Re: mutt alternates command

2004-12-26 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 12:53:05AM +, Simon Huggins wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 08:39:24AM +0800, Robert Vangel wrote: > > Mike M wrote: > > >2. What's the proper way to read /usr/share/doc/mutt/NEWS.Debian.gz? > > > I used: > > > #

mutt alternates command

2004-12-26 Thread Mike M
Hi, I just switched from mutt 1.3 on woody to 1.5 on Sid. I bumped into the change from set alternates="foo | bar" to alternates "foo | bar" described in this thread: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/06/msg00150.html (ooh, highlighting on the links :-) The change fixed the p

Re: simple question

2004-12-15 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 07:14:04AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 08:57:14PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote: > > Can somebody tell me what a kernel_lock() is? > > I suggest try a list that knows about the kernel! Capable of subscribing to debian-user but clueless about Google -

Re: spin lock

2004-12-15 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 03:43:26PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote: > Hi all, > > Can someody tell me what a spin lock is? Google it. It's a tool for managing shared resources amoungst independent processes. You might want continue this discussion on kernelnewbies http://www.kernelnewbies.org/ --

Re: debian on a sun enterprise 250

2004-12-02 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 02:48:17PM -0600, james derry wrote: > i've recently taken over sysadmin duties for a sun enterprise 250 running > debian. the 250's has frontpanels LEDs, and one on this machine, the general > fault LED, burns constant yellow. online documentation for the hardware at > h

Re: Help! Problems installing a new debian 3.0 woody

2004-12-01 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 07:36:35AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > Are both of these using the 2.2 kernel? I _think_ you can specify "bf24" > to get a 2.4 kernel, which might help considerably. That's correct. 2.4.18. -- Mike Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm.

Re: Help! Problems installing a new debian 3.0 woody

2004-12-01 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 12:49:32PM +0100, Katrien de Vos wrote: > The system started windows and > got trouble (endless restarts). I fixed the windows-system by using F8 > and went into the safe mode. This solved (luckily) my windows-problem. > In stead of the SHIFT-key I had to use F8 . Are

Re: remote build of Debian router

2004-11-30 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 11:59:38AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 30 November 2004 11:56 am, Mike M wrote: > > > If risk is manageable then I choose a). If not, then b) or c) father > > buys router/firewall appliance. > > Finagle's Law dictates that A will

Re: remote build of Debian router

2004-11-30 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 11:19:04AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 30 November 2004 10:59 am, Mike M wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 02:01:17PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Monday 29 November 2004 1:04 pm, Mike M wrote: > > > > > > > 1) c

Re: remote build of Debian router

2004-11-30 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 02:01:17PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Monday 29 November 2004 1:04 pm, Mike M wrote: > > > 1) connect Deb box to cable modem > > 2) ssh to Deb box to test access > > 3) have father install 2nd NIC on Deb box > > 4) using ssh, install ipta

Re: remote build of Debian router

2004-11-29 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 03:29:34PM -0500, David Mandelberg wrote: > Mike M wrote: > > 1) connect Deb box to cable modem > > 2) ssh to Deb box to test access > > 3) have father install 2nd NIC on Deb box > > 4) using ssh, install iptables and configure iptables on Deb box

remote build of Debian router

2004-11-29 Thread Mike M
Hi, Yesterday I built a Debian stable file server for my father assuming he had a router/switch with a DHCP server on it. Today I learned that he does not have a router - only a switch. I want to try making the Debian box into a router remotely. Would this work? 1) connect Deb box to cable mode

Re: Burning Fedora CD's

2004-11-28 Thread Mike M
On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 09:53:34PM -0200, Eriberto wrote: > Is the burnning installed on hdc? Is Debian the SO? Try it: > > 1) insert ide-scsi in /etc/modules file; > 2) insert ide-scsi=hdc in /boot/grub/menu.lst, in end of line > initialized with kernel. Here are my notes: CD Recording ---

Re: Mass bug reports for packages with GFDL documentation?

2004-11-24 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 06:26:53PM +, Adam Funk wrote: > On Wednesday 24 November 2004 14:20, John Hasler wrote: > > > Adam writes: > >> What is the problem with the GFDL? > > > > It does not comply with the DFSG and it has been decided that > > documentation > > is software (please don't sta

Re: XFree86 and USB Mouse & Keyboard ---> Frustrating!

2004-11-22 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 01:40:49PM +0100, Thomas Otto wrote: > > it seems not to be an mouse problem... try : # cat /dev/input/mice When you move the USB mouse you should see: (�(�(�(�8��(�8��88�8��8��8��8��8��8��8��88�(��8�� Look for your mouse and keybord in /proc/bus/usb/d

bug=281601, sed borked on sid upgrade

2004-11-17 Thread Mike M
Hi, Sorry for starting a new thread. I was unsubscribed until a few minutes ago. Found this: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=281601 What do these comments from the linked bug discussion mean? 1) ...wait for the i386 buildd admin to upload it. 2) Just wait for the autobuilder.

Re: Thinkpad 600E and usb mouse

2004-10-18 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 09:10:53PM -0400, Bernard Fay wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have a Logitech MX700 usb mouse attached to my thinkpad but I can't > get it to work. > > I thought that the module usbhid and usbmouse would have been enough but > no that doesn't make it work. > > Do I need

SCHED_FIFO, libc, Debian

2004-10-18 Thread Mike M
Is SCHED_FIFO on Woody working? Is SCHED_FIFO a function of the kernel and libc together? Any enlightenment would be appreciated. I've got an app that runs SCHED_FIFO with max priority. I googled around and found some audio folks picking at the SCHED_FIFO thing. My Woody system is acting lik

details pls: Dynamic MMap ran out of room

2004-06-09 Thread Mike M
Following up this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/05/msg00612.html I was wondering what this magic is doing: # echo 'APT::Cache-Limit "25165824";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf which works for me, BTW. I have 512MB RAM. I loaded Woody and was updating as part of the process of upgrading to tes

Re: dual boot with lilo

2004-06-09 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 03:40:01PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 14:02, Mike M wrote: > > Thanks for posting your instructions. Now I know where to look for them. The mkisofs is a thing of wonder. The man page is huge and full of mystical concepts. I am not

Re: dual boot with lilo

2004-06-08 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 08:33:32PM -0400, Mike M wrote: > On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:21:37AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 08:46, Mike M wrote: > > > I have a laptop that I am trying to dual boot. > > > > should be easy :) > >

Re: dual boot with lilo

2004-06-08 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 04:47:35PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya Mike hey > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 08:46, Mike M wrote: > > > > I have the following partitions shown with qtparted > > > under a Kn

Re: dual boot with lilo

2004-06-08 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:21:37AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 08:46, Mike M wrote: > > I have a laptop that I am trying to dual boot. > > should be easy :) > > Step 1: create a GRUB boot disk. > Step 2: learn to boot from your grub boot disk.

Re: high system cpu usage, no culprit in top

2004-04-12 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 09:35:49AM -0600, Justin Guerin wrote: > I am wondering if anyone has seen anything like this. Here's a copy of top: I had the same problem. I eventually figured out my problem when I switched from KMail using mbox to mutt using Maildir. The mbox files were horrendously

Re: AMD vs. Intel

2004-04-12 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 12:44:48PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > Thus I am logically considering chipset and processor. I can hardly > imagine that this is a problem with AMD, but I would like to know > from you success and failure stories of AMD processors and Linux. 4 AMD all runing Debian, 2

Re: why must Debian call Taiwan a "Province of China"?

2004-04-05 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 11:52:43AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > > Anyone with half a brain can see what moronic thing the `Taiwan, > Province of China' is. It's the _only_ `editorial comment' in the > entire list (all other comma-separated entries are simple prefixes which > when used result in ea

Re: VoIP with Debian - bad day ??

2004-04-02 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 01:57:37PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > my impression .. asterisk more tailored as an (pbx) answering machine ... MG - media gateway MGC - media gateway controller SIP server Small telcos use it for specialty apps. Individuals use it for home PBX (private branch exchange)

Re: newbie to Linux (Debian).

2004-03-10 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:24:29PM -0700, Lucas Albers wrote: > > Frank J Bivings said: > > I am a complete newbie to Linux (Debian). I thought it would be a > > good way to get around the glut of Windows. > > > > I am having problems with the graphics card. I installed Debian > > Linux 3.0 and, d

Re: Newbies! please check this out -> http://www.aboutdebian.com/

2004-03-03 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:16:30PM -0500, xucaen wrote: > Today I found an amazing web site! why this is not listed anywhere on the debian.org > web page I can not say but this has more information than I could ever have wished > for! > I urge all newbies to check it out!! A pecadillo: Why Not

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-27 Thread Mike M
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 04:16:02PM +0100, Christian Schnobrich wrote: > On Fre, 2004-02-27 at 02:31, Mike M wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > > > > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k m

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k modem ) > - Upload speed: 227.000 KBits/sec ( 7 times faster than a 56k modem ) 7x ? > > I now have to fight my way through crap tech support. I've deal with to

Re: GCC

2004-02-22 Thread Mike M
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 03:07:53PM -0800, Dave Carrigan wrote: > Mike, I'm trying to say this in the nicest way, but please stop being > such a twit. I'm not going to argue with you any more. That was very nice, thank you. And please do. Good arguments are hard to come by. > If you want more >

Re: GCC

2004-02-22 Thread Mike M
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 09:40:07PM +0100, John L Fjellstad wrote: > The old will still be available in the C++ standard, but the > functions and variables won't be in the std namespace. I really must read up more on the namespace feature and why I'd want to change the standard namespace. Googling

Re: GCC

2004-02-20 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 09:12:04PM -0600, Alan Shutko wrote: > Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I was unaware too until someone in this thread posted that stdlib.h is out > > and cstdlib is in. > > Only in C++ code that uses the C standard library. OK.

Re: GCC

2004-02-19 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 05:16:53PM -0600, Alan Shutko wrote: > Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > C++ seems to be steaming away in this direction. I've got my doubts > > that the .h is going away in C however. > > As far as I know, nobody has proposed

Re: Access to ttyS0 and ttyS1 confusion

2004-02-19 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 04:23:35PM -0600, Mark Gillingham wrote: > When I issue a setserial or statserial command on ttyS0 or ttyS1, both > internal ports, the commands hang and I just ^C out. The commands on > ttyS2 and ttyS3 behave normally. Since I mostly ignore the internal > serial ports wh

Re: GCC

2004-02-19 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 08:55:00AM +, Dave Thorn wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 11:51:31AM -0500, Mike M wrote: > > > > impose such a change. Compilers that remove .h files or complain about > > deprecated .h files will be ignored. > > gcc does this. >

Re: GCC

2004-02-18 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:58:38AM -0500, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:55:36PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > >Got here late. Didn't see thread. Use g++ instead of gcc. The .h is > >optional with g++ 2.95.4 and g++ 3.0

Re: mailto in mozilla-firebird

2004-02-18 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:41:51AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 17 Feb 2004, David P James wrote: > > On February 16, 2004 06:39, Michael Graham wrote: > > > Micha wrote: > > > > Is it possible to tell mozilla-firebird how to handle mailto links? > > > > I am using exim4 + mutt for mail. > >

Re: GCC

2004-02-17 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 09:14:02AM -0800, Dave Carrigan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:23:37PM -0500, Mike M wrote: > > > The discussion of declaring main is off the point though. The example > > is to show that the C++ compilers weren't complaining about the

Re: GCC

2004-02-17 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:02:26PM -0300, Xavier Andrade wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Werner Mahr wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Am Dienstag, 17. Februar 2004 06:27 schrieb Mike M: > > > > > main() > &

Re: GCC

2004-02-16 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:55:36PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Johann Koenig wrote: > >On Tuesday February 17 at 02:22am > >Werner Mahr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Am Dienstag, 17. Februar 2004 00:29 schrieb Debian User: > >> > >> > >>>#include > >>>#include > >>>#include > >>>#inclu

Re: Knoppix is Not Debian

2004-02-10 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 06:22:08PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 11:25:33AM -0500, Mike M wrote: > > > What interests me at this point is if and when there will be a live-cd > > == Debian (stable, testing, unstable) > > When it's time to railr

Re: Debian, Knoppix, and other varients

2004-02-09 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:04:34PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > Nope. I use Knoppix to boot from, make the "system image" as far as > disks etc. I then mount those filesystems apropos and then run > debootstrap in that directory and install a basic system. > > I then chroot into it and then updat

Re: Debian, Knoppix, and other varients

2004-02-09 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 11:55:03AM -0500, Adam Aube wrote: > On Monday 09 February 2004 11:37 am, Mike M wrote: > > Does this mean that the only way to get a system that just works is to > > mix and match software from all branches? > > That depends on how you define "

Re: Debian, Knoppix, and other varients

2004-02-09 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:55:01AM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Knoppix uses software from all branches of Debian: stable, testing, > unstable and experimental. This means it is nearly possible to turn > Knoppix into Debian stable, supplying you with security updates and so > on. In the end, if

Re: Corrupt Packages.gz while attempting network install

2004-02-09 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 02:57:11PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 01:56:30PM -0800, John Christian said > > > > So ... I can't seem to pass the corrupt (MD5?) tests on both the ISO > > images and http mirrors. > > Your ISO has a incorrect md5sum? That means the image is corrup

Re: Knoppix is Not Debian

2004-02-09 Thread Mike M
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 08:13:07PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 06:32:54PM -0800, Dale Welch wrote: > > > For him and many other people having an easy install OS is imperative. > > No. John Q. Public has no business pretending he's competent to install a > complex operatin

Re: Knoppix is Not Debian

2004-02-09 Thread Mike M
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 08:05:15PM -0800, Dale Welch wrote: > I would like at some point to build a version based on > stable. Perhaps late this year after my 2nd brain surgery :-) I've subscribed to a brain surgery user list. I can do your surgery and then you can get started on the stable-ba

Re: Knoppix is Not Debian

2004-02-09 Thread Mike M
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 11:04:57PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > On Sunday 08 February 2004 7:18 pm, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > > Then they should use it. I couldn't care less whether someone uses Debian, > > Knoppix, SuSE, Mandrake, or even Windows. Cluebies have been shooting > > themselves in the

Re: Debain on the rise ! - However ....

2004-02-02 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 03:35:28PM -0500, David Clymer wrote: > On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 13:32, W. B. Maguire II wrote: > > The end result? The end result is unfortunate for Debian. I really *did* > > want to try Debian, but with the only response I got to my > > hour-long-researching-post being

Re: Buying a new computer, questions!

2004-02-02 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:57:27AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > I am going to buy a new computer this week (yay Bush tax cuts!) -- will > it work with Linux? > > Intel Pentium 4/ 3.2C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading > Technology - Retail > > Asus 875P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Sock

Re: Isolationism is history.

2004-02-01 Thread Mike M
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 07:58:55PM -0500, Al Davis wrote: > On Friday 30 January 2004 04:11 pm, Colin Watson wrote: > > But be very careful about doing that; you may well end up "tainted" > > if you sign source licence agreements, and writing free software > > thereafter could be difficult. > > Th

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-29 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:04:43AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:43:56AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > invites the same to be done to it. And if we don't want people messing > > with the US they why the hell do we put up with the US messing with other > > nations. It's cal

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-29 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:09:57PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >I am not going to defend .gov's oil policy. My point is there has to be > >an oil policy. You can't disengage and think things will just turn out > >alright. > > Why do

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 07:37:00PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >There's no way to separate the > >private concerns from the public ones. How is the business of oil to be > >separated from the world's current woes? > > How does government m

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 09:08:17PM +0800, Katipo wrote: > > I'd debate the issue, but you have your preferred view that appears to be based on a > mixture of misconception and a confused perception of Europe being socialist. You > obviously also appear to have no understanding of what happened i

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 12:23:00PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >The point-by-point rebuttal was rendered moot by this last part. We (the > >US) must not withdraw from the world and our borders must remain open and > >we must accept being hated and we must stop

Re: Email client programs

2004-01-28 Thread Mike M
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 09:44:47PM -0800, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > I know this is not a windows list and I have never yet asked a question > like this on here before, but perhaps there is someone who knows the > answer to this question. > > Because our vessels have to get mail over lines that are

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:55:21AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Quite frankly I'd be more than happy if the US got out of the world. > I'm tired of footing the bill for other nation's defense. I'd love for the > US to get out of Isreal and Palastine. Not that we're really *IN* it, m

CVS_RSH for :ext: CVS access

2003-06-12 Thread Mike M
sh; export CVS_RSH to get the command above to work. On the Debian system, when I query evironments vars, I do not set CVS_RSH set. Why do the Debian systems allow the :ext: access method to work without having the CVS_RSH var set? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: [OT] Bogus undelivered message

2003-06-11 Thread Mike M
ish real undelivered from bogus undelivered because the bogus ones will not have my digital signature? I need to get a legitimate bounced message so I stare and compare. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OT] Bogus undelivered message

2003-06-11 Thread Mike M
and why. I almost stepped in the dew-dew. The thing that really pissed me off was that it came addressed to my email address above - which I ONLY use for known good lists. Bummer. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

2003-06-10 Thread Mike M
d got myself a pretty good chair from an office supply store. This thread is the push I needed to get myself a split keyboard (I'm in the camp that believes that they help). It took about 18 months to really feel the pain. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Automatic installation

2003-06-08 Thread Mike M
Debian preloaded. I think a very good justification for using FAI in a small environment is to learn the tool and pedal that skill in a large environment. You never know what skill will come in handy. Luck comes to those that are prepared (I think Lucille Ball said something this effect). (

Re: Server - no video card

2003-06-06 Thread Mike M
On Thursday 05 June 2003 13:03, Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Mike M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I want to save money as I expand my collection of Debian servers by > > running without a video card. On the rare occasion that I need > > console access to a mach

Server - no video card

2003-06-06 Thread Mike M
beep during the boot-up sequence. Several questions come to mind: Is this an acceptable mode of operation? Are others running in this mode? Should most motherboards being recently produced be expected to run without a video card? (Maybe it's a BIOS thing?) Thanks, -- Mike M. -

Re: Cloning of Linux Kernal

2003-06-06 Thread Mike M
erested in the make-kpkg and the apt-get install method of doiing this procedure. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dumb Newbie KDE Pager Question

2003-06-03 Thread Mike M
gt; I hope this helps. I use the "stick pins" in the upper left-hand corner of the window. 1. click stick-pin (watch pager) 2. change to new desktop 3. click stickpin -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: horse at the gate

2003-06-01 Thread Mike M
alias ls='ls --color=auto ' <---and this line #alias ll='ls -l' #alias la='ls -A' #alias l='ls -CF' #alias dir='ls --color=auto --format=vertical' #alias vdir='ls --color=auto --format=long' // save yo

Re: mkinitrd

2003-05-30 Thread Mike M
On Thursday 29 May 2003 11:22, Axel Gerster wrote: > > Would it be easier for you to embed the module into the kernel? > > I only have the source code for a module. How to patch it into the kernel? 1) run make menuconfig 2) read "Legend" in Main Menu -- Mike M. -- To

Re: mkinitrd

2003-05-29 Thread Mike M
rchives of this list for this month, you'll find lots of discussion on initrd. Would it be easier for you to embed the module into the kernel? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: man, oh man

2003-05-29 Thread Mike M
-> /etc/alternatives/pager [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /etc/a ls: /etc/a: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/pager lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 May 19 15:02 /etc/alternatives/pager-> /bin/more "apt-get install less" automagically cha

Re: Error with new kernel

2003-05-28 Thread Mike M
; > > > I tried to compiled again with initrd option, > but still failed put '*' in the disk drive drivers and filesystem options of your config so that you have those things embedded into the kernel; this allows you to forget about initrd http://lists.debian.org/deb

man, oh man

2003-05-27 Thread Mike M
ts in a environment similar to running "vi -R". The same version of man is being run on both systems. I skimmed this (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Man-Page/index.html) and found no explanation for the different behaviour. I could use some help in understanding how the different

Re: initrd and lilo.conf

2003-05-27 Thread Mike M
should > probably be filed as a bug against kernel-package if it isn't already. Also read "--initrd" in: $ man make-kpkg -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: initrd and lilo.conf

2003-05-27 Thread Mike M
ake-kpkg options; read kernel howto re. initrd for more detail Both require some work. Invest in (1) unless you intend to distribute your kernel to many different machine configurations, then (2) is a good investment of your time. HTH, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Kmail or Konq

2003-04-05 Thread Mike M
Anybody else running Woody having probs with Kmail or Konq freezing? Konq more often than Kmail. I log out and log in to clear. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: time is slipping away

2003-04-04 Thread Mike M
I used the stratum 2 clocks. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-02 Thread Mike M
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 09:49, Mike M wrote: > On Wednesday 02 April 2003 00:56, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > > ls -l `which rsh` /etc/alternatives/rsh > > > should answer your question. > > > > That shows the details. But

Re: Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-02 Thread Mike M
h > > Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/usr/src/newer/ss7box$ update-alternatives --display rsh bash: update-alternatives: command not found The man page for update-alternatives comes up. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sparc stability

2003-04-01 Thread Mike M
Lightly loaded. sun1:~# uptime 22:16:56 up 3 days, 22:14, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-01 Thread Mike M
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 18:09, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 05:57:33PM -0500, Mike M wrote: > > On my Debian 3 sparc machine there is no rshd running and there is no > > shell or login entry in /etc/inetd.conf. There is an sshd process. I am > > still

Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-01 Thread Mike M
yielded a direct answer...yet. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Log rotation

2003-04-01 Thread Mike M
ogrotate can handle filenames like Mon.*.log. > > Any other ideas that I might be missing? Thanks. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How do I "apt-get upgrade" the kernel for debian-390?

2003-03-31 Thread Mike M
search kernel* It seems, in general, it is a good idea to use the wild card. Using "^kernel*" found only the packages whose name began with "kernel". -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems getting Samba to work

2003-03-30 Thread Mike M
behavior got stupid. YMMV because you are using XP. HTH, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

NFS or alternative

2003-03-27 Thread Mike M
Got Samba working today. Now I've got to get NFS or something like it working for the Linux side - where most of the work gets done. I've got a simple single site network with 7 Linux boxen. Is NFS v2 the way to go here? TIA, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Finally - Your Own Low Cost Teleconferencing Service!

2003-03-20 Thread Mike M
yway. Maybe one should avoid all discussion of MS virii on Linux lists if getting flamed. I will. When in Rome... -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 'apt-cache search' question

2003-03-17 Thread Mike M
question, "Are there any questions?" Presumably ignorance is superior to embarassment. I liked the apt--cache pipe to grep thingy. Cool trick. Good thread. We now return you to the regularly scheduled thread. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Printers via SMB?

2003-03-15 Thread Mike M
le. If you do, maybe it will help you limp through the process like it helped me. There were several print drivers available for my printer (Epson Color 850). I found that a little confusing. I tried each of them and found the one I liked the best. HTH a little, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "resetting" a network card

2003-03-07 Thread Mike M
On Friday 07 March 2003 07:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Mike M wrote: > > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 20:48:18 -0500 > > From: Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gabriel Granger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "resetting" a network card

2003-03-06 Thread Mike M
somehow "reset" in order to see if this will solve my > problem. > > Any other ideas please? I am curious about the type of card your are working with - RTL8139 by any chance? The problem you describe has a certain familiarity to it. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

sendmail security flaw & fix

2003-03-04 Thread Mike M
I've been looking for the Debian response to the recently found sendmail flaw and corresponding fix (http://www.sendmail.org). Can someone point me to where I can find this information? TIA, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: DocBook

2003-02-24 Thread Mike M
On Monday 24 February 2003 15:45, David Z Maze wrote: > Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I want to restart my DocBook efforts. I have SGML source and want > > to produce HTML and PDF docs > > > > Should I start by installing these packages: docbook, docbook-

DocBook

2003-02-23 Thread Mike M
I want to restart my DocBook efforts. I have SGML source and want to produce HTML and PDF docs Should I start by installing these packages: docbook, docbook-dsssl? (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/sgml-howto/x323.html seems out of date) -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Certification

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
he price seemed reasonable - $100. Don't know if I got that right though. Is this a "paper cert"? What's the other kind of cert - build an enterprise system from scraps heaped in a corner? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Certification

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
On Friday 14 February 2003 18:07, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Fri, 14 Feb 2003 04:30:40PM -0500, Mike M insinuated: > > I saw a post on the French debian user list where someone suggested > > using the number of your Debian user list posts as your > > certification rating. Cl

Re: Certification

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
On Friday 14 February 2003 13:31, deFreese, Barry wrote: > >-Original Message- > > From: Mike M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:16 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Certification > > > > > >Ce

Certification

2003-02-14 Thread Mike M
Certification is for PHBs only. Right? Is there any evidence other than marketing blather that certification is a worthwhile endeavor? -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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