how to set console key repeat speed?

2002-09-12 Thread valerian
I'm in console mode 99% of the time, and I like the default keyboard repeat speed that is set when the machine boots up. But if I 'startx' and then exit back to console mode again, the key repeat speed is quite slower. I looked at 'stty' and 'setterm', but neither of them seems to be able to cha

Re: updatedb oddity

2002-09-12 Thread valerian
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 10:55:13PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > Ever since I first set up my box updatedb has always run on a > semi-regular basis and kept the locate db updated. Recently, it appears > to have stopped doing this. Every 8 days or so when I try to "locate" > something, I get a wa

Re: apache suexec

2002-09-09 Thread valerian
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 03:36:33PM -0700, Forrest English wrote: > Is there a way to run apache in suexec mode without compiling by hand? I > havn't used the debian packages of apache in awhile because i started > compiling from source awhile ago to keep scripts running as the user who > owns th

help with maildrop (~/.mailfilter) configuration

2002-09-03 Thread valerian
I can't seem to get maildrop to sort my mail correctly. I created a ~/.mailfilter with the configuration below, but only the first mailing list seems to get processed correctly (I tried changing the order around, and the first one listed always works, the others don't). Everything else gets dumpe

Re: can I create a .deb file from an already installed package?

2002-09-02 Thread valerian
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:19:50PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > > Is there a way to reconstruct a .deb file from an already installed > > package? > > I haven't tried it myself but look at dpkg-repack. Thanks for the pointer! This works great! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

can I create a .deb file from an already installed package?

2002-09-02 Thread valerian
I wanted to install libbusiness-onlinepayment-authorizenet-perl, but when I run apt-get, it says: Package libbusiness-onlinepayment-authorizenet-perl has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has b