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2004-03-14 Thread Sharninder Singh
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2004-03-14 Thread Sharninder Singh
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Re: pointing device on thinkpad

2003-07-31 Thread Sharninder Singh
> Woody bf2.4 on Thinkpad570. I have "mouse" (that red nipple in the > middle of the keyboard) working normally in X, but nothing when in > text mode. I can't see anything obviously relevant on google. Can > anyone point me in the right direction? I am particularly keen to > have middle button

Re: apt-get -d is cool, but now to install them

2003-07-29 Thread Sharninder Singh
> The apt-get --download-only is neat, but what about now later when you > want to install them? No single command to then install all you've > recently downloaded, without editing each history entry or scanning > ctimes of files in /var/cache/apt/archives/? > apt-get install should work ... it

Re: [OT] SCO is going all out now

2003-07-21 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > Do you suspect there could be a long enough delay between releasing > the alleged infractions and producing a clean kernel that fully > changing OSes could make sense, however? > like u said .. if worst comes to worse. either ppl will develop patches and features for the latest hardware or som

Re: [OT] SCO is going all out now

2003-07-21 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > If worst comes to worst and SCO finally show some incriminating code > in 2.4, stepping back to 2.2 until the relevant bits are purged from > 2.4 is all anyone should need to do to cover their assets in countries > where this becomes an issue. ya .. very true and debian makes it even better by

Re: Shared address book for Outlook?

2003-07-18 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> I'm looking for software to set up a shared address book (names, email have u looked at opengroupware. that might be what u need. it just reached version 1 few days back. but that should'nt stop u .. would it ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Exim virus scanner?

2003-07-10 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
check out clamav .. its in testing - Original Message - From: "Louie Miranda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: Exim virus scanner? > Hello, > > Does anyone know an exim virus scanner for debian? > > > -- > Thank you, > Louie Mirand

Re: pdf creator

2003-07-08 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is, > then which program do I need to use? > ps2pdf . txt2pdf .. basically u need ghostscript and the scripts that come with it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: S3 Trio 64/32

2003-07-08 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 08:47, Jose colmenares wrote: > > I've just installed Debian, but cannot configure the video card. I > > have a S3 Trio 64/32, but don't know what driver to use. The closest > > option that appears when I run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 it's > > something like s3verig

Re: Securing a Debian server

2003-07-08 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
have a question concerning this. RH offers to check servers and optimizing these for maximum security, does Debian offer this? Or is there a guide on how to do this somewhere? there is a securing debian guide somewhere on the documentation pages. as u know, debian is a volunteer driven service so

Re: Totally Remote Debian Install Help

2003-06-15 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > > Now, I'm trying to figure out how to replace its current Windows 98, with > > Debian Linux, preferably without having to rely on anyone there doing > > anything to the machine beyond switching it on (and perhaps hitting the > > reset button). If anyone has done something similar, or can see

Re: Console password generator

2003-06-12 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> Im not sure if debian package has a password generator. > Do we have one? I think I saw one but I couldn't figure where. > try apt-cache search password generator. i don't have access to my debian box rite or else i would have given u the output. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Beginers guide to spamassain ?

2003-06-09 Thread Sharninder Singh
he >> message, >> and send spam _with password_, in over 5 years of using it. Mostly if >> it's >> _real_ spam, the reply bounces. >> > I fed this into Google and apt-cache search and drew blanks. > > Where can I get a look at this, I'm currently c

[possibly OT] squirrelmail login problem

2003-06-05 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
i recently upgraded to testin from stable. i had squirrelmail 1.4.0 under stable and have the same version under testing also now. but it refuses to authenticate the users and shows some error saying invalid user etc. all the configurations are fine. what could be the problem... when i telnet to po

Re: Debian installation from hard disk

2003-06-05 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > Ah, OK. I think this is where I suffered burnout myself. If you > mentioned it before, it just didn't click. You may be SOL in this > case, however, I did find Linux+WindowsNT HOWTO on TLDP. Have you > seen it yet? > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+WinNT.html > the above document is u

Re: [SOLVED] can't access machine after upgrade !

2003-06-05 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> How about > > /etc/hosts.deny > /etc/hosts.allow > hehe .. it turns out that somehow iptables added a few default rules to the INPUT chain on the machine. and i was only seeing the rules which seemed fine but overlooked the default rule in the brackets which said DROP. i changed that and now eve

Re: Debian installation from hard disk

2003-06-05 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > This is the machine without a floppy or CD and running Windows that you want > to install Debian over the network? yes this machine only has a net connection. it's my office machien and as company policy i can install anything off the net but they won't give me a CD/floppy drive. > > I won't

Re: debian install without floppy or CD

2003-06-05 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > So you have no floppy, no CD drive, and no network? > um.. sorry my fault .. this box is connected to the net on a fairly fast link .. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian installation from hard disk

2003-06-05 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > Please quote as if you're in a conversation. > http://ursine.ca/jargon/html/email-style.html ok .. i tried doing that only but i guess i missed out on a line or two here and there but i've been in front of the monitor for 8 straight hours now ... > > OK, have you tried Googling for your probl

Re: Print quota package

2003-06-05 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
check out printbill .. u'l have to upgrade to testing though for that. or download it from the authours site. google would help u in that. > Hi, > > Is there a printing quota package for Debian? > What packages/programs do you recommend? > > Thanks > Mike > > > >

Re: Debian installation from hard disk

2003-06-04 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sharninder Singh-662" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:39 PM Subject: Debian installation from hard disk > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:19:59PM +0530, Sharninder Singh-

Re: Problems upgrading from potato to woody

2003-06-04 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > First question: can I force the configure stage of mc ('Setting up > mc-common (4.5.55-1.2)') to run again, so that I can get the new file? do u want this ... dpkg-reconfigure mc > > I have never got this to work before, but I had hoped it would this > time, plus I thought it would be n

Re: can't access machine after upgrade !

2003-06-04 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
the module is being loaded because i can use access the other machines on network from this machine and so ifconfig and route also don't show anything as such. i saw the ifconfig output and it's fine. will check the output of route and let u know later..tell me one thing is it possible that route l

debian install without floppy or CD

2003-06-04 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
is there any way for me to install debian on my machine here without a CD drive and a floppy drive..ie. totally off the network .. at the max. i can only get the ISOs on my machine or some other machine ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

can't access machine after upgrade !

2003-06-04 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
hi, i had a debian stable machine running since the last one year or so since woody had been released. but last week i decided to upgrade it to testing and that was the worst decision IMO. after the upgrade i could'nt boot into the machine because of some lilo error. which is fine now after i playe

Re: error from root

2003-06-03 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > I keep getting this error: > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts > --report /etc/cron.daily > this is cron trying to run anacron. disable this is cron.daily or whatever ... by default in debian cron is setup to perform a lot of necessary/unnecessary cl

Re: [Partially Solved] upgrade to testing messed up lilo

2003-06-03 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> Please refer to LILO documentation at /usr/share/doc/lilo/README.common.problems i read the docs and still am clueless because everything seems fine on the system. anyways i popped in the rescue disk used chroot to run lilo again and this time everything was fine but then i had to leave the mac

Re: odd line in sources list

2003-06-02 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > AFAIK u have to add the sources.list line for unstable and then install only > > cyrus from that using something like apt-get install -t unstable cyrus > > Yes, but there are things to do before that. Better take a good > read at the apt HOWTO manual. > hmmm, ya and that's what i meant when i

Re: odd line in sources list

2003-06-02 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> I'd like to add cyrus imap from unstable to my otherwise testing setup. > I have read back through the list & it would seem to be possible to add > this to my sources list but I cannot sort the exact line to add. Can > anyone suggest the line for a single package from unstable. > AFAIK u have

upgrade to testing messed up lilo

2003-06-02 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
hi all, i'd been running a stable system (my mail server) since a long time without any problems. yesterday i got a little adventorous and decided to upgrade it to testing. did the usual apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade. everything went on fine but after the install, squirrelmail would'nt take

Re: horse at the gate

2003-06-02 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > Are there any basic text based tools, like old DOS file managers, for > navigation or inspection? (I'm trying not to think like DOS, but it's > my native language and I'd like to start without any graphical interface.) mc is the app u r looking for. > > When wandering around how can I disti

Re: Remote KDE desktop over SSH?

2003-05-29 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > VNC is not the answer I'm looking for. VNC is slow as all hell and > even slower when given a color depth that isn't craptastic. I mean a > real, living X session over SSH. > theres something like that possible. don't remember what it's called exactly.check this link out .. http://www.cag.lc

Re: [OT] Can access friend's website, but not ftp

2003-05-28 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> Add'l info: I can't access it from my wife's XP box with Internet > Explorer. I *can* access it using SmartFTP on that same XP box. > this is definitely a passive ftp problem as in one side using it and other side not. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Reply To Field in emails

2003-02-18 Thread Sharninder Singh,,,
hi all, I don't know if anyone this problem is being faced by anyone else also but whenever i press the reply button on my webmail client (Squirrelmail) on any of the mails from the debian-user list, the mail is sent to the guy who posted the msg and not debian-user. I think the reply-to field is s