On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:02:57 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote:
> Hello
>
> Andy Fish (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>
>> I have just figured out that there are 4 separate (types of) crontabs
>> in debian
>>
>> /etc/crontab
>> /etc/cron.d/...
>> /etc/cron.daily, monthly, weekly
>> /var
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:56:59 +, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 07:43:18AM +, Pedro M. wrote:
>> In any case, one can create a newbie-user and advanced-user email lists
>> if necessary.
>>
>> I think it's what Debian need now .
>
> There was a good rebuttal of this recentl
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:07:32 +, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 07:50:22AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 09:43:31AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
>> > I know you weren't; I was referring to Paul's remark about package
>> > quality, which came right out of lef
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:05:13 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> Hash: SHA1
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 12:35:59PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
>> I swear to Christ, when I was in France, I said to myself: PLEASE GOD
>> PLEASE get me back to my land of 500 channels of pa
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:54:11 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>
> (I wonder how I managed to change that setting without noticing ...)
>
You make me a bit nervous for you when you say stuff like that, Monique :)
--
paul
It is important to realize that any lock can be picke
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:34:25 +0100, mess-mate wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:20:26 +0100
> "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> |On 2004-02-19, mess-mate penned:
> |
> |> Sorry, not clear enough for me.
> |> I'd a kernel-image -2.4.24-1-686 installed and did an upgrade to the 2.4.2
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:51:02 +0530, Deboo wrote:
> I'm using debian woody. After reading an article in LG on apt (Issue 86 -
> Debian APT, part2), I wanted to try using some package from testing and I
> did as per the artile, putting 2 new lines for testing and unstable in
> sources.list. But afte
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:50:18 -0500, David T-G wrote:
>
> Oh, for the days when Linux really was just for geeks... :-)
>
>
OK, I can't resist as this thread is so way off topic anyway...
A geek is walking along a country road trying to find a use for an array
of pointers to arrays of pointers
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:17:06 -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 04:13:22PM -0500, David T-G wrote:
>> What about a switch with a 1 and 0? From what I've read of you so far it
>> would obviously be 'turned on' :-)
>
> Do yourselves a favor and stop this patheticness. I'm cringing
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:01:34 -0500, Darin Strait wrote:
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>
> I'm running kernel 2.6.2 and I'm experimenting with tmpfs.
>
> I added the following to my fstab:
>
> tmpfs /tmptmpfs size=50m,mode=1777 0 0
>
>
> I
All,
Just some info. lilo's behavior has changed with the above package in
Sarge. It will by default apply change automatic, which for me meant
that it changed the partition types of all but one of the NTFS/FAT32
partitions on the disk containing my XP system partition to "hidden",
causing a cer
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:44:03 +1100, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:16:54AM +0100, Thorsten Haude said
>> * s. keeling wrote (2004-02-09 06:44):
>> >Just because it doesn't mention kde 3.x doesn't mean it's obsolete.
>>
>> The book is 20 years old! There wasn't even an X Window to sp
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:37:20 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> ... Disney got rid of
> it's animation department
>
Disney didn't.
--
paul
It is important to realize that any lock can be picked with a big
enough hammer.
-- Sun System & Network Admin manual
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:23:42 +, M.Kirchhoff wrote:
> I've been using GNU/Linux now for 18 months, and Debian for about 12. Currently,
> my workstation hard drive is partitioned simply:
>
> /dev/hda1 => /
> /dev/hda2 => swap
>
> I just purchased a new 120GB IDE drive, however, and would like
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:45:31 -0500, Bob Mills wrote:
>
>
> 2. How can I get into a command line interface from the graphical login
> window without the mouse?
>
>
>
> Bob Mills
>
Bob, please post in plain text...
To get to a console, Ctrl-Alt-F1 through F6. (There are 6 virtual console
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:45:15 -0600, Joshua Jankowski wrote:
> As I have been quite intelligent in setting permissions on my debian server,
> I am here to see if anyone has a solution. In my attempt to write recursive
> permissions on one of my directories, I hit enter a little too prematurely
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:43:41 +0800, Katipo wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 15:59:43 -0500
> Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 13:50:17 -0700, s. keeling wrote:
>>
>> > Incoming from Paul Morgan:
>> >>
>> >>
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:04:34 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
[snip]
>
> If the idea is to dumb things down so that the stupids don't have to think,
> eventually all that will be left are the stupids.
>
[snip]
Ha! "Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want
to use it."
I've j
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 21:11:15 +, Sam Halliday wrote:
>
> i cant believe i just replied to an anti-microsoft troll on debian-user
> :-/
>
I'll note it in my diary, Sam :>
--
paul
It is important to realize that any lock can be picked with a big
enough hammer.
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 13:06:38 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> I want to dual boot an i686 machine with Debian Sarge and Windoze. My
> situation is somewhat special, so the directions that I find when I
> google the topic do not really apply IMHO.
>
> The i686 computer already has Sarge installed on
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:07:55 +, Clarke Fussells wrote:
[snip]
>
> Complete all stainless steel mashed potato plant with blanchers,
> peelers, emulsifiers and mixers * Complete forming battering
> crumbing and frying lines Formax, Koppens and Stein
[snip]
Yes, but does all that stuf
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:29:37 -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 02:11:29AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
>> > What would you suggest as an alternative? I've heard calls for Morphix,
>> > but that's a derivitive of Knoppix.
>>
>> I'd suggest them putting the Woody CD in the drive
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 22:44:38 -0700, s. keeling wrote:
> Incoming from Thorsten Haude:
>>
>> * Paul E Condon wrote (2004-02-08 05:15):
>> >Start with Kernighan and Pike, The UNIX Programming Environment.
>>
>> Please don't. This might have been a good book twenty years ago but
>> now it's obsole
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 13:50:17 -0700, s. keeling wrote:
> Incoming from Paul Morgan:
>>
>> You must also be referring to the almost constant stream of infantile anti
>> "M$" remarks with which I am heartily sick and tired. I use several OSes,
>
> This is
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 16:33:15 +0800, Katipo wrote:
>
> How much further ahead would Debian be if it already incorporated
> Knoppixs' hardware recognition, Adamantixs' security features and
> Xandros' drag and drop capability? Instead I have sat back and watched
> as supposedly mature aged individu
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 15:04:21 -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
[snip]
Nano, I don't know anything about compiling the 2.6 kernel, I'm sticking
with 2.4 series for now. The only problem I had with compiling the
lmsensors modules was that there were two author-related macros which
needed fixing for the stri
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 17:23:37 +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Paul Morgan wrote (2004-02-08 16:37):
>>On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 13:38:57 +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote:
>>> I use Linux for a couple of years now, and usually know my way around on
>>> variou
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 14:16:33 -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 08:44:28AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
>> Feh. While it may well work for you, who has clue, anyone who suggests to
>> a cluebie that using Knoppix is a way to get Debian should be shot.
>
> Well a lot of new user
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 13:38:57 +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Paul Morgan wrote (2004-02-08 12:50):
>>On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:28:58 +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote:
>>> * Paul E Condon wrote (2004-02-08 05:15):
>>>>Start with Kernighan and Pi
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:28:58 +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Paul E Condon wrote (2004-02-08 05:15):
>>Start with Kernighan and Pike, The UNIX Programming Environment.
>
> Please don't. This might have been a good book twenty years ago but now
> it's obsolete.
>
>
> Thorsten
Not by a
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:23:28 +, James Tappin wrote:
>
> Could be expensive though, I remember when I was using dialup, about
> 1-hour/day connection at off-peak rates only cost only about £5 /month
> less than I currently pay for ADSL 24 hours /day at 10 times the data
> rate.
>
> James
Hah
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 01:08:40 -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> I have an ASUS P4C800. I have 2.6.2 kernel. I wish to see my CPU and
> Mobo temps (and ideally fan speeds) like Asus PC Probe shows in Windows.
>
I have successfully installed lmsensors, (using 2.2.23 and 2.4.24
kernels) and it works great
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 07:53:13 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> [Say] we can't do apt-get dist-upgrade over our puny modem. We must go to
> town to burn the files onto a CDROM and take them back to install it.
>
> Sure, we could do apt-get dist-upgrade --print-uris, or use apt-zip, but
> that creates
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 22:28:03 +0100, David Baron wrote:
[snip]
>
> Knoppix is a quick jumpstart into Linux for Novices, yes. One can also
> purchase Lindows or Xandro for similar results. After HD installation,
> this mailing list becomes the best source of advice. Knoppsters on their
> mailing li
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:02:00 +0100, bruno doutriaux wrote:
> i would like to read some root files on a distant debian host. could
> somebody help me.
> (i have some hints: the debian host is using gaim 0.75 which has security
> fails and i would like to also listen it with a trojan, is it possible
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 12:09:10 -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> I'm trying to compile my own 2.4.24 kernel using the sources from
> kernel.org and the .config from Sarge, and I'm getting some errors:
>
> # make-kpkg kernel_image
>
>
>
> if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map
On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 05:12:31 -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 07:36:35AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
>>
>> KIND : Knoppix Is Not Debian
>
> KIND BUD: Knoppix Is Novice Distro Based Upon Debian
>
> :-)
KIND POOR BUM: Knoppix Is Not Debian, Packages
On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 07:36:35 -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
>
> I was going to respond earlier, but I've tried to inform the OP previously
Sorry, not the OP, I was confused by his unthreaded reply.
--
paul
It is important to realize that any lock can be picked
On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 21:05:37 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:59:04AM +0100, David Baron wrote:
>> Try a knoppix CD (you can download the image and burn one yourself). Use this
>> and in 15 minutes you have a fully configured Debian system. Painless.
>
> Apparently this bea
On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:09:32 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On 2004-02-06, Paul Johnson penned:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
>>> Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion.
>>
>> If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a
>> per
On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 09:33:21 -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
>
> Gauri, a text terminal is a *text* terminal. The Linux GUI interface is
> X. So you need to be using a viewer in X.
>
> Linux is not like the old DOS OSes which ran programs which took over the
> video with their
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 20:30:13 -0600, Will Trillich wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:56:25PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
>> My understanding is that lilo works off a system
>> map which is created at installation and is sector based. So, as long as
>> it can figure ou
On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:44:34 -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
[snip]
>
> I guess my point is we are a smart bunch of people and if we stay quiet
> we can have all we want and no one will bother us. That's all. I've
> seen bigger movements than this go down.
Very elegantly put, Nano, my congratulation
On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 07:18:44 +0100, Alex Fitterling wrote:
[snip]
>> music, tex. that's it! So CAN i use it without logs?? why gentoo users can
>> do and not debian? the packages depencies are almost everytime connected
>> with unnecessary server stuff as I don't want use. I like to use my debian
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 20:54:30 +0530, Gauri S Deshmukh wrote:
> hello all
>
> i am not a subscriber to the list. i hope this message gets posted. i
> also request you to mark a copy of your replies to me.
>
> i use debian 3.0.
>
> is there any program/ utility that will let me see jpg/ gif files
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:42:42 -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 03:20:43PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
>>
>> aptitude ~sbase
>>
>
> aptitude search ~sbase
>
Thank you, nano, I am an idiot.
--
paul
It is important to realize th
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:49:59 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>
> So, um, is there a way to list all packages that are in a particular
> section? My aptitude test must have been naive, but I'm not sure why.
> Other than my just-now "reverse-engineered" approach of trying the url
> http://packages
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:42:22 -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> One other reminder that PCs were designed for the corporate environment.
> People at home open the windows. And after being a home a few years, the
> fans have clogged the heat sinks with dust, and the system fries. I run
> with the hood off.
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:55:21 -0800, Wendell Cochran wrote:
> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:27:57 -0600
> From: Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> I am looking for a mobo that has controls on for all its fans so
>> they can be turned off or down when not needed . . .
>
>
> PC Power & Cooling (
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:08:59 -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:40:30 +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote:
>
>> I just noticed that in bash "ulimit -u" is the same as ash's
>> "ulimit -p", while bash has another meaning for "ul
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:40:30 +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote:
> I just noticed that in bash "ulimit -u" is the same as ash's
> "ulimit -p", while bash has another meaning for "ulimit -p" ... This
> makes writing scripts quite difficult, I'd say you cannot then use
> ulimit in /bin/sh scripts, only
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:15:45 +, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 10:09:09AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
>
>> by hand; I expect that to be difficult for xfree86. There's nothing to
> ^
> Oops; closing parenthesis goes -
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:46:48 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>
> Fine, drag my shame out into the light of day.
>
> You know that red line that goes through the speaker icon on the gnome
> panel? Yeah, apparently that means it's set to "mute," and clicking it
> fixes the problem, and gets rid o
hat. Anyway, I didn't want to overcomplicate the example.
---
#!/bin/bash
# Purpose: Convert devfs device names in df output to legacy device names
# Invocation: mydf [DFOPTION]... [FILE]
# where DFOPTION is an option associated with the df command.
# autho
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:42:44 -0500, David Z Maze wrote:
> Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:56:13 +0100, knoppix wrote:
>>
>> Kernels work differently than other debian packages. Each kernel revision
>> is a *different* pa
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 04:49:26 +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:01:17PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
>> Here's another view of that data:
>
> What about this one?:
>
> | Country Aid(Billions) People(Millions) Dollars/Person
> | Australia 1 19.750.76
> | Austria 0.5
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:48:34 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Also, he says that it runs on the PDP-11 and the Interdata 8/32, which
> contradicts my memory that it was developed on an earlier model DEC
> computer. But he does say that work on UNIX started in 1971. so maybe
> my memory is OK.
IIRC
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 07:21:02 -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
>> > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
>> > windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops.
>>
>> Well technically Unix was designed for
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 09:11:39 +0200, Johannes Lehtinen wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 06:41:35AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:40:18 +0200, Johannes Lehtinen wrote:
>> > I have a problem disabling IDE DMA. I am trying to install Debian Sarge
>> &
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:01:14 +0100, Jaume Alonso wrote:
> Paul Morgan wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:05:24 +0100, Jaume Alonso wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'm a newbie in debian. I'm currently using Sarge. When will I be able
>>>to instal
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:56:13 +0100, knoppix wrote:
> Hi
>
> is apt-get update kernel-2.6 enough to upgrade the kernel ?
>
Kernels work differently than other debian packages. Each kernel revision
is a *different* package. So, do:
apt-get update
apt-cache search kernel-image
apt-get install k
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:40:18 +0200, Johannes Lehtinen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem disabling IDE DMA. I am trying to install Debian Sarge
> in to an old laptop and with DMA enabled (default) I keep getting DMA
> timeouts and retries from /dev/hda. The kernel image is 2.4.23-1-386
> (2.4.2
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:46:13 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
>
> Thank you Collin. Beautiful reading. Scary. To think that so many of the
> statements made in science fiction have come through, to know how dark
> life can be made to be on the surface of this ball, or on the surface of
> the other
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:04:20 -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to make a rescue floppy set for my woody system. Where should I
> look for information? The Rescue Floppy section of the Installing
> manual doesn't help...
>
man mkrescue
--
paul
It is i
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:57:44 +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (22/01/04 14:31), Paul Morgan wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:05:01 +, Clive Menzies wrote:
>> > I've just reorganised the partitions on a second (Seagate) drive in
>> > a dual booting Dell Dimensi
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:52:47 -0500, Jose Peralta Ramirez wrote:
>
> i have 2 hard disks drives in my computer, one have fat32 an windows98,
> the other has four partitions, one NTFS, other with fat32, and with
> windows XP in the NTFS partition, other with SWAP and othe with EXT3
> and with lin
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:39:52 -0800, Ian Neubert wrote:
> I just installed bugzilla with `apt-get install bugzilla`. I set some of the
> congiuration settings wrong when it ran the configure part of the deb
> package.
>
> I then ran `apt-get remove bugzilla`, and `dpkg -P bugzilla`.
>
> But now,
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:36:38 -0600, Kent West wrote:
> M.Kirchhoff wrote:
>
>>If you want the newest software available, Sid/Unstable is where you want to be.
>>`Unstable` is a misleading term; really, it's more `volatile` than unstable,
>>that is, packages move into Sid/Unstable constantly, so t
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:50:34 -0600, Jacob S. wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:42:14 -0500
> Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:41:50PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote:
>> > hmm... It seems I must have bumped a hotkey without realizing it.
>> > Alt-Tab just stopped working f
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:05:24 +0100, Jaume Alonso wrote:
> I'm a newbie in debian. I'm currently using Sarge. When will I be able
> to install the new GNOME 2.4??
You can do it right now, you just have to do it in bits and pieces.
apt-cache search is your friend (look for the gnome2 packages).
H
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:05:01 +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> Hi List
>
> I've just reorganised the partitions on a second (Seagate) drive in
> a dual booting Dell Dimension XPS T500 to give more room to /usr
> (to upgrade from woody to sid).
>
> The partitions I messed with were /home, /usr and t
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:13:11 +0100, kegwasher wrote:
> Help.
>
> I seem to have developed a problem during my update. The mirror selected
> must be overwhelmed or just slow. My update time remaining is swinging
> from 7hrs to 4days! Is is possible to stop and restart without causing a
> mess?
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:42:26 +, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Hi folks!
>>
>> I'm looking for a dedicated server supporting Debian, without paying
>> through the nose for a custom installation.
>
> I'm with aktiom.net. I've been very pleased with their service after a f
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:30:39 +, Pigeon wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 04:41:59AM +0800, Ryan Mackay wrote:
>> If you dont choose this chipset i would suggest sticking with nVidia
>> none the less, they do support Linux (or Xwindows should i say) alot
>> more/better than other companies.
>
>
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:13:07 +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Please excuse the OTness of this post. Since I am writing a library
> to be included in Debian, I feel that I should not be slaughtered
> for bothering you and hoping for your time and knowledge.
>
It wouldn't be OT if y
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 03:02:30 -0300, Cristian Gutierrez wrote:
>
> This seems to be partly due to the nature of issues' contexts.
>
> You have trouble with XFree, then you post relevant parts of
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and /var/log/XFree86.0.log (you are usually
> specifically asked for this fil
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:00:55 +, Pigeon wrote:
>>
>> Like I said, running "mount" will tell you how the FS is mounted. It does
>> not "echo what is in /etc/fstab". When it mounts an FS, it writes an
>> entry in /etc/mtab describing the mount. Of course it's going to look
>> similar to the f
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:22:42 -0600, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
>
>
>
> As to why revert to ext2, after conversion to ext3 and serveral other
> changes, the hard disk stays on all the time. I'm trying to figure
> out why.
>
> Anyone know how to safely convert an ext3 FS to ext2?
A quick google
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:43:51 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On 2004-01-19, Paul Morgan penned:
>>
>> With regard to booting: if you don't specify the root filesystem at
>> boot time, how is the OS going to find it? There is, apparently a
>> default for the r
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 18:18:09 +0300, Alphonse Ogulla wrote:
> Got 200 plus mail bombs in my pop3 account this morning. Luckily I used Kmail
> and filtered (deleted) every incoming message of size greater than 40Kb. Just
> wondering, is swen back from holiday? How you people managing?
I've been g
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:04:10 +, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 08:26:03PM +0100, peter a wrote:
>> But that would only work with the so far unstable Sarge-release? As this
>> is a server install I would prefer a stable release.. or is it possible
>> to use the installer too bo
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:36:01 -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Brett Carrington wrote:
>
> That is not too difficult. The [U.S.] military (and others, I'm sure)
> use wide-band recorders for some applications (not sure what, as it is
> not my field of expertise). Essentially, they record onto 1"
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:18:21 +0200, David Baron wrote:
> In the continuing attempt to get my ext3 active, following instructions in
> the Debian Reference, I apt-got a new kernel image (so I took the 2.24-1
> version, i686-smp. This installs demanding and initrd.
>
> I edited lilo config with an
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 02:39:14 +, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:00:51 -0500, Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Running "mount", as you suggest, will tell you with which options the FS
>> was mounted, including the journaling mode.
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:37:27 -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
>
> The obvious solution to this quandry, would be to put the URL in the man
> page if the page applied to that implementation. Shouldn't that be easy
> to do? (but it does leave out those poor unfortunates that do not have
> internet
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:32:49 -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
> Paul Morgan wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:18:50 -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
>>
>> So you would wish, for instance, to deprive me of a package which I can
>> understand and use simply because the docume
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:34:17 +0100, David Baron wrote:
> cat /proc/mounts
>
> mount command and /etc/mtab contents simply parrot what is in /etc/fstab.
The OP wanted to see also what ext3 journal option is in effect. You can't
see that in /proc/mounts, so the "mount" command would be the way to
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:51:28 -0700, Doug Holland wrote:
> On Sun 18 Jan 2004 1:16 pm, Faheem Mitha wrote:
>> Dear People,
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone knows of a easy and definitive way to
>> determine whether a specific mounted partition is ext2 or ext3, and if
>> ext3, whether is mounted as "o
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:18:50 -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
> I think my point would be closer to not allowing a package on-board
> without adaqate instruction on what it was and how to use it.
>
> Where is the value of providing a widget to a customer without giving
> them a clue as to what the wi
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 03:51:22 -0800, Phillipus Gunawan wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> How to compile kernel 2.6.1 in Debian way? Can
> somebody point me at a good doco?
>
> What are the requirements to install kernel 2.6.1? The
> gcc, etc?
>
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
also
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:37:57 +0100, Arkel wrote:
> hello guys
>
> does anybody know how to get super user privilege when a normal user not
> supposed to
>
You could try buying the SA a hooker.
--
paul
It is important to realize that any lock can be picked with a big
enoug
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:26:16 -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 06:16, Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra
> wrote:
>> Em Sex, 2004-01-16 às 10:21, Tiji Thomas escreveu:
>> > does any one know about cobol for linux
>>
>> http://google.com./search?q=tinycobol
>>
>>
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 03:07:48 -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
>
> See above reference to proper usage of the 'find' command. It really
> comes in handy in situations like this. :) <- Once again. Smiley. Joke.
> Ha ha. Funny. Etc, etc, etc, ad nauseaum. Need I go on? :)
I owe you an apology. I shou
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:24:27 -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:53:03PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
>>
>> You can get that. You could research at the British Museum, for example.
>> What you really want is everything for free, and you can't reasonabl
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:08:33 -0500, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:11:55PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
>
>> Firstly, you are not going to make many friends by dissing what many
>> long-time Unix programmers regard as the best test editor going. So you
>> ca
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:42:43 -0500, Brad Cramer wrote:
> I am running Sid with 2 matching 40gig drives. Everything has been running
> great until I get this message when going and apt-get upgrade:
> hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { Uncorrec
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:47:56 -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
>
> Obviously, for tech stuff, the internet is authoritative. And there
> should be travel brochures and fan sites on the internet. But I would
> much rather "googling for Stonehenge" returned 27 hits comprising
> thousands of printed page
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:37:57 -0500, alex wrote:
> If a computer works with a preinstalled SUSE system and doesn't have an
> installed MS Windows system, what problems can be expected with adding
> and running additional systems like Debian and a MS Windows if the hard
> drive is properly parti
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:19:54 -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> I'm taking a class this semester which is all about installing and using
> Linux. After talking with the professor on Tuesday, I've learned a few
> details. First, I have to use Vulgarly Illogical for my text editor for
> the purposes of
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:22:59 -0800, Cloids wrote:
> I am trying to the Debian Takeover Script
> (http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/debian-devel-200401/msg00313.html)
>
> Wehn I execute the script, I get this error:
>
> ./debian: line 200: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
> ./
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