moin,
i did some hacking on the emu10k1 driver, and now need it tested on a
variety of hardware. the cards still have a market value, so *someone*
must be still using them, or at least have some in the basement ...
the driver targets SoundBlaster Live! / 512PCI / Audigy and the E-MU
0404/101
> I tried setting DisplayManager.sourceAddress but this does not seem
> to change anything.
>
which version of kde/kdm are you using? if it's >= 2.2alpha2, the
setting is in kdmrc, section [Xdmcp], key SourceAddress=true/false.
otherwise i can only ask, if it works with plain xdm - if not, then
i
> Everyone says how easy it is to set up squid using YAST in SuSE Linux.
> Does anyone have any experience of setting up squid in Debian? Is it
> harder?
>
iirc, it worked out of the box for me.
possibly you have to adjust the acl.
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> When I execute the above command, I get the welcome and license
> screens and then a screen asking whether I want a Standard,
> user-definied or minimal install. That I understand is not the /net
> - install.
>
i think, that this _is_ the right setup. i was a bit buffled by this,
too, because it
> How do I install StarOffice 5.2 as mulituser from the download version.
> I know that the -net option for the setup program is the way to go if
> one has ha CD to install from. But this approach does not work with the
> so[...].bin file that I got from the StarOffice site. Can I somehow
> decompr
> > 8 unless you enable md5 passwords. don's ask me, what's the actual
> > limit for md5, but theoretically there is none.
>
> Where would that be enabled?
>
it's one of the first questions you must answer during the main potato
installation. i have no idea, if i can be changed later without
> This to me is not a good thing. What's the max length on a Unix
> password, 16? 128? 256?
>
8 unless you enable md5 passwords. don's ask me, what's the actual
limit for md5, but theoretically there is none.
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> However, the documentation does not give the default
> settings for I/O Base and IRQ. I think this is why the
> device is not configured.
>
you say, it's an pci card. so it should be fully auto-detected.
if it's not, then you probably use the wrong driver.
sb16pci (aka sb128) needs the es1371 dr
> > cat /bin/bash >/dev/audio :-)=)
> > this sound really rocks! *lol*
>
> What does this sound like?
>
similar to a modem ...
> I have no /dev/audio. What do I do?
>
not good ... try /dev/dsp
if you miss this one too, then something is wrong with your setup.
then you should have a look at MA
> BTW, I am using JunkEx, your version of Junkbuster.
>
cool - so somebody actually uses it :-))
> What is the difference between this and the original version?
>
it supports body filtering, i.e. cutting unwanted sections of text.
so you may define some rules for the pages you often visit to mak
> Can anyone suggest a simple test program that I can
> run to prove that it is working?
>
cat /bin/bash >/dev/audio :-)=)
this sound really rocks! *lol*
> I seem to have four different possible sockets for the speakers.
>
> black, green, red, blue
>
> Any idea which of these is the one to us
> How do I set up Junkbuster so that the HTTP_REFERER environment variable
> is set?
>
in /etc/junkbuster/config:
referer .
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> Can anyone recommend an HTML tutorial ?
>
> Thank for any thoughts on this
>
ANY thoughts? so here we go ...
http://www.teamone.de/selfhtml/
but it's in german ... :-)=)
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> Sep 24 15:20:25 host kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 \
> PROTO=17 10.209.80.109:68 255.255.255.255:67 \
> L=576 S=0x00 I=9145 F=0x4000 T=32 (#11)
>
proto=17 -> look at /etc/protocols -> yes, udp
> This seems to be a broadcast by the DHCP server of my cable provider,
> right?
>
> However, after updating I noticed that the /lib/modules/2.0.36/
> hierarchy is still on my machine along with the new
> /lib/modules/2.2.17 hierarchy.
>
> Can I safely remove the old modules?
>
unless you plan to run the old kernel - yes.
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> Should I allow packets coming into my port 113?
>
there was a big discussion about this about half a year ago. maybe you
want to look at the archives.
i reject these packets and it works.
if some server denies you access because of this, you may run some
fake ident server - i don't know, if the
> What is the support status of slink (Debian 2.1)?
>
debian-security-annouce (i think) says, that it is phasing out.
due to user response they will partly support it till Oct 30 2000.
> Will packages for potato install on slink? Will they
> work on slink?
>
sometimes ...
the libs in slink are q
> Note: Please let me know if this comes through as HTML (and accept my
> apologies) - I'm on a new email client that I'm unfamiliar with.
>
no html detected :-)
> Can anyone explain to me the difference between install-mbr and lilo?
>
the layout of a (pc) hard drive:
+---+---
> I'd like to point out that (if the recipient is not a mailing list :)
> these messages are useful, they let you know your mail bounced and
> will not be read. This could be important information, under
> defferent circumstances...
>
the point is, that it should be bounced to the mailing list, n
> > Mind you, if the memory space is always identical (surely position
> > as well as size)
> > then why is it difficult to find shared threads? Very naïve of me
> > I know, but surely
> > you don't need to go too deep into the system to find the base
> > address of a process.
>
> I
> Right, so it's not a bug in my top-like program, just a bug in the
> kernel :-)
>
some people really think this way. but linus insists on doing it his way -
and he is right. :-)
> Mind you, if the memory space is always identical (surely position
> as well as size)
> then why
> If they are threads then this would be a (serious?) bug in the graphical
> top-like tool I used.
>
it's not a bug, it's a feature! ;-)
under linux, threads are equivalent processes. the only difference between
them and real processes is, that threads belonging to one program share
their memory.
> surprised to see that with one browser window running, 5 (maybe 6, cant
> remember) mozilla processes were gulping up about 350MB!!
>
do all the processes use exactly the same amount memory? if yes, then
this are probably only threads, which have common memory. in this case
it is wrong to sum up
> #!/bin/sh
> [...]
the spinup possibly comes from updating the access time of the just called
apm command. so two suggestions:
1) use noatime in the mount options of / (or /usr - i don't know, where apm
lives). however, this may be a bad idea.
2) remount all drives ro instead of doing the three s
> > mount -n -o rw,remount /
>
> Or simply do a
>
> linux 1 init=/bin/sh root=/dev/... mount rw
>
> No need to rerun the mount command. :-))
>
true! stupid me! :)
but the remount ro is still necessary - except you like fscks ;-)
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> Is there a better solution?
>
yes! :-))
at the lilo prompt type (hope, you did not protect lilo with the same
password ;-)):
linux init=/bin/sh (possibly also root=/dev/... AFTER init=)
this will drop you in a password-free root shell.
then run
mount -n -o rw,remount /
to make root writeable. t
> W: Not using locking for nfs mounted lock file /var/state/apt/lists/lock
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files
>
this is nothing you should really care about (it's only a warning, as
far as i can see).
the problem is inherent to the architecture of nfs. it can be
> netscape proxy settings to localhost, port 5865. Any site that i try to go
> to it just says that the remote site closed the connection. What have i
> done wrong?
>
possibly your forward configuration is incorrect.
this error indicates, that you can connect the proxy, but the proxy cannot
connec
> I posted a question a while back about using the soundcard's D/A instead of
> the one in the CDROM drive. I've since tried cdparanoia and
> cdda2wav. They both work, but they both spin the hard disk constantly
> when writing an audio file, even if the file isn't being written to
> the hard di
> How do I tell junkbuster to leave cookies alone? I've tried
> putting
>
> > *
> < *
>
> in /etc/junkbuster/cookiefile, but I'm not convinced this works.
> -chris
>
a single * _should_ work for both directions. to verify it, enable cookie
warning in netscape and visit a page which will flood
> > i said, they suck, not that they are bad. this means, that they are not
> > that simple to use as diskedit for dos and lack the one or other
> > interesting feature - at least the last time i looked out half a year ago.
> > ;-)
>
> For one-use once, i'll put up with almost anything. I assume
> > When I'm ripping a CD with cdparanoia my dialup ppp connection doesn't
> > work. I don't seem to be able to transfer at all. The link stays up but
> > no or very little
> > data seems to be able to flow. But if I stop cdparanoia everthing is
> > fine.
> > This is on a debian woody syst
> yikes, I can do without the gory details :) does this mean that once I
> find a block of a tar, I can start extracting, even if it wasn't the
> middle?
>
you mean "even if it wasn't the START?", right?
the answer is yes. just verified this.
> And now that I think of it, someone mentioned tha
> What's port 118 for? I can't find it in /etc/services though I have it
> in my logs as a denied (outgoing) packet (destination port is 118).
>
nmap-services says sqlserv #SQL Services
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> When I'm ripping a CD with cdparanoia my dialup ppp connection doesn't work.
> I don't seem to be able to transfer at all. The link stays up but no or very
> little
> data seems to be able to flow. But if I stop cdparanoia ever
> How can I read the data from my favourite audio CD and send it to
> the soundcard?
try cdda2wav or cdparanoia
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> I guess that's the big question: what *is* the tar magic that I'm
>
according to /usr/share/misc/magic gnu tar archives contain the magic
"ustar". however, i found, that it's not at the beginning of the archive.
the archive starts with the name of the first archived file/directory
padded with
> It was a brand new partition, and only two files should ever have been
> written there (tars of /home and /etc), so I presume that they were
> written continuously.
>
probably ...
> Any suggestions on how to recover these?
>
recover with dd. the better question is, how to find them. if you'
i know - i'm replying to my own post ... :)
unquoted lines are changed
> cd() {
local p="$1"
> while :; do
local np="${p//.../../..}"
> test "$p" == "$np" && break
> p="$np"
> done
> builtin cd "$p"
> }
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> On an unrelated note, I'm *fairly* new to Linux (or UNIX in general), only
> having been using it for about a year. In the DOS command-interpreter 4DOS,
> I could refer to parent directories as . and .. as is the norm in DOS and
> UNIX.
> But I could also type, say, "cd ", which would be eq
[please wrap lines at column 72 (or at least less than 80)]
> X refuses to load now, complaining that it cannot find it's default font,
> `fixed'.
apt-get install xfonts-base
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> Organization: Hewett Packard
^
you're really sure, that this is correct? ;-)
not that i would care much ...
in regard to your question: maybe adding the host to /etc/hosts
would help - at least the server from the log does not exist in the
world-accessible dns, what could cau
> Dumb question dept.: Is there anything I have to restart on the OpenBSD
> box to update the resolver settings after editing /etc/resolv.conf?
>
(i think, that ...)
the resolver is part of the c library, so programs started after the change
should already use the correct config. the network daem
> I've heard on the grapevine, with very little detail, that there isn't a
> problem with Type 6 keyboards under Redhat, so what's the problem with
> Debian?
>
1) grab the keymap file from redhad (or maybe from woody?). or
2) make heavy use of xmodmap (see /etc/X11/Xmodmap)
both should work ...
h
> I understand the correct way to do this is probably awk,
or perl or sed or ...
but i would use awk, too :-)
> but not sure how to make it work in this case. For example, I
> could put the code in a bash function, but then how do I
> access the function from inside the awk command?
you could onl
question 1:
install a scsi-enabled kernel package. configure it
add the new drives to /etc/fstab
question 2:
to get this working, you need a primary partition, where you can
install lilo on.
1) boot linux from the floppy.
2) install lilo to your root partition (hda6 - this is a problem.
it mus
hi there,
"inspired" by the remote_smtp config at
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/jws/mysystem.html
i created a similar system:
change the rewriting rule at the end of exim.conf to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
{$va
> I'm trying to get muttzilla to work with netscape. I'm running version
> 4.75, and slocate shows I have libc6 in /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6,
> when I click on a mail-to url, nothing happens. Anyone have this
> working? I've checked, but there's no man page for muttzilla.
>
... but there is
> > so my question is: does anybody know a 8x16 font with iso8859-1 encoding
> > and a vga-alike look?
>
> http://boogie.cs.unitn.it/dz/debian/packages/xvgafont_1.0_all.deb
>
thx - this is what i've been looking for ...
but this font does not have the line drawing characters needed for
"mc", et
> Anyhow, when I hit F1 in eterm, it brings up a menu block rather than
> the manual for mutt. Any way around this?
look for "bind anymod 0xffbe" in /usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm/theme.cfg
and comment it out.
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hi there,
i found two fonts, which partly meet the criteria:
* vga - this one looks good and has the right proportions, but has a
wrong encoding (pc437) for a west-european xterm, so umlauts, etc.
are messed up.
* -etl-fixed-bold-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso8859-1 - it has the right
proportions
> So.it's a good thing I have experience on how to boot in runlevel 1
> run fsck and keep track of all changes.:-)
:)
> You can guess already that things didn't worked.Shortly ,after all
> the modifications done to kdm
so you patched and compiled by hand, right?
if so, how did you compile? using
> > I agree, we could start xdm in rnlevel 3 and "su someuser startx" in
> > runlevel
> > 4.
> >
> Great,I'll keep an eye and try it as soon as it's done.Thanks.
>
why do you want to wait? ;-)
i attached my auto-login script again. now it has the auto-relogin problem
nicely solved. if the serve
> I'm a regular user and I think it would be really cool if the autologin
> would/could be implemented as specific to a run-level.
this is not hard to do. you can specify the config file to use with the
-config switch. so you could specify a config file with auto-login options
and alternatively a "
> I have this script as /etc/init.d/startmyx. It auto-logs me in on tty9, and
> xdm can still run on tty7.
>
so you have this script and xdm running at the same time. this is not a
problem, but i like having everything in one place.
> It could be modified to run xdm after startx finishes.
>
you
> There is something that I always asked myself about the differnet display
> managers. Why do they not handle the login window as an external
> application ?
you can find something like that on freshmeat ("XDM-External Greet"), but
the url is dead ... -(
however, the external greeter concept of xd
> > due to a relatively popular demand on such a (mis-)feature at debian-user,
> > i became interested in automatic login, too.
>
> Just a stupid question, why are ppl using xdm in the first place if they
> want an auto login? Whats wrong with using startx instead?!
>
i've written a auto-loging s
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due to a relatively popular demand on such a (mis-)feature at debian-user,
i became interested in automatic login, too. so i just implemented it
for xdm, kdm and wdm (wdm not tested). i thought about gdm, too, but it
seems not to be directly b
> Using a compression level of 9.
>
this _may_ be your problem. how long did you wait for something to show
up? remember, that ssh is much slower than a non-encrypted connection,
especially with high compression (at least, if you have a fast connection
and relatively slow cpu-s; on a slow connecti
> The machine in question already has Windows98 and I noticed that it shares
> interrupts between various devices. Specifically the Ethernet card and
> the on-board sound system as well as at least one other pair.
>
if your bios setup offers this option, then try to remap some of the irqs.
moving
> /etc/XF86Config
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.kreaper
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
>
all wrong. on debian it is /etc/X11/XF86Config ;-)
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> showed an error message: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(nielsen): cannot
> chdir(/var/spool/mqueue): Permission denied
>
i have the impression, that your sendmail is not setuid root anymore.
look, to whom it belongs and what are its permissions.
possibly you should have a look at the suid.conf man page.
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> >> do I need to create /vmlinuz and link to the kernel image (ln -s
> >> 2.2.15-idepci /vmlinuz)?
> >
> >you may do this, but this is not the way it should be done.
>
> Really? It's the way kernel-package does it ...
>
aifak, the kernel creates /boot/vmlinuz, not /vmlinuz. however ... who
cares
> > > Today I noticed the following:
> > >
> > > 15444 ? Z0:00 (cron )
> > >
> > > Under which circumstances does a process turn into a zombie? I assume
> > > this applies to UNIX in general.
> >
> > zombies are what is left from child processes when the parents thereof
> > do not wait() f
> > Today I noticed the following:
> >
> > 15444 ? Z0:00 (cron )
> >
> > Under which circumstances does a process turn into a zombie? I assume
> > this applies to UNIX in general.
>
> zombies are what is left from child processes when the parents thereof
> do not wait() for them, but exit(
> do I need to create /vmlinuz and link to the kernel image (ln -s
> 2.2.15-idepci /vmlinuz)?
>
you may do this, but this is not the way it should be done.
you should reconfigure your /etc/lilo.conf (and run lilo afterwards).
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> directory called .ssh in my home, it has permissions 711
700 should be enough, i think.
> (chmod 600 authorized_keys). But I dont know how to place the key in that
> file(authorize_keys).
simply paste the contents of the public key file. it should be a single
line, which is in the same format, as
> > any to floppy , I use (cp filename /dev/fd0).. after that , if I (umount
> ahh ... i have the impression, that you missed the idea of mouting ...
>
> use "cp filename /floppy"
>
btw: from the fact, that you are able to write to /dev/fd0 i conclude,
that you are probably working as root .
> Dear, Sir
... and madam. :)
> How are you
do we really need smalltalk? ;-)
> any to floppy , I use (cp filename /dev/fd0).. after that , if I (umount
ahh ... i have the impression, that you missed the idea of mouting ...
use "cp filename /floppy"
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> When GPM is running, the mouse will work in the console... but the mouse
> cursor in X freezes and won't move. When I stop GPM, mouse access is
> lost in the console, and the X mouse cursor comes back to life. I've
> never before seen GPM cause the mouse to stop working in X... what could
> cau
> >How to sync. my hw. clock to an external source?
> >
> >I tried 'rdate -a time.kfki.hu' but this isn't set my clock.
> >Runnig 'date' I got the same time as before using rdate.
> >
>
> You need the timeserver daemon. Take a look at 'xntpd'.
>
i think, that this is overkill - at least for a ho
> Recently somebody suggested that it may be my setup that is causing
> the problems and that it is better to have the two hard disks on the
> same cable and the two CDROM's on the other.
>
sound sensible. this was my first thought, too. :-)
> /etc/fstab is necessary for the system to shutdown pr
> How do I give dial-up access to standard users accounts?
>
add them to the dip group.
ps: this question should be added to the list-faq. *gg*
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> - Is there any way to rebuild the 'status' file which contains =
> information about all packages installed?
>
well ... you have a status-old and many more backups - if you did not
delete them, too.
otherwise you could use a trick somebody on the list mentioned a few weeks
ago: nearly every pac
> (Maybe allowing someone to type in a date, if it is possible at all, is
> somehow insecure, but I am the only user at the console).
>
try this in your ntpdate startup script:
if ! ntpdate ; then
while :; do
read -p "ntpdate failed. please enter date by hand: " date
date -s $date && br
> I do have wwwoffle running in autodial...
well - this is probably your problem.
the two triggers are a dns-query and a http-access. www-access needs
both of them ...
so probably you've got to check your wwwoffle config.
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> If I want to edit my kernel what command do I use. I tried make menuconfig
> but that doesnt work. Any help would be great... Im using slink
>
could you say _precisely_ what you have done (commands, output)?
the normal procedure to configure and compile a kernel is:
- download the kernel source
> I downloaded the src for 2.2.15. Ran make menuconfig, dep, bzImage, modules,
> modules_install. The installed modules have undefined symbols for
> __global_cli, __global_save_flags, and __global_restore_flags. All of these
> symbols are defined in "arch/i386/kernel/irq.c".
>
> Anyone else seen t
> I have two Debian. One is Slink second is Potato. Between them is leased
> cuper line and two modems set-up for leased line. Wehen I start pppd (noauth
> persist) ppp0 starts. I have ip number, connection seems to be ok but it does
> not ping. On that Slink I have oter connection set-up th
look at the system logs.
*possibly* you could set up verbose ipchains rules, to see, which service
is tried to be accessed. but i have no idea, how dial on demand works, so
this idea may be useless.
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> I have just installed debian on my i386, with 'older' bios. I have a 170
> meg hd. I am up to making the boot hd/floppy. It will not do either of
> these. On the hd, it brings up a message about a small 5-10mg boot sector.
> And on the floppy it gives a message about, make sure the di
> As an aside is there anyway in Linux of finding what files are in use or
> locked by a process? As I mentioned nothing shows up regarding this file
> in the process table.
>
lsof or fuser
looking in /proc helps also (for the hard-liners) *g*
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> In an ls -l you get the # of hard links on the right side of the
> permissions. How do I find where all of those hard links are located on
> the harddisk?
>
"ls -il" gives you the inode-numbers, so you'll see, which files are
hard-linked.
if you need to search the whole disk, then you want to us
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> Could be, but why would you want 10 partitions? :)
>
i've see that ...
> And does the kernel support this (yes I know fdisk can easily support
> something like this, but that doesn't mean the kernel does).
>
according to devices.txt up to hd?63 wo
> And i386 can have a max of 7(?) with extended partitions enabled.
>
not sure, but this sounds very strange to me.
afaik, you can nest extended patitions as much as you want.
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> Now, has anyone of you an idea how to set up a callback-machine
well ... could you tell precisely, what you mean by that? *stunned*
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> clever ol' opera.
> it certainly crashes ie4, 5.
>
possibly opera has a work-around for it, but basically this is no browser
issue - it's a winDOS (=win9x) one. you could theoretically make the same
by opening c:\con\con from the file manager or something.
on securityfocus (don't remember, whic
> I got this number: 959159565.669 from the first column of Squid's log
> (/var/log/squid/access.log). I believe that it's the date and time of the
> client access expressed in Unix time. What is the simplest way to convert
> it to a readable format? Perl function perhaps?
>
possibly not the simpl
> However,does it work if people from remote login to my machine,and then
> type
> "telnet 127.0.0.1" to login again?
>
well ... then then host field would be the local address. but it would be
non-empty. as i already said, this may be configuration-dependent. just
try it.
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> [...]
i don't know, what the problem is, but possibly it can be fixed by using
the 3com drivers from their web-page.
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> Is it any method that I can check whether the user is a local user
try "man utmp".
for scripts: the output of "who" has a non-empty last field, if the user
is non-local. however, this may vary from configuration to configuration.
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> packages are required: libz1 and libxpm4. I searched for them in the
we had this topic already several times on this list ... seems to be quite
common.
libz has the confusing name zlib1g.
libxpm is xpm4g.
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> I'm running potato. When I run kdm, it doesn't read my .xsession file. How
> can I correct this?
>
in /etc/X11/Xsession.options:
allow-user-xsession
should do the job.
> Also, some of the instructions given for installing kdm don't fit with the
> debian file layout. Where can I read about debia
> And then it stop itself
> (One time it said something like : unable to connect to localhost)
>
is your loopback device set up correctly? (output of "ifconfig lo"?)
have you a "user fayard is " in your fetchmailrc?
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> When I now su, it says, after I've entered the password:
> su: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted
>
> It used to work just fine, and I just can't think how I've done anything that
> influences su ...
>
probably it isn't setuid root anymore.
make sure, that ls shows something like that
> Quoting Kelly Corbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Is there a way to view/log boot messages besides those generated by the
> > kernel i.e. besides dmesg? I believe my modules are not loading
> > correctly at boot. Thanks
>
> Shift-PageUp (and PageDown)
>
but note, that this works only, if the virt
> Is there a way to view/log boot messages besides those generated by the
> kernel i.e. besides dmesg? I believe my modules are not loading
> correctly at boot. Thanks
>
look at /var/log/kern.log - at least on potato module output it there.
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> /var/spool/exim/messaglog:
> 2000-05-21 22:27:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> local_delivery transport deferred: Permission denied: creating lock file
> hitching post /var/spool/mail/admin.lock.alpha.cs.mum.edu.3928a93a.0ac9
>
i had a similar problem. is solved it with "chmod 3
> It's possible to make .plan or .project to be named pipes, which means that
> the act of reading them can cause code to be executed. If finger executes
> suid root, then said code can execute as root. The potential for mischief
> should be obvious.
>
could you explain this a bit?
from my knowl
On Mon, 22 May 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> I'm getting the message:
>
> fetchmail: removing stale lockfile
>
> ...every time I run fetchmail (5.3.4-1) on my system. I just checked
> and I'm running the most current version.
>
> Running strace, I find the following:
>
> open("/h
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