Re: How to disable a network interface

2009-02-02 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 22:31 +0100, Nagy Daniel wrote: > What is the -_offical_- way, for disabling an on-board LAN [like > eth0], I mean it stays disabled after reboot too? > > Thank you in anticipation in /etc/network/interfaces, there is a line, which brings up the networks on boot: ---snip---

Re: AD-like environment under Linux

2009-02-02 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 22:11 +0100, Nagy Dániel wrote: > > eg.: I have a Linux server, and can a Windows client log in with eg. a > roaming profile? What is the goal to achieve? Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: hald/dbus Question

2009-01-31 Thread subscriptions
On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 17:14 +0100, Thomas H. George wrote: > > Notes: The system will boot to Ubuntu with no problems, it is just > trying to run it as chroot that fails to open the desktop window. What are you trying to accomplish? Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: Joining Two Videos

2009-01-28 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 13:58 +0100, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I have to join two videos, in different versions, one in .mpg for > DVDs > > and one in .mp4. What's the best program that can do this without > > glitches or a high learning curve on Etch? No editing, no dissol

Re: Fsck encrypted filesystem

2009-01-26 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 09:17 +0100, line...@ruiner.halo.nu wrote: > Hi > > I have a relaively recent debian install with LUKS encrypted filesystem, > default options. > > An error has been detected on the HD and it will not boot anymore, FSCK wants > the root password to do system maintenence. >

Re: 'who am i' command does not produce output in 'mrxvt'

2009-01-23 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 21:44 +0100, Countable Infinity wrote: > 'who am i' produces the following output in gnome-terminal: > > hum...@nifty:~$ who am i > humptypts/22009-01-24 02:12 (:0.0) > > However, in mrxvt, it does not produce any output. > > hum...@nifty:~$ who am i > hum...@ni

Re: sound card not detected

2009-01-21 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 17:22 +0100, Tamas Hegedus wrote: > > I really do not have the module. ... > This does not return anything on my computer: > locate snd-intel8x0 | grep 686 Have you run 'updatedb' lately (or through cron), such that 'locate' database is up to date? Best, Rob -- To UNSU

Re: how to download Java Applet

2009-01-18 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 19:17 +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I saw on remote server an applet running I want to download it, I > saved > the file, I checked the files are downloaded comprising the applet (at > least with that name), when I ran it locally, it didn.t work !!! > Here for exa

Re: apt-get upgrade error: package `coreutils' contains empty filename ?

2009-01-17 Thread subscriptions
On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 21:33 +0100, Eric Higgins wrote: > > # apt-get upgrade ... > Preconfiguring packages ... > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.26_arm.deb (--unpack): > files list file for package `coreutils' contains empty filename > Errors were e

Re: Anyone got qc-usb working with kernel 2.6.28 and amd64?

2009-01-06 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 20:51 +0200, subscriptions wrote: > On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 02:24 +0100, Micha Feigin wrote: > > I'm trying to get a Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Web (lego webcam based on > > logitec) working on my box running kernel 2.6.28 amd64 kernel. I > > managed

Re: Anyone got qc-usb working with kernel 2.6.28 and amd64?

2009-01-06 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 02:24 +0100, Micha Feigin wrote: > I'm trying to get a Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Web (lego webcam based on > logitec) working on my box running kernel 2.6.28 amd64 kernel. I > managed to fix compilation errors using a patch I found on the bug > tracking system plus some extra mo

Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues

2008-12-21 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 05:42 +0100, M.Lewis wrote: > > I having an issue with my RAID array. I get some errors on boot, but the > boot process is going beyond them and mounting the drive anyhow. So far > as I can tell, all the data is present and readable. I would like to > resolve these errors tho

Re: alsa and default sound input/output

2008-12-14 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 11:05 +0100, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > > subscriptions wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am using Skype and my webcam has an in-build microphone. > > > > Is it possible that after hot-plugging the webcam, the default > > mic

alsa and default sound input/output

2008-12-13 Thread subscriptions
Hi all, I am using Skype and my webcam has an in-build microphone. Is it possible that after hot-plugging the webcam, the default microphone (input) is from the webcam? But at the same time the default sound output is still to the on-board sound-card (i.e. laptop speakers)? At the moment I have

Re: tcpip stops working after some time

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 22:10 +0100, Micha Feigin wrote: > > For some reason after a few days of uptime , tcp stops working on my > machine. > Ping and dns lookups work, tcp doesn't. I tried both wired and > wireless, > removing the firewall and unloading all firewall related modules but > nothing >

Re: expand /var, decrease /home space

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 10:51 +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > > Appropriate Docroot and Log entries in /etc/apache/sites-enabled/* > complete the picture, and it leaves /var/www pretty much untouched. (I > use Alias directives to link back into /var/www/* as and when > necessary.) Note: /etc/apache2/s

Re: common folder for a group of users

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 12:27 +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello, > > thanks for your quick reply. > > I have an another question: > may the MASK of the involved user be adapted ? > > Thanks, > Jerome The mask is set locally or can be set in /etc/login.defs Whichever you prefer. Best, Rob -

Re: common folder for a group of users

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 10:45 +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > subscriptions wrote: > > The folder has group in which the users reside. > > > > The permissions on the folder are rws. > > You probably meant permissions: drwxrws--- > > Johannes Yep! -- To

Re: common folder for a group of users

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 08:37 +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > A pair of user asked me to create a common folder: > what is the (best) Debian way to do it ? > > Thanks in advance, > Jerome The folder has group in which the users reside. The permissions on the folder are rws. Best,

Re: expand /var, decrease /home space

2008-12-11 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 00:39 +0100, steve wrote: > fairly successful attempt at running a webserver it made /var only 2.8 > gig and made /home 280 something gig. > > now I want /var to be say 200 gig, and /home alot smaller. for > obvious reasons. If the reason is using www, why not configure

Re: mirroir debian sarge

2008-12-11 Thread subscriptions
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 15:59 +0100, Anthony wrote: > > bonjour, > > je ne parviens plus a trouver le mirroir officiel sarge. > A t-il été supprimé, ou deplacé ? > Nous avons encore des machines en sarge... > > merci Bonjour, Je ne connais pas la réponse, mais si vous poser la question en anglai

Re: Unrestrict chown?

2008-12-10 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 22:40 +0100, Christopher Zimmermann wrote: > Hi! > > On my debian box using linux kernel its not possible to give away > files: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% touch foo > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% chown otheruser foo > chown: changing ownership of `foo': Operation not permitted > > on

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-12-08 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 15:23 +0100, Arthur Marsh wrote: > lee wrote, on 2008-11-29 04:07: > > > Hm, I've always been using the kernels from kernel.org without > > problems. > > How do you make .deb's of kernel.org kernels under Debian > (kernel-package, checkinstall, ???) > > Arthur. Download

Re: X-server doesn't start after boot-up

2008-12-08 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 19:41 +0100, raman narasimhan wrote: > > > i've a debian etch system.. i'm using the grub loader.. immediately > after the boot process when the login screen is to take over, instead > of the login screen, i get this > > ... > | Hz ? | > ...

Re: Remote signing of large files

2008-12-06 Thread subscriptions
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 12:26:31PM +, Magnus Therning wrote: > I'd feel a bit more safe if the signing could be done on a separate > server. However, the built files are large and I don't want to > introduce a bottle neck by transfering all files back and forth over > the network. The above

Re: Mounting Samba and fstab problem

2008-12-06 Thread subscriptions
On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 17:52 +0100, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > I'm trying to set up a Samba share on a Lenny laptop that I > can access as a regular user (i.e., me). I've tried going > through the man pages and Googling, but I'm still hung up on > something. > > I can mount it manually with: > >

Re: cryptsetup, hald and automounting external disk

2008-12-06 Thread subscriptions
On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 00:50 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: > On 04/12/08 21:28, subscriptions wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am using cryptsetup (LUKS) successfully on most of my partitions (i.e. > > not /boot) and external disk drives. > > > > For the ex

Re: Monitor is going blank

2008-12-05 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 15:58 +0100, Brian Kimsey-Hickman wrote: > I have a fresh Debian Stable installation that I am trying to use as a > informational kiosk. The only thing I changed from the default installation > was to switch from gdm to kdm. My problem is the screen is going blank after >

cryptsetup, hald and automounting external disk

2008-12-04 Thread subscriptions
Hi all, I am using cryptsetup (LUKS) successfully on most of my partitions (i.e. not /boot) and external disk drives. For the external drives, HALD recognises the LUKS encrypted partition and prompts for a password. Does anybody know where I can configure the system such that the external disk

Re: insserv & encrypted /home

2008-12-03 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 22:44 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 21:55 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > >> > >> I recently re-installed Debian on my laptop because I wanted to > >> repartition my hard drive and use an encrypted filesystem > for /home. > >> Everything went quite sm

Re: insserv & encrypted /home

2008-12-03 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 21:55 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Hi, > > Short version: does anybody use cryptsetup and insserv at the same > time > successfully? > > I recently re-installed Debian on my laptop because I wanted to > repartition my hard drive and use an encrypted filesystem for /home.

Re: advice on cloning system

2008-11-26 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 17:25 +0100, François Cerbelle wrote: > > Le Mer 26 novembre 2008 09:39, tom arnall a écrit : > > Copy to the new machine from old with: > > su > > mount /dev/sda3 /sD > > cp -dRvpu / /sD > > The drive on the new machine

Re: Fw: shorewall newbie Revisit: new IP

2008-11-26 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 16:07 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > > > using 10.1.1.5, gw/dns = 10.1.1.4 You have a DNS on 10.1.1.4? > C:\>ping www.yahoo.com > Ping request could not find host www.yahoo.com. Please check the name > and try again. No DNS on 10.1.1.4, so the ip of www.yahoo.com can n

Re: Fw: shorewall newbie Revisit: new IP

2008-11-26 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 13:41 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > > > route -n > Destination GatewayGenmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface > 10.20.20.125 0.0.0.0255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth1 > 10.0.0.

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

2008-11-25 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 15:34 +0100, Manuel Gomez wrote: > Hi, i would like to know a tool or software to erase the cache, clean > the registry... > > Somebody could help me? > > Thank you very much, I appreciate your help. > from: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/flush-my-

Re: Fw: Shorewall with Debian

2008-11-25 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 08:44 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > > netstat -atn > > tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:1 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:113 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN > tcp0 0 0

Re: Fw: Shorewall with Debian

2008-11-24 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 07:00 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > > Just to clear up bit mis-understanding > I did not put same IP on eth0 and eth1, they 10.1.1.1 and 10.1.1.4 > But both did reside on the same subnet: 255.0.0.0 > With this scenario, I assume you corrected me by saying this > configura

Re: Fw: Shorewall with Debian

2008-11-24 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 06:36 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > > Thanks for the reply, > > I admit, yes, it was mistake to create both NIC on the same subnet, > though I need to study more about this > > 'ping 10.1.1.5' on my Debian > - with eth0 only, resulting: From 10.1.1.4 icmp_seq=10 Destina

Re: Fw: Shorewall with Debian

2008-11-24 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 04:58 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > > > Checked: > IP_FORWARDING=On > > Another things that bothering me > I am using class A network as 10.1.1.x/24, subnet 255.0.0.0 > > ~# ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:50:18:FD

Re: Encrypt file while you are using it

2008-11-24 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 15:59 +0100, Manuel Gomez wrote: > Hi, i would like to maintain encrypt an archive in all moment, so i > would like to know what software can be this. > > Now i am using Truecrypt, but when i mount the encrypted directory it's > vulnerable. Not when your permissions on the f

Re: receive system mail into inbox?

2008-11-23 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 21:36 +0100, Jack wrote: > Transmission failed: Could not lock /var/mail/myusername > of course i'm trying to read my own mail. > Permission problems? > > ls -lah /var/mail/ > > drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4.0K 2008-11-23 21:31 . > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4.0K 2008-07-26 12:05

Re: receive system mail into inbox?

2008-11-23 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 19:22 +0100, Jack wrote: > > Hello, > > is it possible to receive system user mail (the mail one can usually > read > using the command line "mail" program, for example system error > reports) as > normal mail through kmail or any other desktop mail program? > > If yes, how

Re: playing multimedia over my local network - how?

2008-11-21 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 23:04 +0100, H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for a setup to play movies and music and to browse photos > over my local home network (mostly Debian, one Ubuntu machine, sometimes > a Windows machine on the wireless network). How do I start doing that? > My objective is t

Re: Xorg not starting fully on Thinkpad T21

2008-11-21 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 13:12 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: > Morning all. > > I've got quite an intermittent problem with my laptop: > When I boot, sometimes it gets as far as starting GDM, and then the > screen goes blank as per the usual change from a text display to a > graphical one, but the grah

Re: Login manager will not let me log in - machine thrashing

2008-11-20 Thread subscriptions
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 21:53 +0100, Ken Heard wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a newly reinstalled Etch plus KDE in a dual core desktop. After > the installation was finished I was able to reboot and log in using kdm. > > The next morning, when I turned on the c

Re: X11 Forwarding with Lenny?

2008-11-20 Thread subscriptions
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 22:05 +0100, swm38 swm38 wrote: > Hello, > > I can't get X11 Forwarding working with lenny as server. > > Client is Debian Lenny too, X11 Forwarding works fine with an etch server. > > The lenny Server is running with the exact same sshd_config as the etch server > > X11Fo

inline pgp not working in evolution (when using base64 encoding?)

2008-11-15 Thread subscriptions
Hi all, I use PGP at home and at work using Evolution 2.22.3.1 (both Debian Lenny, appears identical setup). When clicking the email in Evolution at work, it prompts for a password. However at home, Evolution does not prompt for a password. The Evolution program at home *does* prompt for a passw