Modules autloading and cleaning

Hi,my /etc/modules have the following (I put them there myself) af_packet #I don't even know if this is needed 3c59x mousedev vfat ide-scsi Where would the the appropriate place to put them so the kernel daemon can autoclean those? because I notice when I do lsmod, these modules don't have the

Locale Setting

Hello I have this in my /etc/locale.gen en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 then I export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8, but the prob is when I startx the fonts look big and weird .. not sure why . Anyone has any idea ? thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: NTFS partition only readable by Root

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 21:39:36 -0700 Marc Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=007 thank you very much - it works -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

NTFS partition only readable by Root

Hi, I have ntfs (win2k) mounted on /mnt/hda1, but it's only readable by root. I can mount it as a user however. Just not readable by user this's what I have in the fstab file /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs user,noauto,ro,exec,noatime - thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: How stable is dual head, twin view feature ?

> I have XFree86 4.1.0.1 running with a GeForce 2 400MX card with the driver > from nvidia.com. I haven't tried xinerama, but I do know that the GeForce 2 > does not support interlacing. Perhaps this is related? I am not sure, I have many good experiences with nvidia card on Linux except wi

Re: How stable is dual head, twin view feature ?

I just got the Matrox g400 32MB one and replaced my Geforce2 Quadro. I use the Matrox's driver. It seems solid, no X crashed or freeze, yet! I do not use Xinerama but using 2 screens instead. However I notice that my monitors (LCD's) console tty screen is off, the text moved too far to the left.

Re: How stable is dual head, twin view feature ?

> - Nvidia GF2 - couldn't get the Nvidia binary drivers even to run, let > alone try it with Xinerama. I got it working, it just crashes and freezes X too much that I have to stop using it. > - Matrox G550 - smoothest setup and nicest 2D. 3D performance somewhere > between sucky and non-existen

How stable is dual head, twin view feature ?

Hello I have a Woody system (kerne 2.4.18) with XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1. I also have a Radeon 7000ve with twinview, and an Nvidia gforce2 quadro with twinview. However, I just can't get dual monitor run well on this system. For the Radeon card, the twinview feature doesn't work at all, I was

Re: Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

> it is probably okay actually. after all, when you deactivate swap, all > swap files have to be emptied and writting into memory. > unfortunately, memory might not be able to hold it all, and swapping > occurs. until all is swapped in, it takes a while. > But it never get passed that stage ...

Re: Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 10:19, Rob Ransbottom wrote: > This may be another process hanging. What happens > if you swapoff everything when the system is lightly loaded? > Same thing happens, the HD blinks forever ... I suspect something 's wrong with my config - can someone look at it an see if an

Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

Hello, I just recompile the kernel for my old machine. I can boot into this new kernel and everything seems like what I wanted, except when I shut down the computer It tries to turn off all services and such but at the line "Deactivating swap " the HD led just blinks and it won't pass that

ipmasquerading stops when dialup service is dropped

Hello, I have dialup and ip masq to share my dial up connection among my personal network. The problem is when I stop the connection, and redial again, I 'have' to rerun the rc.firewall in order for ipmasq to work. Is this a normal behavior ? Is there anyway so that I don't have to re-run rc.fire

appearance of xfce on Debian

Hi, I apt-get install xfce and when I start it . I cannot see the xfce main bar. Why is Debian setting up xfce this way ? How can I get the normal xfce main bar ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how to also remove files that were required for some package ?

Hi, just wondering if apt can do something like this when I get package A, it also fetch the required packages B and C now when I want to remove A, can apt intelligently remove B an C also ? (assuming no other package require B and C) thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

open ports question

Hi, I have the following ports open and I am not sure what they are. Whether or not they are really needed. My other Linux box (rh) doesn't have these so I am wondering what these are in Debian 9/tcp opendiscard 13/tcp opendaytime

Mod probe: can't locate module char-major ....

Hi, I am new to Debian Linux - I just had it installed several days ago - when boot up I notice there are several messages "Mod probe: can't locate module char-major " , I recompile the kernel manually and this is what I set in the Native Lanague Support category Default NLS Option iso88

accidently overwrite /etc/syslog.conf

Hi, I accidently overwrote the file /etc/syslog.conf - (was trying to append but instead use echo "command" > /etc/syslong.conf instead of >>) Is there anyway I can rebuild this file ? or uninstall or reinstall some package that can rebuild it ? Or can someone send me theirs instead ? Tia