Re: xmms and sound

Are you running esound? Try running it with "esd" as root. Second, make xmms use another plugin, try oss. Olivier Billet wrote: > Hi all, > > i'm trying to make xmms make sound... > so here's the problem: > i'm able to hear sound from "cdcd", from "gcd" or from "wmcdplay" for example > (so i

Re: System security question

I don't like sunrpc hanging out at all exposed to the world. I get probed regularly on it. Block it out with /etc/hosts.deny the following way: PORTMAP : ALL I usually install ipchains on my box and then block out the ports I don't want exposed with: ipchains -F #remove all the rules, the defaul

Re: OT - Virus?

I second this. I mean, come on, if you can read the script, you can tell at least a little of what it does, and it doesn't sound too good. I guess this is one of the voluntary email viruses--you have to run it. Tell the guy who sent it to you that he has to do a better job of social engineering

Re: "Choppy" sound - Woody, 2.4.0-test11 kernel, xmms & esd

FWIW, Usually when the sound skips like that, there's a problem with the dma or irq setup on the board itself when you loaded the module. That's the angle that I would take. -- It's a shame that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as wild dogs.

Re: Banner server avoidence

Sure, /etc/hosts. Add something like the following: 127.0.0.1adserver.naughtybannerserver.com Alternatively, you could block out ads using ipchains: ipchains -A input -s adserver.naughtybannerserver.com -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j REJECT Or, you could use junkbuster to filter the traffic. --Mike

Re: ssh as root

You can't connect to another box with ssh using the root account. It's a security feature. The default is to use your current username, which would be root in this instance. A way to get around this is with the -l option and then su on the remote box. So, #ssh -l user_name_to_login_as remotehost

Re: Debian Apache package

What about the ScriptAlias option in httpd.conf, or am I missing the point? I believe you can put it in a virtual host, so that it looks like the following: ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] DocumentRoot /home/virtualhost1/html ScriptAlias /home/virtualhost1/cgi-bin Eirik Dentz wrote: > > I want

Re: Secured FTP?

Use sftp--it's just a nice ftp frontend for scp that acts like a regular ftp client. I use it just about every day to put stuff on my webserver. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/non-us/sftp.html Peczoli Zoltan wrote: > hi, > > Thanks, maybe it's just me but I don't see how to reach my goals

Re: Port 12345?

Try ippl. It logs connection attempts. logcheck is a tool that scans your log files every hour and mails you the results. It's noisy to start with, but you can add events to your logcheck.ignore file to cut down on the false alarms for routine traffic. Willy Lee wrote: > How can I tell when I

Re: How to set up ISA SCSI card.

Hi I have an AVA1505, which is similar. What you do is set the jumpers. The module you should use is the aha152x module. The problem with both of these cards is that they don't have on-board BIOS's and therefore do not auto-probe when the module is installed, so you have to set up the module ma

Re: Port 12345?

Netbus Ganabus back door Netbus back door Netbus Picture back door. Check it out: http://www.snort.org/Database/portsearch.asp Svante Signell wrote: > Anyone knows what port 12345TCP is used for and which OSes are > vulnerable? (my guess is w9x) I'm getting portscanned every now and > the on thi

Re: setting gateway IP from command line

Check out route. The command should be something like "route add default gw IPaddressofgateway" (this is off the top of my head, so might not be 100% correct) You can see the current route by "route" or "route -n" to see it without the machine names resolved. Once you have that, edit /etc/net

Re: VALinux box -> NT4 -> Debian emergency!

I put disks in and out of boxen all the time. The trick is to label everything. That way, you don't erase the good stuff. Otherwise, have fun. Robert Guthrie wrote: > On Friday 17 November 2000 04:57, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > > A small complication as that we need to practise installing N

Re: servers running debian

I have, under my wing: 2 dual-cpu rackmount servers 2 firewalls 4 workstations 2 home PC's --all running Debian -- Michael J. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2250 Patterson #25 Eugene, OR 97405 (541)346-7562

Re: Workstation and IP-Masquerading

I just set up a masquerade box at work in about 1.5 hours (from scratch) with Debian. Just make your box with two nics, configure one nic for your outside connection, configure the other for 192.168.0.1, and then install the ipmasq package. One of the questions the package asks you is if you want

Re: adaptec 1505 / potato

Since the AVA1505 does not have an on-board bios, you have to tell the module where it's at. Give the options at load time with "modprobe -a aha152x aha152x=0x340,11,7"(ioport,irq,scsihostid) or using modconf, give the options where prompted. Put an append statement in lilo when you've figured

Re: swisswatch

Install it, go to an xterm and run it with "swisswatch". It makes a cute watch, reminiscent of the clocks at european train stations. If you check the man page, it tells you how to configure it from the command line. John-Mark wrote: > does any one know what swiss watch is or doeshow to use it

Re: ssh is refusing connections

Did you by chance reinstall ssh on the machine you're connecting from or do anything to change its key? If something happenned to that box's key, then the box you're trying to connect to sees that that box has a different key and denies you from the get-go. It's for anti-IP-spoofing. Try ssh-

Re: IDS

Try aide http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/aide.html. Chris Mason wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations for an Intrusion Detection system for my > firewall. Preferably a debian package but not restricted to. -- Michael J. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2250 Patterson #25 Eugene, OR 97405

Re: replacement for ftp using ssh/scp?

sftp--it's basically a front-end to scp. It's pretty good. GFTP supposedly can use it as a plugin, but for some reason it hangs on me when the first file is done. "Michael A. Miller" wrote: > Is there anything available that looks and acts like ftp, but > will let me connect to hosts through s

Re: 3com problem

Which kernel prebuilt are you using? idepci has 3C95x support built in, or at least it works right off the boot disk with no problems. I don't need the kernel disk at all--just grab the kernel and modules right off the network. --Mike "I was on a Boston to New York shuttle flight that gets stu

Re: 3com problem

The 3c59x module is built into the kernel, just configure your network and it will work. You do not have to load any modules. There should be a multiple-line entry when the box starts up and the NIC is identified. This system works so slick that I have 2 3c905's that I slap into a box just to

Re: libdb.so.3 missing

I ftp'ed libdb.so.3 from a working box, stuck it in the right place on the machine, and then did an upgrade. It's ugly, but effective, since there's an upgrade that overwrites the "borrowed" version completely. Thomas Halahan wrote: > Andrew, > > I have had very similar problems. I upgraded to

Re: libdb.so.3 missing

Ihad the same problem a couple of days ago--the hard party was that the library was missing, so I couldn't upgrade to a working version. It tried to preconfigure, and then perl tanked with the same error message that you got. What I did was ftp to another machine, grab /usr/lib/libdb.so.3, and

Re: I'm afraid I've been cracked.

Try using aide--it checks your filesystem (checksums, inodes, timestamps, lots more) to make sure that nothing's been tampered, and mails you a daily report. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/admin/aide.html. It's good stuff, expecially on machines that are just sitting around with minimal

problem with sftp in Gftp

I'm having problems using sftp and gftp. I can download one file, and then the system behaves like sftp doesn't send back a signal that it's done, so gftp says that the transfer is at 100%, but still in progress. I'm using woody (development debian) openssh 2.2.0p1, sftp 0.9.5, and gftp2.0.7b(the

Re: Can gpm and X live in peace?

Sure, just set up x to use /dev/gpmdata as the mouse device, and X will use gpm to run the mouse. There's no conflict that way. It's also a little bit easier sometimes to configure the mouse in X if you've already got a working gpm. Steve Juranich wrote: > I was able to trace down a problem wi

Re: sawfish doesn't work

I think the default sweetpill theme for sawfish is missing from the sources. This means that you have no raise-lower buttons or even frames on the windows. Try using sawfish and then running the configuration tool. Change the appearance to microgui or anything else, and then close out all you

Re: ESS1868

Lehel Bernadt wrote: > I have an ESS1868 too, and it's working. > I don't use isapnp, since I'm using the default card > config. > My sb options are the following: > esstype=1868 io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=-1 > To check these, just run the config program of the card from DOS. > What looks strange

Re: ESS1868

Try sndconfig--it's pretty easy to do any sound card. I put my boss's 1688(?) on it with little to no effort. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/sound/sndconfig.html

Re: deb packages not offered: lame xcdplay?

There was an intent to package (ITP) lame awhile ago--check out the debian developer list archives. Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > dear all, > > there are a few packages i like to have, like lame and xcdplay. can't find > any deb pkgs, though. > > i have no problem compiling a tarball, but i'd rath

Re: where's sshd?

http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/non-us/ssh.html will trillich wrote: > apt-get hasn't helped me get up-and-running with sshd at all... > > /etc/apt/sources.list == > deb http://security.debian.org potato/updates main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib

Re: Netscape helper application configuration

Try staroffice with the %f (I think this passes the filename, but I might be way off in left field. Try also %s or %u) Also check out mswordview, this is what it's designed for. --Mike "Stephen A. Witt" wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how to get Netscape to open up an application to > view

Re: network printer problems

Sometimes, printers give the code that they are off-line (ran out of ink, someone physically took it off line), or the "I'm OK and ready to do your bidding, master" signal doesn't get recieved, so lpd thinks that the printer isn't working. You should be able to see this with lpc status, and a qu

Re: Install of Applixware 5.0

I had to use "mount -t iso9660 -o exec /dev/cdrom /cdrom" The shell script won't execute because the cd filesystem is mounted noexec, making all the executables on the cd inoperable, so you have to give it the option to have these executable. It's somewhere in the applix install instructions, bu

Re: Firewall Box

Check out the debian firewall list. It will tell all. Matt Kopishke wrote: > Hi, I need to implement a firewall at work. It will be for the most part > a pretty simple set up. I am going to set one of our Linux Boxes between > the Router and the Switch. The Box has 3 NICs, one for the router

Re: Another Poll

Here's a better url: http://www.justlinux.com/bin/poll/allpolls.pl And to think I thought nobody ever used slackware. Oh, well. "Brooks R. Robinson" wrote: > Greetings, > There is yet another Linux version poll at www.justlinux.com! Debian > is > sitting at 7%! Vote early and Vote o

myodbc on remote machines?

Hi all, I'm having a problem connecting to a remote machine through myodbc and unixodbc. For some reason, It tries to use a socket on the local machine instead of the remote one. Is there something I'm just stupid about here? The frustrating part is that I can connect throught the mysql client w

Re: DHCP client setup for @Home

Yeah, there's that, but from all the inquiring I have done, that address is pretty much unchanging. The problem I've found with @home, at least in Eugene, OR, is that they use alot of mystique to describe what they do, like it's magic or something, when all they really do is pass packets and ru

Re: DHCP client setup for @Home

Oh, no, dhcpd is the server software. That won't work at all, unless you are on contract with @home to provide this service:^) In fact, you might be handing out addresses to @home customers who wonder why it doesn't work. What they don't tell you about @home is that they use static ip addresses

Re: Help setting up my scanner??

There is a seperate section in the kernel configuration for generic scsi devices. You have to have that enabled for the scanner to work. After that, the device that you should use is /dev/sg0 (1st scsi generic device). Daly Gutierrez wrote: > Hello all, > > I have an HP Scanjet 5p (SCSI) scann

Re: any luck with ES1869 sound card?

You have to recompile the kernel with sound enabled as a module (if you're using idepci kernel--the full-blown version might have it in already) and use the sb (soundblaster) module. A list of the modules I have working says : sb uart401 sound soundlow soundcore Use sndconfig to set it up--it's

Re: secure ftp

If you're working on a workstation with X, GFTP (the recent version) can use sftp for secure, guix ftp. Just make a connection with ssh to get the key, and then select the ssh protocol in GFTP. brian moore wrote: > On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 05:41:46PM -0700, Tal Danzig wrote: > > Hello, > > > >

Re: Potato or Woody

Woody is the development version Potato is the stable version, also called version 2.2. If you're looking for stability and reliability for a production machine (high-availability webserver), go for potato. If you want the "bleeding edge", go for woody. Or, if you're completely insane, like me,

Re: cable connection stopped working

BTW, I've hooked up several boxen to @home, and sometimes the "modem" needs to be turned off. That's my big troubleshooting step if I can't ping the outside.

Re: how to diagnose ethernet card?

tcpdump tells you the raw tcp messages, and is great for troubleshooting. Also, ping your net address ifconfig might be what you are looking for if you want to see if the interface is setup and running. Chris Majewski wrote: > Given that my network is down, how can I check if my NIC works? > I

Re: Is the 3COM 3C509B PCI (PCI PCI PCI __not__ ISA) supported?

The 3c59x module is built right into the stock kernel (at least for potato). You don't even have to load a module. As long as it is recognized, it should work. I just did an install yesterday on one, and I skipped all the configure modules stuff--just configured the network and I was off. Ch

.debs for LeoCAD

Hi all Pat Mahone put up some .deb's for LeoCAD at They're compiled for the helix version of GTK+, so they might work if you force them. Failing that, there's always the source code. LeoCAD is a cool CAD program for legos. The homepage is at http://

Re: Is it just me or.......

I've got tons...about 450 since 1700 yesterday. I just culled them all. "Christopher W. Aiken" wrote: > Is it just me or has every message posted to this Debain > list been posted 3-4 times today? I've had 150+ emails > and they were just duplicates of previous postings over > and over !! > > -

Re: It's a small world....

Actually, I think we were talking about a celebrity death match between Steve Lamb and Dr. Laura. Don't ask how we got there. Anyway, glad to meet ya', Brian. --Mike Seth Cohn wrote: > Tonight at the Eugene Linux user group meeting, not only were the regulars > there, like myself and Mike Smi

Re: Netscape startup hangs

Fire up netscape, go to edit>preferences. Select navigator. There should be an option "Browser Starts With:" Set that to "Blank Page". You might have to restart netscape for it to take effect, but you have to restart it anyway (you can go file>new>browserwindow) to see if it worked. Jonathan

Re: mysql-server?

Purge the package and reinstall it. The install script creates a database in /var/lib/mysql[d] and a socket and pid file in /var/run/mysql[d]. If these already exist, then it can't create them and you get an error message. When you purge the package, it cleans out these directories. I had a p

Re: slow modem response

The problem is, the software is looking for the wrong interrupt. That's why the response is so slow. Look in /proc/pci for something that sounds like a modem. There should be something that tells you what the irq is. use setserial to change the irq setting that the software is looking for "s

Re: Shockwave Plugin

ave seen it > before, but don't know where it's at.. > I apologize for this duh.. type question, but it's a duh.. kind of > day. > thanks > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 11:45:29AM -0700 50, Michael Smith <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There

Re: Shockwave Plugin

There's an install script in nonfree. It tells you to go to an url and download the plugin. Then tell the config script where the file is downloaded and it installs. "Dale L . Morris" wrote: > Is there a debian package for the shockwave plugin? If not, how's the > best way to install it on my

Re: Linux Mail Client (was: Re: Web browsers for Linux (was: Re: Netscape Bus Error))

If you have dialup access with many users with different pop accounts (like my family once), you can grab everybody's mail as soon as anyone connects with ppp. That way, nobody has to dial in to check mail--it's already grabbed. Also, you can grab pop mail from multiple servers if you're like t