Doing on Windows what dmesg does on Linux

Dear members, On Linux systems you can do a dmesg to get what the system is chattering at the boot up. What corresponding thing can I get done on Windows (98 or 2K/NT). Warm Regards, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Shyam

user profile script confusion

I'm fairly new to linux in general and am confused about all the different login scripts. I would like to have a single ssh command started when I login, be it to the console or to KDE. If I put the command in .bash_profile, KDE doesn't execute it. If I put it in .xinitrc, then bash won't exe

Re: 2.4 -ac kernels with Adrian Bunk's potato packages?

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 02:10, Fred Gray wrote: > For various reasons, I would like to set up a 2.4.13-ac4 (Alan Cox's tree) > kernel-image package with the same highly modular structure as Adrian's > > However, when I try to boot this new kernel, the boot fails with the > following messages: > > [...]

Launching URL from Gnome-terminal

Dear all - I use mutt in a gnome-terminal. If I move my mouse pointer over an URL, it gets automatically underlined. I would like to be able to launche Mozilla with that link. Now I am copying and pasting... Any suggestions? -- Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Launching URL from Gnome-terminal

Erik van der Meulen in message Launching URL from Gnome-terminal (Wed, 10/31 07:53): > Dear all - I use mutt in a gnome-terminal. If I move my mouse pointer > over an URL, it gets automatically underlined. I would like to be able > to launche Mozilla with that link. Now I am copying and pasting..

Re: Doing on Windows what dmesg does on Linux

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 11:17:35AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear members, > On Linux systems you can do a dmesg to > get what the system is chattering at the boot up. > What corresponding thing can I get done on > Windows (98 or 2K/NT). Install UNIX on it. This list is about Debian, a

Re: Patches applied to stock kernel to make deb kernel image

On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 05:12, Timothy Webster wrote: > What is procedure is used to make an "official" 2.4 deb kernel image? > Such as are avialable in unstable. > What additional patches are required, if any. I'm not an expert on this but I understand that Debian stays as close to the offical Linu

Re: changing to Debian from Mandrake

"Jeffrey W. Baker" wrote: ... > ALSA is another package that is screwed up in unstable but you can blame > ALSA developers for that, not Debian. also note that alsa itself is officially unstable, so it's expected to be broken from time to time (the alsa itself, not only debian alsa package). the

Re: Launching URL from Gnome-terminal

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 00:04:17 -0600, David Rose wrote: > Erik van der Meulen in message Launching URL from Gnome-terminal (Wed, 10/31 > 07:53): > > > Dear all - I use mutt in a gnome-terminal. If I move my mouse pointer > > over an URL, it gets automatically underlined. I would like to be abl

Re: user profile script confusion

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 10:33:51PM -0800, Kurt Lieber wrote: > > 1. If I want a command executed whenever (and however) I log in, is there > one> userland file I can put this in? > > 2. Can anyone recommend a site that discusses all the different userland > login/profile scripts and when to u

Re: IMAP...

"Jaldhar H. Vyas" wrote: ... > > If you want to encrypt your mail password, you can tunnel POP3 and/or IMAP > > over SSH and obtain end-to-end encryption that way. > > > > Happily the need to do that is a thing of the past. The UW and Courier > imapds also support imaps (IMAP over SSL) natively.

Re: Newbie comments & queries

Karsten et al. > We were all in withdrawal on Friday's downtime > > > I use a dialup, am waiting for a s/h modem that is coming my way, > > 28.8 whatever it was that compaq bought out and shut down. > > Hmm...28.8 is *really* slow. You should be able to find 56.6 > either new or used, I'd

Re: allowing root X apps

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 09:24:32PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 07:24:21PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > If root has to run the GUI file a bug against it. Yep! > Well, cdroast itself has to run as root or with root privs... just giving > the user access to the device isn't

Re: qmail -- supervise: fatal: unable to obtain lock

Ben Hartshorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am experiencing a problem mentioned many many times on various > mailing lists (a google search turned up several), but I have not been > able to find a resolution anywhere. > I followed the instructions in the qmail HOWTO v2 (posted m

Re: Power off at Shutdown

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 04:44:07PM -0800, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > Some machines are simply unable to power off from Linux's APM support. > Most SMP machines cannot, for example. It ain't easy but this is mis-understanding. For modular kernel with APM, you need "insmod apm power_off=1" or "apm

Re: Power off at Shutdown

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 08:40:31PM -0500, dman wrote: > for this laptop, and no "apm=on" in the kernel commandline. Yep. If you enable SMP on kernel, you also need "apm=power-off". -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-

Re: Patches applied to stock kernel to make deb kernel image

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:12:45AM -0500, Timothy Webster wrote: > What is procedure is used to make an "official" 2.4 deb kernel image? > Such as are avialable in unstable. > What additional patches are required, if any. Use source from kernel-source package which always solves issues related to L

Re: IMAP...

> that's not the case with cyrus, right? at least I see no cyrus*-ssl > packages. I still need to tunnel it via stunnel or something like > that... Cyrus, hmm. download the .debss, edit the rules to include --with-ssl=/usr and rebuild the deb. I think that is the way to go. IMHO Cyrus is the be

Re: Newbie comments & queries

on Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 10:22:01AM +0200, Ian Balchin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Karsten et al. > > > > We were all in withdrawal on Friday's downtime > > > > > I use a dialup, am waiting for a s/h modem that is coming my way, > > > 28.8 whatever it was that compaq bought out and shut down

Re: Two-button mice and pasting in X

on Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 05:53:46PM -0500, Mark Carroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:28:17AM -0500, Mark Carroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > I want to be able to paste in X from its clipboard with my two-button

Re: Patches applied to stock kernel to make deb kernel image

#include Adam Warner wrote on Wed Oct 31, 2001 um 07:28:19AM: > I'm not an expert on this but I understand that Debian stays as close to > the offical Linus kernel as possible. So if you want to compile your own > kernel you should be fine just using a Linus one from kernel.org (or No. mkcramfs

Re: Launching URL from Gnome-terminal

on Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:04:17AM -0600, David Rose ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Erik van der Meulen in message Launching URL from Gnome-terminal (Wed, 10/31 > 07:53): > > > Dear all - I use mutt in a gnome-terminal. If I move my mouse pointer > > over an URL, it gets automatically underlined. I

Re: Get vesafb to work

Hi! dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What about bootloader config? Add "vga=0x31A" to your kernel command > line. Thanks for that hint. After reading the Kernel-Documentation about vesafb I finally inserted vga=0x314 for better reading. Ciao! juh -- Für eine Hand voll Bimbes http://www.sud

Re: just deleted 11 144 files!

* ae roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.10.30 13:47:52-0500]: > is there anyway that I can extract the filenames of these? do you have aide or tripwire? -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] "with sufficien

Which console configuration tools do exist?

Hello, I'm a Debian newbie, and I got a question :) Which console configuration tools do exist, for configuring and installing hardware? Until now I found modconf and kbdconf - are there any others, e.g. for setting NIC settings etc.? I know how to configure them manually, but a frontend is alway

gpm with two mice - how?

I know of the -M switch, but /etc/gpm.conf and /etc/init.d/gpm don't support it. What's the "official" Debian way of doing it? TIA. Greetings, Stefan. -- Stefan Bellon * * PGP 2 and OpenPGP keys available from my home page Recursive, adj.

installing on local hard drive, without boot floppies ?

Hello, I want to install on a local drive, without rebooting with boot floppies (I want to keep the system running, while installing to a new drive). I can use debootstrap to set up a chroot, but how can I find out what other things I need to do, which would have been done by boot-floppies, but wo

Re: The linux and Debian operating systems

Hi Stuart, In addition to the helpful advice other people on the list have already given I'd also say it might be easier for you to obtain a linuxdistro from a linux-related magazine. There's quite a few around now in the UK, for instance, http://www.linuxuser.co.uk http:

XWindow

I'll start my problem w/a confession:  my new computer has a winmodem (which I'll replace).   The Debian installation is amazingly smooth -- until I get to XWindow.  At that point, I can get nothing but Cannot Connect.  If the winmodem is the culprit, the solution is obvious.  But at this point I w

Re: Patches applied to stock kernel to make deb kernel image

On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 22:35, Eduard Bloch wrote: First off I'd just like to say it never ceases to amaze me what packages are available for Debian. I'm really surprised that someone would have packaged up ppscsi for instance! > #include > Adam Warner wrote on Wed Oct 31, 2001 um 07:28:19AM: > >

Re: Which console configuration tools do exist?

Try linuxconf (apt-get install linuxconf). This will let you setup you NIC settings and various other things, services, users etc. -- Stuart "Florian Effenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 31/10/2001 10:13:27 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org cc:(bcc: Stuart Luscombe/COSS/CCenter) Su

Re: 100hz in Xfree86-4.1?

Hi, I tried your suggestion, but it doesn't work. I starting to get the feeling that the nvidia driver (the commercial one), doesn't work as it should. When I use the modeline tool to generate a modeline it does work with the nv driver, but not with the nvidia. Anyone else got this problem? Any

X 4.1.0, Matrox & refresh rate > 85 Hz

Hi, Would it be possible? How? TIA, Oki

Re: Which console configuration tools do exist?

Hi Stuart, > Try linuxconf (apt-get install linuxconf). This will let you setup you NIC > settings and > various other things, services, users etc. Thanks, I know linuxconf :-) Are there any other "Debian-own" tools? Thanks again, Florian

kernel-package fails on kernel 2.4.13 (on potato)

Hello. I was trying to compile kernel 2.4.13 on a potato box (with Adrian Bunk's packages installed), and ran into this problem: nice fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=ext3 kernel-image modules-image dpkg: warning, architecture `i386-none' not in remapping table (...) Makefile:242: arch/i386-none

X with one and optionally two mice

Hi! I've got a Debian Potato notebook with Adrian Bunk's 2.4 kernels, thus gaining USB support (amongst others). Now I'd like to set up my XF86_SVGA 3.3.6 in a way that the internal touchpad is always working and the external trackball connected via USB is working when plugged in, but no error is

Potato to Woody Upgrade:WARNING

I attempted to dist-upgrade from potato to Woody, and I got the following message: THe following essential packages will be removed: sysvinit util-linux (due to sysvinit) This should NOT be done . How does one proceed from here? Thanks. -- Sebastian Canagaratna Department of Chemistry O

Re: SMTP banner timeout

OK, I don't have the answer to the problem I send some days ago, but a solution. The problem seems to be in the kernel 2.2.19. After downgrading to 2.2.17 it works. I don't know it it is the kernel 2.2.19 or just the debian package as I don't have currently the time to test this. jps

Re: Re: changing to Debian from Mandrake

DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be more explicit, "apt-get upgrade" will not, under > any circumstances, install new packages... 'apt-get upgrade' will install new packages if they're required by another package that you have installed (and is being 'upgraded'). This will happen if package

automate maildelivery

Hi, I would like to have my linuxbox sending me the /var/log/messages file on a regular bases. Creating the syslog correct is not the problem, neither to run cron. But how do i produce the mail including the attachment? Many thanks markus

Re: automate maildelivery

* proftpd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.10.31 14:31:42+0100]: > Creating the syslog correct is not the problem, neither to run cron. > But how do i produce the mail including the attachment? e.g.: mutt -a /var/log/syslog [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- martin; (greetings from the hear

Re: automate maildelivery

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 02:31:42PM +0100, proftpd wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to have my linuxbox sending me the /var/log/messages file on a > regular bases. > > Creating the syslog correct is not the problem, neither to run cron. > But how do i produce the mail including the attachment? > cat

Re: Re: changing to Debian from Mandrake

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 08:30:22AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To be more explicit, "apt-get upgrade" will not, under > > any circumstances, install new packages... > > 'apt-get upgrade' will install new packages if they're required by > another package th

Re: Newbie comments & queries

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 01:30:55AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > - Someone also posted here in the past couple of weeks with a link to > a consloe-based windowing system that works under GNU/Linux. It's > not packaged for Debian, but you may (should?) be able to get it > running

Re: Launching URL from Gnome-terminal

changing the gnome-url handler doesn't change it? this is in the control-center Document Handler->URL Handler On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 01:04, David Rose wrote: > Erik van der Meulen in message Launching URL from Gnome-terminal (Wed, 10/31 > 07:53): > > > Dear all - I use mutt in a gnome-terminal.

Re: IMAP...

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Tarjei Huse wrote: > Cyrus, hmm. download the .debss, edit the rules to include > --with-ssl=/usr and rebuild the deb. I think that is the way to go. > You should file a wishlist bug (if there isn't one already) asking for a cyrus-ssl package. -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PRO

Re: newline in terminal??

> Hi, > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Simon Law wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Rohan Deshpande wrote: > > > > > Hey again, > > > > > > ASDF JLK; > > > > > > This bug is really annoying me. I use the terminal just like everyone > > > else and having my text be rewritten over as I type is just pla

about the gcc-3.0 package..

I downloaded the gcc-3.0 i386 package (to do a little check), it could seem like it would add a file called "gcc-3.0" in /usr/bin. (using debian woody here) Anyone who could confirm whether this is true? If so I guess I could safely install gcc-3.0, and use the normal gcc-2.95.4 for everyday use,

X with ssh cannot open display

Hi! I fear this is a faq. It is said that ssh tunnels the x-connection and that all you have to do is: To login with % ssh -X -l username host % password and type % xterm Nothing about removing -nolisten tcp in xserverrc and so on. But when I do it, I get the error cannot open display I ha

Re: New ssh v2 and authentication

"Bill Wohler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm a bit confused by the fact that OpenSSH now defaults to using > > version 2. How do I use ssh-agent as I have in the past to do > > password-less logins? > > I posted a bug about the inconsistency,

OT: Merry Christmas!

Why do we geeks celebrate Christmas today? Because Oct 31 = Dec 25 (8r31 = 10r25) -- Cheers! .~. /V\ // \\ /( )\ ^`~´^ < hugge >

Re: XF86Setup for woody?

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, D. wrote: > > Best regards, > George if when you did the dist-upgrade you got > xfree4.1.x do a apt-get install xserver-xfree86 > Then do a dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > that should bring up a set of configuration screens > for XFree86-4 > HTH > Don Thanks, Have done

Re: Debian as multimedia system - startup and shutdown

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 06:29:49PM +0200, Meir Kriheli wrote: > Hi, > > I'm setting up a computer as a multimedia center using Debian (Sid). > > The machine is connected to the TV for display and to the receiver for > sound. I have a wireless keyboard/mouse to access it. It'll serve as > DVD/CD/

XFree86 Upgrade

Does anyone know how to upgrade XFree86 in Debian Potato to version 4.x.x without upgrading to Woody? Marcel

Re: Re: changing to Debian from Mandrake

Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 08:30:22AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To be more explicit, "apt-get upgrade" will not, under > > > any circumstances, install new packages... > > > > 'apt-get upgrade' will install n

RE: apt-get & firewall

Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Frederico.S.Muñoz wrote: > > AFAIK either the HTTP, the FTP, or both; it depends on what you define in > > your sources.line. > > > > If you only define http sites you would only need the http port open, the > > same with the ftp. > > 2 things: > >

Re: changing to Debian from Mandrake

%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> upgrade >> upgrade is used to install the newest versions of >> all packages currently installed on the system from >> the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. >> Packages currently installed with new versions >> available are retrieved

Re: Debian as multimedia system - startup and shutdown

Meir Kriheli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to log in and start a X session (I prefer not to use > KDM/GDM etc. I know I can use them-at least KDM), and when exiting > the session shutdown the machine ? Maybe you want a system that logs you on when switched on and powers down on log

Re: automate maildelivery

On 31 Oct, proftpd wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to have my linuxbox sending me the /var/log/messages file on a > regular bases. > > Creating the syslog correct is not the problem, neither to run cron. > But how do i produce the mail including the attachment? > > Many thanks > > markus > > M

Re: installing on local hard drive, without boot floppies ?

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:51:29PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > I want to install on a local drive, without rebooting with boot floppies > (I want to keep the system running, while installing to a new drive). I > can use debootstrap to set up a chroot, but how can I find out what > other t

RE: Returning system to vanilla Woody

Reading the how-to on apt-get may provide some help. I think you need the apt package from sid to use the /etc/apt/preferences file described in Chapter 3 of http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/. I have only read about this, so take it for what it's worth. -Kris -Original Message--

lost sysvinit! What to do?

Er... Hello. I did a very stupid thing... Removed sysvinit from a potato box, and now dpkg doesn't run anymore: ~# dpkg --force-depends --unpack /export/jeronimo/sysvinit_2.78-4.deb dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH. dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH should u

RE: apt-get & firewall

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Davi Leal wrote: > The X.X.X.5 host is behind the firewall. Why pointing apt-get to > ftp.de.debian.org raises a "Connection time out" message after > Login-Connecting successfully?. The "Packages" file is not downloaded ftp.de.d.o has been flaky for me for as long as I remem

Re: lost sysvinit! What to do? [FIXED]

Ok, sorry for the alarm. Got it working. I had copy update-rc.d from another box, and put it in /usr/sbin. Then I just downgraded dpkg and installed sysvinit again... J. -- Jeronimo Pellegrini [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X with ssh cannot open display

Jan Ulrich Hasecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I fear this is a faq. Umpf! Sorry. Its vica versa. I can shh -X from a potato-box to a woody-box but not from the woody-box to the potato-box. Sorry for that juh -- Auf die FDP ist Verlass http://www.sudelbuch.de/2000/2214.html

Re: changing to Debian from Mandrake

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'll have to find a package that has a new dependency vs what the old, > installed package has and try it... > > If 'upgrade' doesn't do this, you will end up with a non-working program. > Don't you agree ?? > As I said, if a currently installed package requires a

Re: X with ssh cannot open display

Hi, what is with the sshd_config on the remote host. Perhaps the remote host doesn't permitted X11 forwarding. I think the default value for X11Forwarding in the sshd_config is 'no'. Jan On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:10:41PM +0100, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > To login with > % ssh -X -l username h

Re: Launching URL from Gnome-terminal

Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:04:17AM -0600, David Rose ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > That said... how does one change the default browser for gnome-terminal > > links > > to something other than Mozilla (as it is on my boxen)? > > I would assume this is one of the gn

DHCP and Adelphia Cablemodem (dhcpcd)

Yesterday I finally got my cable modem (Adelphia). Hooked it up to windows, and it worked wonderfully. I was told that, in general, Adelphia doesn't change the IP information, and it would be safe to copy it to the Debian box. So I wrote down the information, moved the cable modem over to my debia

Screen res; modelines; XF86 ???; ATI 3DPro Turbo

hi, I am wondering if anybody can help: It's my 1st time installing Linux and I am having problems... I have reached a point where the size o fthe screen fits well on the monitor by tweaking the monitor settings. Now my problem is that the resolution is too low. SO how do I find what res I am at

Re: IMAP...

Thus spake Erik Steffl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > that's not the case with cyrus, right? at least I see no cyrus*-ssl > packages. I still need to tunnel it via stunnel or something like > that... I believe packages are still of Cyrus 1.5.x, which needed stunnel or similar for SSL support. Cyrus 2.0.

Re: 100hz in Xfree86-4.1?

* Victor Julien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Hi, > > I tried your suggestion, but it doesn't work. I starting to get the feeling > that the nvidia driver (the commercial one), doesn't work as it should. When > I use the modeline tool to generate a modeline it does work with the nv > driv

RE: Merry Christmas!

Okay, I claim to be geeky, but I've missed it. Huh? -Original Message- From: Peter Hugosson-Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 31 October, 2001 09:32 AM To: Debian user list Subject: OT: Merry Christmas! Why do we geeks celebrate Christmas today? Because Oct 31 = Dec 25

Re: Latest GnuCash for potato?

"Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue Oct 30 19:23:39 2001 Brian Nelson wrote... > > "Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Are ther any .debs avaialable for the latest version of GnuCash, > >>for a potato based system? > > Why even bother to run potato if you want to instal

Re: about the gcc-3.0 package..

On approximately Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:47:02PM +0100, Rune Elvemo wrote: > I downloaded the gcc-3.0 i386 package (to do a little check), it could > seem like it would add a file called "gcc-3.0" in /usr/bin. (using debian > woody here) Anyone who could confirm whether this is true? > Yes, you a

Re: about the gcc-3.0 package..

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:47:02 +0100 (CET), Rune Elvemo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded the gcc-3.0 i386 package (to do a little check), it could > seem like it would add a file called "gcc-3.0" in /usr/bin. (using debian > woody here) Anyone who could confirm whether this is true? It doe

Re: DHCP and Adelphia Cablemodem (dhcpcd)

On approximately Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 09:50:27AM -0700, Michael Patterson wrote: > > Yesterday I finally got my cable modem (Adelphia). Hooked it up to windows, > and it worked wonderfully. I was told that, in general, Adelphia doesn't > change the IP information, and it would be safe to copy it t

[OT] Re: Merry Christmas!

"Brooks R. Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Okay, I claim to be geeky, but I've missed it. Huh? > > > Why do we geeks celebrate Christmas today? > Because Oct 31 = Dec 25 > Oct=October=Octal (base 8); Dec=December=Decimal (base 10) If you convert the octal number 31 to base 10, you

Re: 100hz in Xfree86-4.1?

#include Victor Julien wrote on Wed Oct 31, 2001 um 12:21:02PM: > I tried your suggestion, but it doesn't work. I starting to get the feeling > that the nvidia driver (the commercial one), doesn't work as it should. When Yes, the non-free driver requires many special requirements to be met, so

RE: Merry Christmas!

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: > Okay, I claim to be geeky, but I've missed it. Huh? > Because Oct 31 = Dec 25 31 in Octal is 25 in Decimal...horribly bad math pun. Hurt whoever wrote it. 8:o) -- Baloo

Re: XFree86 Upgrade

Does anyone know how to upgrade XFree86 in Debian Potato to version 4.x.x without upgrading to Woody? Marcel Yes, at http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ and follow the instructions. More usefull unofficail apt-sources: http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/apt-sources/ Frank --

funny ps output (resolution)

I had a question regarding why I was seeing {netlink_unicast} {netlink_unicast_R__ver_netlink_unicast} Warning: /boot/System.map-2.4.13 does not match kernel data. {netlink_unicast} {netlink_unicast_R__ver_netlink_unicast} Warning: /usr/src/linux/System.map does not match kernel d

Re: 100hz in Xfree86-4.1?

Hi Dima, Thanks for the suggestion, i tried it using: Option "IgnoreEDID" "boolean" Disable probing of EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) from your monitor. Requested modes are compared against values gotten from your monitor EDIDs

Re: Patches applied to stock kernel to make deb kernel image

Hi, I havn't been able to compile or install a 2.4.x kernel at all for my system would just reset itself when trying to boot. I have posted several messages regarding this to this list, but havn't got any answers. So I'm wondering whether I'm the only one with such problems. Maybe you have an id

Debugger DDD with gdb

Hi all. I have installed DDD, and it looks neet, however when I am stepping thru a simple program it fails on an ifstreem. This same executable does not fail when run from xterm. Is there an option that I missed to tell DDD not to fail when opening input files? Or is there a better graph

Re: about the gcc-3.0 package..

Rune Elvemo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I downloaded the gcc-3.0 i386 package (to do a little check), it could > seem like it would add a file called "gcc-3.0" in /usr/bin. (using > debian woody here) Anyone who could confirm whether this is true? > > If so I guess I could safely install gcc-3.

libexpat1 (1.95.2-2.1) broke PHP4

I don't know exactly where to post this, so forgive if this is the wrong list. I did an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade today. After this my PHP4 package didn't work correctly anymore. When I run a PHP4 script on the console I got the following error: php4: error while loading shared libraries:

Re: XF86Setup for woody?

George Karaolides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, D. wrote: > > > > Best regards, George if when you did the dist-upgrade you got > >xfree4.1.x do a apt-get install xserver-xfree86 Then do a > >dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 that should bring up a set of > >configuration scre

Re: 100hz in Xfree86-4.1?

So i guess there is nothing left to do but filing a bugreport to Nvidia? On Wednesday 31 October 2001 18:35, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > > Victor Julien wrote on Wed Oct 31, 2001 um 12:21:02PM: > > I tried your suggestion, but it doesn't work. I starting to get the > > feeling that the nvidi

RE: Merry Christmas!

> Okay, I claim to be geeky, but I've missed it. Huh? 31 in Octal == 25 in Decimal :) Cheers, fsm > > -Original Message- > From: Peter Hugosson-Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 31 October, 2001 09:32 AM > To: Debian user list > Subject: OT: Merry Christmas! > >

Re: XF86Setup for woody?

> On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, D. wrote: > > > > Best regards, > > George if when you did the dist-upgrade you got > > xfree4.1.x do a apt-get install xserver-xfree86 > > Then do a dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > > that should bring up a set of configuration screens > > for XFree86-4 > > HTH > > Don

Re: Debugger DDD with gdb

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all. > > I have installed DDD, and it looks neet, however when I am stepping > thru a simple program it fails on an ifstreem. This same executable does not > fail when run from xterm. > > Is there an option that I missed to tell DDD not to

Re: 100hz in Xfree86-4.1?

* Victor Julien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > As you can see it is ignoring the EDID, but to no effect. > Thanks for any suggestions, if you still have some. Well, the only other suggestion is to use xvidtune and fiddle with modeline until you get the desired refresh rate. Note that you

DDD with gdb Answer

Hi all... somehow just asking the questions enables me to figure out the answers! ;-) I had thought that in DDD, File=>Open also changed into directory but it does not. That's why the input failed. it couldn't find the file. It's working now that I run DDD from current directory.(instead of fro

Re: DDD with gdb Answer

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 02:17:21PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hmmm.. how do I get color syntax to work in vim 5.6.070-1?? > (I figure if I ask, I'll figure it out. ;-) I highly suggest getting vim 6. Try people.debian.org/~wakkerma for the debs. But you get it to work by putting this in

Re: Minimized windows do not display icons under Sawfish

> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 09:13:55PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Since changing from WindowMaker to Sawfish, minimized > > windows do not display icons. > > Good... then sawfish is working properly. > > > Are others showing icons properly? Is this one of this, slip a line into > > t

something wrong with my fonts

Hi, Since I fixed my problem with the fonts in RealPlayer 8 I get a different fonts when I start gimp from the xterm then when I start it from the menue (gnome or blackbox). This doesn't apply only to gimp - I get the same effect with gnumeric, gcalc, dia, gnp, etc. The menue-bar is just

Re: Debugger DDD with gdb

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 13:37:05 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have installed DDD, and it looks neet, however when I am stepping > thru a simple program it fails on an ifstreem. That's not a very clear description of your problem. I guess you're trying to step into a function call to

Re: screen rocks (was Re: potato on 486)

* Brian May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011014 01:03]: > > "Karsten" == Karsten M Self writes: > > Karsten> $ man screen $ screen -x > > Ok, Thanks. I looked up "man screen", but couldn't find anything. -x > seems to be what I was looking for. > > I am still not quite sure how you allow d

Re: New ssh v2 and authentication

* Oleksandr Moskalenko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011030 17:34]: > I use the same setup. In my authorized_keys2 I only have my sshd > machine's public key (cut and paste from id_rsa.pub in its entirety). > Then I copied both id_rsa and id_rsa.pub to ~/.ssh on my remote machine. > It is maybe wrong to c

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