Re: Where is nslookup

on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 11:29:34PM +, Brian Potkin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 12:46:36AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:08:15AM +0100, Robert Waldner ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > A very c

Re: reiserfs install

on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:17:13PM +0100, Arnout Engelen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I'm getting a new harddisk for my laptop soon, and I'd like to try > installing Debian on reiserfs on it. I was thinking of doing it like > this: > > - install debian on 'spare' partition (by CD's)

Re: Do I still need xfst with XFree86 4?

on Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 08:55:06PM -0500, Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Do I still need the TrueType Font server xfst, with XFree86 4? No. Particularly not if your TT fonts are working without them. You *can* use an external font server (I think), but certainly don't *have* to. -- Ka

Re: Why does apt-get want to remove all these packages?

on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:51:37AM +0200, Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I do not understand why does apt-get want to remove many packages. > Will I have to reinstall them? > > apt-get dist-upgrade -sq > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > The following packages

Re: Where is nslookup

on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:08:15AM +0100, Robert Waldner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >if not just type in > >apt-cache search nslookup > >should bring up the package name and what to install > > > >> I just could not find command nslookup in my Debian box. > >> Would you please tell me which pack

Re: sending mail.. ANYONE?

on Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 05:54:58PM -0500, Mark Livingstone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > i'm running a small network.. my gateway is 192.168.0.1 (or 24.x.x.x > resolved to blah.com). i also have few clients as 192.168.0.2,3,4 > > question is: how do i send mail to those clients? they all are > co

Re: Security: Compromised?

on Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 01:05:42PM -0600, Dave Sherohman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 07:39:18PM +0100, William Leese wrote: > > to me, this doesn't look good. half of these services i know i do not have > > installed, neither do they show up on a ps aux. I'm running tcpwr

Re: reconciling/registering local customizations with dpkg/apt?

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:14:30AM -0800, Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Anyone have a good way to register local customizations with the > Debian package mechanism? For example, suppose file X is provided by > Debian package Y.deb, and I patch X to provide some functiona

Re: Does anyone?

on Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 04:51:04PM -, Lee Baldwin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Does anyone know why the files are .iso when you download them?? Standard extension for CD-ROM disk images. Short for ISO9660, the CDR filesystem standard. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ W

Re: THANK YOU!!

on Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 04:49:34PM -, Lee Baldwin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Thanks to everyone for the tremendous response I've got in just a few > hours, thanks for the help! I've only got a 56k modem and not a very > fast connection. So I am emailing cheapbytes.com to see how much the > s

Spam response tools (was Re: Nude, FREE, Live AMATEURS!!!!!!)

on Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 08:38:39AM -0300, Carlos Laviola ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On 21-Mar-2001 Arne Goetje wrote: > >> If you read the headers you'll see it's coming from a yahoo web mail > >> account. Not from AOL. Though the originating *relay* IP is from citilink, IIRC. I've deleted

Re: Really easy FTP question

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 09:22:45PM -0800, Matheson Cameron ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hey, > > I have a *really* easy question about FTP. How do I > enable it? I'm pretty sure It's not enabled as I read > that it's insecure (I want to use oftpd eventually), > and it doesn't work. Is their a

Re: Cc: ing to debian-user when replying to a question

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:53:13PM -0700, Jimmy Richards ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All, > > > There is something I have been confused/wondering about for some > time. I thought I once saw someone say in their reply that they > didn't need to Cc: to debian-user@lists.debian.org

Re: Printing with dvips (print too close to top of page)

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 10:22:33PM -0800, Keith Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I am using debian potato and am trying to print a document generated > by latex. Problem is, the print starts right at the top of the page > (no margin) and leaves a two inch margin at the bottom of th

Re: Partition settings.

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 01:32:59PM -0500, Sullivan, William ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Could someone please give me a ballpark figure of the maximum disk partition > settings that I could use for a networking workstation using Debian 2.2? > > My current configuration is: > hda1 197.41

Workaround: Re: xset problem -- dpms keeps shutting off

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:00:50AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > Debian/Sid, x86. > > After a system update yesterday, I noticed: > > - A new splash screen for xscreensaver. > - xset dpms keeps getting shut off. > > My monitor doe

Re: Docs for OpenSSL

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 03:33:34PM -0500, Juergen Fiedler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi! > > Could someone please point me to some good documentation for OpenSSL? I > don't think that what they have on their site qualifies. I am starting > to play around with it, and I was just trying to cre

Re: request catalogue

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 07:37:33PM +, atif ali ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > dear sir > good day > please send me your catalogue BY POST if avilable to this address: > > ATIF M ALI > AMWAJ MEDIA CENTER > P.O.BOX 2898 > KHARTOUM 1 > SUDAN > > > WITH COMPLIMENTS Debian.org doesn't maint

Re: can't launch X

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 03:42:32PM +0100, dko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > i have a stable debian and i decided to upgrade it to unstable release. > now i can't start KDE anymore. > when i launch startx i have the following error message > X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (no such file or direcotry),

Re: xset problem -- dpms keeps shutting off

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:41:34AM -0600, Andy Wettstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:00:50AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Debian/Sid, x86. > > > > After a system update yesterday, I noticed: > > > > - A new splash scre

Re: xset problem -- dpms keeps shutting off

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 09:20:46AM -0800, John Bagdanoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:00:50AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Debian/Sid, x86. > > > > After a system update yesterday, I noticed: > > > > - xset dpms keeps

Re: Gnome font size settings?

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:40:00AM -0500, Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon Mar 19 21:24:10 2001 wrote... > > > > > >--m51xatjYGsM+13rf > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Content-Disposition: inline > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > >on Mon, Mar 19, 200

Re: question about using groff to format ASCII text

on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 09:55:15AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I need to convert an ASCII text document to dvi, and I need to make the > finished document double spaced with 12-point font. I need to do so > without embedding any formatting directives in the ASCII docum

Re: virtual terminals

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:07:06AM -0700, Jed Strauss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:27:44PM -0800, Alexander Poquet wrote: > > hey folks. > > > > i was just wondering about virtual terms -- is there an easy way to change > > how many there are? debian seems to default at

Re: cdrom won't mount

Set your mailer to wrap at 72 characters. on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:17:52PM -0800, SoftHome ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I am running a pretty straight up 2.2.r2 install. I downloaded the > 2.4.2 kernel to play around a little, but when back to 2.2.18pre21, > because I just didn't have the ti

Re: New user missing his true-type fonts

on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:37:50PM +1100, Andrew Sione Taumoefolau ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a relatively new Debian user (I converted from Mandrake a month or two > ago) and am having a lot of trouble getting true-type fonts working. I'm > running a straight, recently upgraded (vi

Re: Gnome font size settings?

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:18:01PM -0500, Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have a new machine with a nice 19" monitor, with failry high > resolutint 1920x1440. However I find the resultant fonts on the Gnome > applications to be too small, for tat matter the icons themeselves are > a bit s

Re: Reboot only w/ mouse.

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 02:19:16PM -0800, Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hall Stevenson wrote: > > Actually, assuming he's looking at a console prompt or in an xterm, you > > could probably find the right letters in the various text that's > > visible. > > And if they're not, you can try t

Re: Can't rescue, read-only filesystem

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:47:55PM -0800, Morgan Fletcher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > > Boot a standalone floppy or CDR GNU/Linux system and examine your HD. > > I'd recommend Tom's Root Boot if you're running a 2.1.x kernel (TRB >

Re: Problem with yesterday's woody update

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 05:24:17PM +, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Not being conversant in perl, can someone tell me what to do about the > >following error I received after the latest woody updates: <...> > I suspect testing is broken (

Re: Why is /etc/inted.conf so empty?

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:36:16PM -0500, Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Why are so few services listed in /etc/inted.conf? Why are the ones > that are turned off by default not even thre as comments? Supply a directory listing. Note the typo in your subject. Debian doesn't install a bo

Re: bash segfaulting and not being able to log in

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:30:28AM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > > > on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 09:44:51PM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have two questi

Re: any problem with security. and non-us.debian.org?

on Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 09:44:44AM +0100, G.Angely ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Since friday 16 in the morning, the ftp servers non-us.debian.org and > security.debian.org are not accessible. > > There is a reply to a ping (same address: 132.229.131.40), but no access > for ftp ("could not chdir t

Re: Installing a new machine with a selected list of package ...

on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 06:36:19PM +0100, Bruno BEAUFILS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I would like to install my new laptop with the same packages as those > installed on my desktop (which is a sid debian). > > So I installed a basic potato debian without selecting any packages, then > after

Re: pam issuing cron login messages to every consol WHY!

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:32:27AM -0600, John Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have upgreaded to testing and have now got pam sending login messages > to every consol screen for every cron login. What is with this? How do I > get rid of it? It used to mail them to root. Redirect your syslog

Re: Can't rescue, read-only filesystem

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:33:21AM -0800, Morgan Fletcher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am running "testing", my system is up-to-date, except that I haven't > let apt-get remove the 102 packages it recently wants to remove. > > I believe I saw lilo get updated this weekend, during 'apt-get updat

Re: migrating a redhat box to dpkg/apt-get?

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:20:00AM -0800, Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Anyone taught a redhat box to use .deb packages instead of .rpm's? > I'm helping administer 100+ redhat boxes, and investigating the > possibility of using dpkg/apt-get, rather than rpm, for propagating > loc

Re: Transferring Debian

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:36:42AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I've set up and tailored a terrific potato 2.2r2 + KDE2 on my laptop and now > I'd like to replicate this same installation on my desktop via NFS. > My question is: How can I copy a Debian installation fro

xset problem -- dpms keeps shutting off

Debian/Sid, x86. After a system update yesterday, I noticed: - A new splash screen for xscreensaver. - xset dpms keeps getting shut off. My monitor doesn't automatically blank, stand-by, and shut off. If I force dpms back on and a monitor shutoff, the monitor comes back on some time lat

Re: Printer Problem

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 07:59:35PM +0100, Stephan Kulka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When I try to print out a file , I get the following message: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] - cannot open connection Connection refused > >Make sure LPD server is running on the system. > > I am quite confused, because

Re:

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 12:00:34PM -0600, Chris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Please post a subject line. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5h

Re: backing-up a system?

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 06:30:22PM +0100, Angel Parra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello! > > I meed to make a back-up of a system, I can use removeble HD's and a > CD-RECORD, ... but how to make it correctly, oncly a tar from important > directories ??? Your post isn't parsing too well

Re: Debian tutorials

on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 10:34:15AM -0700, Don Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all. I have decided to make the jump from RedHat to Debian but > I am having some problems. If any of you know of some rather > informative web sites, howto's, tutorials, and anything else that > would be of

Re: Can't SSH. need help!

Please set your line length to 72 characters, without space padding. on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 09:11:17PM -0500, Mark Livingstone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi! > > One of my boxes is running openssh_2.3.0 with only ssh2 enabled.. When > i first installed Debian and ssh i could easily connect to

Re: [OT] Linux palmtop computers?

on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:08:47AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Friday 16 March 2001 08:32, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 07:54:50AM +0800, csj wrote: > > > I'm looking for a Linux-based palmtop computer. Is there such an > > > animal? I have hit a number of pr

Re: bash segfaulting and not being able to log in

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 09:44:51PM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I have two questions: > > 1. Bash segfaults when I hit tab to autocomplete a filename. I have >checked the bash FAQ which does not address my specific problem. >Has anyone seen this? What versi

Re: keyboard won't work with netscape

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 02:15:44PM -0800, Denzil Kelly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >From time to time, I lose the ability to use my > keyboard with netscape 4.76. It appears to happen > after entering infomation in a from, and on occasion > clicking enter or submit on a form will correct the > pr

Re: Help with themes

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 12:10:02PM -0800, Alex Espinoza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I just switched from Slackware to Debian, and in the > installation everything wento ok. I have Gnome running > correctly, except for the themes. > > They don't seem to be working ok, since the themes for > the s

Re: view changelogs of new packages before installing them

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 09:05:01PM +0100, Andre Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > can I view a package's changelog without having to download it first? > This would be esp. useful for intended large downloads such as > kernel-source-*; even kernel-doc-* is more than one meg to downl

Re: start up script operation

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 02:28:23PM -0500, John Kerr Anderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I have entered a start up script named in the /etc/init.d > directory. I issued the command stop 20 0 16 .> which seemed to work OK. When I restarted the computer > the changes (starting hdpar

Re: Problemas de instalacion

on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:39:31PM +0100, El señor de los anillos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Estimado Sr: > > Hola, resulta que me he decidido a instalar Debian en un segundo > dico duro que tengo como esclavo, la instalacion se produce con > total normalidad, pero al cabo de un

Re: problem when starting X

on Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 11:19:40PM +0100, Attila Csosz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > This is a new installation of Debian Woody. I've got the following error > messages when starting X with typing 'startx'. > > > X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), abortin

Re: GDM background image

on Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 06:47:25PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: ^ Fix your system clock. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net

Re: Getting rid of Control-M in a file?

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 12:12:44AM -0800, Lars Jensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > How do I get rid of Control-M at the end of each line in a dos > text file imported to Debian? 1. select ASCII mode for your FTP transfers. 2. dos2unix myfile -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com

Re: dselect

on Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:09:04AM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to install gdk-imlib-dev package and I'm getting an error > resulting from dependancies between libungif3g and libungif3g-dev. How > can I just force the installation without worrying about the >

Re: dselect

on Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:09:04AM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to install gdk-imlib-dev package and I'm getting an error > resulting from dependancies between libungif3g and libungif3g-dev. How > can I just force the installation without worrying about the >

Re: Questions About dpkg and friends

on Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:14:07PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, I just moved over from redhat and am wondering about how to do a few > things in the debian package management system. > 1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what package it is > part of, wh

Re: trimming the logs

Please set your mailer to wrap lines at 72 characters. on Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 02:28:41AM +, Pollywog ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > My drive was about 55-60% full yesterday, but today it was 98% full, > so as an emergency measure, I 'rm -rf /opt/kde' but that only got me > to 96%. Then it hit

Re: Minimum RAM Requirement.

on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:59:39AM -0700, Simmons-Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know the minimum amount of RAM a computer needs in order to > run a basic Linux setup and then also the minimum for X Window System. Some guidelines. - 4 M: bare minimum for Linux

Re: Scripting help

on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 05:50:27PM -0600, Scott E . Graves ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If I had a list containing redundant entries, what command could I use > suppress the duplications. Here's an example list: > > man > man > ls > df > find > find > find > > This would be obtaining using `sa

Re: Reboot only w/ mouse - SOLVED

on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 07:24:02PM -0500, Barry Mathieu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > One of the responses concerning using a plam pilot to interface > with my machine will need further investigation. Essentially, you need a laplink (null) serial cable, appropriate software for the palm (there's

Re: Tux Laptop Comment and Recommendation.

on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 02:42:06PM -0800, hammack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > QLITechnology picked up Tux Laptops. Here's what I am thinking about: > Emperor (also know as a Dell Insipiron 5000), 15.1", SXGA+ 1400X1050, > 128MB, 20GB HD, CD-ROM, 1.44 FD, and Lucent soft modem with Debian > facto

Re: executable problem

on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 05:24:28PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I've just compiled a FORTRAN program but I am unable to run the > executable, because "bash: qhdiv0.e: command not found". I think > this is because the present directory it is not in the PATH. Pl

Re: Reboot only w/ mouse.

on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 03:14:44PM -0500, Mathieu, Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Trouble. > > My keyboard is not responding (poof - dead), even the LED indicator > for caps lock doesn't illuminate. I have X running, w/ ICEWM. There > is a mouse menu that allows reboot, but only works if lo

Re: xdm font failure

on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:52:12PM +, Timothy Bedding ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Okay, I solved the perl problem and managed to configure debconf. > I will explain the debconf resolution after I have got X working... > > Now, I have a problem with xdm not working. > It is xdm version 4.0.2

Re: acroread won't print

on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 07:00:10PM -0800, peanut butter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having problems printing from acroread. I use lprng with the > filter /etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter on an HP Laserjet 5M. Things > print fine from the command line and I can even save the file as a

Re: realplayer 8 won't install via apt

on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 04:49:56PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 04:27:09PM -0800, Denzil Kelly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > I am having troble installing real player 8. apt > > doesn't work. It is unable to comple

Re: realplayer 8 won't install via apt

on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 04:27:09PM -0800, Denzil Kelly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am having troble installing real player 8. apt > doesn't work. It is unable to complete the > installation because it say's that I am in a > non-interactive mode. Does anyone know what this mean? See my posts on

Re: x and console runlevels

on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 06:00:17PM -0600, Bill Morgan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 3/14/01 4:17 PM, "Noah L. Meyerhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's really quite easy. By default Debian boots to runlevel 2, and xdm > > (or gdm, wdm, whatever is installed) is started at each runlevel.

Re: x and console runlevels

on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 09:45:49PM +0100, Gergely Nagy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi! > > I want to be able to eather boot to the console or xdm (gdm). Under Redhat I > could do that with runlevels out of the box. How can I set this up under > Debian? runlevels, inittab, update-rc.d, and /etc/

Re: Netscape/WindowMaker annoyance ("XmDisplay")

on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 10:47:24AM +0100, Morten Bo Johansen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 02:55:05PM +0100, Morten Bo Johansen ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) > > > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > >

Re: is there a way to use find and rm together?

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:44:18PM +0100, Martin Würtele ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > hi, > > we have ftp users in home/ftpusers and we disabled shell acces for them. > now we have .bash* files in every user directory under /home/ftpusers. > > is there a way to use something like > find /home/f

Re: Support

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 05:11:43PM -0400, Jenner Almánzar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm sending a copy of a quotation of a server. I want to know if Linux > Debian GNU supports this server. > > Please, reply me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please don't send attachments to list. It's difficult to tel

Re: debconf bug (was Re: Realplayer: You are running in non-interactive mode...)

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 11:18:24AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 07:45:45PM +0100, Frodo Baggins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: <...> > If you'll look at my post above, you'll note that running this command > resul

Re: Netscape/WindowMaker annoyance ("XmDisplay")

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 02:55:05PM +0100, Morten Bo Johansen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 10:11:56PM +0100, Morten Bo Johansen wrote: > > > > I am using Netscape 4.76 with WindowMaker 0.64.0 on a potato >

Re: debconf bug (was Re: Realplayer: You are running in non-interactive mode...)

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 11:18:24AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 07:45:45PM +0100, Frodo Baggins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: <...> > If you'll look at my post above, you'll note that running this command > resul

Re: my organization is possibly expecting 500 IBM linux laptops....how to install efficiently?

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:41:15PM -0500, Walter Tautz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > just wondering if there are any disk image tools that would enable > rapid efficient installs. > > NOTE. Most of these laptops will most likely be dual bootable. > > I have heard there are some windows tools lik

debconf bug (was Re: Realplayer: You are running in non-interactive mode...)

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 07:45:45PM +0100, Frodo Baggins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:18:47AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com scripsit: > > I filed a bug report on this last night, um, no, that was this morning. > > Anyway, yes, I'm using testing, and I s

Re: wraping lines in mutt

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 07:09:33PM +0100, Daniel de los Reyes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > How do I wrap lines in mutt? .Currently I have smart_wrap in my > .muttrc but it doesn't seem to be enough. No, it's not ;-) I use my editor to wrap lines. In my case, vim, with the following in my ~/.vim

Re: A useful tool!

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 03:38:55PM +, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >After installing and removing packages, again and again, I am sure I > >have multiple packages which were installed to satisfy dependencies and > >which are currently doing nothing but o

Re: Realplayer: You are running in non-interactive mode...

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:24:13AM -0500, Timothy H. Keitt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 01:56:11AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:debconf]$ dpkg-reconfigure debconf > >>

Re: Booting from SCSI when there is IDE

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:46:31AM +0100, Russell Coker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > More than 3 years ago someone filed a bug report that LILO doesn't support > booting from SCSI drives when there is an IDE drive in the system. > > I am not able to test this as I don't own any SCSI devices, and

Re: Realplayer: You are running in non-interactive mode...

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:05:39AM +, Oliver Payne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:18:43PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > When trying to install/update Realplayer, I get a dialog screen during > > installation saying: > > > >

Re: Accented chars are replaced by ?'s

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:01:12AM +0100, franck routier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Le mar, 13 mar 2001 08:52:57, kmself@ix.netcom.com a écrit : > > on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:37:49AM +0100, franck routier > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: Programs in /usr/local/ and `apt-get'

on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 10:58:46PM -0800, Keith Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I have put a more recent version of WINE and a copy of Netscape4 from > the Netscape site onto my otherwise, strict potato system. I had > various reasons for doing this and put both packages into the

Re: Accented chars are replaced by ?'s

on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:37:49AM +0100, franck routier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Have you generated your locales? Not really clear on where/how this > > happens, but it's part of the locale configuration somewhere. > > > > OK, try /usr/sbin/locale-gen, and check contents of /etc/loca

Realplayer: You are running in non-interactive mode...

When trying to install/update Realplayer, I get a dialog screen during installation saying: The Real Player installer cannot proceed. You are running in non-interactive mode, and the Real Player installer needs to prompt you to download a file for it to install, and cannot. The i

Re: visudo not vi?

on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:59:12PM -0600, Jack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Here is what I got: > > > > > File read and write ^X I ^X^W Left, down, up, right ^B ^N ^P > ^F > what the heck is this editor? ae. It's supposed to be an easy editor. I find it's a pain in the

Re: Mail question

on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 08:34:00AM +0100, Marko Simendic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello! > > > Hello all! > >=20 > > I have two computers running Potato and Windows. What should I set for the > > "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" to work on host2 and vice versa?=20 > > Km> Say you have two compu

Re: Where'd the Linux modem compatibility database go?

on Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 05:00:53PM -0600, Richard Cobbe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, all. > > A friend has expressed some interest in installing Linux, so I was going to > point him to some web pages listing compatible hardware. I wanted to > supply him with the URL to the Linux modem com

Re: gpg

on Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 12:49:03PM +0100, Andre Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm new to gpg... I've installed the gnupg-package and generated a key > pair with "gpg --gen-key". When I use my DSA key (in mutt), I get a > warning this method was depricated. What am I supposed to do now? I'm

Re: newbie install 2.20 problem configuring device modules

on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:57:26PM -0500, Steve ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am installing Linux for the first time on my P90 'old beater' machine. I > am using a floppy install of Debian 2.20 (no CD Rom), and think I have > imaged all the disks correctly. > I have been plugging through the insta

Re: woody questions

on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 05:45:36PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all > > It's been a while since I read/posted to d-u, so, what's the current policy > re unstable/testing distros: do I post my questions to debian-user or to > debian-devel? General questions: debian-user

Re: Can't delete file

on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:24:14PM -0500, Brian S Enyart ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I can't complete an upgrade of the locales package due to a very odd > error: > > Unpacking replacement locales ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/locales_2.1.3-17_i386.deb > (--unpack): > una

Re: Moving redhat -> debian

on Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 09:58:15AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 01:16:53PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: <...> [Regarding switching a server from RH to Debian] > > My personal recommendation would be to set up a new serv

Re: Accented chars are replaced by ?'s

on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:07:32AM +0100, franck routier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I use unstable (latest upgrade) in my box and have the following problem : > > french accented characters are replaced by ? in some places, or just make > the rest of the text be ignored : > > 1) é à è

Re: New Install

Response directed to list. Please *don't* direct list mail to me privately for general correspondence. on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 07:54:03PM -0500, - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 12:44:44AM -0600, Kevin C. Kelly

Re: Netscape/WindowMaker annoyance ("XmDisplay")

on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 10:11:56PM +0100, Morten Bo Johansen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > > I am using Netscape 4.76 with WindowMaker 0.64.0 on a potato > system, the latter being compiled from the sources in unstable. > > Occasionally Netscape won't start when I click on its icon -- >

Re: Rich text format.

on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 03:54:06PM -0700, Simmons-Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dear Debian Group, > > I would like to know what program you would use to work with rich text > format in Linux. ted. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you und

Re: problem: kword in testing

on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 10:25:28AM -0800, Hunter Marshall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 02:21:01AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 11:32:26AM -0800, Hunter Marshall > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I have included

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