: > > After having a mess of connection problems that caused my ssh sessions to > > drop, I noticed that the 'w' command still thinks there are users logged > > in that I know are not. > > check the process table to see if shells for those ttys a

users still logged in

2002-11-08 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
After having a mess of connection problems that caused my ssh sessions to drop, I noticed that the 'w' command still thinks there are users logged in that I know are not. How can I fix it? msg11870/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to set /etc/hosts to force loopback connect

2002-11-08 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:05:51PM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > Hello list, > > I'd like to make my debian box to loopback connect when it tries to connect to > a specific domain name, say "www.foo.com". So I configured /etc/hosts and put > 127.0.0.1 www.foo.com in it. > > When I try to ping

Re: (none):/home/haralambos# Whoops-how do I configure a hostname.....

2002-11-07 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
/etc/hostname On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:15:52AM +1300, Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote: > > Hi all again, > > whoops & Doh! I managed to miss this out in my installation. > > What is the easiest way to fix this, so I can use Gnome again? > > *TIA* > > Greek Geek > > > Santa's elves are just

Re: public lending right

2002-11-06 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 08:19:39AM -0600, Mailing List wrote: > > They could just give it away: i.e. have a machine with a CD burner and > > let people turn up with blanks and make copies. Failing that, there'd be > > no problem as long as they offered source code too. > > > > I wonder who we'd ha

Re: woody to testing

2002-11-05 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:19:00PM +1100, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > I am running Woody stable, and would like to move to testing, I know there > are some documents, but I'm not really clear on what actually happens during > the process ? - edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change all instances of 'wood

Re: Needed: Hardware recommendateons for Wireless Networking

2002-11-03 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 01:29:56PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > Thanks to help from the list I now have a one computer network with a > dsl connection to the internet. There are two other computers in our > house which could benefit from this connection. One suggestion was to > run wires t

Spamassassin

2002-11-01 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I recently installed spamassassin on my testing/sarge box and I am fairly happy with the results. However, my main box still runs stable/woody and I am wondering if the stable version of spamassassin works as well as the testing... TIA. msg10461/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Lighter window managers

2002-10-21 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 12:30:32PM -0400, Chip Rose wrote: > As much as I like Blackbox, I still miss KDE because of the ability to "lock" > the screen by clicking the padlock button at lower right. I never leave my > terminal for a moment without locking it - it's easier than logging > complet

Re: Lighter window managers

2002-10-21 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> I *could* see xfce being a viable option, except that when I ran it, it > just didn't look, well, all that good. The icons looked like they were > drawn by someone that *had to put something there* to identify the > buttons, and there was a lot of *reinventing the wheel* with > applications that

Re: mass installation on XBox (and economics)

2002-10-04 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> 2 thoughts: > - I'm pretty sure that you *must* buy some games that come bundled > with the Xbox. So, the price is .gt. $200. > - If "we" buy lots of Xboxen, it will be that much fuel for MSFT > for when they go to GameCos and say, "Look at our sales figures. > You should make games for

Re: OT: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-03 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:01:48PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 11:28, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:46:04AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:49, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > > > [snip] > >

Re: OT: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-03 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:46:04AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:49, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > [snip] > > > > Ugh. I have to tell you, why is everyone so damned worried about "why > > would you want to do it." > > > > Why?

Re: OT: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-02 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> Firstly, you need a mod chip for each Xbox. Secondly, you need to install > them into each Xbox. Thirdly, how many Xboxes, mod chips, expensive Myrinet > networks, and how much labor would it take to replace *one* dual Athlon 4? > > Striclty speaking, for some hard problems, where "connectiv

Re: Apache Child Segfaults

2002-09-29 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> howabout openssl, libapache-mod-ssl? > > if openssl is < 0.9.6e check the changelog and reference against the > most recent DSA's on openssl. $ dpkg -l openssl +++-===-===-== ii openssl 0.9.6g-2Secure Socket

Re: Apache Child Segfaults

2002-09-29 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 02:38:53PM -0500, Justin Ryan wrote: > > > Am I to assume that all updates are applied? mod_ssl, OpenSSL? > > > > Yup, all updated and as current as 'sarge' permits :) > > > > what versions? since testing doesn't have security updates, it's > possible that these are la

Re: Apache Child Segfaults

2002-09-29 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> > > what version of apache are you running ? there is a known vuln that can > > > root a box on 64-but unix and windows and causes the child to die oni > > > 32-bit unix.. > > > > $ apache -version > > Server version: Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) Debian GNU/Linux > > Am I to assume that all updates ar

Apache Child Segfaults

2002-09-29 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I have been getting a LOT of these lately: [Sat Sep 28 19:50:25 2002] [notice] child pid 22504 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) [Sat Sep 28 19:50:26 2002] [notice] child pid 15395 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) [Sat Sep 28 20:28:59 2002] [notice] child pid 22621 exit signal Segmentation f

Re: Virtual Host set up problem

2002-09-28 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 10:08:51PM -0400, Brian Auty wrote: > Hello, > > I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. > > I've set up a Debian Server running Apache with 2 network cards - one for > internal, one for external. The system works perfectly when I set up just > one domai

Apache and Caps

2002-09-23 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Is there anyway to tell Apache to ignore Caps? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reset root password

2002-09-22 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I have acquired a "hand me down" debian potato box that I need to do some serious overhaul work on, but the old admin doesn't remember the root password. Does anyone have a quick and dirty FAQ or doc on how to reset/change the root password? Thanks for the help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: Bogus spaces inserted when pasting to VIM

2002-09-22 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 07:51:25PM +0200, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > Hi, > > I have this annoying problem when using VIM. If I select in one instance of VIM >(using the mouse) some text that starts with some spaces, like: > > local_folder_delivery: > driver = appendfile > group = mail > mode =

Re: Strange problem with directories containing spaces after upgrade to testing...

2002-09-22 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 06:23:37PM +0200, Mattias Eriksson wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded my computer from stable to testing, and I noticed one strange > thing: I cant cd into directories that have spaces in their names any > more. I may use them with some programs but they will not work with > othe

Re: apt-get upgrade holding back packages

2002-09-21 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 09:41:25AM -0500, Bill Morgan wrote: > On 9/21/02 9:21 AM, "Matthew Daubenspeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > $ apt-get upgrade > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > The following

apt-get upgrade holding back packages

2002-09-21 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
$ apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages have been kept back apache apache-common bind9-host binutils dhcp-client dnsutils file html2text libc6 libc6-dev libdb2 libdb3 libdns5 libfreetype6 libglib1.2 libisc4 liblwres1 libpng2 lib

telnet and old ANSI graphics

2002-09-08 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Is there a way to get that standard telnet command in a terminal window to support ANSI graphics? I am really embarrassed to mention why :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives

2002-06-28 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> Windows really wants to be the master, I think; in fact, it wants to be on > the > primary master. My configuration is that the linux drive is the primary > master and the windows drive is the secondary master, but LILO remaps the > drives when booting windows to make the windows drive the p

Re: new ssh package busted on i386?

2002-06-26 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 01:36:17PM -0400, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > Anyone else getting this: > > willow:~# apt-get -u upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > 1 packages not fully install

Re: Stable not same as potato in security archive?

2002-06-25 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 09:53:07AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > I noticed the announcement of the patch to SSH (version 3.3) in > security-announce. I tried to upgrade to the patched Potato version. > This was the pertinent line in my sources.list: > > deb http://security.debian.org stable/u

SSH stuff... (from slashdot)

2002-06-25 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Is this true? -Forward The privilege separation code in OpenSSH 3.3 does not work with 2.2 Linux kernels. It relies on mmap() semantics that aren't supported before kernel 2.4 (maybe 2.3.x). OpenSSH will configure, compile, and install successfully. It will start up, but it will NOT accep

Re: exim doesn't deliver to maildirs

2002-06-24 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> > | Well this doesn't hurt at any rate, the old system of having the primary > > | deliver go to > > | > > | file = /var/spool/mail/${localpart} > > > > > > Do note that you must use the "directory =" option, not the "file =" > > option in conjunction with "maildir_format". > > > Yes,

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18

2002-06-22 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Sorry to pick up this conversation midstream, but all this talk of kernel upgrades got me wondering, and I decided to try it for myself. I have downloaded the sources and uncompressed them where they should be. I made the link (if I should or not, this is how I have always done it otherwise) and h

Re: djbdns ppc?

2002-06-21 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> djb is the initials for Dan Bernstein, a well known computer programmer. His > work on security related issues is well regarded. > > The problem with djb's software is the copyright he puts them under. Debian > does not have a ppc djbdns because the licenses on Dan's code prevent binary > dist

Re: djbdns ppc?

2002-06-21 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:30:35AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 21-Jun-2002 Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > > I have been using djbdns for a while now, but only on the i386 > > platform. I got my hands on a G4 server and have loaded debian, but > >

djbdns ppc?

2002-06-21 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I have been using djbdns for a while now, but only on the i386 platform. I got my hands on a G4 server and have loaded debian, but cannot seem to find a djbdns-ppc version. Any ideas? pgp2jiW3R02rs.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: More boot from scsi w/ Promise ultra qs

2002-06-06 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 08:39:13PM -0400, Alice M. Pinard wrote: > Hmm my bios has a place to choose booting from scsi first instead of > ide but even when I choose that there are no boot lineup > (A,Cdrom,C; A,C; and such) choices that have 'scsi' in them... most of the > directions I've s

Man page output

2002-05-30 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Is there an easy way to output man pages without all of the underlined text? I want to redirect man page output to text type files, but all of the files include squares or ^H^H^H all over the place... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: address book in mutt

2002-05-23 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 02:03:46AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > What programs are available to get an address book going for mutt? I'm > trying to bust away from pine right now, but one thing that's holding me > back is the lack of address book. > > A walkthrough on how to set this up (or at leas

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