Re: /etc/issue

fected package and reinstall it like this: apt-get -d $package cd /var/cache/apt/archives dpkg -i $package Then again, with something as simple as /etc/issue you could look at the man page and create your own one. Here's mine if you don't want to go through all that effort :)

Re: ssh

--- Marcelo Leal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2002-03-15 12:40): > On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 23:18, Sean Quinlan wrote: > > --- Marcelo Leal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2002-03-14 14:40): > > > thanks for the response to my questions... thanks. > > > i have one problem in

Re: How to Increase the number of logs rotated

squid. This is the file that controls the rotation of the squid log files. The settings you want to change are LOG_HISTORY=1 to LOG_HISTORY=7, and down at the bottom, change the line: savelog -c 3 squid.out > /dev/null 2>&1 to savelog -c 8 squid.out > /dev/null 2>&1 Che

Re: ssh

ning with the ssh connection. Are your first passwords being accepted or rejected? It could be a problem with ssh versions or any number of things... post the results of "ssh -v" and we'll have a look. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I'm using Debian GNU/Linux

Re: PS1

and version number (the 2nd one in your case), is the default bash prompt, which it gets when its not a login shell, or if you purposefully tell it not to read its rc files. You can try passing Eterm the "-l" (login) option, which should fix your problem. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([

Re: Where do the plugins for galeon live?

aleon to see the plugins - type "about:plugins" in the address bar to see what plugins are loaded. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: UT

y that someone's had the same problems before. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: UT

used UT with my g400 card, I had to manually modify the Unreal Tournament.ini file. Have a look at the README file that comes with the UT files, to see what lines you have to change to use the OpenGL renderer. Otherwise, what does the UT log say? Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: how to modify screen resolution?

le again, and to add the line: Virtual "800x600" under the Modes line, in each of the Display subsections. Hope that helps, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Nits in unstable ssh config

ersion of sshd_config. My fix (since I haven't customised my sshd_conifg at all), was to just move that to sshd_config.old and reinstall the ssh package. This put the correct ssh2 version of the config file in its place, and all worked fine after that. Hope that helps Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Java-vm Mozilla plugin problems

move the javaplugin.so link and leave only javaplugin_oji.so. I've only got javaplugin_oji.so in my mozilla plugins directory, and I've had no problems with java pages so far. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: IPTABLES and DHCP

h no problems. The line from my iptables script is this: ${iptables} -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ${inet_iface} -j MASQUERADE Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Upgrading to XFree 4.x

--- Américo Rocha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-12-05 23:38): > i realy want to know the best way to upgrade my debian 2.2 r4 (potato) > to use XFree 4.x. There are unofficial debs here: http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/READ.THIS Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Modem Setup...

ou want to continue with the Alcatel drivers, could you post the lines from your /var/log/syslog pertaining to the ppp connection? Have you also tried running "ifconfig" once the ppp has completed, it may be that the connection is up and running already :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: /var/log/messages on the desktop

--- Sunny Dubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-11-10 14:40): > how do people get messages that get added to /var/log/messages printed to > their desktops ?? Try the package root-tail. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Sudo and sudoers file

f you're a member of that group with the "groups" command. Otherwise, you may have a NOPASSWD tag in one of your sudo rules, which should override the default of authenticate. HTH, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: XFree86 version?

--- MarceI Figuerola Estrada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-10-24 21:30): > I've just intallet Debian Potata 2.2r3 > > I need to know which XFree version I have. Does anybody know? Potato ships with XFree86 3.3.6. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Debian & Kernel 2.4

ectly. > > Is there anyone who have try This upgrade I use potato and 2.4.9 on my ADSL firewall, using Adrian Bunk's packages. So far I've had no problems, but its ruleset is fairly small so it doesn't get heavily used, so YMMV. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: ASDL with potato? FreeSWAN with potato?

haven't tried freeswan myself, but Risko Gergely has made deb packages for the latest version 1.91, you can get them here: http://people.debian.org/~risko/ Hope that helps, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Security Update

et upgrade. Any packages that have been updated with security fixes will be upgraded. You might want to subscribe to the debian-security-announce list as well, to get notified when security fixes are applied. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: X compilation problem

Have a look at this url for more information: http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/READ.THIS These are unofficial and unsupported, but I've had good experiences with them in the past. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: directly installing a deb package

you. Apt is merely a frontend to dpkg, have a look at dpkg's manpage for more info, and all the other cool things you can do with it. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: ssh and debian

er prompted for a password when you use sudo. Just a guess :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Portforwarding

} -t nat -A PREROUTING -i ${EXTERNAL_IFACE} -p tcp --dport ssh -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.2:22 HTH, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: OT: screen command

does more :). Man screen will give you way more options... :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: GPM + X

ast and does strange > things..) Run gpmconfig and change the device to /dev/psaux and the repeat type to raw (very important, since it just echoes all its input). Change XF86Config to use /dev/gpmdata (which is just an echo of what /dev/psaux gets), and all should be fine. Cheers, Sean -

Re: [OT] folder-hook mutt question

ser folder. > > Any ideas? A fairly common problem... :) You have to surround the set command with quotes (single quotes since you already have double quotes)... so try: folder-hook debian-user 'set index_format="%3C %q"' Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [NuBe:] frozen keyboard

hat its something in the startup scripts thats causing a problem. If not, you may want to try "linux init=/bin/sh" which should at least get you a shell on the machine, but without running any startup stuff. You could then check dmesg to see if your keyboard is recognised. HTH, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: dynamic ip addresses

ogin, but I cheated a little with that and just copied the file from a woody box, and modified the $NAME variable to use /usr/local/bin instead of /usr/bin. I can send you my file if you want, or you could just download the woody package of ez-ipupdate and extract the file yourself. HTH, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: help - mouse, and installing NIC driver

ince I'm using tab-completion to get > the full name of the file at the command prompt.] The problem no doubt lies with the fact that the file does not have its executable bit set. Try running "chmod +x ./install3c90x" as root and then try executing again. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: logitech cordless keyboard lockups after upgrade to XFree 4.1

though the manual says six for that too :) YMMV, but something to think about :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Adaptec 1542 with slink/potato?

my potato CD 1 has some bad sectors on it :) but if the boot floppies work, then the CD will work fine. The kernel on the boot floppies picked the card up automatically, no modules needed to be inserted, but if it doesn't see it straight away, just insert the aha1542 module. Cheers, Se

Re: Installed Woody Package, Killed X

--- Sean Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-13 10:30): > ln -s /etc/X11/X /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 Replying to my own post, that should actually be: ln -s /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X doh :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Installed Woody Package, Killed X

ln -s /etc/X11/X /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 That should fix the problem (no deinstalling of packages necessary). Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: want to install potato

ndows machine, and then boot with them on the P90 (I'm pretty sure all the Adaptec 294x controllers have bootable CDROM support). Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: xfree86

icial (but very good) debs of X4.1 for Potato: http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/READ.THIS I've heard lots of good reports of them so you should have no problems. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

S/2" Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" [...] I have a similar setup at work, also using X4.0.3, but using a PS2 Intellimouse. Hope this helps, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

e to raw, and make sure that the device in XF86Config points to /dev/gpmdata. Then you'll be able to use the mouse in the console and X. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: installation

he reason it happens is that it looks for the rescue.bin file in the normal location on the official mirror, but since the reiserfs disks are unofficial, there aren't any copies of the rescue.bin file on any of the official Debian mirrors. Hope that helps, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: no mouse with X

ux -> gpmdata symlink. On my machine, /dev/psaux is a device file, but gpmdata isn't: --([EMAIL PROTECTED])-(~)% ls -l /dev/gpmdata prw-r--r--1 root root1 Aug 30 23:49 /dev/gpmdata You could try removing the symlink and then reinstalling gpm, which should recreate the

Re: The Sound of Silence

ork now. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Framebuffer support in kernel

with 443 and see if it works. I remember it was never particularly clearly documented, it took me days of reading and experimentation to get it right :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: mplayer opengl

f, and I find that mplayer runs fine without OpenGL output. It would probably be faster, and reduce the load on your CPU, but since Nvidia's drivers are not open source, I doubt you'll ever see OpenGL output support from mplayer. My $0.02... Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: 2.4.8 & SB live

emu10k1 (SB Live) code in kernel 2.4.8, which were fixed in 2.4.9, so you could try 2.4.9 and see if it fixes your problem. Have a look at the changelog here: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.9 Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: IOMEGA ZIP-100 / ZIP-250 -- banging my head against the wall

* Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-18 01:00): > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:12:03AM +0100, Sean Quinlan wrote: > > * Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-17 23:50): > > mount -t vfat -o blocksize=1024 /dev/hdd4 /mnt/point > > I tried this jus

Re: IOMEGA ZIP-100 / ZIP-250 -- banging my head against the wall

ough the menuconfig or xconfig seperately. If so, you might want to check the Zip-Drive mini-howto (should be under /usr/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini), and make sure that you have all the relevant kernel options for IDE zip drives (I have a SCSI zip myself, so Linux just treats it as another fixed disk). Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Mutt: folder-hook + set index_format= doesn't work?

u need to quote the "set index_format=blah" part if it already has quotes in it, or at least this worked fine on my mutt 1.3.20. I tried your line as such: folder-hook mbox 'set index_format="%4C %Z %s"' and it worked fine, give it a go and see :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Routing and pppd

its first nameserver (which is defined in /etc/resolv.conf). You can either enter your ISPs nameservers manually in resolv.conf, or make sure that you have the "usepeerdns" entry in your /etc/ppp/peers/adsl script (I believe this is the default if you use the script file in Benoit's tarball). Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Mouse Setup

w", save the changes, and try X again. If you're still having problems, type "apt-get remove gpm" (as root) and then change your XF86Config file back to "/dev/psaux". And if all that still fails to get the mouse working, you'll have to post back to the list, since I'm outta ideas :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Quake 3

accelleration with the Voodoo 3. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Quake 3

t; Load "dri" > to my X config > > however, glxinfo reports "direct rendering: no" > > I already have Q3 installed, but it fails to start, with the following > output: > [snipped output] What graphics card do you have? DRI only works with certain card

Re: gcc-2.91.66 needed for kernel compilation?

I don't have much experience with boot disks myself, but the kernel-package tool will create one for you. Install kernel-package and have a look at /usr/doc/kernel-package for more information on all it can do. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: X freezing seconds after starting when mouse moves

ing KDE and Enlightenment as well. I read somewhere > that Enlightenment didn't play well with XFree86 4.x, but I'm > not sure if that's causing my problem or something else. Enlightenment works fine with all versions of X I've found. I've used it for years with no problems. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: screen 1024x768 desktop 1600x1200

has still 1600x1200, so it > scrolls while using it, how can i stop that? thank you for helping > me! markus Try adding the line Virtual 1024 768 Under the Modes line in your XF86Config-4. That should fix it. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: X 4.0.3 and agpgart

t no support for your controller. When you enabled agpgart, you would have needed to specify the type of agp controller you have (probably VIA in your case). Then again, you may have an unsupported chipset, what motherboard do you have? Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Question about the --color option of ls

-b ~/.dircolors`" to my .bashrc and then make all changes to ~/.dircolorsi (instead of the system-wide /etc/DIR_COLORS). Probably more pertinent on a multi user system, but good policy nevertheless. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Kernel upgrade

uding production servers) and had no problems. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [OT} Linux and reiserfs

lem, and its been running fine for more than 6 months... As always YMMV :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: xfree 4.0 debs for potato?

* Bostjan Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-07-12 19:40): > Does anyone know of any .deb archive for XFree v4 for potato? These are unofficial, but I've had good results with them: http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf403_potato/READ.THIS Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Install

he/apt apt apt-get... Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: A basic apt-get question...

s there something like "apt-get --is-it-installed packagename" ? I'd use "dpkg -l $foo", but you could also try "dpkg -s $foo" or even "dpkg -S $foo" if you're looking for a specific filename man dpkg probably gives even more options, have a look. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: help! can't start X anymore

ng /usr/X11R6/bin/X to /etc/X11 > >then got another error message. > >From the previous thread in April, it seemed the only way to fix this >problem was to downgrade the packages. I'm hoping that by now, some >fix has been discovered? Actually, AFAIR

Re: Nvidia, GL and root

t docs on lokigames.com and nvidia.com and I saw mention of those devices, so that was going to be my next suggestion... looks like you beat me to it :) -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Nvidia, GL and root

ere, but its not needed with the nvidia drivers. You could also try starting Quake and specifying the libGL library on the command line, like this: quake3 +set r_gldriver /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.1251 You can also try deleting the .q3a directory in $HOME and then letting it recreate the startup files. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Nvidia, GL and root

your XF86Config-4? Also, if there's a Section "DRI" in your XF86Config-4, then comment out the whole section as well. If Quake 3 runs fine as root though, it does suggest a permissions problem. What error do you get when you try run it as a user? Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: your mail

usb enabled kernel for your devices. If you have any problems, post them back to the list and we'll have a look. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: ls colors

s -b ~/.dircolors` in my .bashrc. Then I can make my own changes to that file. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Alternatives to xcdroast?

gt; xcdroast but it has problems. Any suggestions? I find Gnome Combust is pretty nice - you can write straight to disk without needing to create an iso, and it seems to be as configurable as xcdroast. Also, you can write disks fine as a normal user, so long as you have permission to the cdr de

Re: Unable to start X

pgraded as well, luckily its easy to fix, just make /etc/X11/X a symlink to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Command-line arguments for CD drive

an wants to install > > >the sbpcd driver which seems logical to me. I have tried the argument: > > >"sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster" as suggested in the CD-ROM HOWTO, and > > >variations of those, but they all are rejected, with comments > > >like &q

[OT] Mutt Threading (was Re: LOGO (with the turtle))

-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That seems to be why its threaded under an existing discussion on my machine, but I'm interested as to why its showing up as a new topic on yours. Do you know of any mutt setting that would do this? -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Command-line arguments for CD drive

base system? On all my installations, I've just selected cdrom as the medium, and its carried on fine. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: speedup nvidia?

nvidia" > Driver "nvidia" > Option "NvAgp" "1" > # update this with the PCI id of your card. Consult the output > # of the 'lspci' command. > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection Do you have agpgart built into your kernel? When I had it built in, then I couldn't get Nvidia's AGP support to work. When I left it as a module (and didn't modprobe it), then I could get the Nvidia AGP driver working. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: kde2

t more than likely they only have the rpms and you'll be better off installing it by modifying your sources.list with the instructions on the link above. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Geforce2MX vid card setup

can't imagine it getting any better :) > I did so but still get errors using dselect. and I managed to erase my > sources list along the way. > during the install it walked me through setting up my sources list. is there > another way to run that tutorial again apt-setup -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Wheel mouse

; I though the last option line would enable the wheel of my mouse, but it > doesn't. I thinks it should be possible without imwheel, but how? Try changing the protocol to "ImPS/2". I have a Logitech cordless wheel mouse, and it works fine with the setting above. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: module net-pf-10

one else found this module and fixed > there problem?? This is the ipv6 module, just edit /etc/modutils/aliases, uncomment the net-pf-10 line, and then run update-modules. IIRC that should fix the problem. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

WindowMaker Postint problem in sid

postinst script, and replacing /usr/man/man1 with /usr/share/man/man1 and that allowed it to install with no problems. Does this mean that I should file a bug report again wmaker? Thanks -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])