Re: Shell scripting

2004-05-13 Thread Paul Mackinney
s as you'd intended. In the second case, bash helpfully expands the glob and passes the result into the script, so $1 = In any event, either $* or $@ will work just fine and suits your intentions more accurately. PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Revert gnome user prefs to default?

2004-05-12 Thread Paul Mackinney
that now some of the dialogs are so wide that they extend off the desktop to either side. I don't usually use gnome, but I'd like to get the default environment back. TIA, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

netpipe-tcp: help or alternative?

2004-04-22 Thread Paul Mackinney
ror reading synchronization string: Connection reset by peer The man pages are out of date (several documented options contradict the binary's useage statement) but nothing I've found on the net seems to indicate problems of this nature. Suggestions? TIA, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EM

Re: When a release is "ready." (was Re: Re: Debian has turned unusable.)

2004-04-13 Thread Paul Mackinney
at I haven't done is give back to Debian for years of free computing. So I'm publicly comitting to downloading CDs, testing the installer, and reporting bugs promptly. Specifically, next weekend I'll spend up to 4 hours on it (not counting CD burning). Regards, Paul PS: Points off

Re: Exim, Cyrus, Mutt + what?

2004-04-04 Thread Paul Mackinney
Pigeon declaimed: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 10:05:13AM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > I'm relatively happy with mailfilter, which connects to a POP server and > > deletes messages based on header content without downloading them. It > > supports scoring although

Re: Exim, Cyrus, Mutt + what?

2004-04-02 Thread Paul Mackinney
ssasin. > > One way that I've found worked well for me was "method 1" from dman's > very helpful howto here: > http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/config_docs/exim-spamassassin/ I always try to read dman's posts on this list, he's one of our assets. Cheers, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cdrecord 2.01a16 and ATAPI CD/R

2004-03-29 Thread Paul Mackinney
5.x). 2. cdrtoaster doesn't have docs because it's just a shell script. I've spent >1 year cursing everytime I manually changed "/dev/sg0" to "/dev/sg1" and wishing cdrtoaster had a man page. Now I've simply edited it to default the device declaration to &quo

SOLVED: persistant apt-get error

2004-03-24 Thread Paul Mackinney
CW Harris declaimed: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 11:15:11AM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: >> For some time I get the following error in apt-get on a Testing system: >> >> apt-extracttemplates: error while loading shared libraries: \ >> libapt-pkg-libc6.2-3-2.so.3.2

persistant apt-get error

2004-03-23 Thread Paul Mackinney
files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace gpm 1.19.6-12.1 (using .../gpm_1.19.6-12.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gpm ... Setting up gpm (1.19.6-12.1) ... Stopping mouse interface server: gpm. Starting mouse interface server: gpm. $ end apt-get session TIA, P

Re: How to "downgrade" to testing?

2004-03-22 Thread Paul Mackinney
her advice, but here's how I downgraded: Belt & suspenders 1. backed up 2. made a grub boot disk and learned how to use the grub shell to identify my root partition and load the kernel images on it to boot. The process 3. Edited my apt sources file and changed 'unstable' to 

Re: X problems with kernel 2.6

2004-03-22 Thread Paul Mackinney
en difficult. Now I'm off to read those 2.6.x docs... :-) Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Network setup problems (formerly Can anyone give me a clue)

2004-03-08 Thread Paul Mackinney
able. A real sysadmin should now jump in and offer truly helpful advice here... HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: knoppix/debian

2004-03-03 Thread Paul Mackinney
name will be used for Testing, and unstable will still be Sid. Personal experience: I was on unstable for a long time, switched down to testing after it got XFree 4.2, have been very content. But I use the Blackbox WM & don't care about cutting edge developments in Gnome or KDE, YMMV. PM

Re: knoppix/debian

2004-03-02 Thread Paul Mackinney
g main non-free contrib deb-src http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free 2. apt-get update 3. apt-get dist-upgrade 4. Repeat step 3 until you stop getting package errors. (it took me about 4 runs.) HTH

Re: QuickTime for Linux?

2004-02-23 Thread Paul Mackinney
Bijan Soleymani declaimed: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:34:02PM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > I'm running Debian/Sarge. Bummed that I can't watch those funny MoveOn > > political ads. Help? Other streaming video works fine. > > Mplayer can play quicktime fi

QuickTime for Linux?

2004-02-23 Thread Paul Mackinney
I'm running Debian/Sarge. Bummed that I can't watch those funny MoveOn political ads. Help? Other streaming video works fine. TIA, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: persistent cron error

2004-02-22 Thread Paul Mackinney
Chris declaimed: > On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 17:44, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > I get the following error for a cron job that runs ntpdate: > > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:26:42 -0800 > > From: Cron Daemon > > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> test -e /usr/s

persistent cron error

2004-02-19 Thread Paul Mackinney
/usr/sbin/ntpdate -s ntp.ucsd.edu ntp1.mainecoon.com; \ fi # TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

SOLVED: apache2 manual not working

2004-01-18 Thread Paul Mackinney
,}(/.*)?$ \ > /manual/$1$2 > > cut Schwing! Problem solved. Thanks! -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems in apache2 on Debian/Sarge

2004-01-17 Thread Paul Mackinney
Gary Sandine declaimed: > On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 11:33, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > But the manual > > foobar should be working by default... > > What versions of apache2 packages are you using? I used to have this > problem, too, and there was a hack for /etc/apache2/c

Re: Problems in apache2 on Debian/Sarge

2004-01-17 Thread Paul Mackinney
Richard Lyons declaimed: > On Saturday 17 January 2004 09:26, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm doing a little webserver testing on a Sarge system, and right > > away I find the following two problems with apache2: > > > > 1. cgi scripts don

Problems in apache2 on Debian/Sarge

2004-01-17 Thread Paul Mackinney
ll of these, with manual deletion of the conf files, in case the problem was due to a crufty configuration. Any help is appreciated. The cgi thing is more critical, but I'm sort of surprised that the debian apache has these bugs out of the box. TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Adding scsi devices ???

2003-10-31 Thread Paul Mackinney
y information. Most SCSI cards that I've used display a status message and identify the devices found on the bus, jumperless cards will typically offer a chance to configure the card. The fact that the devices were recognized by the card is good news, but useless unless the proper Linux dri

Re: Games for 1-2 year old child. Recommendations wanted.

2003-10-29 Thread Paul Mackinney
eally big. As for me, without TV I've had the bliss of missing Star Search, Survival, and lord only knows what else. As far as I can tell, the only thing I'm missing is the Daily Show. And I _think_ I'm getting the BBC's best thanks to video and DVD releases. Father Ted!

Re: Problem with instalation Debian on Be6 II

2003-10-25 Thread Paul Mackinney
xt of the error. It would also be helpful to know generally what your system is like (what CPU? what hard drive?) HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Thanks Pigeon for Your mailfilterrc

2003-10-21 Thread Paul Mackinney
t; > > Just wanted you to know how much I appreciated your posting. Another endorsement. Thanks, Pigeon! BTW: mailfilter's author is Andreas Bauer. His website is worth checking out. PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

mutt header display question

2003-10-12 Thread Paul Mackinney
msg file in the shell it showed as AmikaGuardian (TM) Server <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So now I understand why my filter wasn't working. Can someone explain to me why mutt's display omitted the parenthesized bit? TIA, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

man/mandb errors

2003-10-07 Thread Paul Mackinney
ut errors) and read most of the man-related docs, but I don't understand what's going on. How can I get manpath to drop the java man directory? TIA, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: exim/fetchmail config

2003-10-04 Thread Paul Mackinney
me reason (experimental mbox-hooks in .muttrc) then it uses the default. You can get a lot of info by bcc:ing yourself on a message and reviewing the headers. HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Any users of mondoarchive on debian boxes?

2003-10-04 Thread Paul Mackinney
Vineet Kumar declaimed: > * Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030928 16:00]: > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 08:27:27AM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > At a BALUG meeting last spring I heard a talk by mondo's inceptor, Hugo > > > Rabson, who took some special time t

Re: RH to Debian conversion help

2003-10-04 Thread Paul Mackinney
Paul Mackinney lied: > Debian certainly doesn't have anything like RH's kudzu Well that was a rather sloppy reply, wasn't it? Steeped in humiliation, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Old address

2003-10-03 Thread Paul Mackinney
until I get the checks from all those Nigerian politicians--oops! That was supposed to be a secret. 3. I hope this isn't a new version of Swen... -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RH to Debian conversion help

2003-10-03 Thread Paul Mackinney
ws you to dynamically enable/disable kernel modules, and 'dmesg' will print all the startup messages, which typically show lots of device info. -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Spam, exim, .forward vs. procmail

2003-10-03 Thread Paul Mackinney
r "ispName" is "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" $ crontab -l SHELL=/bin/sh # m h dom mon dow command @reboot/usr/bin/fetchmail -f /home/et/.fetchmailrc -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Spam, exim, .forward vs. procmail

2003-10-03 Thread Paul Mackinney
first time, I'm contemplating making it a true mailserver for incoming and outgoing. I'm sure I'll be learning all about spamassassin, do people have any advice about gotchas, must-have packages, or best books? TIA, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: vim: available colors?

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Mackinney
tax Down at item 16. (in my version) is a bunch of stuff about xterms. Everything in vim seems to be customizable, the eternal question is whether it's worth figuring out how... PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to have Exim send to another Exim server before bouncing?

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Mackinney
loop for all mailman traffic. The only exim configuration work (other than the mailman modifications) is to make sure that the list server accepts mail addressed to 'lists.yourdomain.com' as local mail. This should be easy, done right at the top of the exim.conf file with a declar

Re: Any users of mondoarchive on debian boxes?

2003-09-28 Thread Paul Mackinney
ed to say something like "Why I hate Debian" has been replaced with a blurb that starts out "I used to badmouth Debian's distro ... However, recent releases are much improved ..." Thanks, Hugo, that really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EM

Re: Still on install

2003-09-27 Thread Paul Mackinney
inter to work? I tried magicfilter, > but I don't know what filter to use (tried ljet4l). > $ apt-cache search cups The main package name is apparently 'cupsys'. HTH, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Any users of mondoarchive on debian boxes?

2003-09-27 Thread Paul Mackinney
at used to say something like "Why I hate Debian" has been replaced with a blurb that starts out "I used to badmouth Debian's distro ... However, recent releases are much improved ..." Thanks, Hugo, that really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EM

Re: Still on install

2003-09-25 Thread Paul Mackinney
inter to work? I tried magicfilter, > but I don't know what filter to use (tried ljet4l). > $ apt-cache search cups The main package name is apparently 'cupsys'. HTH, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT: Burned by domain name registrar for $150, suggestions?

2003-09-18 Thread Paul Mackinney
Recommendations? I'd like to go with a business that thinks you should make a second attempt to contact someone if an email bounces. Thanks for listening :-) Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dmesg & Fdisk see only 30 out of 60 MB--SOLVED

2003-04-05 Thread Paul Mackinney
cessfully on my old (1997) Pentium I, 166MMX-System with > a Western Digital 60GB-Harddisk on Debian 3.0r1 ! > > ___ > > Final Note: I recomplied the kernel and it worked like a charm. Thanks! > > -- > David Raeker-Jordan > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > GnuPG key: 1024D/CD956608 -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: disable one users email?

2003-04-03 Thread Paul Mackinney
their access back so much that they might as well not have an account (IMO). I'd be glad to hear from more experienced sysadmins on this, and I'm curious as to what's the problem with a normal user having mail access. HTH, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Play DVDs on K6/4xx (was: Help with DRM / DRI on Matrox G400)

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Mackinney
fer and the sound cuts out. Picture is great although I suspect that its playing the video too slowly. Any advice appreciated. Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Java plugin help?

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Mackinney
daniel huhardeaux declaimed: > Paul Mackinney wrote: > >I'm running Sun's Java package and Mozilla 1.3 talkback from Mozilla.org. > >I've symlinked > > > >/usr/local/mozilla/plugin/libjavaplugin_oji.so -> > >/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/jre/plugin

Re: Help with DRM / DRI on Matrox G400

2003-03-30 Thread Paul Mackinney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed: > >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Mackinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Paul> I don't have a device /dev/dri/card0. Am I supposed to be > Paul> running devfs? Kernel config shows > > Paul> $ grep DEVFS co

Re: Help with DRM / DRI on Matrox G400

2003-03-30 Thread Paul Mackinney
Mark Zimmerman declaimed: > On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 12:08:56PM -0800, Slava ZHdanobvich wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:23:03 -0800 > > Paul Mackinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've got a Matrox Millenium G400, and recently installed a DVDR

Java plugin help? (was: Mozilla 1.3 for Woody?)

2003-03-30 Thread Paul Mackinney
together (both compiled with gcc-2.95xxx). When I compile a trivial applet (straight from Bruce Eckel's Thinking In Java) that works fine with Appletviewer, Mozilla gives me an error saying that the plugin for "application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1" needs to be installed, Mozilla's

Re: How do I 'tar' a huge file?

2003-03-28 Thread Paul Mackinney
tape library. I also got the 'unexpected EOF' on the first restore attempt, then tried again specifying --multi-volume on restore. Run info tar and look up 'mult...' in the index. You can definitely do this, I'd experiment with a small data set so you can test backup & resto

Help with DRM / DRI on Matrox G400

2003-03-28 Thread Paul Mackinney
update regularly. Any advice appreciated. Regards, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

DONE: Apt-install base system to non-root drive?

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Mackinney
Rob Weir declaimed: > On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 09:30:40PM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > Hi, I'm off to cruise through the docs, but some quick help on this > > would be appreciated. I have a booting, network-capable system, but > > it's not running well. I'd l

Apt-install base system to non-root drive?

2003-02-17 Thread Paul Mackinney
fails because the module can't be found although I'm booted from the durn install CD. [/rant] TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: my CUPS RUnneth Over!!!

2003-02-17 Thread Paul Mackinney
, I really enjoyed this off-topic digression. I hope that others can appreciate your good intentions and your humor, regardless of their feelings about the content. Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

X down, other errors after apt-get upgrade

2003-02-17 Thread Paul Mackinney
til Woody shipped, then switched to testing, so this didn't feel like too much of a risk. I'm off to school to burn a new CD, I'm basically ready to start over with a clean install of Sarge, judiciously spiced with settings preserved from /etc. But I'm open to repairing this s

Build & install a single module for existing custom kernel

2003-02-14 Thread Paul Mackinney
urces have been sitting untouched since I last built and installed a custom kernel. TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing

2003-02-11 Thread Paul Mackinney
ns that you aren't using now because it would be too tedious to type. Haven't found a workable debugging module yet, but someone will write one soon, this project clearly has a comitted & savvy crew behind it. Enjoy, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: Bash terminal beep - how to shut it up?

2003-01-29 Thread Paul Mackinney
the trick. A truly saavy user will refrain from silencing the beep, preferring to set its volume, pitch, and duration to a pleasant and harmonious tone that reminds them how much they enjoy running Debian GNU/Linux. $ xset b My system is set to 75 75 75 for a quiet, low tone. HTH, PM -- Paul

Re: Qmail (was Mailman problems)

2003-01-28 Thread Paul Mackinney
And oh yes, let me mention that quite a few of my scripts, settings, and other fixes have been provided by or suggested by Dman since I migrated to Debian and joined this list. Thanks! Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LinkSYS BEFSR41 router

2003-01-27 Thread Paul Mackinney
static address 192.168.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 c) Edit /etc/resolve.conf to look like this search .com # optional nameserver nameserver d) Run the command '# ifdown eth0; ifup eth0' (or just restart) Now just se

Re: LinkSYS BEFSR41 router

2003-01-26 Thread Paul Mackinney
use 22 (ssh/scp) and 80 (http). Note that only one machine can receive a given port. 2. You can go to the DMZ Host window and give one machine unrestricted access to the Internet, just as if there were no router. This way you'll be subjected to all the port scans and other

Re: Mailman problems

2003-01-26 Thread Paul Mackinney
27;s very safe: Qmail is set up so that you can install and test it before switching from your old MTA. Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mailman problems

2003-01-25 Thread Paul Mackinney
/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users HTH, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

USB primer?

2003-01-25 Thread Paul Mackinney
fter rebate)): Webcam is Veo Connect [it sucks] Scanner is Artec e+48u [not too great] Mouse is Logitech Wheelmouse (optical)[very nice, can move wheel without accidentally clicking button 2] TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Linux config question: dates don't display year?

2003-01-10 Thread Paul Mackinney
Brian Potkin declaimed: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 09:34:49AM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > OT disclaimer... what controls the standard date abbreviation? On some > > Linux systems 'ls -l' displays the year, on others it doesn't. 'finger' > >

Linux config question: dates don't display year?

2003-01-10 Thread Paul Mackinney
ls, but still want to know how to set default behavior. TIA, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: users and x/gdm

2003-01-03 Thread Paul Mackinney
H 7/8 The Debian system's /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config file has the line described by Karsten, the RH system doesn't have that file. Note that I don't know _why_ my solution works... HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-12-12 Thread Paul Mackinney
essions that expand infinitely. For those who've never seen this language, here's the quicksort algorithm in 2 lines: qsort([])= [] qsort((a:b)) = qsort([x | x<-b, xa]) Not sure about licensing, but it's small, free, and available for *nix, MacOS, and Wintel. http://haskell.o

Re: mail basics on a debian system

2002-12-10 Thread Paul Mackinney
Robert Land declaimed: > I'm not very experienced with unix/linux and would > appreciate some information on the mail topic. > > I have this one box system, using my general account > 'rland' and sometimes root for system configuration. > > What I would like to know is if/how rland recieves mail

Re: Help with login/environment: bash_profile, bashrc, xdm

2002-12-10 Thread Paul Mackinney
t Hed Linux' logo in the login window. Then it ceased to display the PNG's without reporting any errors, even after being reconfigured. Since xdm was installed, I thought I could just switch to it but then I found that it wasn't processing .bash_profile. I'll check out the websi

Help with login/environment: bash_profile, bashrc, xdm

2002-12-09 Thread Paul Mackinney
l principles. TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fixed libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 package

2002-11-14 Thread Paul Mackinney
d gaining the benefit of your troubleshooting process, not to mention reading everyone else's reactions to your ideas. Regards, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fixed libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 package

2002-11-14 Thread Paul Mackinney
.3 > > A fixed package can be found at: > > http://incoming.debian.org/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-15_i386.deb Thanks for posting this! It kept my down-time < 5 minutes. The moral: when something big goes wrong after an apt-get upgrade, try again, then try deb-user. Regards

Re: Segmentation faults in apropos

2002-10-30 Thread Paul Mackinney
Colin Watson declaimed: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 04:35:15PM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > I've been running Sid, for some time, lately I've started getting > > segmentaion faults when I run apropos, as in the following: > > > > $ apropos

Segmentation faults in apropos

2002-10-29 Thread Paul Mackinney
on this? Thanks, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xdm config help

2002-10-22 Thread Paul Mackinney
#x27;t really possible...] But I don't mean to pick nits, if you're willing to work as a package maintainer and a new package is the right thing, then you have my thanks and support. That 'coordination with the maintainers' you speak of is surely one of the toughest parts of t

Re: xdm config help

2002-10-19 Thread Paul Mackinney
Karl E. Jorgensen declaimed: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 11:10:39PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > I'm trying to set up xdm. Whenever I boot the last message I see before > > the login prompt is: > > > > Not starting X Display Manager (xdm); it is not the default d

xdm config help

2002-10-18 Thread Paul Mackinney
;/usr/bin/xdm'. Any tips on this issue? Last step was to apt-get update to version 4.2.1. Thanks, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Group

2002-06-25 Thread Paul Mackinney
me i change that file... :-) > > > > / Jimmy > > Logout and login again, no need to reboot. > And no need to logout/login: root does this: # addgroup user new_group user does this: $ newgrp new_group HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

SOLVED: exim doesn't deliver to maildirs

2002-06-25 Thread Paul Mackinney
nyway. Several people have offered to proved perl-scripts, etc. for converting mboxes to maildirs. Personally, I find that mutt provides enough tools to do the job handily for small mboxes, for the larger ones I'm going to treat the problem as a python programming excercise. Thanks all, PM --

Re: exim doesn't deliver to maildirs

2002-06-24 Thread Paul Mackinney
Christian Schoenebeck declaimed: > Es geschah am Montag, 24. Juni 2002 22:26 als Paul Mackinney schrieb: > So, no matter of your .forward file, does Maildir at least work or are all > messages saved in mbox? > Maildir works. After changing local_delivery to directory = ${home}/Ma

Re: exim doesn't deliver to maildirs

2002-06-24 Thread Paul Mackinney
Derrick 'dman' Hudson declaimed: > On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 07:29:16PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > | Christian Schoenebeck declaimed: > | > > I've been trying to switch from mbox to maildir, but exim won't deliver > | > > to my maildirs.

Re: Install from binary -1 iso cd [OT]

2002-06-23 Thread Paul Mackinney
'm booted, but not from the CD, and I _do_ have access to my CD, and the Woody 1 CD is mount (e.g., /dev/hdc -> /cdrom) How can I start the Woody install script without rebooting? TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: exim doesn't deliver to maildirs

2002-06-23 Thread Paul Mackinney
seen save $home/Maildir/test/ else save $home/Maildir/inbox endif finish # end .forward According to the comments in exim.conf:TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION, it's the address_directory transport that handles addresses generated by .forward files. Could you send me that section?

Re: How stable is dual head... Matrox G400

2002-06-23 Thread Paul Mackinney
dual-head XF86Config-4 file with examples of useful settings that ran both heads. Someone starting with this tool could probably get things working to their satifsaction with a modest amount of editing. Very nice to see Matrox working on this. PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

exim doesn't deliver to maildirs

2002-06-23 Thread Paul Mackinney
I've been trying to switch from mbox to maildir, but exim won't deliver to my maildirs. Here's the relevant section of my exim.conf: Default address_directory transport: address_directory: driver = appendfile no_from_hack prefix = "" suffix = "" # maildir_format What I've put

Re: How stable is dual head, twin view feature ?

2002-06-23 Thread Paul Mackinney
run the Matrox install script and all is well again. Suggestions for how to avoid this entirely are very welcome. PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mutt and my email address

2002-04-25 Thread Paul Mackinney
per-user basis by editing /etc/email-addresses. --- end --- You probably have one sitting there right now that was installed by exim, just needs your cusomizations. Syntax is: #user: [EMAIL PROTECTED] #otheruser: [EMAIL PROTECTED] After trying all the things people suggested for .muttrc, thi

Re: mutt+Maildir Pros & Cons?

2002-04-24 Thread Paul Mackinney
Paul Mackinney declaimed: > Patrick Hsieh declaimed: > > Hello list, > > > > I use postfix and Maildir together. > > When I export MAIL=$HOME/Maildir, mutt can read the inbox. > > But when I send mail out, it will not backup in the $HOME/Maildir/.Sent > >

Help w/CDROM constant polls

2002-04-23 Thread Paul Mackinney
as a SCSI device. I'm running wmcdplay and wmmixer, but killing them didn't help. The CD works fine for playing audio CDs, and for burning last time I needed to. How to prevent these messages? TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: mutt+Maildir Pros & Cons?

2002-04-21 Thread Paul Mackinney
irs with the same names. Any gotchas? Thanks, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-17 Thread Paul Mackinney
ton. Cool idea, I will implement it. Related question: On a dual display system not using xinerama (e.g., different xserver on :0.0 and :0.1, can you get the screensaver to run on just one display? TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Dual Boot with Win2k

2002-04-17 Thread Paul Mackinney
, but this weekend I have to make a PowerPoint thingy for a class I'm taking :-( Cheers, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unix(LF) files to MSDOS(CRLF) and vice versa

2002-04-12 Thread Paul Mackinney
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lots of good answers, let's not forget trusty old tr, it's feeling neglected. The key thing you need to know is the standard cr/lf sequence for text files: Mac ^M 013 0x0D \r Win ^M

Re: color text in terminals...

2002-04-12 Thread Paul Mackinney
.bashrc right now but commented out. You might want to check .bash_profile also for other commented out configuration ideas. Personally, I like alias rm='/bin/rm -i' alias mv='/bin/mv -i' alias cp='/bin/cp -i' Although there's a valid school of thought that th

Re: Reducing font size in X

2002-04-12 Thread Paul Mackinney
rently I have FontPath "unix/:7100" FontPath "/usr/lib/fonts/misc" ... etc ... So if I were to uninstall xfs, I'd just remove the first line, right? TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SOLVED: X broken after sid update, Matrox driver error

2002-04-07 Thread Paul Mackinney
dave mallery declaimed: > On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > Simon Hepburn declaimed: > > > Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > > > > > After apt-get dist-updating to the latest version of sid last night > > > > (approx 2002-04-03 23:0

SOLVED: X broken after sid update, Matrox driver error

2002-04-05 Thread Paul Mackinney
Simon Hepburn declaimed: > Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > After apt-get dist-updating to the latest version of sid last night > > (approx 2002-04-03 23:00 PST), I can't start X-windows. > > > Anyone else having problems? Should I report a bug? > > Well, i

X broken after sid update, Matrox driver error

2002-04-04 Thread Paul Mackinney
XFree86.0.log shows the error XFree86.8.log shows a successful X session Anyone else having problems? Should I report a bug? TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFr

Re: fun with printers

2002-03-31 Thread Paul Mackinney
Andrew Agno declaimed: > Paul Mackinney writes: > > Andrew Agno declaimed: > > > If it's raw postscript, you'll just see text. Is that what you get? > > It looks like gibberish: > > > > *~U@ > > This looks like you've got the wrong

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