Creating .deb package

2002-06-21 Thread arthur_dent
Hi, Does anyone know if I can create a .deb package from a tar.gz source driver package I downloaded for an LPC3-TX (I think it's a 16bit ) 10/100 network PCMCIA card. Thanks in advance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Re: Solutions for booting dual OS (separate HDs)

2002-06-20 Thread arthur_dent
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 01:06, David P James wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am still booting from floppy and it takes ages so I look for help: > > > > I have hda with win2k on it. Boots if no cd-rom or floppies in drives. > > > > And then there is the hdb with debian. Boots from floppy (loads

Re:Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...

2002-06-17 Thread arthur_dent
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:41, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 12:06:46PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote: > > Anyone able to recommend options for a replacement? I know that the > > cheaper internal modems are very likely to be winmodems, and (possibly) > > unsupported, but I'm not so sure a

https and ssl in Konqueror Browser

2002-06-12 Thread arthur_dent
Hi all I'm running Woody 3.0 and want to use Konqueror Browser to access the Hotmail and my Bank. Whenver I try to access either I get a message that my build of Konqueror does not support the https protocol. I tried(as suggested on this list) to install the kdebase-crypto package and this does

Re:Re: Security in NON-US Woody Distribution.

2002-06-12 Thread arthur_dent
/security type protocols >>>listed and checked. I'll take a look around googleand see if I can find >>>out what https is and where it can be downloaded to upgrade Konqueror. >>>But if anyone else has any ideas I'd appreciate any further advise. >>>Cheers

THANKS Re: Security in NON-US Woody Distribution.

2002-06-11 Thread arthur_dent
Thanks for the replies on the crypto package for KDE. I queried the package manager just now and there it is in the uninstalled packages. I'll try it out tomorrow night. Thanks again. On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:51, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 06:55:54PM +1200, arthur_de

Re: Security in NON-US Woody Distribution.

2002-06-11 Thread arthur_dent
Why is it that when I purchased the disks for Woody here in New Zealand ( I dont know if it's the same elsewhere) I get a lot of NON-US software that does not seem to have much security built in. i.e. I cant even log into hotmail or my bank using Konqueror browser and when I click on 'securit

Re:Re: Beginning to try to secure my box. Thanks so far

2002-06-07 Thread arthur_dent
Thanks so far to all who replied to my earlier post asking about uninstalling a few services/programs to try to secure this box. I have downloaded and printed out the Securing Debian Manual and am beginning to wade my way through. My biggest problem here is the assumptions the authors make abo

Re: Debian:Abandon Ship

2002-06-06 Thread arthur_dent
I'm a real newcomer to Linux I know virtually nothing about it. A couple of years ago I went and got a Mandrake distro and tried to load it on my old laptop. I never expected it to be perfect, but there were too many things that went wrong..such as the lcd panel would sometimes flash off and on

Beginning to try to secure my box.

2002-06-05 Thread arthur_dent
I am trying to begin to secure my P.C.. It's only a home computer but may hopefully later be linked to a second pc via 10/100 nics. I was reading a faq on the net about securing a linux box and they recomend to not have certain services enabled unless absolutly necessary. One of these is "port

Re: ide bus speed: Thanks

2002-06-05 Thread arthur_dent
O.K. thanks for straightening me out on the pci and the ata. I'll leave the pci bus setting as it is. Thanks On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 02:06, Kent West wrote: > Jan Johansson wrote: > >>append="idebus=66" > > > > Good luck recovering that drive. > > > > Lets understand one thing here. The IDE cont

Re:List etiquette/Thanks everyone

2002-06-04 Thread arthur_dent
Hi James Thanks for the reply regarding the printer. To be honest I cant remember how I installed it. There seems to be so many different ways of doing some tasks in linux it gets a bit comfusing at times. I know that my Canon bjc 265-sp was unsupported under one of the print setups, and that w

ide bus speed

2002-06-04 Thread arthur_dent
When booting both mylaptop and a desktop I notice that during the boot sequence it says: "assuming 33MHz system bus speed... Does this mean it's assuming a PCI bus speed of 33MHz? Does that mean the system motherboard speed. i.e. some p.c's may advertise a bus speed of 100MHz or more these

testing an email alias dont respond

2002-06-04 Thread arthur_dent
Hi all just testing to see if this alias works o.k. to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]