problem with ssh port forwarding for http connections

2004-02-20 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I am trying ssh port forwarding for http connections by: ssh -L2001:www.web.server:80 ssh_server Then use mozilla to browse http://localhost:2001. Some web site can be visited successfully. But for some web site it fails. There are two problems. 1. If the website uses cookie, it will

[OT] Network traffic?

2003-09-09 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I am confused by the network traffic reported by the IceWM. There are always around 10-20KBps net work traffic in. However, netstat shows no connection with foreign address. What are these traffics? If I unplug the network cable, the rate drops down to zero immediately, that means there are re

Re: GRUB hangs at boot

2003-09-02 Thread Qian Gong
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:51:00PM +0200, Robert Fenech wrote: > Hi there: > > After having partitioned my hard disk (+ran fdisk /mbr) and installed > the system GRUB hangs right after displaying the stage2 .. thing. > > I booted from a LILO on a floppy disk and mounted the root. Then I > c

Question about GnuPG subkeys

2003-08-14 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, My gpg key has two encryption subkeys. I use "-r KEYID" to specify which subkey is used for encryption. However, when I decrypt files, the output message always shows information about the last encryption subkey, indicating the file is always encrypted by the last subkey. Does this mean "-r KE

Re: Printing

2003-08-14 Thread Qian Gong
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 12:01:01PM +, Jianan Huang wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have installed lpr and apsfilter to drive my HP DeskJet 660C. During > apsfilterconfig, I chose [ijs/DESKJET_660] as th printer driver. > > I couldn't pass print test. It failed with the msg: > sh: hpijs command not

Re: upgrade turned off lpd?

2003-08-01 Thread Qian Gong
My lpd stopped several times with unknown reason. Command /etc/init.d/lpd restart will let it work again. Now I suspect the reason is as you mentioned, due to upgrade. On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 07:27:17AM +0200, Ross Boylan wrote: > Earlier today, I could print. Then I did an apt-get upgrade in > t

CUPS in woody, question about page margin

2003-07-11 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I installed CUPS to send jobs to a Infotec 4182 MF printer, using HP LaserJet Series CUPS driver. It's working almost perfectly. But one problem is about the page margin. If I send a ps file, e.g., created by "a2ps t.txt", a small part at the top and bottom is missing. I guess the settings abo

Re: CUPS in Woody, problem with command enable? [Solved]

2003-07-07 Thread Qian Gong
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 11:44:27AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:16:53PM +0200, Qian Gong wrote: > > I installed CUPS under woody. Configuration works well under Mozilla. > > But the command "enable" always fails, as shown below. > > >

CUPS in Woody, problem with command enable?

2003-07-07 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I installed CUPS under woody. Configuration works well under Mozilla. But the command "enable" always fails, as shown below. enable fp bash: enable: fp: not a shell builtin Any idea? Thanks. Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: cdrdao / ide-scsi problem

2003-04-03 Thread Qian Gong
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 10:23:59AM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > > > Well, you are right, so I tried, :-). It works, so there is reason to be > > > glad. However, I'm still wondering how paranoid I must be to still want > > > cdrdao to run without setuid. Furthermore, without setuid and with group

Re: help!! my partition table is lost after a next reboot ...

2003-04-03 Thread Qian Gong
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 07:40:54AM +0200, Jeetu Golani wrote: > > Hello, > > Yup did that for a pal once i.e. recover the partition. So long as u > don't > play around too much, i.e. repartitioning or reinstalling, your data > should > be valid. > > Do you remember the approx sizes of all your

Re: cdrdao / ide-scsi problem

2003-04-03 Thread Qian Gong
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 08:41:29PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > Well, you are right, so I tried, :-). It works, so there is reason to be > glad. However, I'm still wondering how paranoid I must be to still want > cdrdao to run without setuid. Furthermore, without setuid and with group > permission

Re: How to gather information about a open port?

2003-03-06 Thread Qian Gong
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:25:48PM +0100, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > > Is it a Dell system? No, it is not. > > As this is not known to me as a standard service, it could be either > Dell's monitoring software or a trojan. There's a VB trojan that uses > this port. > > Fiddling with 'telnet

Re: Nvidia driver

2003-03-06 Thread Qian Gong
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:24:44AM +0100, Willem-Jan Meijer wrote: > Hello again, > > Now i've built the nvidia package and I installed it, dselect says it's > installed correctly, But now I don't know how get the driver installed so I > can use the driver with X > Just modify the file /etc/X11/

How to gather information about a open port?

2003-03-06 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I use nmap to detect the security of my friend's win2k machine and find a open tcp port 1039. We tried several days but can not find any information about this port. Is it possible to use some Linux tools to probe this port and gather information during communication with this port? Thanks a l

Re: Question about scripts in /etc/rc6.d [Solved]

2003-02-16 Thread Qian Gong
Now it's clear to me. Thanks to Bob and Shyamal. Qian On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:16:34PM -0500, Bob Hilliard wrote: > Qian Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In /etc/rc6.d there is a link S30urandom. But run level 6 means reboot, > > which should stop (K) urando

Question about scripts in /etc/rc6.d

2003-02-16 Thread Qian Gong
In /etc/rc6.d there is a link S30urandom. But run level 6 means reboot, which should stop (K) urandom, instead of start (S). More interesting is that "init 6" actually stops urandom. Another link is S35networking whose name means "start", but in fact "networking" is stopped. Any idea to explain? Th

Re: alsa and saving mixer settings

2003-01-29 Thread Qian Gong
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 08:52:32AM +, James Tappin wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:23:51 +0100 > Qian Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:27:33AM +0100, Roman Joost wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:06:43PM -0500, Matth

Re: alsa and saving mixer settings

2003-01-29 Thread Qian Gong
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:27:33AM +0100, Roman Joost wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:06:43PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > > Unfortunately, I find that the first time I want to play anything, I > > have to open a mixer (I use gmix), which then sets the levels, before I > > can hear a

Trusted md5sum for files in debian packages?

2003-01-23 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, Is it possible to download only md5sum's of the files in debian packages from a trusted server, e.g., security.debian.org? If it is, the integrity of installed packages can be safely verified with the trusted source. And the downloaded file would be small. Thanks a lot. Qian -- To UNSUBSC

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

2003-01-21 Thread Qian Gong
Did you check the file device.map in your grub directory? If there is nothing, you should create one. Qian On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:53:54PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after > the bios stuff, and then... nothing. > > a friend suggested

Re: Security: system reboot?

2003-01-20 Thread Qian Gong
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 03:48:55AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > [snip] > how do you know if there wasn't a simple power glitch ??? After several hours of my searching, somebody told me that power cut happened yesterday morning all over the university, which was the reason for the system reboot. Thi

Re: Security: system reboot?

2003-01-20 Thread Qian Gong
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:11:00AM +0100, DEFFONTAINES Vincent wrote: > If you find nothing in logs, possibly someone pressed CTRL ALT DEL? > This happens often when people think they log in on a windoze NT box and > press those keys without watching the screen. > You can prevent that by editing /e

Security: system reboot?

2003-01-20 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, This morning I found that my Debian box rebooted on Sunday morning (9:35 AM). However, from last Friday till this morning nobody logged in to this system. Do you know where can I find out who has sent the reboot command? And why? Is it related to security holes? Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: How to Mount Second CDROM Drive?

2003-01-17 Thread Qian Gong
You can make a symbolic link like this # ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom2 Then you can use /dev/cdrom2 as your second CDROM. Of course, if your first CDROM uses /dev/scd0, the second one should be /dev/scd1. You can check it by # ls -l /dev/cdrom Qian On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 02:17:10PM -0500, Thomas H

Re: Gdk-WARNING **: Missing charsets in FontSet creation

2003-01-17 Thread Qian Gong
The problem disappeared when the gaim was upgraded to 0.59.1. However, the warning messages are still there. Perhaps they are wrong. Qian On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 02:58:28PM +0100, Qian Gong wrote: > Hi, > > This perhaps is a general font problem. I am using gaim for msn. But when >

Gdk-WARNING **: Missing charsets in FontSet creation

2003-01-17 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, This perhaps is a general font problem. I am using gaim for msn. But when I use it to send Chinese characters warning messages appears as below: Gdk-WARNING **: Missing charsets in FontSet creation Gdk-WARNING **: ISO8859-1 Gdk-WARNING **: GB2312.1980-0 My locale is set to zh_CN. $

Re: NVidia source compiling problems

2003-01-15 Thread Qian Gong
The following steps works for me smoothly and perhaps is useful to you. download nvidia-glx-src_1.0.4191-1_i386.deb and nvidia-kernel-src_1.0.4191-2_i386.deb from unstable $ sudo dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-src_1.0.4191-2_i386.deb $ sudo dpkg -i nvidia-glx-src_1.0.4191-1_

Re: Two sound cards? [Solved]

2003-01-11 Thread Qian Gong
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 05:41:58PM +0100, wrote: > On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 03:17:54PM +0100, Burkhard Ritter wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Qian Gong wrote: > > > Yes, aplay works. No idea which /dev/dsp? device it uses. BTW, it's clear VIA > on board sound uses

Re: Two sound cards?

2003-01-11 Thread Qian Gong
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 03:17:54PM +0100, Burkhard Ritter wrote: > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Qian Gong wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:08:57PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > > > Qian Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I have VIA on board sound and

Re: Two sound cards?

2003-01-11 Thread Qian Gong
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:08:57PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > Qian Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have VIA on board sound and an additional Xwave 4000 PCI sound card. > > The first one (VIA) is supported by kernel (built-in) and for xwave 4000 > > I use alsa-

Two sound cards?

2003-01-10 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I have VIA on board sound and an additional Xwave 4000 PCI sound card. The first one (VIA) is supported by kernel (built-in) and for xwave 4000 I use alsa-0.9. The confusing thing is which card is connected to /dev/dsp0 and which to /dev/dsp1. How can I configure this and let application (e.g.

Re: Mutt: not to fcc attachments?

2003-01-03 Thread Qian Gong
Thanks. It works. But is it possible to generate a short note automatically for the attachment? Qian On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 01:01:38PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * Qian Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-03 12:50]: > >I want to configure mutt not to fcc the at

Mutt: not to fcc attachments?

2003-01-03 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I want to configure mutt not to fcc the attachments of outgoing mails. Usually it's not necessary and sometimes the attachments are huge. Under pine there is a option for this purpose. Any idea how to configure this in mutt? Thanks. Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Lean and clean IMAP client

2002-12-20 Thread Qian Gong
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 04:21:20PM +0100, Rohan Nicholls wrote: > [snip] > I am looking for advice on: a lean imap client (I have switched to > [snip] Mutt works perfectly with IMAP server. If you want adding filter function, imapfilter+mutt is a perfect choice. Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

micq: show asia characters?

2002-12-12 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I am starting to use micq. Is it possible to let it show Chinese characters correctly? Thanks in advance. Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: acroread and anti-aliased text

2002-12-10 Thread Qian Gong
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:52:04PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: > > http://grove.ufl.edu/~bstults/sample.html > Xpdf support type 3 fonts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Two copies of fonts? [solved]

2002-12-09 Thread Qian Gong
Yes, thanks. /usr/lib/X11/fonts is a hard link to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts. Qian On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 05:07:19PM +0100, DEFFONTAINES Vincent wrote: > /usr/lib/X11/fonts is a symbolic link to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > not a copy. > > > > > -Original Message

Two copies of fonts?

2002-12-09 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, There are two copies of fonts located respectively at /usr/lib/X11/fonts and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts. Why are there two same copies of fonts? Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to let linux(2.2.18) read the cd-rw-disk formated in xp

2002-12-03 Thread Qian Gong
Most likely you have UDF file system on you CDRW. If the kernel support UDF (there is an option in the kernel config), you can read the contents. Qian On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 01:57:26PM -0700, eric wrote: > Dear Shawn or any linux user: > > That only let me see 3 files in cdrom > autorun.inf,

Re: cfdisk revisited

2002-11-30 Thread Qian Gong
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 01:56:42PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello all, > > First, thanks for all those to that replied with the original question. > OK, I have more question regarding cfdisk. I've successfully created the > boot, swap, and root partition. Here are some questions that still ling

Re: cfdisk

2002-11-30 Thread Qian Gong
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 01:05:38PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm fooling around with cfdisk and wanted to ask the superiors about > something. I plan to dual boot this with windows 2000. On the first > partition because I've had disatrous results when windows is NOT on the > f

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:57:33AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > Do you have this: > crw-rw1 root cdrom 21, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/sg0 > > I'm not clear on all the relationships -- I do hope someone can respond > with an overview of how all the parts connect... > The following list

/dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I am using CDRDAO to record CDs. I add the user to group cdrom to enable the access to /dev/scd0 (linked by /dev/cdrom). But I got an error message 'Cannot map "/dev/cdrom" to a SG device." It seems the user should have to ability to access /dev/sg0. What's the relationship between /dev/scd0 a

Re: Mutt: font color [Solved]

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
Thanks. The solution for pine is the same as mutt. Just re-define xterm*color7 in .Xresource as #afafaf. Qian On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 03:29:37PM +0100, ernst wrote: > Hi > > I guess so, there is an option under 'setup' > (K) Kolor that's called > 'use-termdef' or something. Haven't tryed it yet.

Re: Mutt: font color [Solved]

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Qian Gong wrote: > > > Is it possible to define a customized color in mutt by specifying the RGB > > value? Thanks. > > Qian > > > > From mutt manual you get: > > > Mutt also recognizes the keywords color0, color1, ..., co

Re: Mutt: font color

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 12:56:41PM +0100, ernst wrote: > > Hi > > In pine I just use 'setup' > 'color' to give it my color. It overrides > colors set for xterm. > > /ernst > Thanks. Is it possible to specify a customized color by RGB value in pine? Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Installation failure, module error

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:18:25AM +0100, Andreas wrote: > I´m trying to install Debian over the internet, using floppydisks. I > encounter an error when I shall "Configure device driver modules". When > I choose to do so, the installer says: > > "No modules were found in /target/lib/modules/2.2.

Re: Mutt: font color

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
Is it possible to define a customized color in mutt by specifying the RGB value? Thanks. Qian On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:20:18AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > I use this color-setup in my .muttrc: > > # > # Color # > # > > mono messagebold > color messagewhite re

Mutt: font color

2002-11-27 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I use the following line to define the foreground color for xterm. xterm*foreground: #afafaf It works well. But in mutt or pine, the white font is bright (#ff, I think). Is there a way to preserve the color #afafaf of xterm in mutt or pine? For vim, it preserves the color #a

Unidentified subject!

2002-11-27 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I use the following line to define the foreground color for xterm. xterm*foreground: #afafaf It works well. But in mutt or pine, the white font is bright (#ff, I think). Is there a way to preserve the color #afafaf of xterm in mutt or pine? For vim, it preserves the color #a

Re: binary files

2002-11-27 Thread Qian Gong
Most likely the .bin file itself is an installer. You just run it and it will start the installation. For example, staroffice and acrobat reader use .bin as an installer. Qian On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 10:09:05AM -0800, David and Dana Evans wrote: > I know now how to install a "whatever.tar.gz" file

Re: inetd: discard?

2002-11-27 Thread Qian Gong
Thanks a lot. Now it's clear. Qian On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 02:16:57PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 12:32:26AM +1100, Matthias Szupryczynski wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 23:41, Qian Gong wrote: > > > It is said that the service discard in in

Re: ext2 vs ext3 vs xfs vs reiserfs

2002-11-27 Thread Qian Gong
It's hard to say the following is related to reiserfs. I used reiserfs for half a year on two computers. It works perfectly. Qian On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 03:52:36AM -0800, Micha Feigin wrote: > I had some problems with it actually, although I am not sure if they > were reiserfs specific. > I tried

inetd: discard?

2002-11-26 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, It is said that the service discard in inetd is just for testing and can be removed. What's the origin of this service and what is the purpose? Thanks in advance. Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ext2 vs ext3 vs xfs vs reiserfs

2002-11-26 Thread Qian Gong
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 05:16:26PM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > I can confirm: I lost data because of reiserfs. I'll never use it again. > Could you please tell us what happened to your data lost? Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: VT82C686B Sound Problem

2002-11-22 Thread Qian Gong
I solve the problem by load the following modules: soundcore ac97_codec via82cxxx_audio xmms works fine. However, realplay only works through esd. Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]