Re: apm question: shutdown instead of user suspend

Hello What you can do is add the following line to your /etc/lilo.conf append="apm=on" then run /sbin/lilo After that it should power down when you shutdown your computer. /Fredrik - Original Message - From: "Martin Würtele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian user list" Sent: Tuesday, Apri

Re: Files that aren't supposed to be there

On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:42:45PM -0600, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: > Greetings, > Someone recently mentioned a deb that would look through your system and > basically find files that were not supposed to be there. I would think that > this would be to remove those last bits of configuration

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 04:13:44PM +, CND OConnor wrote: > Hi, > > I've used linux quite a while now, but every so often I do something to > my system I can't fix that I know will go away if I reboot. I'm lazy, I > guess, so I do. I can always make some tea. Its very silly though I'm > sure I

Re: Problem with loop mount

On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:12:06PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Jon Forsberg wrote: > > # dd bs=1M seek=300 count=0 of=bigfile > > That makes a file that consits of a single 300mb hole. (run du on it) > > > If I create the loopfile with "dd bs=1M count=300 if=/dev

Re: how do i create /dev/psaux?

On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:12:12PM +0100, zzed wrote: > On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:46:14PM +0800, Livia Admin wrote: > > ey guys.. can anyone help me in creating my /dev/psaux? > > I tried './MAKEDEV psaux' and says dont know how to make device... and > > also tried './MAKEDEV -d psaux' and still t

Re: how do i create /dev/psaux?

On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:46:14PM +0800, Livia Admin wrote: > ey guys.. can anyone help me in creating my /dev/psaux? > I tried './MAKEDEV psaux' and says dont know how to make device... and > also tried './MAKEDEV -d psaux' and still the same problem.. i'm sure > psaux mouse support in kernel is

Problem with loop mount

I do this: # cd /tmp # dd bs=1M seek=300 count=0 of=bigfile # mke2fs bigfile # mount -o loop bigfile /mnt # cd /mnt Then I start to copy a directory tree, that has around 200 MB of files, from another place into /mnt. Everytime I've tried it just stops after 50 to 100 MB. The hd isn't working and

Smartlist not sending to sender

I'm using smartlist for some small mailinglists on a Debian machine (I hope this isn't too offtopic) Is there a way to configure smartlist NOT to distribute a message to the sender of the message ? I don't want my own postings. I've tried to read the manual, but I didn't find any information on

Remote upgrade RedHat 5.1 => Debian 2.1

A friend of mine has a RedHat 5.1 machine running at a remote location, and now he's thinking about installing Debian on it. Is it possible to do that on remote, without anyone sitting feeding the machine with a CDROM and telling it how to partition disks and such things ? \EF

Re: Debian features documentation ?

, it's hard to find. Any more good documents ? \EF http://www.lysator.liu.se/~forsberg/

Debian features documentation ?

ion the word feature, I think it should be more aggressive, showing people that Debian IS a _very good distribution_. Anyway, if the documents I ask for doesn't exist, I'll try to write them. \EF http://www.lysator.liu.se/~forsberg/

dselect taking a _looong_ time

I've asked for, and quit. Without taking half a year listing all availiable packages. Am I wrong ? Where do I RTFM ? \EF http://www.lysator.liu.se/~forsberg/linux/

Re: Getting ttyx

46-380-371 282, Cellular: +46-70-6835919, http://www.lysator.liu.se/~forsberg/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DDS2 - TAPE - BACKUP

think tar can do the job, but there are also cpio. \EF --- [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2:204/[EMAIL PROTECTED], Phone: +46-380-371 282, Cellular: +46-70-6835919, http://www.lysator.liu.se/~forsberg/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mystery tape drive

he ftape driver, also included in the kernel. Good luck ! \EF --- [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2:204/[EMAIL PROTECTED], Phone: +46-380-371 282, Cellular: +46-70-6835919, http://www.lysator.liu.se/~forsberg/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Problem starting Netscape

When I try to start Netscape 3.01 (the one in dselect) i get this msg about a "Buss error'. What is it? What can I do about it? Thanx! -- Jon Forsberg -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Linux floppy disk problem

k yet, would it make any difference? Thanks for any help since I really want to get Linux working. -- Jon Forsberg -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .