Inexpensive hardware SATA RAID suggestions?

2005-07-30 Thread jennyw
Anyone care to recommend SATA RAID controllers? I'd like to setup a relatively inexpensive box with hardware RAID 1. The system will use Sarge. I was wondering if anyone had hardware suggestions. I found a SATA RAID FAQ at: http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html Reading through the list,

Re: Problems installing Zope/Plone

2003-11-08 Thread jennyw
Still having trouble running zope. Here's what I've done: apt-get install plone (which installs zope) zopectl init default zopectl access default (and answered prompts, including creating a user) zopectl pcgi default cp /usr/lib/zope/Zope.cgi /usr/lib/cgi-bin Followed instructions on setting mod

Re: Problems installing Zope/Plone

2003-11-08 Thread jennyw
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:59:01PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:09:17AM -0800, jennyw wrote: > 'zopectl init default' Thanks! I also had to run "zopectl access default" and "zopectl pcgi default". This gets zope

Problems with php4 and testing?

2003-11-08 Thread jennyw
I'm trying to install php4 on a new install of Sarge and I'm having no luck. I'm using UML, so it's possible that has an effect. In particular, the error I'm getting is: PHP Fatal error: Unable to start session mm module in Unknown on line 0 I've tried all the things that people have mentio

Problems installing Zope/Plone

2003-11-07 Thread jennyw
I'm using testing. I tried installing plone, which installed zope. But zope isn't happy. The README.Debian file says there should be a file called default in /usr/lib/zope. But there it's not there. Also, when I try to start Zope (zopectl start), it gives this error: Starting Zope instance def

apcupsd and usb

2003-09-10 Thread jennyw
Just wondering if anyone has had any luck getting apcupsd to work with a USB UPS (Backup-UPS XS 1500, in this particular instance). I'm using apcupsd-devel 3.10.6-5 on Debian testing using kernel 2.4.20-bf2.4. When I try /etc/init.d/apcupsd start, I get: Starting APC UPS power management: apcup

Management of users using webmin?

2003-06-23 Thread jennyw
Just wondering how to setup Webmin to manage users? I've inherited a Debian box and it was setup so that there was an icon there that allowed it to manage users. We added a webmin module and then it messed up webmin so we had to remove and reinstall ... now there's nothing in webmin to manage

What driver for X for Intel D845GEBV2L?

2003-05-29 Thread jennyw
This motherboard uses the i845 chipset and the on-board video is called "Intel Extreme Graphics controller". I searched through old posts and someone said they had luck with the vesa driver. I'm not having any luck, but I'm not sure it's the driver (I know very little about X configurations).

Knoppix, Radeon 9000, and LCD

2003-05-29 Thread jennyw
I was trying out Knoppix 3.2 on my desktop and the screen goes blank during boot (after hitting return). I tried a few options, but haven't had any luck. Any suggestions? I have a Radeon 9000 video card and a ViewSonic VG800 LCD display. On my other Debian box (which has a Rage Pro), I use t

Re: PHP4 conflicts with libc6

2003-03-25 Thread jennyw
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 11:04:26AM +0100, Ren? Seindal wrote: > I have put libc6 on hold. The rest of the update will work and php4 > will not be removed. Is this what most people are doing? Since I saw the announcement, I've just been not upgrading my testing install. I figured there would be

Getting smtp-auth to work with Postfix

2002-12-19 Thread jennyw
Any tips on this? I'm running Woody, so I tried these directions: http://people.brad-x.com/~diamondc/postfix-tls-smtpauth.html But it didn't work. Here are the log entries when I try to start Postfix: Dec 19 00:20:41 towanda postfix/smtpd[9525]: fatal: parameter "smtpd_recipient_r estrictions":

Re: Handspring Visor (PalmOS, USB) sync'ing w/ Evolution?

2002-06-11 Thread jennyw
Wow. It sounds like there's a lot to learn between this post and the other two. I guess I'll start reading stuff ... Maybe I'll upgrade my kernel while I'm at it. Thanks! Jen On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 12:46:00AM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>>>

Handspring Visor (PalmOS, USB) sync'ing w/ Evolution?

2002-06-11 Thread jennyw
Has anyone gotten a Handspring Visor to sync w/ Evolution using USB? Any pointers or tips on where I might find more info? Thanks! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Blank messages from root (sent by snort)

2002-06-03 Thread jennyw
I keep getting blank messages sent from root ... I did a little digging around and found out that these are sent by /etc/cron.daily/5snort. I think this is debian specific, since it gets my e-mail address from /etc/snort/snort.debian.conf. The variable is DEBIAN_SNORT_STATS_RCPT, and the scrip

Blank messages from root (sent by snort)

2002-06-03 Thread jennyw
I keep getting blank messages sent from root ... I did a little digging around and found out that these are sent by /etc/cron.daily/5snort. I think this is debian specific, since it gets my e-mail address from /etc/snort/snort.debian.conf. The variable is DEBIAN_SNORT_STATS_RCPT, and the scrip

Re: Copying and pasting don't work in Gnome terminal

2002-04-11 Thread jennyw
:17:53PM -0700, jennyw wrote: > > Just wondering if I'm missing something obvious ... cutting and > > pasting in Gnome terminal is pretty inconsistent for me. Sometimes it > > works, sometimes it only copies the first letter or does something > > else weird. Does thi

Copying and pasting don't work in Gnome terminal

2002-04-10 Thread jennyw
Just wondering if I'm missing something obvious ... cutting and pasting in Gnome terminal is pretty inconsistent for me. Sometimes it works, sometimes it only copies the first letter or does something else weird. Does this happen to others, too, or am I special? ;-) Are there better terminal

Re: Setting up virtual users on Courier IMAP?

2002-03-28 Thread jennyw
On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 13:02, Angus D Madden wrote: > courier-imap is an IMAP server with maildir support, so it's best used > with qmail. You can use maildirs with postfix, but I have no experience > with that. I'm using courier with postfix now ... I use Procmail to write to the Maildirs. Works

Re: Setting up virtual users on Courier IMAP?

2002-03-28 Thread jennyw
On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 12:22, Ramin Motakef wrote: > > > My understanding is that to use virtual users, you need to setup userdb > > > as the authentication method. I did this by changing the authdaemon rc. > > > This works for logging in to the IMAP server, but, unfortunately, I > > > cannot get

Re: Setting up virtual users on Courier IMAP?

2002-03-27 Thread jennyw
Has anyone tried setting up virtual users with courier? I thought it was a fairly popular IMAP server ... Any suggestions would be really appreciated! Thanks! Jen On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 08:47:46AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Any tips on getting Courier IMAP to use virtual users? I'm usi

apt-get reports locale problems?

2002-03-26 Thread jennyw
When I use apt-get, I get messages like: perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LC_CTYPE = "", LANG = "english" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (

Setting up virtual users on Courier IMAP?

2002-03-25 Thread jennyw
Any tips on getting Courier IMAP to use virtual users? I'm using Debian Woody with Postfix as my MTA. My understanding is that to use virtual users, you need to setup userdb as the authentication method. I did this by changing the authdaemon rc. This works for logging in to the IMAP server, bu

Re: Any known problems with PHP4 in Woody?

2001-12-02 Thread jennyw
What's the difference between this and building using ./configure and make install? I was able to successfully build with configure and make, but I did have to change a few things ... Does the dpkg-buildpackage way make it so I don't have to tweak files to build? For example, the scripts provided

Is there a way to get older packages?

2001-12-01 Thread jennyw
For example, I'd like to install an older version of php (the current one in Woody, which I'm using, is 4.0.100 which reports itself as being 4.1.0rc2). Or do I need to download the source and build? Thanks! Jen

Re: Need help building php4

2001-11-30 Thread jennyw
- From: "Erdmut Pfeifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:43 PM Subject: Re: Need help building php4 > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:00:12PM -0800, jennyw wrote: > > Thanks! Actually, the thing I'm most unclear about is what all the output &g

Re: Computer won't power off

2001-11-30 Thread jennyw
I played with lilo.conf a bit more and it turns out it was a matter of not putting 'append="apm=on"' in the right place. I put it above the where it describes the kernel and it now works fine! Thanks to everyone for all your help! Jen

Re: Computer won't power off

2001-11-30 Thread jennyw
From: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 08:19:42AM -0800, jennyw wrote: > | I don't know ... I did a dist-upgrade. Would that upgrade the kernel? > > No. Not really something I need to do right now, but how does one upgrade the kernel if not

Re: Need help building php4

2001-11-30 Thread jennyw
al Message - From: "Erdmut Pfeifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:08 PM Subject: Re: Need help building php4 > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:30:55PM -0800, jennyw wrote: > > I've run into some problems with php4 and it's been suggested I

Need help building php4

2001-11-29 Thread jennyw
I've run into some problems with php4 and it's been suggested I recompile php4. The problem is ... I've never done this before, and reading the directions is leaving me with a few questions. First, am I getting the right files? I typed "apt-get source php4" and then found the files in /etc/apt. T

Re: Any known problems with PHP4 in Woody?

2001-11-29 Thread jennyw
Thanks ... I assume all I need to do is apt-get source php4 make and make install? Jen - Original Message - From: "Brandon N" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:14 AM Subject: Re: Any known problems with PHP4 in Woody? > I work on the phpgroupware project and w

Re: Computer won't power off

2001-11-29 Thread jennyw
just that the computer remains on. I guess the solution is to recompile the kernel? Thanks! Jen On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 09:18 PM, Oki DZ wrote: On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, jennyw wrote: After upgrading to Woody I noticed that the computer doesn't power down when I issue the "power

Computer won't power off

2001-11-28 Thread jennyw
After upgrading to Woody I noticed that the computer doesn't power down when I issue the "poweroff" command. Is this the way it's supposed to be in Woody? Thanks! Jen

Problems with Samba

2001-11-28 Thread jennyw
After upgrading to Woody, Samba is no longer playing nice with Windows 2000. I can use smbclient on the samba machine to connect to itself, so at least that's working. The error from Windows is: "The semaphore timeout period has expired.". I deleted the smb.log file at one point in an effort to re

Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
ing a list of packages ... I kind of meant finding out what tasksel installs when you select, say, "X Window System (complete)". Thanks! Jen - Original Message - From: "DvB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tue

Re: Ogg Vorbis (was Re: mp3 encoding)

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
From: "John Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well one consideration to make is the difference between listening on your PC > (with nearly unlimited storage), and on a portable player (extremely limited > storage) True ... but if you're about to take a really long car trip, portable players are nic

Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
I've recenlty posted some upgrade woes (Potato to Woody) ... I've noticed that I have quite a few packages missing that I expected to be present. I seem to have limited fonts in X for one thing (no sans serif, for example). The Gnome Control Panel was missing. A few other things, too ... Is there

Ogg Vorbis (was Re: mp3 encoding)

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
Are there any Ogg Vorbis portable players? Or support for Mac OS X? Playing music on Linux and Windows is cool, but mp3s run everywhere. Of course, I may try it anyway since I don't currently have a portable player. It looks like a great project. Jen

Re: Help with X (after upgrade to Woody)

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
Thanks to everyone! Yep, packages that should have been present were missing. In particular, xbase-clients (which contains startx, which was indeed missing) and xfonts-base as folks suggested. Are these kinds of problems common in upgrading to Woody? Donald mentioned that he'd seen xfonts-base m

Re: Help with X (after upgrade to Woody)

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
From: "Andrew Sione Taumoefolau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > so there's not reason not to :). How did it complain about missing > xserver-mach64? I didn't write down the exact message; I just remember it saying that it was missing. Sorry! Next time I'll do better ... > Anyway, the first thing you shou

Re: Help with X (after upgrade to Woody)

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
Some more info ... I realized that dpkg-reconfigure xserver-mach64 would let me choose the mach64 server. This didn't help. I also tried the vga16 server. That didn't help, either. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! Jen - Original Message - From: "jenny

Help with X (after upgrade to Woody)

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
I just tried to upgrade a Potato installation to Woody. A lot of things went wrong (details at the end of the message) but the main problem now is that X doesn't work. At one point in time while doing "apt-get dist-upgrade" the installer strongly suggested installing xserver-xfree86 instead of usi

mp3 encoding

2001-11-26 Thread jennyw
I searched old messages and learned that mp3 encoders are not included in Debian is because of some patent issues, but ... Has something changed? I did notice some mp3 stuff in the debian packages list. If things haven't changed and I'm misunderstanding something I saw, how can there be so many f

Re: How do you repair a bad LILO?

2001-11-26 Thread jennyw
Thanks to everyone for the advice. Yep, it sounds like I did the right thing to reinstall (the right root filesystem was mounted but lilo.conf was MIA; I have no idea if anything else was also missing). But now I know how to construct a lilo.conf if I need to! Jen

Re: How do you repair a bad LILO?

2001-11-26 Thread jennyw
lilo.conf being present? I mean, create a new one? Thanks! Jen - Original Message - From: "Shaya Potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Debian User List" Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 9:37 PM Subject: Re: How do you r

How do you repair a bad LILO?

2001-11-25 Thread jennyw
I reinstalled Debian 2.2. After installing the base system, it rebooted fine to finish the rest of the install. I logged in and used it for a bit then decided to reboot again. This time it hung after showing "LIL-". I asked on #debian on IRC and folks said this meant I had a bad LILO MBR. Someone s

Re: Ximian Gnome on Woody?

2001-11-25 Thread jennyw
Thanks! It helps to know why people are suggesting to not go with Ximian. I guess if the same stuff is available via apt there's not much of a point. Jen - Original Message - From: "Shaya Potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Problems with smc1211 tx

2001-11-25 Thread jennyw
Thanks! Jen - Original Message - From: "Eric G. Stern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 8:48 PM Subject: Re: Problems with smc1211 tx > jennyw wrote: > > > > I have an SMC 1211 TX n

Ximian Gnome on Woody?

2001-11-25 Thread jennyw
I've seen some posts here saying that people should not install Ximian Gnome if they use Woody. Is there a reason why? I currently have Potato on a system that I'm going to upgrade to Woody at one point. I was thinking of installing Ximian Gnome on it in the meantime ... is this going to cause hug

Problems with smc1211 tx

2001-11-25 Thread jennyw
I have an SMC 1211 TX network card which I understand uses the RTL8139 driver. Unfortunately, it wouldn't install when I was install Debian. Are there any known issues with this driver? Should I attempt to get a more recent driver? I'm installing using CDs -- potato (date on the cds is 8/25/2000 f

Re: UW IMAP 2000 shows dates as 12/31/1969

2001-11-20 Thread jennyw
ldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 11:55 AM Subject: Re: UW IMAP 2000 shows dates as 12/31/1969 > On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, jennyw wrote: > > > I'm running on potato, but I installed imap

Adding a user for ftp but without shell access

2001-11-18 Thread jennyw
Is there a way to add a user so that they can get to ftp but that they do not have shell access?   Are there any FTP servers that keep their own user lists? I just want a simple way to transfer files back and forth without giving people more access than they need.   Thanks!   Jen  

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn'tinstalledbutitis

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
Just realized I copied down the error message: Failed to open SSL key at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 153. This is when running: /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf Jen - Original Message - From: jennyw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jaldhar H. Vyas &

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn'tinstalledbutitis

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
Just realized I copied down the error message: Failed to open SSL key at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 153. This is when running: /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf Jen - Original Message - From: jennyw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jaldhar H. Vyas &

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn'tinstalledbutitis

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
ked! Anyway, thanks for all your help. And thanks for doing the packages! Jen - Original Message - From: Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jennyw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 6:34 PM Subject: Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says p

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn'tinstalledbutitis

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
I ended up upgrading to Woody. Now I can apt-get install webmin-ssl from braincells, and everything works! I'm amazed at how smooth it was. I guess I need not have worried! Jen

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn'tinstalledbutitis

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
I ended up upgrading to Woody. Now I can apt-get install webmin-ssl from braincells, and everything works! I'm amazed at how smooth it was. I guess I need not have worried! Jen

Re: How to upgrade to woody?

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
Hmm. Maybe I'll try it and see what happens ... this system isn't really mission critical right now, although it would be kind of a pain to rebuild it ... Jen - Original Message - From: ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jennyw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Saturday, Nov

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn'tinstalledbutitis

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
nks! Jen - Original Message - From: Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jennyw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 2:11 PM Subject: Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn'tinstalledbutitis > On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, jennyw wr

How to upgrade to woody?

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
I'm thinking of upgrading my potato (which has a couple packages from unstable) installation to Woody.  I'm a bit scared, since this seems like a major overhaul and since I've never tried this before. So I was hoping someone could give me an idea of what to expect (like how likely it is I'm

UW IMAP 2000 shows dates as 12/31/1969

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
I'm running on potato, but I installed imapd-ssl from braincells. It works great, except for one thing ... Messages for the inbox are delivered to a Maildir format inbox, but the other folders are in mbox (or mbx; I suspect mbox since I'm using procmail to write to them). Messages that go int

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn'tinstalledbutit is

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
7;t install now ... If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them! Thanks! Jen - Original Message - From: Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jennyw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 11:04 AM Subject: Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn't installedbutit is

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
hough everything works. Jen - Original Message - From: Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jennyw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 10:38 AM Subject: Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn't installedbutit is > On Sat,

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn't installedbut it is

2001-11-17 Thread jennyw
Jaldhar, I tried it again and it works now. Weird! But it everything is good so far. Do you happen to know if any other Webmin modules would work with Potato? Thanks! Jen - Original Message - From: Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jennyw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Debi

Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn't installed but it is

2001-11-16 Thread jennyw
olin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 11:40 AM Subject: Re: Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn't installed but it is > On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 06:01:49AM -0800, jennyw wrote: > > I tried

Trouble getting webmin-postfix; apt-get says perl isn't installed but it is

2001-11-15 Thread jennyw
Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem trying to install webmin-postfix. I apt-get installed webmin-ssl .89 (but when I run it it displays as .88). I had previously installed webmin (no ssl) and manually installed Net:SSLeay, etc., but I don't think that has anything to do with it (I didn't realize ther

Currency of packages

2001-05-31 Thread jennyw
I started using Debian because folks suggested it was easy to maintain (e.g. apt-get). I really like apt -- it certainly makes installing and downloading things a lot easier than other distributions.  However ... I'm not (yet) a heavy Linux user, and I find that a lot of times I want softwar

Re: swapon: device or resource busy

2001-05-27 Thread jennyw
atted). Thanks,   Jen - Original Message - From: jennyw To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 10:11 AM Subject: swapon: device or resource busy I recently changed my partition table, and ended up recreating a swap partition.  Ever since then, I

swapon: device or resource busy

2001-05-27 Thread jennyw
I recently changed my partition table, and ended up recreating a swap partition.  Ever since then, I keep getting the error "swapon: device or resource busy".   This is after running mkswap -c /dev/hda3 (where the current swap partition is) and updating fstab:   /dev/hda3    none    swap   

Re: Progeny install problems

2001-05-25 Thread jennyw
- Original Message - From: "John Galt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > First of all, this is a Debian list, not a Progeny list. They are I thought this list was for general discussion about Debian, and that would include specific forms of Debian. Or are we only supposed to discuss pure Debian he

Progeny install problems

2001-05-25 Thread jennyw
I'm trying to reinstall Progeny Debian 1.0 (boxed copy), and I'm getting weird problems.   My original plan was to boot off the CD, use the partition program to remove the root partition and reformat it, and proceed with the install.  This didn't work -- the Progeny partition tool accepted my

Fetchmail/MTA and received date

2001-05-23 Thread jennyw
I just downloaded a bunch of messges using fetchmail and noticed that (of course) the received date on all the messages is the same.  I realize this is probably not just a fetchmail thing but partly an MTA thing, too, but is there a way to get the MTA to set the received date to be the recei

Re: Problems installing postfix

2001-05-23 Thread jennyw
On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 09:21:10PM -0700, jennyw wrote: > > Does the default installation of postfix work out of the box? I tried apt-get install postfix and then apt-get install mutt. I run mutt and it says: > > > > /var/spool/mail/user: No such file or directory (errno = 2) > >

Problems installing postfix

2001-05-22 Thread jennyw
Does the default installation of postfix work out of the box?  I tried apt-get install postfix and then apt-get install mutt. I run mutt and it says:   /var/spool/mail/user: No such file or directory (errno = 2)   Is this normal? I tried installing exim and sendmail instead, but the same thi

hda messages when booting

2001-04-28 Thread jennyw
I get these messages when booting with Kernel 2.2.19 (which Progeny Debian for some reason installed as default when I did an upgrade). This doesn't happen with 2.2.18. Everything boots up fine, but I was wondering what these errors mean and how to address them. I also get these with Libranet 1.

Re: dpkg can't find ldconfig?

2001-04-02 Thread jennyw
Thanks to everyone for the responses! I think I know what caused the problem, but fixing it is still a mystery. I tried installing mcrypt at one point, which required libc6 2.2.1-2 or greater (a newer version than the one in potato). Later on, when I tried to install something via gnome-apt, it

Re: dpkg can't find ldconfig?

2001-04-02 Thread jennyw
Thanks to everyone for the responses! I think I know what caused the problem, but fixing it is still a mystery. I tried installing mcrypt at one point, which required libc6 2.2.1-2 or greater (a newer version than the one in potato). Later on, when I tried to install something via gnome-apt, it

dpkg can't find ldconfig?

2001-04-02 Thread jennyw
Weird problem ... I tried installing some software I downloaded (compupic -- software to manage images) using dpkg -i and dpkg returned: 'ldconfig' not found on PATH. I searched the file system and there is no ldconfig anywhere. I tried 'apt-get install ldconfig' and it says: Reading Pac

Cheap video cards

2001-03-31 Thread jennyw
Does anyone have a recommendation for cheap PCI video cards that work well with X? Thanks! Jen __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text

Cyrus imapd 2.0.12

2001-03-28 Thread jennyw
Does anyone know if there's a .deb package for the latest Cyrus imapd? Thanks! Jen __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text

Re: Mouse problems on X (intellieye)

2001-03-24 Thread jennyw
hould fix you. > On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 10:36:50AM -0800, jennyw scribbled... > > I'm using an Microsoft's optical mouse (Intellieye), and am having > > trouble getting it to work well with X. In particular, I can't get > the > > mouse to emulate the middl

Mouse problems on X (intellieye)

2001-03-24 Thread jennyw
I'm using an Microsoft's optical mouse (Intellieye), and am having trouble getting it to work well with X. In particular, I can't get the mouse to emulate the middle button (I tried using Emulate3Buttons). I'm using Debian 2.2 which comes with XFree86 3.3.6.11. Although I think this is an X issue

How to clear dselect list?

2001-03-24 Thread jennyw
For some reason, when I run dselect and select I for install (without using S for select), I get a list of stuff I don't remember selecting (this happened shortly after I installed Ximian Gnome using apt, per Ximian's instructions). Some of the files it says it's going to remove include task-helix