Re: Can't switch to virtual console anymore

On Thu 22 Dec 05, 9:09 AM, p said: > Dear all, > > I can't switch to a virtual console any longer. I'm fairly sure whatever > happened must have happened during my last "aptitude upgrade", because I > switch to VC's very very often. Datapoints: > > 0. This is a Debian/testing machine. > > 1.

Re: Can't switch to virtual console anymore

On Thu 22 Dec 05, 9:43 AM, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > >Dear all, > > > >I can't switch to a virtual console any longer. I'm fairly sure whatever > >happened must have happened during my last "aptitude up

Can't switch to virtual console anymore

Dear all, I can't switch to a virtual console any longer. I'm fairly sure whatever happened must have happened during my last "aptitude upgrade", because I switch to VC's very very often. Datapoints: 0. This is a Debian/testing machine. 1. My XF86Config does not contain the DontVTSwitch option

Grub and dual booting

Hi all, I'm a recent lilo convert, so I'm rather new to grub. Summary === I recently had to reinstall MS Windows XP (sigh), and I'm now having trouble getting grub to boot it. Debian boots OK. When booting XP, I see: Disk error Press any key to restart Missing operating system

Re: Discover device drivers built into a kernel image

On Tue 31 May 05, 1:51 PM, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Incoming from Paulo M C Aragão: > > > > How do I discover which device drivers are built into a given kernel > > image, not accessing the sources ? > > Check the config file that came with it? > > cd /boot > ls -l config* >

Re: system.map files

On Tue 31 May 05, 1:49 PM, Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > LeVA wrote: > > >Hi! > > > >Would someone please tell me what are those /boot/System.map* files for? > > > >Thanks! > > > >Daniel > > > > The website (via google) > describes it so well

Re: [xine-user] Cracking noise playing Audio CDs on kaffeine/xine

On Mon 30 May 05, 7:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 06:11:54PM -0400, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > Try this: > > > > 1. Open kaffeine/xine and start playing something. 2. Open a mixer > > program. Make sure the

Re: [xine-user] Cracking noise playing Audio CDs on kaffeine/xine

On Mon 30 May 05, 6:19 PM, Paulo M C Aragão <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi Peter, > > On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 04:56:13PM -0400, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > james was suggesting to kill arts and see if your sound is any better. this > > effectively kills the m

Re: [xine-user] Cracking noise playing Audio CDs on kaffeine/xine

On Mon 30 May 05, 4:40 PM, Paulo M C Aragão <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi James, > > On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 06:13:29PM +0100, James Stembridge wrote: > > > > I hear a constant cracking/skipping noise when I play Audio CDs with > > > kaffeine/xine. I'm using both straight out-of-the-box, instal

Dual booting with XP: trouble with grub

Hi all, I'm a recent lilo convert, so I'm rather new to grub. Summary === I recently had to reinstall MS Windows XP (sigh), and I'm now having trouble getting grub to boot it. Debian boots OK. When booting XP, I see: Disk error Press any key to restart Missing operating system

Re: Is 64MB enough?

On Sat 21 May 05, 8:37 AM, Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > "John Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Thanks but the old clunker's motherboard is not expandable to 256M > > :-( > > Star/Open-Office is not going to be pleasant. TeX, on the other hand, > will run like a treat. Te

Re: /etc/modules comment is wrong

On Sat 21 May 05, 8:30 AM, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 01:53:28PM +0200, David Jardine wrote: > > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 03:25:21AM +0200, Jacobo221 wrote: > > > In Debian Sarge, in /etc/modules out-of-the-box, the comments say that > > > nything after '#' is ing

emergency: font problems causing gv to crash

Hi all, My PhD dissertation is due in a few weeks and I'm having some kind of problem with fonts that's preventing me from viewing my thesis. This is a new computer (my old one died at the *worst* possible moment. Luckily, I'm *really* good about backing everything up), so it's a fresh Debian/tes

Re: mouse clicks and virtual console acting wierd

On Fri 20 May 05, 10:48 AM, Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I've never seen this before... > > On a new install, when I left click the mouse on the console, I see: > > > > middle clicking gives: > >

mouse clicks and virtual console acting wierd

I've never seen this before... On a new install, when I left click the mouse on the console, I see: middle clicking gives: E EEE right clicking gives: The mouse otherwise works good on

remote printing isn't working - lpd not listening

Hi all, Just installed Debian on my new workstation, "satan". The workstation has an HP LaserJet 6MP that I'd like to share with other Linux computers on my home network. I use lpd, not lprng. I'm pretty sure /etc/printcap is set up correctly on satan and the remote hosts. I'm pretty sure that

Re: Need lilo help - won't boot Win2k

Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 10:20, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a triple boot system with three drives: > > > >* /dev/hda - 80 GB PATA drive with Debian (root is /dev/hda5) > >* /dev/hde - 25

Re: Need lilo help - won't boot Win2k

On Tue 10 Aug 04, 8:22 PM, P V Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >I have a triple boot system with three drives: > > > > * /dev/hda - 80 GB PATA drive with Debian (root is /dev/hda5) > > * /dev/hde -

Re: Need lilo help - won't boot Win2k

On Tue 10 Aug 04, 10:41 PM, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >I have a triple boot system with three drives: > > > > * /dev/hda - 80 GB PATA drive with Debian (root is /dev/hda5) > > * /dev/

Need lilo help - won't boot Win2k

Hi all, I have a triple boot system with three drives: * /dev/hda - 80 GB PATA drive with Debian (root is /dev/hda5) * /dev/hde - 250 GB SATA drive with Win2k (root is /dev/hde1) * /dev/hdg - 200 GB SATA drive with Debian (root is /dev/hdg6) lilo can boot my two Debian drives. When I

Re: Help: My 'e' and 'c' keys no longer work!

On Sun 18 Jul 04, 12:56 AM, René Seindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > >Dear all, > > > >My "c" and "e" keys stopped working in xterms (rxvt, etc) on X. They > >work correctly on the console, so it's not a hw iss

Help: My 'e' and 'c' keys no longer work!

Dear all, My "c" and "e" keys stopped working in xterms (rxvt, etc) on X. They work correctly on the console, so it's not a hw issue. The only things of note that happened recently are: 1. My system froze this morning. Required a reboot and fsck. No "bad" error messages, just the usual "z

[OT] (possibly): libglide3 / libGL errors

Dear all, Not sure if this is a problem with Debian packages or my own programming blunders. Please excuse my off-topic post in case this turns out to be my errors. I've been playing with GLUT and OpenGL. I get the following run-time error message: libGL error: can't find Glide library, dlope

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

begin Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:18:30AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > > > ahh. it looks like fileutils owns /bin/ls!:) > > > > > > If I were worried about configuring the contents of > > > /

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

begin Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:32:32PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > begin Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > > > > &g

Re: Downgrade ...

i seem to recall someone saying on this list that it's not possible to downgrade, but that doesn't sound right to me. change unstable to testing in /etc/apt/sources.list (or sid to woody), do a "dselect update". then do an "apt-get dist-upgrade". apt will print out what it thinks you want it to

Re: Spamassassin tests help please

dude -- you are SO ready for the open relay database. you sound pretty harried. that's where i was a few months ago. not to sound overly dramatic, but www.ordb.org changed my life. also, i've been compiling a list of networks that send spam from asian countries like china and korea. when i get

Re: printing problems

begin dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:10:47PM -0700, David Smead wrote: > | > | I'm apparently missing a driver. > | > | knuth:~# lpq > ... > | Status: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device' > > | - > | > | knuth:~# ls -l /dev/lp0 > | crw-rw1 r

Re: Configuring a new system that shipped w/ Debian?

begin Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > Doing a dpkg --configure won't work because the > > packages have already been configured. > > I just stumbled across dpkg-reconfigure (a mention of > dpkg-reconfigure on the dpkg man

Re: jigdo question

ok, jigdo just worked for me. i think the problem was that i had downloaded the .jigdo files the previous night, then used them the next morning. the files get generated nightly, and woody gets updated every day. i'm guessing that if the .jigdo file doesn't match what's on the woody mirror, jigd

Re: jigdo question

for what it's worth, i've written up my experience with jigdo: http://www.dirac.org/linux/debian/jigdo/ note that i haven't been successful -- at least, i don't think so. it creates an ISO image which i can burn, but during the download process, i got some messages like: --11:11:00-- ftp://

Re: jigdo question

begin curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just as this issue was being brought up I was using jigdo for the first > time. Now, I'm just wondering what is the next step. Everything seems to > have finished perfectly and I find that I have the following files: > woody-i386-8.raw.template > woody-i386-8.r

Re: jigdo question

begin Haroldo Stenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > begin Haroldo Stenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Don't rely on this file size's change. It doesn't have any relation with > > > download progress, neither

Re: jigdo question

hi haroldo, thank you for answering my question! begin Haroldo Stenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Don't rely on this file size's change. It doesn't have any relation with > download progress, neither with completeness-to-the-moment of the > image itself. The image will be complete when jigdo tell

jigdo question

hi all, i'm using jigdo to download woody for the first time. there's a directory ./tmp which is holding files which get flushed every so often. right now it holds: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls tmp ccmalloc_0.3.8-1_i386.deb psutils_1.17-15_i386.deb libmailtools-perl_1.42-2_all.deb svgalibg1_1.

[OT] what ports do quake3 use?

hi there, i want to run a quake3 server from behind a firewall. what ports do i need to open up and forward in order to run a quake 3 server? pete

question about building a deb package

dear all, in the debian new maintainer's guide: chapter 3: Note that if your program uses GNU automake and/or autoconf, meaning the source includes Makefile.am and/or Makefile.in files, respectively, you will need to modify those files. chapter 3, section 3.1: Basically, you need to ma

Re: this debconf stuff is crazy!

begin Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 19:36, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > begin Justin R. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Thus spake Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > > ok, my XF86Config-4 is all wron

Re: this debconf stuff is crazy!

begin Justin R. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thus spake Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > ok, my XF86Config-4 is all wrong now. i need to edit this file. if > > we're not supposed to edit between the "BEGIN DEBCONF" and "END > > DEB

this debconf stuff is crazy!

after upgrading woody today, my XF86Config-4 file looks like: ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION # # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make # changes before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after # the "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.

Re: XMMS bug

jesus. speak of the devil. i just spent about an hour on this today, in fact. you guys are mind readers. i'm using OSS drivers (not alsa). xmms kept segfaulting. using the process of elimination, i determined it was was the alsa plugin. perhaps we should file a bug report.. pete begin Mark

unresolved symbol in svgalib - a bug?

hi there, whenever an application uses svgalib, i get the error message: (application): relocation error: /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libvga.so.1: undefined symbol _xstat i checked google and debian-user archives -- one person posted the same message awhile back, but no one replied to his post

Re: exim / rbl question

begin Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:41:36PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > > when i installed debian and configured exim, i was under the impression that > > exim was configured to reject any email from an IP address list

Re: exim / rbl question

begin Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 07:41, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > hi there, > > > > when i installed debian and configured exim, i was under the impression that > > exim was configured to reject any email from an IP addres

exim / rbl question

hi there, when i installed debian and configured exim, i was under the impression that exim was configured to reject any email from an IP address listed in the maps rbl database. this evening i was reading the map-rbl site, and came across: Testing Your RBLSM Configuration Russel

Re: printing problems

begin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > Hi, > I have a hewlett packard deskjet 697C. I have been able to print from off > the Web on this printer before. In the past day, every time I print, the > paper just run through without any printing on it. It does even try to > print. P

Re: No problem with staroffice 6.0b (was: Debian woody with Openoffice. Can not install)

my guess is that he's going to read the subject and delete your email before reading the content. you might want to try again with a subject that has his name to bring it to his attention. he's pretty frustrated right now. although, good luck. i've already given him the same instructions. he e

Re: help: tcpwrappers aren't working!!

begin: Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 14:41, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > That's ... interesting, have you looked at the output of tcpdchk -v for > possible errors in the hosts files? It should also explain in great > detail the acc

Re: via82cxxx chipset question

begin: Chanop Silpa-Anan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > Once in debian galaxy, I heard Cheryl Homiak say > > > It's possible this might get more answers on another list, but thought I'd > > try here first. > > I have a via82c597 rev 4 chipset and an Award bios. I have anabled the > > via82cxxx suppor

Re: help: tcpwrappers aren't working!!

mike, thank you! begin: Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 12:22, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > begin: Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > > Have you restarted inetd after changing your hosts files? Have you also > k

Re: help: tcpwrappers aren't working!!

begin: Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > tcpwrappers don't seem to be working for cvspserver. > > on host satan (64.164.47.8), i have the following wrappers: bad form to reply to your own message, but someone will ask. from inetd.conf: cvspserver stream tcp nowa

help: tcpwrappers aren't working!!

tcpwrappers don't seem to be working for cvspserver. on host satan (64.164.47.8), i have the following wrappers: # ## hosts.allow # ALL: localhost ALL: 192.168.0.1 # mephisto ALL: 192.168.0.2 # satan ALL: 192.168.0.3

Re: Setting up devfs

did you enable "mount devfs at boot time" in the kernel config? if not, did you pass the kernel the "devfs=mount" option? pete begin: Frederico.S.Mu?oz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > Hi, > > > I've recently totally reinstalled my system from scratch after losing my > /home partition. I'm running

Re: Radeon 7500 XFree86 support.

begin: Ax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > Dne so 24. listopad 2001 10:37 Karsten Heymann napsal(a): > > > I don't have a Radeon card (yet) but I was just looking up info about > > > it on the XFree lists and it appears that support for it is only in > > > the XFree CVS right now. It should be included

vintage lilo interface

hi there, awhile ago, lilo changed formats -- it was just black and white text, and now it shows a red menu that you can choose a kernel to boot. i'd like to get the old interface back. is this possible? pete -- PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D PGP Public Ke

exim: misleading package description?

satan$ dpkg -p exim (snip) Description: Exim Mailer This MTA is rather easier to configure than smail or sendmail. It is a drop-in replacement for sendmail/mailq/rsmtp. Advanced features include the ability to reject connections from known spam sites, and an extremely efficient queue processing

[p: X configuration on woody]

i'd like to obtain a list of XF86Config generating tools for woody. can someone list a few? this is for 4.*, of course. not 3.*. pete -- PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D PGP Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]

X configuration on woody

i'd like to have a list of XF86Config generating tools for woody. can someone list a few? this is for 4.*, of course. not 3.*. pete -- PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D PGP Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]

exim: misleading package description?

satan$ dpkg -p exim (snip) Description: Exim Mailer This MTA is rather easier to configure than smail or sendmail. It is a drop-in replacement for sendmail/mailq/rsmtp. Advanced features include the ability to reject connections from known spam sites, and an extremely efficient queue processing

exim: misleading package description?

satan$ dpkg -p exim (snip) Description: Exim Mailer This MTA is rather easier to configure than smail or sendmail. It is a drop-in replacement for sendmail/mailq/rsmtp. Advanced features include the ability to reject connections from known spam sites, and an extremely efficient queue processing

Re: cvs security - ssh vs pserver?

begin: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > i just found out that using method 2, you can't assign a shell of > > /bin/false. > > cvs won't work. so option 2 also means "giving a shell account on my > > machin

cvs and security

hi all, i'd like to set up a cvs repository for remote users. i recently found that cvs ssh access seems to require that i give remote users a shell account on my computer. but i've heard that pserver is very insecure. i don't know what to do. one thing is for damn sure. i don't want peopl

cvs security - ssh vs pserver?

i'd like to make some code available to collaborators via cvs. it appears that i have a choice to make: 1. use pserver 2. use "ext" (ssh) i just found out that using method 2, you can't assign a shell of /bin/false. cvs won't work. so option 2 also means "giving a shell account on my machine"

Re: can exim be started with tcp wrappers?

hi ralf, begin: Ralf G. R. Bergs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:40:56 -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > It would work -- but usually Exim already includes the tcpd stuff, so that > Exim *automagically* uses /etc/hosts.(allow,deny). You don'

can exim be started with tcp wrappers?

hi all, i would like to change smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs to smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs in inetd.conf. i'd like to do this so i can drop spammer's IP addresses in /etc/hosts.deny so that my host won't

wine build error: specmaker?!?

just downloaded wine tonight, and got a build error: # apt-get -b source wine (snip) make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/wine-0.20011026.033955/programs/winver' make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/wine-0.20011026.033955/programs' dh_testdir dh_testroot # distribute the files in

Re: Debugger for C programming?

begin: Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > > Is there a good debugger for C programming. You know, the kind of > > thing that lets you step through a line at a time running your > > program and put watches on variables etc. > > > > Now I know that Linux rules for C programming, so what do

file conflicts between packages

hello, i updated woody today and found that the new xlib package wanted to install a file over the mixviews package. Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-5 (using .../xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386

HELP: UDMA/100 woes and trouble.

dear debian-user, i'm having a HECK of a time trying to get UDMA/100 transfer speeds on my system. hdparm -t reports 35 MB/s. i've played with this for at least 4 hours now, and am coming to the realization that i definitely need help. my system: athlon 1.3GHz epox 8kha mobo with VIA

Re: amd / radeon users, attention.

ps. YEAH :) pete begin: Jeffrey W. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > i just got my epox 8kha board with a radeon card to work with DRI under > > linux. it was rough going, and i've seen, while websurf

[rml@ufl.edu: Re: report: success with agp_try_unsupported=1]

forwarded to the debian-user list for its archives... - Forwarded message from Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Subject: Re: report: success with agp_try_unsupported=1 From: Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: linux-kernel

amd / radeon users, attention.

i just got my epox 8kha board with a radeon card to work with DRI under linux. it was rough going, and i've seen, while websurfing, that alot of people have had trouble with this in the past. many people are getting "agp unsupported" messages by the agpgart driver. if anybody needs help (i assum

Re: apt-get wierdness: when 6 is equal to 9

begin: Hereward Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > once upon a time Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > problem: two systems with the same sources.list don't know about the > > same > > available packages. > > have you tried

apt-get wierdness: when 6 is equal to 9

hello all, problem: two systems with the same sources.list don't know about the same available packages. explanation: i just built a new system, and scp'd over the sources.list file from an older machine. both machines have the same /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/de

[OT] avoiding recursive readline commands in .inputrc

hi all, in bash, i'd like to map the uparrow key to "escape uparrow". the trouble is that there doesn't seem to be a way to make readline avoid the infinite recursion that results. specifically, i'm trying to do: $if bash "OA": "OA" $endif why? because i like using vi style editing in bash

[OT] what is a preemp error?

on some cd's i get a "no preemp" error from cdrecord. what does this error mean? what can i do about it? thanks! pete -- "The following addresses had permanent fatal errors..." [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mailer Daemon www.dirac.org/p

[OT] ripping cd question

when ripping cd's with cdparanoia, the default is wav format. but i can rip with the headerless pcm format too. question: does the wav format lose any sound quality when compared with the headerless PCM format? pete -- "The following addresses had permanent fatal errors..." [EMAIL PROTECT

avoiding recursive readline commands in .inputrc

hi all, in bash, i'd like to map the uparrow key to "escape uparrow". the trouble is that there doesn't seem to be a way to make readline avoid the infinite recursion that results. specifically, i'm trying to do: $if bash "OA": "OA" $endif why? because i like using vi style editing in bash

how to you reconfigure an already installed package?

i'm surprised that dpkg doesn't have a --reconfigure option. how are we supposed to reconfigure an already installed package? the only way i can think of is to uninstall the package and reinstall it. pete -- "The following addresses had permanent fatal errors..." [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Numeric Keypad in X

begin: Karsten M. Self quote > on Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 05:06:48PM -0700, Brad Rhodes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > How can I type numbers on the numeric keypad in X? I turn on the Num > > Lock and I still can't type numbers. > > What keysyms/keycodes are you getting? see xev if you don't kn

Re: Undeleting files

see the undeletion-howto. i restored a whole hard drive this way (lost partitions and filenames, but i got every single file back!!). totally invaluable. do it by hand before resorting to an automated process. it'll be a learning experience. pete begin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

help: mutt doesn't want to send email to ip addresses

hi all, mutt doesn't want to deliver mail to addresses which use an ip address. in other words, my system is dirac.org at address 64.164.47.8. i can send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but any email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets bounced as "unrouteable mail domain". i'm pretty sure that pine was able

Re: Removing a sound module?

begin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 07:50:15AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > if you can't remove the sound module with rmmod or modprobe, you will > need to > > reboot the system. > > a fuser -v /dev/dsp /dev

Re: GIMP 1.2 +GIFs

dpkg is your friend. you should definitely learn how to use it. see dpkg -l "gimp*" begin: Hereward Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > > Hi, > I'm trying to get the GIMP to work with .gif files. It can open them, but > doesn't recognize the format when trying to save them (even when i've > con

Re: Removing a sound module?

begin: staf wagemakers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 04:07:05PM +0300, Antti Tolamo wrote: > > How can I remove a soundmodule if it doesn't succeed from modconf? > > > > I installed wrong module and now it fails as I try to remove it. > > modprobe -r module_name > > example

Re: Who's using a program

you're prolly thinking of lsof. begin: Miguel Griffa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > ps aux for programs? > > At 07:30 a.m. 30/07/01 -0600, Robert Kerr wrote: > >Hi all, > >I seem to recall reading (somewhere in my wanderings) of a utility that > >would tell me who is currently accessing a file/prog

proftp question: symlinks can't be followed.

dear all, i made a symlink from /data/MP3 to /home/ftp. the trouble is that even though anonymous users can see the directory, the can't look into the directory. for example: > ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root9 Jul 30 07:16 MP3 -> /data/MP3 drwxrwxrwx 2 r

question about MTRR and XFree86 4.0

according to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/mtrr.txt... A patch is being written for XFree86 which will make this automatic: in other words the X server will manipulate /proc/mtrr using the ioctl() interface, so users won't have to do anything. does anybody know if this has been done yet? it

wine question

dear all, as i understand it, wine comes with its own libraries which implement the win32 API. i also understand that if we somehow have access to a windows CD, all legal issues aside, we can use files off windows to make wine work even better. how can i do this? is there a debian specific way

woody yadex is 2 years behind the times?

dear all, this is from dpkg: ii yadex 1.0.1-1.1 WAD file editor for doom-style WADs this is from the yadex website: 2001-06-30 - Yadex 1.5.2 is out 2000-12-12 - Yadex 1.5.1 is out 2000-09-25 - The mailing lists have moved 2000-08-27 - Yadex

wine question

dear all, i put the following in sources.list since i'd like to update wine on a daily basis from cvs: # Wine deb http://gluck.debian.org/~andreas/debian wine main deb-src http://gluck.debian.org/~andreas/debian wine main i'm a little confused, because i'm not seeing wine updated when i ru

Re: Unix administrator

begin: Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > * Chris Parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > Student here from a micro$oft school of thought and sick of it. What > > do I need to read...study to gain the honor of a unix admin.? Is > > athere any good online classes or tutorials that i s

custom spam file (ala rbl)

is there a file that i can drop IP numbers in to keep exim from accepting email from those sites? kind of like using rbl, except i'd have my own custom reject file. i can simulate such a file usign ipchains, but i'd like to know if exim has an IP reject file. thanks! pete -- "The following add

help making debian ISO's

i'd like to burn a copy of the debian woody distribution, so i'm following the funky instructions about making pseudo-images and using rsync to convert the images to official images. the problem is that the .list file that i'm supposed to get from http://www.uk.debian.org/debian-cd/cd-images/ is o

Re: voodoo trouble - sanity is at stake here.

begin: Alson van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 09:40:21AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > hey all, > > > > my girlfriend asked me to fix something on her computer, and i'm at a > > loss... > > > > s

voodoo trouble - sanity is at stake here.

hey all, my girlfriend asked me to fix something on her computer, and i'm at a loss... she has a voodoo3 / woody / X 4.0 hardware acceleration is obviously working for root (gears looks great, and independent of window size; quake3 looks great). it's obviously NOT working for non-root users (g

compiling gtk under woody

hello all, today i would like to teach myself how to use gtk. i'm running woody. which packages should i apt-get install? pete -- "The following addresses had permanent fatal errors..." [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mailer Daemon www.dirac.org/p

Re: offtopic (completely): linux games

On Sun 15 Apr 01, 1:52 PM, Nate Amsden said: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > sorry, but people like me who refuse to run a dual-boot computer (refuse to > > fork over $$$ to the evil empire) rely on loki software for recreation. :) > > then you should pay full price

offtopic (completely): linux games

dear all, i know i'll get flamed for this, but i also happen to know that some of you will greatly appreciate this information: if you ever wanted to get quake III but didn't want to spend the (admittedly hefty) price of $50 or $60, now is your chance to purchase it: quake 3 arena: 9.99

WTF -- klogd has disappeared from woody?!?

dear all, i just updated woody and klogd has disappeared into thin air. it's not even in "dpkg -L sysklogd" # dpkg -L "sysklogd" | grep klogd /usr/share/doc/sysklogd /usr/share/doc/sysklogd/changelog.gz /usr/share/doc/sysklogd/copyright /usr/share/doc/sysk

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