Re: Frozen message in exim

2000-12-01 Thread Johann Spies
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 07:03:24PM +0100, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: > I have this is exim's log: > > 2000-11-30 18:08:01 Start queue run: pid=2778 > 2000-11-30 18:08:01 13kqJX-UX-00 Message is frozen > 2000-11-30 18:08:01 End queue run: pid=2778 > 2000-11-30 18:38:01 Start queue run: pid=577

xmahjongg Version 3.0b10 geometry problem

2000-12-01 Thread Johann Spies
On my potato system (gnome) xmahjongg does not fit on the screen. Using the --geometry options does not solve the problem as it only determines the size of the window used and not the size of the tiles. Is this a bug? Johann -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 082 782 0336 / 023 55 11 568 "But grow in grac

Problems install debconf

2000-12-01 Thread Mike
Has anyone managed to install the debconf from woody? I've been trying to install it with no luck. It keeps claiming that it depends on libapt-pkg2.7 which I can't find anywhere. But when I check debconf's dependancies on the packages.debian.org site, the libapt-pkg2.7 dependancy is nowhere to b

Re: Wierd ISP Email Processing

2000-12-01 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:34:23 PST, Steve Witt writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >host smtp.flashcom.net.criticalpath.net [209.228.150.115]: >553 To send mail, first check your mail with a valid POP account; this pre >vents una

Re: Command to determine resolution

2000-12-01 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 09:09:34PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Sounds as if 100 dpi is actually lower resolution (larger font) than 75 > dpi. 'That right? > > I prefer better res, myself. Think about it for a moment. 100 dots per inch vs. 75 dots per inch. The 100 dots per inch is defi

Re: Xterm Font

2000-12-01 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:46:47PM +0900, Jack Morgan wrote: > I want to make my Xterm font bigger. I tried control + middle mouse > click but didn't see any option to change the font as the FAQ says. Any > pointers to appropriate docs would be great > Thanks! Ctrl-Right Button works here (other b

Re: Xterm Font

2000-12-01 Thread Jack Morgan
"Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:46:47PM +0900, Jack Morgan wrote: > > I want to make my Xterm font bigger. I tried control + middle mouse > > click but didn't see any option to change the font as the FAQ says. Any > > pointers to appropriate docs would be great > > Thanks!

XF86_SVGA consuming over 60% of my memory

2000-12-01 Thread Greg Strockbine
I'm running Debian potato, so I have the pre version 4 of XFree. It used to run like a champ. After installing a few more packages and doing an update here or there, it appears I have a memory leak. I barely have anything running compared to when it ran like a champ and now I'm always on the bord

Potato install termwrap problem

2000-12-01 Thread Brian Lavender
I just installed the base system of potato from the binary-i386 iso image disk 1. Once it goes through the install of the base system, I get the following error on boot. /bin/sh: /sbin/termwrap: No such file or directory /bin/sh: exec: /sbin/termwrap: cannot execute: No such file or directory INI

Re: executable compatible with Debian and Redhat?

2000-12-01 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This is correct. I have a RH7.0 system: > >$ gcc --version >2.96 >$ rpm -q glib >glib-1.2.8-4 > >(I don't know if the glib is stable or not) You realize, don't you, that glib is not the same thing as glibc? glib is a library of some useful C routines that used to be part

Re: Sendmail from localhost?

2000-12-01 Thread Rino Mardo
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 02:20:03PM +0100 or thereabouts, ""Jason C. Hammons" I'd like to be able to send mail from my localhost, is this possible? I don't > want to relay it to my ISP or anything like that, is it possible to have > localhost relay e-mail? Please tell me so... =) Any help is gre

Re: Problem with Z32 in a Woody box

2000-12-01 Thread Manegold
curro wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Manegold wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I assume that the parport support in the kernel/modules is enabled/the > > module loaded and PLIP disabled. > > Can you try with some other device if it's a port problem (looks like > > one though) or printer Problem? > > >

Re: unzip

2000-12-01 Thread John Bagdanoff
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:36:02PM -, Alistair Whittle wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed debian GNU/Linux 2.2. The install worked fine, and I > am now trying to install another application which requires a file to be > unzipped. The unzip command for some reason does not register. Lo

Exim Install & localhost configuration.

2000-12-01 Thread horton
I just installed Exim, how can I configure it to send mail from localhost? I don't want to relay my mail to my ISP, or anyone... Anyone have any idea's? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance. Jason

Re: executable compatible with Debian and Redhat?

2000-12-01 Thread Harry Henry Gebel
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 07:56:46AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Does anybody know if executables compiled on Debian unstable, which now > has glibc-2.2, will run on Red Hat 7.0 and its almost-2.2 glibc? Or vice > versa, with a compatible gcc? I'd hope so, but as far as I know none of > the Red Hat

Re: Wierd ISP Email Processing

2000-12-01 Thread garyjones
Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:34:23 PST, Steve Witt writes: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >>SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>host smtp.flashcom.net.criticalpath.net [209.228.150.115]: >>553 To send mail, first check your m

Re: Exim Install & localhost configuration.

2000-12-01 Thread Rino Mardo
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 05:22:46PM +0100 or thereabouts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just installed Exim, how can I configure it to send mail from localhost? I > don't want > to relay my mail to my ISP, or anyone... Anyone have any idea's? Any help is > greatly > appreciated! > only send? th

Re: Exim Install & localhost configuration.

2000-12-01 Thread horton
How do I do this? I installed it, and then started it... I went to send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (an old shell), and it never got there... hmm, I'm confused. 2000-12-01 00:54:43 141lt0-0001Z0-00 == [EMAIL PROTECTED] T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed out After looking over some more l

FWD: use deb for programming

2000-12-01 Thread Joey Hess
- Forwarded message from root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 23:05:31 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: use deb for programming X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14-15mdk i586) I am thinking of switching to debian. I understand t

Redhat to Debian

2000-12-01 Thread Nicolas SABOURET
I recently read a sort of HOWTO for converting a linux redhat >=6.0 into a debian 2.2 (potato). I just couldn't find the document again. Could someone give me the address where I could find it ? Thanks in advance, Nicolas.

Re: FWD: use deb for programming

2000-12-01 Thread garyjones
At Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:41:47 -0800 , Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >- Forwarded message from root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - >I am thinking of switching to debian. I understand that deb packages are >better than rpm if you are doing programming I can't comment on this. All I can say i

Re: Command to determine resolution

2000-12-01 Thread kmself
on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:19:22PM -0800, Eric G . Miller (egm2@jps.net) wrote: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 09:09:34PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Sounds as if 100 dpi is actually lower resolution (larger font) than 75 > > dpi. 'That right? > > > > I prefer better res, myself. > > Think

Java Debian Package

2000-12-01 Thread FIOL BONNIN Antonio
Hello, I have written a program in Java, and I would like to create a debian package with it. However, I want just a minimum: One debian package that contains the .jar file. Another debian package that has some launching scripts. A third package containing some html files. The last two packages

Re: Redhat to Debian

2000-12-01 Thread kmself
on Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:09:43AM +0100, Nicolas SABOURET ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I recently read a sort of HOWTO for converting a linux redhat >=6.0 into > a debian 2.2 (potato). > I just couldn't find the document again. > Could someone give me the address where I could find it ? Never he

gnome-gettext.m4

2000-12-01 Thread Craige McWhirter
Can anyone help me locate what package this comes in? Apt-cache is drawing blanks and so is Google. Any clues? -- Cheers, Craige. -- Apt-get a clue. Apt-get Debian.

Re: DNS problem after upgrade to woody

2000-12-01 Thread kmself
on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:51:02AM -0500, Giulio Morgan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > > > on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 10:54:37PM -0500, Giulio Morgan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > After upgrading, I am unable to connect to mailserver with > > > fetchmail, to remo

Re: XF86_SVGA consuming over 60% of my memory

2000-12-01 Thread kmself
on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:04:28PM -0800, Greg Strockbine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm running Debian potato, so I have the pre version 4 of XFree. > It used to run like a champ. After installing a few more packages > and doing an update here or there, it appears I have a memory > leak. > >

Re: Wierd ISP Email Processing

2000-12-01 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:57:03 PST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:34:23 PST, Steve Witt writes: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >>>SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>host smtp.flashcom.net.criticalpath

Can't see my mouse-pointer

2000-12-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi there I got a new monitor (19" IIyama), and now I'd like to use a default resolution of 1280x1024 pixels. This works generally, but in this resolution, I can't see my mouse pointer anymore (It is there, windows get focused when I move around, but I just don't see where I am). Any idea? Ah, I for

What is devpts

2000-12-01 Thread Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil
hello I am on potato My mtab shows a line like this devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) Can somebody explai what is devpts Sunil

Re: hdparm

2000-12-01 Thread Gilbert Laycock
"Ray Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok all I have hdparm installed and working and with the help > of a couple of online articles I have what I think is a stable > setup for it (It's been running for about 2 weeks now with no > problems and a great increase in performance) but now I want

make menuconfig fails - what's missing?

2000-12-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
In my Potato setup I can't do "make menuconfig" for the kernel because it complains about not finding curses.h. "make xconfig" does work however. Compiling vim also fails, possibly for the same reason. As far as I know I've installed all the ncurses libraries etc. Can anyone say what's missing?

Re: make menuconfig fails - what's missing?

2000-12-01 Thread sena
On 01/12/2000 at 10:42 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > In my Potato setup I can't do "make menuconfig" for the kernel because > it complains about not finding curses.h. "make xconfig" does work > however. > > Compiling vim also fails, possibly for the same reason. > > As far as I know I've ins

Re: gnome-gettext.m4

2000-12-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Craige McWhirter schrieb: > > Can anyone help me locate what package this comes in? Apt-cache is drawing > blanks and so is Google. Any clues? > > -- > > Cheers, > Craige. > > -- > Apt-get a clue. Apt-get Debian. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Wrong colors with Xvfb on potato

2000-12-01 Thread Jerome Zago
Well, I want to run mozilla M18 on xvfb 3.3.6, to take screenshots of websites automatically on our server. Here is what I do (in pseudo code): for bpp in 8 16 24; do Xvfb :1 -screen 0 800x600x$bpp [as root] export DISPLAY=":1.0" xdpyinfo >tmp/xdpyinfo-$bpp.txt civ

Re: Logitech MouseManPlus, gpm, and X

2000-12-01 Thread Damon Muller
Quoth Carel Fellinger, > I've a Logitech MouseMan Wheel and use Protocol "IMPS/2" instead. > Works for me. That seemed to do it. Thanks. cheers, damon -- Damon Muller | Did a large procession wave their torches Criminologist/Linux Geek | As my head fell in the basket, http://kil

APSfilter

2000-12-01 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! I've installed apsfilter. The installation process went normally, including the print of the test page. After the installation I ran "lpc restart all" in order to infor the lp daemon about the changes in the printcap file. But now I cannot print anythig. The lpr command does nothing, nothing

netscape 4.75 as root

2000-12-01 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! I don't know why, but I cannot run netscape 4.75 as root. For example, when in the popup Window maker desktop menu I choose apps->net->netscape nothing happens. As normal user I can run netscape without any problem. But not as root! Any suggestion will be very appreciated. Thanks! Marcelo

Re: netscape 4.75 as root

2000-12-01 Thread David Purton
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > I don't know why, but I cannot run netscape 4.75 as root. For example, > when in the popup Window maker > desktop menu I choose apps->net->netscape nothing happens. As normal user > I can run netscape without > any problem. But not as roo

Re: netscape 4.75 as root

2000-12-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Marcelo Chiapparini schrieb: > > Hi! > > I don't know why, but I cannot run netscape 4.75 as root. For example, > when in the popup Window maker > desktop menu I choose apps->net->netscape nothing happens. As normal user > I can run netscape without > any problem. But not as root! > Any suggesti

Re: Redhat to Debian

2000-12-01 Thread Jiri Klouda
> I recently read a sort of HOWTO for converting a linux redhat >=6.0 into > a debian 2.2 (potato). > I just couldn't find the document again. > Could someone give me the address where I could find it ? > > Thanks in advance, > Nicolas. I have recently made a system with dual-boot Debian 2.

Re: Exim Install & localhost configuration.

2000-12-01 Thread Rino Mardo
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 05:48:08PM +0100 or thereabouts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do I do this? I installed it, and then started it... I went to send mail > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (an old shell), and it never got there... hmm, I'm > confused. > > 2000-12-01 00:54:43 141lt0-0001Z0-00 == [EMA

Re: Redhat to Debian

2000-12-01 Thread Rino Mardo
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:54:48AM -0800 or thereabouts, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > <..snipped..> > In my own case, I use chroot to mount a 'debian jail' under a working > RedHat system, while configuring Debian. When I was close to ready, I > booted with either a boot floppy or lilo prompt o

Re: netscape 4.75 as root

2000-12-01 Thread raider
Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > I don't know why, but I cannot run netscape 4.75 as root. > Marcelo As David and Joerg told you that running as root appears to be a security risk you could 1)Start a term window, 2) su a diff user, 3)cd to users dir, 4)start netscape with "netscape". This

Xfree 4.0.1 and exporting display

2000-12-01 Thread xav
Hi all, I had a look at the archive but didn't find the solution of my problem : I have two debian linux machine running and I want to do this : linux1 running X11 with xhost + linux2 with setenv DISPLAY linux1:0.0 when I try this : linux2> xterm I have the following message : xterm Xt error: Can

Partitioning disk

2000-12-01 Thread Lazar Fleysher
Hi Everybody, This question has been a topic of many discussions but I still do not understand the reason why people suggest to have separate partitions of /usr /usr/local/ In early days when disks were small, this was the only choise, but now, why do not just have a 1 - 2G partition for the sy

Re: netscape 4.75 as root

2000-12-01 Thread Sebastiaan
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, raider wrote: > As David and Joerg told you that running as root appears to be a security risk > you could 1)Start a term window, 2) su a diff user, 3)cd to users dir, 4)start > netscape with "netscape". This would start netscape as the user you sued to > and > give you the ma

keyboard auto repeat in X stops

2000-12-01 Thread Christoph Groth
Hello all, I have a strange problem in X (potato 2.2r1): After some time in X the keyboard auto repeat ceases to work (the keyboard behaves correctly in the console, though) and I have to log out and log in again (I am using xdm) to switch it on again. Restarting the X Server is not necessary. T

Re: Partitioning disk

2000-12-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 05:11:13AM -0800, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > > Hi Everybody, > > This question has been a topic of many discussions but I still do not > understand the reason why people suggest to have separate partitions of > /usr > /usr/local/ > > In early days when disks were small, thi

(nearly solved): s3virge server crashes

2000-12-01 Thread Bernhard Josef Rieder
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:10:30PM +0100, Bernhard Josef Rieder wrote: > > Which X Server? > s3virge from XFree 4.0.1 (sorry I forgot to mention) It does not seem to depend on the server since I tested a Nvida Riva TNT card today and the same error still occurs. I discovered that it is a problem w

Re: netscape 4.75 as root

2000-12-01 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Thanks a lot to David, Joerg and Scott for illuminating me regarding to this. I don't need to run netscape from root at all. I only asked because I was thinking it was a problem with my netscape installation Thanks again! cheers Marcelo _ Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: make menuconfig fails - what's missing?

2000-12-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 01 Dec 2000, sena wrote: > On 01/12/2000 at 10:42 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > In my Potato setup I can't do "make menuconfig" for the kernel because > > it complains about not finding curses.h. "make xconfig" does work > > however. > > > > Compiling vim also fails, possibly for the sam

Log rotation error

2000-12-01 Thread Eileen Orbell
Hi All I have this error emailed to me daily from root. Does anyone know how I can repair this? I recall I had this when I used RH but can not remember how to fix it? Thanks errors occured while rotating /var/log/mysql.err /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error:

Re: Why non-free (was Re: unzip - again)

2000-12-01 Thread Santiago Vila
unzip license changed from potato to woody. That's why it is in non-free in potato and in non-US/main in woody. BTW: The version in woody (for i386) supports encryption and works ok under potato because it was compiled under potato (i.e. no need to use glibc-2.2).

w.manager

2000-12-01 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! How can I change the default window manager xfree86 uses? Thanks in advance Marcelo _ Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

hda not recognized during install

2000-12-01 Thread Hannes Schuddel
Hello everyone, I am trying to install Debian and ran into some problems. My harddisk is not recognized during bootup so I am not able to install the system from harddisk. I use an ASUS A7V mainboard, with ata100 controller and Maxtor DMax 5400/512 harddisk. Any help would be appreciated.

What is devpts

2000-12-01 Thread Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil
Hello My mtab shows devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) what is devpts Sunil

Re: w.manager

2000-12-01 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
The best way is to do: $/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config x-window-manager You will be prompted to a nice interface for doing it. Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > Hi! > How can I change the default window manager xfree86 uses? > Thanks in advance > > Marcelo > _ > Marcel

Re: recommend a secure shell client for Windows

2000-12-01 Thread Susumu Takuwa
+ On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 05:27:24 -0500 + Subject recommend a secure shell client for Windows Harry Henry Gebel writes: |A friend of mine wants me to set up an account for him on our server, and |since I do not allow telnet logins he needs a Windows SSH client. I checked |around and there are qui

Re: Why not dselect?

2000-12-01 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 04:52:16PM +0100, FB wrote: > When you update the list of packages, either with apt or dselect, all > packages that you have installed are marked for upgrade, if newer version is > availabile. This is the only 'autonomous' decision of dselect I'm aware of. > To prevent thi

non-free packages

2000-12-01 Thread Richard Hunt
Are there official cd images? I have bought three CDs called "Official Debian 2.2" CDs 1-3. From the Linux Emporium in the UK. I am told (on alt.os.linux) that they should contain the non-free section of the debian site, including netscape etc. But the don't Does this mean some of the CD has n

oops

2000-12-01 Thread Richard Hunt
Binary CDs 1-3 _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Secured FTP?

2000-12-01 Thread Peczoli Zoltan
hi, Unfortunately I haven't found a solution to the following yet: I need a secure(1) file transfer method (passwords and data travelling encrypted through the network) which retrieves the authentication info from a file other than /etc/shadow or etc/passwd but a file of the same format(2) and wh

Q: What's "XWF"?

2000-12-01 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I assume it's a file manager but I can't find it mentioned anywhere on Debian, Freshmeat, etc. At least under that name. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Jonathan -- "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-"

RE: Secured FTP?

2000-12-01 Thread Jason Holland
You can use scp, secure copy, included with openssh. It has the same syntax as rsh, but traffic is entrypted. Jason > > hi, > > Unfortunately I haven't found a solution to the following yet: > > I need a secure(1) file transfer method (passwords and data travelling > encrypted through the networ

Re: gnome-gettext.m4

2000-12-01 Thread Craige McWhirter
Thanks, that did the trick and the URL prvong quite handy too. On Fri, 01 Dec 2000 22:02:32 Joerg Johannes wrote: > Craige McWhirter schrieb: > > > > Can anyone help me locate what package this comes in? Apt-cache is > drawing > > blanks and so is Google. Any clues? > > > > -- > > > > Cheers, >

Re: Xfree 4.0.1 and exporting display

2000-12-01 Thread Robert L. Harris
Somewhat. I had the same problem. When I upgraded another box I noticed a warning on the upgrade for X. They put an optino "--nolisten" in a file. I think it was in /usr/X11R6/bin. Grep for "nolisten" in there on the machine you are trying to export to. Remove the option and restart X. Wo

RE: Re: netscape 4.75 as root

2000-12-01 Thread Anderson, Tim TL33E
I'm not aware of any good reason to be running X as root. Ever. When you want to do system things, the su command will prompt you for the root password - you now have root access in that terminal. Do your stuff and then get out of there. On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > >

Debian / Redhat comparison

2000-12-01 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 00:28:18 -0500 Jinsong Zhao wrote: :PS. When I get some free time I want to install Debian on my other :disk and see how I like it. Anybody want to offer a comparison of :Debian and RedHat with both pros and cons? (on a diff thread of :course) I use Debian at home, on my

Re: Log rotation error

2000-12-01 Thread Timothy Burt
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:09:13AM -0500, Eileen Orbell wrote: > Hi All > > I have this error emailed to me daily from root. Does anyone know how I > can repair this? I recall I had this when I used RH but can not remember > how to fix it? > > Thanks > > errors occured while rotating /var/l

Re: gpg: "Warning: using shared memory" - SUID?

2000-12-01 Thread Chris Gray
> Harry Henry Gebel writes: hhg> The mode is NOT seen as security enough. The private key is hhg> encrypted using a symmetrical cipher whose key is derived hhg> from a hash of the passphrase. (the exact cipher and hash can hhg> be specified in an S2K block in the secret keyring

RE: Secured FTP?

2000-12-01 Thread Peczoli Zoltan
hi, Thanks, maybe it's just me but I don't see how to reach my goals using scp: 1. security (both passwords and data) - scp ok. 2. separate authentication (file transfer users have nothing to do with system users) 3. home jail (users cannot explore the file system but their own homes) (4. M$ n

RE: Secured FTP?

2000-12-01 Thread Joel Dudley
I have used the following porogram and found it to be very robust and capable of all your criteria. http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~smcpeak/SafeTP/ Joel Dudley Unix System Administrator DevelopOnline.com "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the po

Re: Why not dselect?

2000-12-01 Thread David Wright
Quoting Michael P. Soulier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Right, so I could go to the top level, hit = and put a hold on the entire > list then, right? That'll probably do what I want. > > What I'm curious about is why this is done in the first place. My > situation is this, and I don't think it

Re: Xfree 4.0.1 and exporting display

2000-12-01 Thread xav
"Robert L. Harris" wrote: > Somewhat. I had the same problem. When I upgraded another box I noticed > a warning on the upgrade for X. They put an optino "--nolisten" in a > file. I think it was in /usr/X11R6/bin. Grep for "nolisten" in there on > the machine you are trying to export to. Remo

2.4.0-test11, PCMCIA ethernet card through yenta-socket

2000-12-01 Thread Marvin Stodolsky
My PCMCIA "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575BT", "LAN Cardbus Card", "001" manfid: 0x0101, 0x5157 function: 6 (network) PCI id: 0x10b7, 0x5157 is working fine under 2.2.17 and under the 2.4.0-test11 with the "old way" PCMCIA support of compiling all the pcmcia modules, # lsmod Module

Re: non-free packages

2000-12-01 Thread John Hasler
Richard Hunt writes: > I have bought three CDs called "Official Debian 2.2" CDs 1-3. > From the Linux Emporium in the UK. > I am told (on alt.os.linux) that they should contain the non-free section > of the debian site, including netscape etc. But they don't. I believe that I led you to believe t

Re: 2.4.0-test11, PCMCIA ethernet card through yenta-socket

2000-12-01 Thread Andy Bastien
Pending further investigation, we now allege that Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > My PCMCIA "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575BT", "LAN Cardbus Card", "001" > manfid: 0x0101, 0x5157 > function: 6 (network) > PCI id: 0x10b7, 0x5157 > is working fine under 2.2.17 and under the 2.4.0-test11 with the "old >

Re: unzip

2000-12-01 Thread Seung-woo Nam
Hi: apt-get install unzip Seung-woo Nam - Original Message - From: "Alistair Whittle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 8:36 AM Subject: unzip > Hi, > > I have just installed debian GNU/Linux 2.2. The install worked fine, and I > am now trying to install anoth

Re: filter

2000-12-01 Thread Manegold
Hi! On 29-Jun-2000 Frederico S. Muñoz wrote: > > > Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: >> >> On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:46:05 +0100, Sven Garbade wrote: >> >> >> >> >Why don t you use apsfilter or magicfilter? I think you can save a >> >lot >> >of work. >> > > > > Also I found that CUPS works flawlessl

Re: ISDN says "no channel for ippp0" on dialing... why?

2000-12-01 Thread Wouter de Vries
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 03:55:32AM +0100, J?rgen A. Erhard wrote: > I've tried to install ISDN for a friend. Now I got the Hisax module running > (after I found the secret incantation needed for the ISA Siemens I-Surf 1.0 > (some PEEKs and POKEs (yes ;-) in isapnp.conf)). > > But when I try diali

Re: Logitech MouseManPlus, gpm, and X

2000-12-01 Thread Wouter de Vries
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:15:08PM +1100, Damon Muller wrote: > Quoth Carel Fellinger, > > I've a Logitech MouseMan Wheel and use Protocol "IMPS/2" instead. > > Works for me. > > That seemed to do it. Thanks. And did anybody get the wheel working with imwheel? ( I did not .. ) Wouter

Re: hda not recognized during install

2000-12-01 Thread Silver
First for installation, don't use the ata100 controler to plug in your hard disk, keep up with the good old ide controler. Then you will install your system and then ensure your kernel can load the drivers for the ata100 controler ! Silver - Original Message - From: "Hannes Schuddel" <[EMA

LyX and HTML exports

2000-12-01 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Hi, I posted a question the other day about exporting HTML from LyX, specifically asking about fixed-width text from the lyxcode environment. I've figured out an answer that worked for me, but it's not perfect. I thought I'd post it here in the absence of other suggestions. It seems that the ly

X at boot time

2000-12-01 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! How can I start a X session at boot time, without typing startx at the prompt? Thanks! Marcelo _ Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: Debian / Redhat comparison

2000-12-01 Thread Ard Righ
([<> On 1 Dec 2000, some witty mortal wrote: <>]) > RedHat has kickstart which greatly simplifies the install process. > Currently users here can fill out a webform and get a customized boot > disk that will do the right thing, just boot from it go to lunch and > when you come back the machine is

Re: Log rotation error

2000-12-01 Thread Ernest Johanson
Eileen, See the README.Debian doc in /usr/doc/mysql-server. It explains how to set up a password for non-interactive access. Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Eileen Orbell wrote: > Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 09:09:13 -0500 > From: Eileen Orb

Hi all

2000-12-01 Thread Tim Uckun
Ok I finally got done with the install of debian 2.2 and now I am trying to get my sea legs after moving from redhat 6.2. Somewhere during the install dpkg segfaulted but it configured the packages it installed and when I ran dselect again it reinstalled the rest (I think). Then I found out I

Re: X at boot time

2000-12-01 Thread Juergen Fiedler
You could install xdm. It starts towards the end of the boot process and gives you a graphical login that brings you directly into X. HTH, j On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 02:37:10PM -0500, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > How can I start a X session at boot time, without typing startx at the > promp

Re: Debian / Redhat comparison

2000-12-01 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Ard Righ's email, 02-12-2000: > ([<> On 1 Dec 2000, some witty mortal wrote: <>]) > > > RedHat has kickstart which greatly simplifies the install process. > > Currently users here can fill out a webform and get a customized boot > > disk that will do the right thing, just boot from it go to lun

Re: Java Debian Package

2000-12-01 Thread Aaron Brashears
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:52:30AM +0100, FIOL BONNIN Antonio wrote: > Well, back to the question: How do I create a simple package that contains > the files and does VERY SIMPLE tasks in preinst/postinst/prerm? No postrm > required. > > If someone has written a similar thing, could you send it to

Re: Xfree 4.0.1 and exporting display

2000-12-01 Thread Erik Steffl
I think it's /etc/X11/xserverrc or something like that, there is a message to that effect when you install/upgrade X server. erik "Robert L. Harris" wrote: > > Somewhat. I had the same problem. When I upgraded another box I noticed > a warning on the upgrade for X. They put an optin

Re: Java Debian Package

2000-12-01 Thread Michael A. Miller
> "FIOL" == FIOL BONNIN Antonio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, I have written a program in Java, and I would like > to create a debian package with it. There is some discussion of this on the debian-java list which is archived at http://lists.debian.org/. Mike

Re: Secured FTP?

2000-12-01 Thread Michael Smith
Use sftp--it's just a nice ftp frontend for scp that acts like a regular ftp client. I use it just about every day to put stuff on my webserver. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/non-us/sftp.html Peczoli Zoltan wrote: > hi, > > Thanks, maybe it's just me but I don't see how to reach my goals

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #708

2000-12-01 Thread nilly
** Original Message ** FROM: debian-user@lists.debian.org SENT: Fri 12/01/2000 6:30 PM TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBJECT: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #708 > > > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > >debian-user-digest Digest Volume 100 : Issue 708 > > > >Today's To

Netscape4.75 as root

2000-12-01 Thread Herman Christiani
Hello, You wrote: Hi! I don't know why, but I cannot run netscape 4.75 as root. For example, Marcelo Not sure if Corel 2nd version is different from debian in this regard, but if I start Netscape first and then connect it works, if I connect first to the net Netscape won't start. HTH, Herman

Re: Logitech MouseManPlus, gpm, and X

2000-12-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 06:20:39PM +0100, Wouter de Vries wrote: > And did anybody get the wheel working with imwheel? ( I did not .. ) You don't need imwheel for most applications, just add: ZAxisMapping4 5 in the "Pointer" section of your XF86Config -Rob

Re: Netscape4.75 as root

2000-12-01 Thread Ray Percival
This is not a flame but it is strongly worded. First of all Why in the world are you trying to run Netscape as root security matters and that is very insecure that is why by default you can not do it. Now seems like you are pretty new so a few security pointers. First of all DO NOT log in as root

Re: executable compatible with Debian and Redhat?

2000-12-01 Thread Jinsong Zhao
Thanks to D-Man. I'm enclosing what I got from the gcc.gnu.org website. Yes, RH7.0 is using 2.96 gcc compiler. Not only this may produce incompatible binary codes, it also has trouble working with gdb 5.0. Gdb cannot access locally declared variables in C++ code. I was really scratching my head whe

Re: Log rotation error

2000-12-01 Thread Eileen Orbell
Thanks that fixed my error. I did not have the file you mentioned so I created and edited it.. At 10:49 AM 12/1/2000 -0500, you wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:09:13AM -0500, Eileen Orbell wrote: > Hi All > > I have this error emailed to me daily from root. Does anyone know how I > can rep

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