Re: Help with telnet for regular user on woody

I am no xinetd guru, but if I were to guess I'd say there's something wrong with the "user=nobody" line. If the telnet daemon starts as nobody, it won't be able to gain the permissions of the user that wants to login. $ ls -l /usr/lib/telnetlogin -rwsr-xr--1 root telnetd 5736 Apr

Re: Creating a backup of the system

To save and restore the list of installed packages use dpkg --get-selections dpkg --set-selections The man page for dpkg will be useful here. From a console run 'man dpkg', or from KDE point Konqueror to '#dpkg'. To clear /var/cache/apt/archives run apt-get clean Again, he

Re: 2nd network card

If you're comfortable with editing config files by hand, you need to modify two files: /etc/network/interfaces /etc/modprobe.conf modprobe.conf is for the linux kernel 2.6. If you're running linux kernel 2.4 (likely) then create a new file (any name) in /etc/modutils/ and run upd

Re: Setting up a printer

When asking a question like this it's important to specify which environment you're using, for example KDE, gnome, or other. For KDE click K -> Settings -> Printing Manager -> Add -> Add Printer/Class or K -> Run Command... -> Command -> kcmshell printmgr Print Manager is in the package kdeprint

Re: Moving Package List

Hello, From 'man dpkg': To make a local copy of the package selection states: dpkg --get-selections >myselections You might transfer this file to another computer, and install it there with: dpkg --set-selections hello, > > i know this is probably som

Re: 7zip

You might be able to use winelib to compile 7zip from source, if you're diehard. Cheers, Shaun > Oops - sorry. > Just found that it is a Windows-only tool (even though it's GPL) > and requires the Windows SDK to compile. > [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=160928] > > Blast - I

hotplug and evbug

I'm using hotplug 0.0.20040329-8. evbug is listed in /etc/hotplug/blacklist, but it's still being loaded. Has anyone else seen this? If so, it's a bug. Cheers, Shaun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux 2.6 and modutils

20:46 dátummal Shaun Jackman ezt írta: > > The root of my problem is that the Debian 2.6 kernel uses > > modprobe.conf > > modprobe.d > > modules-2.6 > > Is this true? Then why can my system load the modules from > the /etc/modules file wh

Re: Linux 2.6 and modutils

The root of my problem is that the Debian 2.6 kernel uses modprobe.conf modprobe.d modules-2.6 instead of modules.conf modutils modules Once I figured that out, everything was easy to fix. > You are mistaken about what is a kernel module and what is

sound-slot

For Linux 2.4 I used alias sound-slot-0 nvaudio What should I use for Linux 2.6? I've seen the following three idioms: alias sound-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 Please cc me in your reply. Thanks! Shaun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Linux 2.6 and modutils

I am using the following modutils lines alias char-major-10-1 mousedev above mousedev psmouse alias sound-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias eth0 3c59x but they seem to be having no effect. For example, $ modprobe eth0 FATAL: Module eth0 not found. How can I make this work? ii modutils 2.4.26-1

MPEG info

What's a quick command line utility to find the running time of an MPEG movie? Please cc me in your reply. Thanks for your help! Shaun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Remove attachments from mbox

I want to remove all the attachments from an mbox. Can anyone suggest a good script or program for this purpose? Please cc me in your reply. Thanks, Shaun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Experimental gnupg packages

Are there any experimental gnupg-1.9 packages available? Please cc me in your reply. Thanks, Shaun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Woody KDE 3 packages

I'm using the following APT line deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1.2/Debian stable main When I update, the Release file is ignored by apt-get. Why is this? Also, I can't seem to upgrade or install the new packages. What have I done wrong here? Please cc me in your reply. Thanks, Sh

kernel-source-2.4.18 missing

I noticed kernel-image-2.4.18-* has hit all the package servers, but kernel-source-2.4.18 seems mysteriously missing. What's up? Cheers, Shaun

apt-get error "kdebase-crypto has no available version"

I get this error after an "apt-get install kdebase-crypto"... Package kdebase-crypto has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of sources.list

compiling X apps (Woody)

What packages are need to compile an X app? after a ./configure I get... checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths! Thanks, Shaun

X11 headers

Which package includes the X11 headers? I'm running Woody. Thanks, Shaun