I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:how??

2002-03-24 Thread tony brito
Hello I am a new linux user I use netzero as my ISP and pay 9.95 per month! netzero is installed on my win98 box. I use a modem for dial-up service to netzero. I also have both my linux box and win98 connected with an Ethernet card. Is there a way I can dial up to netzero using my win98 box, T

Re: Debian and PDAs.

2002-03-24 Thread Patrick Ouellette
Is there a reason no one has suggested the Compaq iPaq? They are expensive, but you can load Linux on them and get a fair number of expansions options (someone is even working on a GSM cell phone expansion sleve for them). -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM 50.200,

Re: still stuck and no gnome anymore

2002-03-24 Thread Peter Whysall
On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 19:34, dave mallery wrote: > gnome-core got good and stuck: > > apt-get install gnome-core > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 192 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/1440kB of archives. Aft

wtf is port 1024 kdm?

2002-03-24 Thread timothy bauscher
I nmap'ed a machine on my network which is running Woody, and realized that: 1024/tcp openkdm I am ssuming that kdm means KDE Display Manger. What's strang is that this machine does not have (and has never had) any graphical display manager or desktop environment installed on it. 1. Wh

Re: I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:ho

2002-03-24 Thread timothy bauscher
> Hello I am a new linux user > > I use netzero as my ISP and pay 9.95 per month! > netzero is installed on my win98 box. > I use a modem for dial-up service to netzero. > > I also have both my linux box and win98 connected with > an Ethernet card. > > Is there a way I can dial up to netzero usin

Re: misconfigured mailout lists.debian.org

2002-03-24 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, martin f krafft wrote: > postfix/smtpd[1491]: reject_warning: RCPT from unknown[65.125.64.134]: > 554 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [65.125.64.134]; > from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > is only temporary and probably has to do with the mov

Re: I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:ho

2002-03-24 Thread timothy bauscher
> Is there a way I can dial up to netzero using my win98 > box, Then go to my linux box create an internet > connection succesffully. (e.g. open netscape and go to > www.debian.org from my linux box) This proxy server seems pretty popular: http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-24 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 10:34:58PM +, Siward de Groot wrote: Thanks Siward, for this most polite and correct reply. That's the way to keep this list a friendly place! I agree with you that most likely this user in mere dispair resorted to the spamming action, at least I interpreted his writin

Netzero, Linux and NAT

2002-03-24 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
First, shorten your subject line. I've done this for you. You're more likely to get a response with a concise subject header. On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, tony brito wrote: > I use netzero as my ISP and pay 9.95 per month! > netzero is installed on my win98 box. > I use a modem for dial-up service to n

Re: I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:how??

2002-03-24 Thread David Purton
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 10:08:51PM -0800, tony brito wrote: > Hello I am a new linux user > > I use netzero as my ISP and pay 9.95 per month! > netzero is installed on my win98 box. > I use a modem for dial-up service to netzero. > > I also have both my linux box and win98 connected with > an E

Help -- Scanner problem with MAKEDEV

2002-03-24 Thread Cam Ellison
I am trying to install an Epson 1650 (USB) scanner. Sane is installed, everything is plugged in, but I cannot get MAKEDEV to do its thing. I have added a /usb directory to /dev, and run "mknod scanner0 c 180 48" by itself and in company with MAKEDEV (as MAKEDEV scanner || mknod scanner0 c 180

GeForce 2 MX200 and XF86 4 hard lockup

2002-03-24 Thread Alex Malinovich
I'm trying to set up Debian on a friend's computer since he's finally decided to give up the evil M$ empire. He's got a GeForce 2 MX200 hooked up to a Gateway FPD1500 flat-screen. (TFT) I compiled 2.4.17 for him and got the latest NVidia drivers (2802) and using the latest Sid packages. If I start

Re: I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:how??

2002-03-24 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Have you investigated internet connection sharing on the Win98 Box? For more information, type ICS in Win98's help thingy. In general, it's pretty easy, especially if you don't mind having your linux box configured via DHCP. Elizabeth Tony brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello I am a new li

Re: I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:ho

2002-03-24 Thread timothy bauscher
> Thank you I will try it! sorry, i had just glanced over the first one. i don't think it is free. however, the second one from analog X is free. (==timothy==) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: remote X problems

2002-03-24 Thread David Wright
Okay, I figured out the problem. Seems the xbase-clients package needs to be installed. I don't quite understand why the packages of programs like xosview don't depend on this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wtf is port 1024 kdm?

2002-03-24 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 01:22:23AM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: > I nmap'ed a machine on my network which is > running Woody, and realized that: > > 1024/tcp openkdm > > I am ssuming that kdm means KDE Display Manger. > What's strang is that this machine does not have > (and has never

Re: I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:how??

2002-03-24 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, David Purton wrote: > If you're not running win98se, there are a few 3rd party apps > which do the same thing (probably better) >From what I've seen, not really. Windows really sucks at managing more than one network interface, like a dial-up adapter and a NIC, or two NICs,

Re: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host PART II

2002-03-24 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:09:37PM -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > Greetings again: > > I have sshd working again after adding an entry in my firewall/router's > /etc/hosts.allow file, but I am rather concerned that sshd included > tcp_wrappers without alerting users that are upgradin

Re: wtf is port 1024 kdm?

2002-03-24 Thread timothy bauscher
> > I nmap'ed a machine on my network which is > > running Woody, and realized that: > > > > 1024/tcp openkdm > > > > I am ssuming that kdm means KDE Display Manger. > > What's strang is that this machine does not have > > (and has never had) any graphical display manager > > or desktop

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-24 Thread Craig Sampson
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:41:51 +1100, John Lynch wrote: >>It has a very easy install with good hardware autodetection >>and has >>probably the best manuals I have ever seen with a Linux distribution. > >Can you download SuSe for free over the internet? Yes. >And also, can u install it in a dual

Re: gphoto2 with USB digital camera problem

2002-03-24 Thread Jeff
Craig Dickson, 2002-Jan-11 21:05 -0800: > Update, for the benefit of anyone else who's interested in this stuff: > > I now have a SanDisk SDDR-31 CF card reader plugged into my Linux box's > USB port. I recompiled my 2.4.17 kernel with the following additional > options: SCSI, SCSI disk, SCSI gene

Re: WindowMaker Keybindings

2002-03-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Mar 22, 2002, Rohan Deshpande ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hey all, > > I would like to use WindowMaker, but would also like to configure > keybindings. As you know, with Debian's streamlined menu system, there > is no way to customize keybindings through WPrefs since it prompts with > an

debian on IBM Thinkpad iseries (P3-500)

2002-03-24 Thread nate
I was wondering if anyone has gotten debian to work on this machine. It is Type 1171-91U. It's the first machine I can remember that won't boot the debian install CD at all. it just says "Boot Failed". I tried both CD 1 and CD 2. I installed SuSE 7.3 professional with no problem, but wanted to dua

Still stuck on install of 68k

2002-03-24 Thread John Bruner
Hi, It's me again, IIfx. I can't complete an install because my screen looses characters on the left side when I get to the part where the installer wants to partition the hard drive. I have a full screen up until then. If someone could send me the commands/options list for that screen, ( the one

Re: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host PART II

2002-03-24 Thread Gary Turner
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 08:46:00 +0100, Sven Hoexter wrote: >On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:09:37PM -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: >> My question now is this: do I need to make these hosts_allow entries into >> each of my linux computers? I still find it very odd that all the other >> computers we

Re: executables in /xyz

2002-03-24 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On 23 Mar 2002, Timo --Blazko-- Boewing wrote: > Hello everyone, > > i have a funny thing in my current sid (2 months old, but last update > yesterday [dist-upgrade]) but also in the previous installation (also > sid): > > whenever i am developing in C/C++ or bash, i cannot execute the file

Re: audio sample rate conversion

2002-03-24 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Samstag, 23. März 2002 15:32 schrieb Karsten Heymann: > * Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020323 15:25]: > > Hi list > > > > I have just extracted the audio stream from my "Sting live" DVD using > > transcode. The sample rate of the pcm stream is 48kHz. If I edit the > > header of this file

problems with dpkg/deselct installing woody

2002-03-24 Thread Richard Palfalvi
Hi ! I have the following problem. I once installed potato on an old pentium-machine and then didn't use it for a year or so. Now I d like to use it again and tried to update to WOODY (before there was nothing really important on the machine), so I just pointed apt in sources.list to the testin

Re: problems with dpkg/deselct installing woody

2002-03-24 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 11:53, Richard Palfalvi wrote: > During the installation-process with dselect it run into the following > error: > > Removing gnome-games /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-games.postrm: > scrollkeeper-update: command not found > dpkg: error processing gnome-games (--remove): subproce

CDROM: hdc: lost interrupt (how to troubleshoot?)

2002-03-24 Thread Erik Steffl
when I try to rip the CD I get the following messages and the ripping is VERY slow (few hours per one song): Mar 24 04:10:09 localhost kernel: hdc: lost interrupt system: debian unstable, kernel 2.4.17 cdrom (burner) /dev/hdc TDK CDRW321040B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive jojda:/home/erik#

Re: debian on IBM Thinkpad iseries (P3-500)

2002-03-24 Thread Ross Burton
On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 09:05, nate wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has gotten debian to work on this > machine. It is Type 1171-91U. It's the first machine I can > remember that won't boot the debian install CD at all. it just > says "Boot Failed". I tried both CD 1 and CD 2. I installed > SuSE

Can't subscribe to this list

2002-03-24 Thread Anthony Campbell
I can't subscribe to this list. I've tried several times; I get a request for confirmation but when I return it, nothing happens. I've never had any problems in the past. Is the list broken? For obvious reasons, please reply to me directly! Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debia

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-24 Thread Tony Crawford
Craig Sampson wrote (on 24 Mar 2002 at 16:22): > Like all RPM (or rather non APT) > distros its a nightmare to update and keep updated but you don't > care about this when you are completely new and can't get > anything running. LOL! T. -- -- Tony Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- +49-3341-30 9

Re: CDROM: hdc: lost interrupt (how to troubleshoot?)

2002-03-24 Thread Erik Steffl
one more relevant fact: data CD can be read without problems and it seems fairly fast (whole CD is read in few minutes), no 'lost interrupt' or other messages in syslog. erik Erik Steffl wrote: > > when I try to rip the CD I get the following messages and the ripping > is VERY slow (

Re: executables in /xyz

2002-03-24 Thread Timo --Blazko-- Boewing
Thanks! Yes, the mount options are the cause. RTFM: well, normally i read a lot but the mount idea came while finishing the mail, thus forgive me :-). Thanks again and see you. p.s. no one knows the bach shell??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Vim help -- not finding help.txt

2002-03-24 Thread Rohan Deshpande
Hi, In Debian unstable, I tried to do :help, but got this error: Sorry, help file "/usr/share/vim/vim60/doc/help.txt" not found So, I tried gunzipping the help.txt.gz in that directory, and then Vim complained it could not find tags. I figured it was because the files in /doc were not gunzipped

Re: 3c5x9setup adapter failure on isa etherlink 3

2002-03-24 Thread Jason M. Harvey
| | One other tip that may help, if your bios supports it, asign an irq to | the nic card maually, mine allows setting irq's for 'legacy/isa?' | -- | Greg C. Madden | Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 | hi greg, thanks again. my bios is very simple and doesn't have that option. i've seen that on other bios

Re: 3c5x9setup adapter failure on isa etherlink 3

2002-03-24 Thread Jason M. Harvey
<-- snip --> | My guess: Broken NIC. I had one such card that worked, but after I had | taken it out and putting back a few times, the light would never go on | again (I guess a was to brute with it). On a working nic the light | should go on immediately at power on, before any OS is even loaded, s

Re: Vim help -- not finding help.txt

2002-03-24 Thread Seneca Cunningham
Rohan Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Debian unstable, I tried to do :help, but got this error: > > Sorry, help file "/usr/share/vim/vim60/doc/help.txt" not found > > So, I tried gunzipping the help.txt.gz in that directory, and then Vim > complained it could not find tags. I figured it

Re: Netzero, Linux and NAT

2002-03-24 Thread Jason M. Harvey
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 10:42:29PM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: | First, shorten your subject line. I've done this for you. You're more | likely to get a response with a concise subject header. | | On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, tony brito wrote: | | > I use netzero as my ISP and pay 9.95 per month

apache and zope

2002-03-24 Thread Rick Pasotto
I've read all the howto's and I can't get it to work. What silly thing have I overlooked? I'm running debian testing. httpd.conf has: begin httpd.conf extract FastCgiExternalServer /var/www/swim \ -host localhost:9673 \ -pass-header Authorization \ -appConnTime

Re: Vim help -- not finding help.txt

2002-03-24 Thread Rohan Deshpande
Hi there, No, I didn't upgrade from Vim 5.6 Also, I tried renaming my vimrc to something else to see if that was the source or problems, but it was to no avail. -Rohan * Seneca Cunningham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Rohan Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Debian unstable, I tried to

Re: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host PART II

2002-03-24 Thread Michel Loos
Em Sáb, 2002-03-23 às 18:09, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls escreveu: > > Greetings again: > > I have sshd working again after adding an entry in my firewall/router's > /etc/hosts.allow file, but I am rather concerned that sshd included > tcp_wrappers without alerting users that are upgrading software

Re: I want a linux internet connection going thru a win98 box:how??

2002-03-24 Thread Michel Loos
Em Dom, 2002-03-24 às 03:08, tony brito escreveu: > Hello I am a new linux user > > I use netzero as my ISP and pay 9.95 per month! > netzero is installed on my win98 box. > I use a modem for dial-up service to netzero. > > I also have both my linux box and win98 connected with > an Ethernet ca

Matrox G400 problem with Woody and X

2002-03-24 Thread Randolph S. Kahle
I have just installed Woody from the network install CDROMs. When I try to start X, I am told the mga_hal module can not be found. Is this an X configuration problem, compilation problem, or a kernel problem? Thanks -- Randy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: gphoto2 with USB digital camera problem

2002-03-24 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Jeff quotation: > I'm having some trouble doing this, with the SanDisk SDDR-55, but > it should act the same (I hope). I compiled the SCSI stuff as > modules, and I get the feeling you compiled them into your > kernel. Right. Actually, I compile everything into the kernel. > I can't f

Tuxracer problems

2002-03-24 Thread anu531
Hi, I am currently running woody on my Celeron 400MHz box with Matrox G200 video card. My display defaults to a depth of 16. If I run tuxracer in this mode, the backgrounds (textures) are not drawn properly. What I see are smudges on the screen. But, tux races neatly. If I shift to a depth of 24,

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2002-03-24 Thread Anthony Campbell
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Re: High powered Debian advocacy?

2002-03-24 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 06:32:37PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 11:41:12PM -0800, Noah Sombrero wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:27:21 -0600, you wrote: > > > > >> > > >> Hmm, yes I can move those directories and replace them with links or > > >> just mount them to app

No Gnome sounds, help please!

2002-03-24 Thread stan
I'm buildign a woddy machien for my wife, and i can't for the life of me, figure out why Gnome sounds won't work. The machien has working sound for things like mp3blaster, and if I run esd from a non Gnome session, I get the startup beeps. Loged in as a normal user to Gnome, I see eds -nobeeps run

Re: No Gnome sounds, help please!

2002-03-24 Thread Glyn Millington
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm buildign a woddy machien for my wife, and i can't for the life of me, > figure out why Gnome sounds won't work. > > The machien has working sound for things like mp3blaster, and if I run esd > from a non Gnome session, I get the startup beeps. Loged in as a

Re: Re: Re: High powered Debian advocacy?

2002-03-24 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:07:36PM -0800, Noah Sombrero wrote: > I have about 60 mb on /usr. A software installing session could use > that in nothing flat. I have plenty of room on /mnt, but I have to > install by hand to get anything there. Then X doesn't know Symlinks are your friend. noah

Re: No Gnome sounds, help please!

2002-03-24 Thread stan
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 05:29:00PM +, Glyn Millington wrote: > stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm buildign a woddy machien for my wife, and i can't for the life of me, > > figure out why Gnome sounds won't work. > > > > The machien has working sound for things like mp3blaster, and if

Re: Vim help -- not finding help.txt

2002-03-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 07:49:15AM -0500, Rohan Deshpande wrote: > In Debian unstable, I tried to do :help, but got this error: > > Sorry, help file "/usr/share/vim/vim60/doc/help.txt" not found Get rid of any gzip autocommands in /etc/vim/vimrc or ~/.vimrc. -- Colin Watson

Re: Help -- Scanner problem with MAKEDEV

2002-03-24 Thread dave mallery
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Cam Ellison wrote: > I am trying to install an Epson 1650 (USB) scanner. Sane is installed, > everything is plugged in, but I cannot get MAKEDEV to do its thing. I have > added a /usb directory to /dev, and run "mknod scanner0 c 180 48" by itself > and in company with MAK

Re: Vim help -- not finding help.txt

2002-03-24 Thread Rohan Deshpande
I tried destroying my vimrc, but i got the same error. * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 07:49:15AM -0500, Rohan Deshpande wrote: > > In Debian unstable, I tried to do :help, but got this error: > > > > Sorry, help file "/usr/share/vim/vim60/doc/help.txt" not fou

SSH2 packet too long error

2002-03-24 Thread Glen Snyder
After upgrading my maching to woody (After many tips on x-config from other users--thanks) I decided to go from ssh to ssh2 protocol, since the mail server at work uses this. It works fine and I can connect to the server, use scp, etc. Now I want to use sshd2 to login to my machine remotely. I ed

Re: Vim help -- not finding help.txt [FIXED]

2002-03-24 Thread Rohan Deshpande
Hey again, I don't know what the fsck was wrong, but i just purged vim and other binaries and reinstalled, and now it works. Same vimrc, and everything. I don't know what it was. Oh well, thanks anyways. -Rohan * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 07:49:15AM -0500

Re: Gnome sound not working, how to troubleshoot?

2002-03-24 Thread stan
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 04:14:53PM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 00:22, stan wrote: > > I'm seting up 2 machines, both have working sound, using mp3blaster > > for instance. > > > > However niether on iringaly had working sounds from Gnome sessions. > > > > A helpful list m

encoding cds with abcde takes 3 hours per song..

2002-03-24 Thread Rachel Andrew
Hi I am trying to encode a cd with the package abcde and it is taking around 3 hours per track to do so! Is this usual? Is there anyway I can speed this up. I have an up to date Woody system, Athlon 1gig, 512 RAM so it shouldn't be this slow :) Rachel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: High powered Debian advocacy?

2002-03-24 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Noah Sombrero ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:32:37 -0600, you wrote: > > >[ Note: I read the list. I don't need nor do I want copies of mail > >sent to the list. In this case you sent a copy to me with a different > >message id than what went to the list; something

Re: ISDN Crypto Router problem

2002-03-24 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* David Gardi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Hi to all, > I am in posession of this small router device that has 1 ethernet and 1 > ISDN plug. By sticking this device onto my network it can perform > various services such as NAT, dialout(ISDN) and some routing. It is > configurable by telne

How to reconfigure fetchmail?

2002-03-24 Thread stan
I need to reconfigure fetchmail on one of my woody machines. I tried using dselct to delte & reinstall it. That did not prompt me for configuration data, so I tried dpkg-rconfigure fetchmail. This just returned a prompt. How can I do this? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temp

ssh and paswordless login between 2 woody machines

2002-03-24 Thread stan
I have two woody machines, that I want to be able to use ssh to login from one to the other without having to enter my password every time. I added the contents of ~/.ssh/identity.pub on the machien I am loging in FROM to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the machine that I am loging in TO, and made certa

Re: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host PART II

2002-03-24 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Gary Turner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 08:46:00 +0100, Sven Hoexter wrote: > > >On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:09:37PM -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > >> My question now is this: do I need to make these hosts_allow entries into > >> each of my linux computers?

Re: How to reconfigure fetchmail?

2002-03-24 Thread Seneca Cunningham
Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to reconfigure fetchmail on one of my woody machines. > > I tried using dselct to delte & reinstall it. That did not prompt me for > configuration data, so I tried dpkg-rconfigure fetchmail. This just > returned a prompt. > > How can I do this? Instal

Re: How to reconfigure fetchmail?

2002-03-24 Thread Peter Whysall
On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 19:11, stan wrote: > I need to reconfigure fetchmail on one of my woody machines. > > I tried using dselct to delte & reinstall it. That did not prompt me for > configuration data, so I tried dpkg-rconfigure fetchmail. This just > returned a prompt. > > How can I do this?

Re: How to reconfigure fetchmail?

2002-03-24 Thread ktb
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 02:11:14PM -0500, stan wrote: > I need to reconfigure fetchmail on one of my woody machines. > > I tried using dselct to delte & reinstall it. That did not prompt me for > configuration data, so I tried dpkg-rconfigure fetchmail. This just > returned a prompt. > > How can

Re: ssh and paswordless login between 2 woody machines

2002-03-24 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > I have two woody machines, that I want to be able to use ssh to login from > one to the other without having to enter my password every time. > > I added the contents of ~/.ssh/identity.pub on the machien I am loging in > FROM to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on

Re: ssh and paswordless login between 2 woody machines

2002-03-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 02:14:12PM -0500, stan wrote: > I have two woody machines, that I want to be able to use ssh to login from > one to the other without having to enter my password every time. > > I added the contents of ~/.ssh/identity.pub on the machien I am loging in > FROM to ~/.ssh/autho

Debian shoot 'em up games review

2002-03-24 Thread Oohara Yuuma
[Please Cc: to me because I am not subscribed to the list.] I am interested in shoot 'em up games. This is a comment for some of them that are available in Debian. Note that .deb may be unavailable on a potato system -- I use unstable. By "shoot 'em up" I mean a game in which you pilot a plane

Confused by X version 3 and version 4 being part of Woody

2002-03-24 Thread Randolph S. Kahle
I'm confused by the support of both version 3.3 and 4.0 X server in Woody. I have an operational system running under (I believe) version 3.3. I would like to try to configure version 4.0. How do I specify one X server or the other? Is /etc/X11/X, as a symbolic link, the say to do this? Right n

Re: Gnome sound not working, how to troubleshoot?

2002-03-24 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 07:22:45PM -0500, stan wrote: > I'm seting up 2 machines, both have working sound, using mp3blaster > for instance. > > However niether on iringaly had working sounds from Gnome sessions. > > A helpful list member sugested setting esd to SUID root. > > This cured the prob

Re: Re: Re: Re: High powered Debian advocacy?

2002-03-24 Thread Noah Sombrero
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:32:58 -0500, you wrote: >On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:07:36PM -0800, Noah Sombrero wrote: >> I have about 60 mb on /usr. A software installing session could use >> that in nothing flat. I have plenty of room on /mnt, but I have to >> install by hand to get anything there. T

Re: Confused by X version 3 and version 4 being part of Woody

2002-03-24 Thread Peter Whysall
On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 19:49, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > I'm confused by the support of both version 3.3 and 4.0 X server in > Woody. > > I have an operational system running under (I believe) version 3.3. > > I would like to try to configure version 4.0. > > How do I specify one X server or the

Weird dpkg .. mozilla error

2002-03-24 Thread Florian Struck
Hi, i`m, allready for over a week, having a problem updating mozilla-browser (in unstable) i tryed solving it myself but i had no luck. I'll post a snip of the message that comes from dpkg --pending --configure (spit out by "mozilla-browser.postinst"). # dpkg --pending --configure Setting up m

Re: Re: Re: Re: High powered Debian advocacy?

2002-03-24 Thread Peter Whysall
On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 20:08, Noah Sombrero wrote: > On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:32:58 -0500, you wrote: > > >On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:07:36PM -0800, Noah Sombrero wrote: > >> I have about 60 mb on /usr. A software installing session could use > >> that in nothing flat. I have plenty of room on /mnt

Re: encoding cds with abcde takes 3 hours per song..

2002-03-24 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 12:41, Rachel Andrew wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to encode a cd with the package abcde and it is taking around 3 > hours per track to do so! > > Is this usual? Is there anyway I can speed this up. I have an up to date > Woody system, Athlon 1gig, 512 RAM so it shouldn't be

gnome apps font size under KDE

2002-03-24 Thread Andreas Goesele
Hi, I have an up to date Debian woody with KDE as desktop. Additionally I'm using some gnome applications. The menu etc. fonts of these gnome apps are too small for my eyes, but I didn't find any way to change the font size so far. I tried to set under "gnomecc -> theme selector -> user font -> u

Re: GeForce 2 MX200 and XF86 4 hard lockup

2002-03-24 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 08:09:02PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I'm trying to set up Debian on a friend's computer since he's finally > decided to give up the evil M$ empire. He's got a GeForce 2 MX200 hooked > up to a Gateway FPD1500 flat-screen. (TFT) I compiled 2.4.17 for him and > got the la

pppoe in a debian 1.3

2002-03-24 Thread Romuald PERINELLE
I have a local network at home and an ADSL connexion. I would like to install my linux box as a firewall for my network. Unfortunately I can't upgrade my debian version (1.3) because of compatibility reasons with my hardware and my bios. Is there a way to install pppoe on a debian 1.3 ? Romuald

Re: Can't subscribe to this list

2002-03-24 Thread Chris Jenks
At 07:35 AM 3/24/02, Anthony Campbell wrote: I can't subscribe to this list. I've tried several times; I get a request for confirmation but when I return it, nothing happens. I've never had any problems in the past. Is the list broken? For obvious reasons, please reply to me directly! Anthony

Re: still stuck and no gnome anymore

2002-03-24 Thread Glyn Millington
dave mallery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 23 Mar 2002, Glyn Millington wrote: > > > > Just download the gnome-core deb > > > > then load it in with dpkg > > > > dpkg --force-overwrite -i gnome-core_1.4.0.6-2_i386.deb > > > after the above, still no gnome... no X, only the login box > >

Re: encoding cds with abcde takes 3 hours per song..

2002-03-24 Thread Rachel Andrew
> > What does "top" say? 9755 root 13 -10 59448 17M 1916 S < 4.5 3.5 1:00 XFree86 9828 rachel14 0 8672 8404 7308 R 2.9 1.6 0:15 kdeinit 10934 root 10 0 984 984 768 R 0.1 0.1 0:00 top 1 root 8 0 528 476 452 S 0.0 0.0 2:34 init

Re: Vim help -- not finding help.txt [FIXED]

2002-03-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 01:17:32PM -0500, Rohan Deshpande wrote: > I don't know what the fsck was wrong, but i just purged vim and other > binaries and reinstalled, and now it works. Same vimrc, and everything. > I don't know what it was. Chances are it was /etc/vim/vimrc, *not* your personal ~/.v

Re: Still stuck on install of 68k

2002-03-24 Thread Sebastiaan
High, why don't you try the m68k Debian user list? Pehaps more people have experienced your problem there? Greetz, Sebastiaan On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, John Bruner wrote: > Hi, > > It's me again, IIfx. I can't complete an install because my screen > looses characters on the left side when I get to

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-24 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 04:22:24PM +0800, Craig Sampson wrote: > On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:41:51 +1100, John Lynch wrote: > > >>It has a very easy install with good hardware autodetection > >>and has > >>probably the best manuals I have ever seen with a Linux > distribution. > > > >Can you download

OK, I am too stupid for chrony

2002-03-24 Thread Mario Vukelic
I have a internet link via cable one eth0 (up when machine is up), but the machine does get powered off. 1.) In this case, do I need the offline directive in the server lines in chrony.conf? 2.) My firewall gets hit on port 123 (ntp) by the timeservers. I suppose I have to open these ports to th

Re: Weird dpkg .. mozilla error

2002-03-24 Thread Joey Hess
Florian Struck wrote: > Hi, i`m, allready for over a week, having a problem updating mozilla-browser > (in unstable) i tryed solving it myself but i had no luck. I'll post a snip > of the message that comes from dpkg --pending --configure (spit out by > "mozilla-browser.postinst"). > > > # dpk

Re: Help -- Scanner problem with MAKEDEV

2002-03-24 Thread Cam Ellison
* dave mallery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Cam Ellison wrote: > > > first, you have to be able to load a bunch of modules: > > alias char-major0180 usb-uhci > pre-install usb-uhci > alias usb-controller usb-uhci > options scanner vendor=0x04B8 product=0x0110 > > the option

Re: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 12:36:33PM -0600, Kevin Strong wrote: > Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian system using the root > password but I can login using other users logins. Is there anything I can > do to regain the ability to login as root other than rebuilding the > server.Than

Printer dead or CUPS?

2002-03-24 Thread aor
I'm afraid my printer may be broken, but maybe just the software. Anyway, using the most recent CUPS version, an Epson Stylus C60 printer, kernel version 2.4.17, and sid (current as of this afternoon). The error message when trying to print (either a test page or using lp) is "client-error-not-poss

Re: encoding cds with abcde takes 3 hours per song..

2002-03-24 Thread Ron Johnson
That's "interesting". My top 4 are: 16291 me20 10 1424 1424 636 R N 64.8 0.1 1:16 lame 433 dnet 20 19 416 396 344 R N 21.9 0.0 25164m dnetc 16808 me15 10 3964 3876 500 R N 6.6 0.5 0:01 cdparanoia 3890 me11 0 1028 992 788 R 3.8 0.1

Re: encoding cds with abcde takes 3 hours per song..

2002-03-24 Thread Rachel Andrew
My xterm looks the same - cdparanoia keeps bobbing up to the top of top every minute or so and then disappearing again, the current track has been recording now for over 4 hours... Rachel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Matrox G400 problem with Woody and X

2002-03-24 Thread Simon Hepburn
Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > When I try to start X, I am told the mga_hal module can not be found. You need to get the linux drivers from the matrox support site if you want this lib. You might like this: apt-cache show mgapdesk Simon Hepburn. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: encoding cds with abcde takes 3 hours per song..

2002-03-24 Thread Sean
How scratched up is the CD and have you tried a lens cleaner in your CDROM? On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 17:12, Rachel Andrew wrote: > My xterm looks the same - cdparanoia keeps bobbing up to the top of top every > minute or so and then disappearing again, the current track has been > recording now for

Kernel Panic

2002-03-24 Thread james martinez
If anyone could help with this I would appriciate it. I installed a new Nvidia Gforce 4 card in my system last weekend. So I had to compile a custom kernel to setup the drivers for it. I got the 2.4.18 source with apget and used the kernel-packaging tool to create a new kernel image. I got the nvid

Re: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host PART II

2002-03-24 Thread Gary Turner
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:12:56 -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: >* Gary Turner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: >> On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 08:46:00 +0100, Sven Hoexter wrote: >> >> >On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:09:37PM -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: >> > >Didn't you read Sven's rely? It says "DNS probl

Re: Confused by X version 3 and version 4 being part of Woody

2002-03-24 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 12:49:22PM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > I'm confused by the support of both version 3.3 and 4.0 X server in > Woody. > > I have an operational system running under (I believe) version 3.3. > > I would like to try to configure version 4.0. > > How do I specify one X s

Re: How to reconfigure fetchmail?

2002-03-24 Thread stan
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 01:20:09PM -0600, ktb wrote: > On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 02:11:14PM -0500, stan wrote: > > I need to reconfigure fetchmail on one of my woody machines. > > > > I tried using dselct to delte & reinstall it. That did not prompt me for > > configuration data, so I tried dpkg-rc

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