Gnome 2.x backport

2003-09-17 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
where can I find a Gnome 2.x backport? Thanks Valter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Upgrading to testing

2003-09-16 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
I am trying to use sarge. To do so I followed these steps 1. Installed woody 2. apt-cdrom add (sarge cds) 3. apt-get update 4. apt-get upgrade 5. apt-get install x-window-system Are these the best options? Now I want to make gnome my desktop but I am not sure about what package should I install

xdm, icewm....X config indeed

2003-09-09 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
Currently I am using woody. I installed icewm using the following apt-get install x-window-system apt-get install icewm and everything is ok but I was wondering: What is the xdm startup sequence? Where is defined icewm as my window manager? My system doesn't have .xinitrc, .xsession or whaterv

From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO-2

2003-08-19 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
I am following the From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO-2 along with Pocket-Linux-Guide, but I am unable to execute some exercises.   From-PowerUp asks to   1. Hexedit unios - but the link is broken 2. Install lilo on a floppy disk   The second is step is acomplished by Pocket-Linux, but when I

Re: iptables and nat

2003-08-14 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
The follow link has a great explanation about traversing tables and chains. http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html Just when I read that I understood that chain and tables are intermingled. Valter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Setting up eth0 - estrange behaviour on Woody

2003-07-21 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
Shaul Karl 200.152.201.242 is my internet address which I alredy tested with a Window 98 machine. below are the outputs ifconfig and ping: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:CC:8D:65 inet addr:200.152.201.242 Bcast:200.152.201.241 Mask:255.255.255.248 UP BROADCAS

Re: How does a distro born?

2003-07-18 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
> You might want to go the Knoppix route and modify Debian... there is even > a Brazilian effort, Kurumin. You might want, for example, to create a > GNUrumin, running localised Gnome instead of KDE... I alredy know Knoppix/Kurumin but this isn't what I am pursuing. What I am pursuing is a deepe

Setting up eth0 - estrange behaviour on Woody

2003-07-18 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
I am trying to set up eth0, thru etherconf package, but something odd is happening. These are the IP addresses IP: 200.xxx.yyy.242 MASK: 255.255.255.248 GATEWAY (ROUTER): 200.xxx.yyy.247 ifconfig returns the broadcast addr as 200.xxx.yyy.255 when I think that the correct is 247 when I ping the

How does a distro born?

2003-07-15 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
I know this question is a little off-topic and with a broad scope. And I am not interested in set up a new distro. The fact is: I really want to know and perhaps be able to setup a ultra-mini-distro just to tell myself: I did it. I guess that thousands of people would enjoy that. I read Linux F

Re: Postfix and amavisd-new backports on Woody

2003-06-16 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
Where do I find those backports? Valter - Original Message - From: "Christian Schoenebeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: Re: Postfix and amavisd-new backports on Woody > Es geschah am Freitag, 13. Jun

Postfix and amavisd-new backports on Woody

2003-06-13 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
How do I install Postfix and amavisd-new backports on a Woody machine? Is there a way to install those backports using a CD instead of a Internet connection? Thanks Valter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Amavis-postfix or other (woody)

2003-06-06 Thread Valter G. Nogueira Jr.
I tried hard to configure amavis-postfix but I see nothing been done. I had already posted this in a diferent thread. What I need is an easy step-by-step decription of installing a scan mail over my postfix (woody). I want to strip off and long emails passing over my postfix which have .exe, .sc