Iago Sineiro wrote:
Hi.
I want to execute shutdown as other user than root. How to do it? Is it
possible?
Note: I want to do it in one box with Debian that doesn't have command sudo
and I don't want to install it.
make shutdown suid root and only executable by the shutdown group?
t a new
sealed evelope in the desk drawer. Either way its honor system based.
Sudo implies trust not to abuse it as does giving the root password.
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OK, that looks like it might fix things. But can anyone tell me how
to get the new version onto my machine given that both dpkg & apt-get
don't work at the moment? Is there some way to manually unpack the
files from the .deb into the right places?
Malcolm
Last time I bro
Tom wrote:
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 01:30:21PM -0500, Mental Patient wrote:
Tom wrote:
I filed a wishlist bug against "links" asking for it to support
about:blank (highly useful in frames pages as a default for the "body"
frame).
Thats an abuse of side effects and its use
tands. I
can't think of a use that only about:blank can solve. In fact, I think
the use of about:blank in the case you mention causes more problems than
it solves.
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t links with no arguments, I get a blank page. Whats
the problem? You should file a bug against whatever site uses
about:blank as content.
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rivers for the card. I've
had flash working in moz under debian... Check if there's a dsp wrapper,
if there is, either make sure the daemon needed is running, or dont use a
wrapper.
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But it's barely out of reach
So
lved' the problem by putting the mesa packages on hold. There's
probably a better way by using diversions or something, but echo
"packagename hold" | dpkg --set-selections was simplest.
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The world has changed around us
And our vision's
flash (you might have to restart
the brower completely as I'm not sure that flash ever retries the open
on the soundcard).
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or view a slideshow of rainbows, kittens, and Mattel products."
!!
is this a joke??
Its something, certainly not serious. It being a joke is subject to your
sense of humor.
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Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote:
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 17:11, Mental Patient wrote:
I found myself using imagemagic often to
manipulate photos taken with a digital camera. I use nautilus/gnome as
my desktop environment. After a while it got annoying to have to keep
dropping into a shell to rotate
you're doing, thats one way to solve the problem.
Not sure, but I do believe kde has a similar functionality.
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you want is libbonobo2-0.
/usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libbonobo-activation.so.4.0.0
/usr/share
/usr/share/lintian
/usr/share/lintian/overrides
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/libbonobo2-0
/usr/share/doc
/usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
/usr/lib/libbonobo-activation.so.4
/usr/share/doc/libbon
ten in. Its
easier to deal with that way, especially if you know you're either not
going to work on it again, or infrequently.
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elopers or multiple branches of the code.
It'll be difficult to tell what actually changed, vs what was merely
moved around.
For things like indenting, etc, you could always adjust what you have
your tabstop set to.
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'll run
in the background as you and poll mail every N seconds. When I used
fetchmail, I would have it start in the background when I logged in.
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Misquoted, misinterp
Ralph F. De Witt wrote:
On Monday 06 October 2003 08:49 pm, Mental Patient wrote:
I also removed the apt-pinning that was going on.
Mental:
I do not understand what you mean by apt-pinning. The term is unfamilliar to
me. How do I remove it?
Its in the apt howto. For the sake of brevity, here
Ralph F. De Witt wrote:
Mental:
Please forgive me jumping in here, I have just finished a Knoppix hard disk
install, and need guideance in how to convert to unstable. The last time I
tried I ended up with several version of hotplug and several essential files
went missing, It was a horrible
rade to stable? Just wondering what the
problem was.
I've known people running testing who've backed out to stable, so there
must be a way you can 'get back on track' so to speak. Then again, your
definition of reasonable may differ from mine.
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wherever nsswitch.conf points. Not everyone uses files (I use ldap), so
caching can be desired.
If you dont want to logout and back in, you can always start a new shell
with the newgrp command.
See man newgrp and the nscd docs (about caching)
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ugh Dpkg or apt-get.
When I type 'make menuconfig' I get the following:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Install the -dev package for curses. libcurses5-dev
Or use make xconfig
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. Use the alsa drivers in the kernel. I did,
and my audigy works just fine with the alsa drivers.
Remember to unmute the volume when you insmod the drivers.
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Misquoted, misi
y /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config.
Just comment out or remove the nice_level line.
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Maybe that's why he doesn't do any more i
al drivers are undesirable, see http://dri.sf.net/ and check
the documentation.
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Maybe that's why he
ng for
that. If not, try to enter +mlook at the game console.
but far too quickly
No idea
I think there's a setting called something like in_dgamouse. Try
toggling it from whatever its set to.
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Each claimed
nd that the ATI drivers work well. The nvidia
drivers would cause lockups in X once in a while. So far things seem
more stable.
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Misquoted, misinterpreted, misunderstood,
ng changes as far as the setup goes, just use the tarball to build
the kernel module and put it somewhere in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/
Hope that helps.
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Misquoted, misinterpr
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:39:01AM -0400, Mental Patient wrote:
Turns out it was a kernel config error. Recompiled with frame buffer
console enabled, it goes.
Is the framebuffer accelerated with a Radeon [9700]? I got it to work
but it was very slow compared to not
ave any
advice/recomendations on brands of motherboards (asus prefered, but not
required)?
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Each claimed as the infallible word of GOD.
Misquoted, misinterpreted, misunderstood, and misapplied.
Maybe that's why he doesn
Arnt Karlsen wrote:
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:31:55 -0400,
Mental Patient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Anyone using this setup? I recently switched my Geforce3 for a Radeon.
I have glx/X11 stuff working fine, but was wondering about getting
directfb w
Anyone using this setup? I recently switched my Geforce3 for a Radeon. I
have glx/X11 stuff working fine, but was wondering about getting
directfb working. I've tried passing vga=791 at the grub prompt, as well
as video=radeonfb, but the console stays black until X starts (gdm).
Anyone have thi
ebian kernels support and if
possible upgrading your kernel via apt-get or compiling your own.
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Maybe that's wh
on which it doesn't. I can't seem to find any differences in the
mouse config parts...
off topic question: Does sid come with xfree86 4.3 ?
Thanx a bunch guys
4.3 isnt in sid yet, I dont think. I'm running an install based on
libranet, so I already have 4.3.
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I'd imagine
that maybe when X was upgraded, mesa also was upgraded and is no longer
compiled with glide suppport?
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ou want to unpack in your root partition to get libc
back) and debian-binary (text file).
After rebooting I did an apt-get --reinstall install libc6 just to make
sure everything was back the way it was supposed to be. It worked for
me, good luck.
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 09:48:08PM -0400, Antonio Rodr wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:38:54 -0400
> Mental Patient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Use the latest cvs code for the emu10k chips. You can get it here
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1/
> &
for ATI, you should check their website. I dont believe any cards
newer than the 9000 work in linux (as of now).
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Manolis Tzanidakis wrote:
[20030822] Mental Patient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Earlier today I was toying with the idea of recompiling libc6 with a
bunch of optimization flags. I did an apt-get source libc6 and added the
flags I wanted. I built binaries via "fakeroot ./debian/r
Diego Calleja García wrote:
El Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:52:12 -0400 Mental Patient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
Its not really critical or anything, I was just wondering about it.
Try apt-src/apt-build
No, I know how to build the debs. The problem is I belive the CFLAGS I
used. The kerne
flags themselves (I used the same CFLAGS
that the kernel does when you compile it optimized for athlons). Also, I
used gcc 3.3.2. Should I have used a different compiler? I dont want to
have to recompile all the packages, just this one.
Its not really critical or anything, I was just wondering a
e end conversion happens automagically (most times).
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Maybe that's why he doesn't do any more interviews." -
programs. Although I would be surprised if this were the case since
telnet and lynx have such a long pedigree...
And you're sure these aren't socks clients?
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tions > selections.txt ; apt-get remove xlibs ; dpkg
--set-selections < selections.txt ; apt-get dselect-upgrade
at some point over the weekend when I'm feeling masochistic I'll
probably get around to it.
Thanks tho.
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point. They're not errors, just
warnings. I'll wander over to the libranet users list and see if anyone
else has seen this.
Know of an easy way to do this? can i apt-get install --reinstall
some_meta_package?
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commenting/uncommenting the Load Xrender line out of
XF86Config-4 with not changes.
The X version is 4.3 running in dual head xinerama mode, vid card is a
Matrox MGA G400. Has anyone else had this problem?
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r configuration parameters are
parsed. Make sure any AddModule/LoadModule directives in httpd.conf come
before your IfModule directives. Other than that, tail error logs, see
if apache is listening on the correct port, etc.
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On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 02:31:32PM -0500, Mental wrote:
> Hello, my apologies if this is a rehash. I've STFW and RTFM'd a bit and
> I'm still coming up short on an answer.
>
> I'm trying to get evolution working properly with postfix. Other clients
> (sylpheed,
/suggestions. My main.cf/master.cf can
be mailed out if anyone wants to bother looking at them, but for now I'll
not post them to the list. If you're really interrested, they can be had
here:
http://www.neverlight.com/postfix-settings.tgz
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ged everything that depended on libgtk1.2 and removed all
gnome2 packages. I just apt-get install'd galeon and its fine. I'm going
to restore my selections and see if it was one of those that caused the
issue.
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Factorials were someone's attempt to ma
ome and reinstall
it? Fortunately I have broadband and a fast mirror nearby. I'm just
running out of ideas.
Or is this a known problem that incidentally coincides with my
experimentation with kde3?
Any help would be appreciated.
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I made a symlink that points java2 to $JAVA_HOME and a link that points
libjavaplugin_oji140.so to
$JAVA_HOME/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji140.so
Mozilla works fine. This is on a single use workstation. JAVA_HOME is
/home/mental/java/j2sdk1.4.0/. The jre download from netscape was
ats really weird. Is there anything in syslog? You're
logged in as teh same user in both situations, right? You're in the audio
group and you checked the permissions on /dev/dsp? You've verified that
the module is indeed loaded with lsmod?
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It's a good
d I'm tunneling it through sslwrap. So far, evolution,
outlook express, outlook and mozilla work just fine.
I believe this is related to the -DMICROSOFT_BRAIN_DAMAGE flag that the
debian package is compiled with. Has anyone else had this problem?
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ng for the cdrom to unmount so I can change it.
> (There were other things in Nautilus I didn't like, e.g. not removable
> hard disk icons, which will tempt some idle users to play with them
> ...)
>
I dont have those. Are you refering to the tree view or elsewhere?
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indings.
You can lower the dpi for X, but as was already stated X started out
running at 1024x768 or higher. Lower resolutions get cramped quickly.
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us they're really easy to setup. You dont usually need
anything other than insmod.
Oh, and you can finally do some environmental audio with them now.
Just an option. Sometimes its less hassle to just buy your way out of a
problem.
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Has anyone had a good experience using autofs + nautilus? Besides popping
up a window every time a file system unmounts, it seems like it isnt happy
about the unmounting either. KDE works just fine.
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roblem was somewhere else.
A kind soul sent me this script which checks your nvidia configuration. It
doesnt need special privleges to run, it just checks things. It doesnt fix
them. Anyways, the url to my copy is here:
http://hades.neverlight.com/nv_check.sh
Its quite handy.
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eird behavior happened with my last apt-get upgrade, but
I'm not %100 sure and I dont even remember what got upgraded. Anyone have
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ail.org/~ca/email/cyrus/sysadmin.html
> and http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html
> but I'm still confused
You'll also need to tell sendmail what auth mechanisms to use. Have a
look here to see what most mail clients support:
http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/mel/SASL_Clien
o research what you want to support and act acordingly.
Otherwise you're going to have a lot of password files to keep
synchronized...
Good luck. If you need more info, I'll see if I can dig up my notes
and urls. The RFC for smtp auth is a good starting point.
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it
under wine. Have a look at http://www.linuxgames.com for info.
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I really forget the reason behind it. Zoid had explained the problem
a while back. The short answer is there isnt really a fix for it
beyond writing a wrapper to kill gpm, start quake, then restart
gpm. If I recall, the software renderer has no such problem. Its
specific to 3dfx mode.
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test page printed errors was because I needed to install gsfonts.
If you dont install the gsfonts package, printing postscript files
wont work. Netscape prints out in ps format. So install gsfonts,
grab apsfilter and setup your printer.
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s an IMPS2 pointer,
refused to work if gpm was running. Its just good to know alternatives
if you have issues with gpm/X. There's usually a work around.
If you dont care, thats valid too. I was just pointing out an option.
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passwords was a better idea,
and ultimately moved user accounts to ldap anyways. (the samba support
for ldap isnt what it could be, but is functional for my needs)
What version of samba are you trying to setup anyhow? Theres a few good
books on the subject. The O'Reilly one has come in handy ma
helps make re-getting packages less of an issue.
Theres probably a much more elegant/proper way of doing this, but I
was kinda in a hurry.
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tros and similar hardware for relevant snippets of their
> XF86Config files.
You know, you CAN use gpm and have it work quite nicely with X. This
issue has come up and been answered several times while I've been on
this list (about 3 weeks).
Hint: use /dev/gpmdata as your Pointer for X.
On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 07:31:58AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> What package can I use to determine which packages I have installed and
> a description of what they do?
dpkg
>How would I use this package?
dpkg -l | less
Check the man page for all kinds of useful information.
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