Konqueror's File Association

2003-01-27 Thread Aryan Ameri
Hi there: I am trying to remaster a Knoppix CD. Using apt and dpkg, I removed all KDE 3.0 packages, and installed Ralph Nolden's KDE 3.1 packages on it. After this something wierd is happenning. When KDE's default language is set to some specific languages like Turkish, Finish, Farsi and Czech

Re: Which Tape Backup package, mt-st?, etc.

2003-01-27 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 01:20, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > I have confirmed it's working (via tar, then a restore to a different location, > and a file-compare). > > What packages do you folks recommend for a single-system? There are about > a half-dozen listed - taper, amanda, afbackup, tapir, kba

Re: Hard Disk Partition Recovery

2003-01-27 Thread Massimiliano Ferrero
Barry Pollock wrote: Keep in mind that dos 6.22 is only a 16 bit system and linux is 32 bit so if a 32 bit system writes to the partition table a 16 bit system may not be able to access the boot secter. keep in mind that dos can only read 2 partitions from the primary and linux can read 4 Ok,

Re: CPU usage on debian (was: Re: Memory usage on debian)

2003-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 17:44, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:19:14PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 07:37, Pigeon wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 03:03:10AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 21:42, Pigeon wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jan 25, 20

Re: How to determine why a package is "held back"?

2003-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 09:35, stan wrote: > I've got 2 differnt "testing' machines that should be set up in a very > similar fashion (mine which I tend to test things on first, and my wife's, > which I ry to keep _very_ stable). > > Latley when I do apt-gte update ; apt-get dist-upgrade, her machin

Re: Backup Consensus?

2003-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 15:32, Grant Bowman wrote: > Is there a place where a general consensus has been reached on exactly > what is necesary to backup a Debian system? I'm sure this has been > asked and answered many times before, so I am looking for URLs to where > this has been discussed in the

Re: Hard Disk Partition Recovery

2003-01-27 Thread Rogier Wolff
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:59:07PM -0500, Barry Pollock wrote: > Keep in mind that dos 6.22 is only a 16 bit system and linux is 32 bit so > if a 32 bit system writes to the partition table a 16 bit system may not > be able to access the boot secter. keep in mind that dos can only read 2 > parti

Re: Fwd: getting postfix + sasl to work

2003-01-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.01.24.2244 +0100]: > /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf > pwcheck_method: PAM > > /etc/pam.d/smtp > # (take your pick and remove the rest) > # (how do you want it to find the user/pass matches?) > authrequiredpam_permit.

Re: Upgrade 3.0beta->3.0r0->3.0r1 with buggy behaviour ?

2003-01-27 Thread Walther, Christoph
Many thanks for this tip >try apt-get install apt >and try anothere time apt-get dist-upgrade !!! ..so I tried and further I did the recommended apt-get -f install, but it doesn't work correctly: perl: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libdb.so.3: file too short E: Write error - write

Re: Mysterious disk activity

2003-01-27 Thread Rogier Wolff
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:58:04AM +, Pigeon wrote: > Hi, > > I get these occasional very long bursts of disk activity, usually but > not always within an hour or so of booting up, during which the HD LED is > on continuously and the machine is very slow to respond. There were > cron jobs runn

Re: How to determine why a package is "held back"?

2003-01-27 Thread Xavier Bestel
> You should do this: > # apt-gte update && apt-get dist-upgrade I prefer this: # apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --no-remove That way if there's a package with broken dependencies, I can see it before it removes half my desktop. Xav -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Kdevelop & htdig

2003-01-27 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, I have problems right at the end (I think) of Kdevelop Setup - it wants to use htdig to index all the docs (and I think that's a good idea), but complains about the lack of a htdig.conf file. >From googling, I've discovered that at least at one stage, a README file on this topic existed i

HP 8250i cd-writer

2003-01-27 Thread Frank Lenaerts
Hi, Did somebody already get an HP 8250i cd-writer working on Woody? I've never had any problems with an HP 8100i or so, but the 8250i seems to be problematic, although it would be supported. As usual, I've setup SCSI emulation and cdrecord -scanbus detects both the cdrom and the cd-writer. Howev

Re: phoenix and java?

2003-01-27 Thread Robert Land
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 07:16:22PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 06:11:28PM +0100, Robert Land wrote: > > and couldn't find anything on the Phoenix web page > > mentioning system requirements. Would someone kindly > > jump in and provide some advice? > > You need the woody libc6

XPDF can't find fonts

2003-01-27 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello everybody, Sorry for double posting but it seems nobody has answered on this yet. When I try to read a pdf using xpdf it opens but it shows junk. I get these messages: Error: Couldn't create FreeType font from '/tmp/BvV0Wg' Error: Couldn't create FreeType font from '/tmp/E0vgYp' Error: Co

Re: How to determine why a package is "held back"?

2003-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 03:07, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > You should do this: > > # apt-gte update && apt-get dist-upgrade > > I prefer this: > > # apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --no-remove > > > That way if there's a package with broken dependencies, I can see it > before it removes half

Re: scsi HD install Problem

2003-01-27 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Monday 27 January 2003 00:55, Mikkel wrote: > How do i install Debian on my scsi HD? Normally you do this the same way as if you'd be installing on an IDE disk. Do you experience any problems? What controller are you using? -- Got Backup? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: Bad Magic

2003-01-27 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Monday 27 January 2003 02:31, Tom Allison wrote: > What does this mean? > > I'm failing at the beginning of a boot. You mean you get the message directly after LILO (or BRUB or whatever you're using as bootmanager) is done? It would be helpful if you could pinpoint that a little more precisel

Re: Bad Magic

2003-01-27 Thread Tom Allison
Nicos Gollan wrote: On Monday 27 January 2003 02:31, Tom Allison wrote: What does this mean? I'm failing at the beginning of a boot. You mean you get the message directly after LILO (or BRUB or whatever you're using as bootmanager) is done? It would be helpful if you could pinpoint that a

Re: CD-ROM

2003-01-27 Thread Tom Allison
Pigeon wrote: On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:18:15AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: OK, I'm getting more than a little frustrated. I am constantly getting CD-Record errors when I try to create ANY kind of CD. Can someone please provide any suggestions on what to check/test/do. It worked very nicely f

Install problems: 3.0r1/i386 and Realtek 8319 network card

2003-01-27 Thread Anand Buddhdev
I want to install Debian over the network. I downloaded the 2 'vanilla' boot floppies, rescue.bin and root.bin, and booted with those. They have kernel 2.2.22, and they did not recognise my ethernet card. Then I decided to try the 2.4bf floppies, which have kernel 2.4.18. I see in the kernel config

Re: CD-ROM

2003-01-27 Thread Tom Allison
Pigeon wrote: I've used an old Ricoh CD writer (7200 I think, 2-speed, SCSI) and it is CRAP. It keeps doing stuff like that for no apparent reason; wet-cleaning the lens with IPA helped a bit, but not much. The easiest way to burn a CD on the box concerned is to remove its lid and that of the adj

Re: apt-get

2003-01-27 Thread Chris Lale
Travis Crump wrote: Barry Pollock wrote: You wil have to create a Packages file and a Release file and a Package file. You can simply download the package and do a dpkg -i p`fullpagagename' . The Release file and Package file are optional. A minimally functional Packages file can be crea

aptitude is being too smart

2003-01-27 Thread martin f krafft
i have the following packages being held at the indicated versions in aptitude. the last column indicates the next available version: libgtk2.0-0 2.0.9-1 2.2.0-2 libgtk2.0-common 2.0.6-3 2.2.0-2 libpango1.0-01.0.5-4 1.2.0-3 libpango1.0-common 1.0.4-2

Some package questions

2003-01-27 Thread Joakim Hove
Hello Debian Masters, I have just switched RedHat -> Debian, and so far I must say I am *very pleased* with the conversion, mostly due to the packaging, I never really got allong with RPM. However I still do have some (small ?) questions about packages: 1. Say (for instance) I want to remove kd

Re: Thinkpad T30?

2003-01-27 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 04:43, arief_mulya wrote: > Dear all, > > > > I just got a T30 from the office. > Well, actually, I don't have it in hand yet, so I'm not sure > what's the exact specs. (the stuff comes tomorrow, but the > letter came to me today). > > Anyone has played with an IBM Think

mozilla plugins and download manager

2003-01-27 Thread Simon Tod
Having downloaded a bunch of plugins for mozilla 1.2.1 from marillat.free.fr (stable) the flashplayer and acrobat plugins are happily recognised. I also downloaded openquicktime ran ./configure, make, make install then created symlinks for the .so files from /usr/lib/.mozilla/plugins (where all the

Re: Converting Knoppix to Woody

2003-01-27 Thread Chris Lale
Hal Vaughan wrote: I've tried a few different installs to get Debian working on my system. At one point I used the HD install script to install Knoppix on my harddrive. It worked, in basics. There seemed to be a few problems, such as menus in KDE (I would think this would be a problem in Gn

`apt-get update` going "E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

2003-01-27 Thread Robert Waldner
Would it do that only on the "stable" box w/ only 32 MB RAM, I wouldn't wonder, but it's doing that also on a 256 MB "unstable" one. The error msg is exactly the same on both: .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing kscd (NewVersion1) E: Problem

Re: Some package questions

2003-01-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Joakim Hove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.01.27.1258 +0100]: > 1. Say (for instance) I want to remove kde completely from my box, if > I then try for instance: > > bash% dpkg -P kdelibs3 > > there is no end to the failing dependencies, and not is > removed. Is it possib

Re: Install problems: 3.0r1/i386 and Realtek 8319 network card

2003-01-27 Thread Mike M
On Monday 27 January 2003 05:47, Anand Buddhdev wrote: > I want to install Debian over the network. I downloaded the 2 'vanilla' > boot floppies, rescue.bin and root.bin, and booted with those. They > have kernel 2.2.22, and they did not recognise my ethernet card. Then > I decided to try the 2.4bf

Which driver for a VIA AC97 Chip?

2003-01-27 Thread Andrew M. Lindley
Hi, I have a new motherboard with a VIA AC97 chip for sound, I can't get the via82cxxx_audio driver to load for it. I've read around on the internet but they all seem to refer to PCI string 0x1106:3058 whereas (as you can see) lspci gives 0x1106:3059. The messages I get are: # modprobe via82cxxx

Re: `apt-get update` going "E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

2003-01-27 Thread Mark Janssen
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 12:29, Robert Waldner wrote: > Would it do that only on the "stable" box w/ only 32 MB RAM, I wouldn't wonder, > but it's doing that also on a 256 MB "unstable" one. > > The error msg is exactly the same on both:ed or opened. > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > Any hints? 6

OpenOffice 1.0.1 CRASHES when exporting as html

2003-01-27 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello everybody, I've got the following problem: Open office crashes each time I try to save in html format. I installed the Debian open office version - but before that I had a open office version from the site (which I removed before installing the Debian one) What can I do to solve this? Than

Re: Backup Consensus?

2003-01-27 Thread bob parker
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:32, Grant Bowman wrote: > Is there a place where a general consensus has been reached on exactly > what is necesary to backup a Debian system? I'm sure this has been > asked and answered many times before, so I am looking for URLs to where > this has been discussed in the pa

Re: `apt-get update` going "E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

2003-01-27 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Would it do that only on the "stable" box w/ only 32 MB RAM, I wouldn't wonder, > but it's doing that also on a 256 MB "unstable" one. > >The error msg is exactly the same on both: > >..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Re: How to determine why a package is "held back"?

2003-01-27 Thread Xavier Bestel
Le lun 27/01/2003 à 10:58, Ron Johnson a écrit : > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 03:07, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > > You should do this: > > > # apt-gte update && apt-get dist-upgrade > > > > I prefer this: > > > > # apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --no-remove > > > > > > That way if there's a pac

Re: Backup Consensus?

2003-01-27 Thread Kevin . Bewley
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:32, Grant Bowman wrote: > Is there a place where a general consensus has been reached on exactly > what is necesary to backup a Debian system? I'm sure this has been > asked and answered many times before, so I am looking for URLs to where > this has been discussed in the pa

Re: Initrd diskless boot

2003-01-27 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:52:16PM -0500, Jameson C. Burt wrote: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 03:30:32AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: ... > > I never could really find the info whether that 15Watt power supply is > > part of the bricks or not and whether it needs any fan itself. > > Could you enlight

mount: RPC: Authentication error; why = Failed (unspecified error)

2003-01-27 Thread Johann Spies
My ftp-server consists of a Redhat server with 4 nodes, two of which are debian based. After hard disk problems on one of the debian nodes which caused the load average on the main server to rise because of nfs-devices not being available I rebooted the Redhat server after uncommenting the probl

Thinkpad T30?

2003-01-27 Thread arief_mulya
Dear all, I just got a T30 from the office. Well, actually, I don't have it in hand yet, so I'm not sure what's the exact specs. (the stuff comes tomorrow, but the letter came to me today). Anyone has played with an IBM Thinkpad T30 before? How's the story? I think it also has an internal mo

error on root filesystem DEBIAN WON'T BOOT URGENT

2003-01-27 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello everybody I've got a big problem now: First, I had a weird warning about a change in memory while nothing should have changed - I did nothing special to cause such a thing... Anyway, then the probs go on: When I try to boot I get an error message when the check for the root system starts.

Re: Some package questions

2003-01-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 12:58:27PM +0100, Joakim Hove wrote: > 2. I have read that the debian packages do not contain version > numbers from the packaged software. However for instance emacs > exists as both emacs20 and emacs21 packages, does that imply that > to debians packagesystem

Solved: mount: RPC: Authentication error; why = Failed (unspecified error)

2003-01-27 Thread Johann Spies
I discovered the problem. The /etc/hosts.deny did indeed change since the previous time that the volumes were mounted and I forgot about it. Sorry about the false alarm. Regards. Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Co

error on root filesystem DEBIAN WON'T BOOT URGENT

2003-01-27 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello everybody I've got a big problem now: First, I had a weird warning about a change in memory while nothing should have changed - I did nothing special to cause such a thing... Anyway, then the probs go on: When I try to boot I get an error message when the check for the root system starts.

error on root filesystem DEBIAN WON'T BOOT URGENT

2003-01-27 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello everybody I've got a big problem now: First, I had a weird warning about a change in memory while nothing should have changed - I did nothing special to cause such a thing... Anyway, then the probs go on: When I try to boot I get an error message when the check for the root system starts.

Re: scsi HD install Problem

2003-01-27 Thread Mikkel
I got a Adaptec 29160 , and my problem is that i can't see my scsi HD ( only my IDE HD). "Nicos Gollan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:20030127102009$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > On Monday 27 January 2003 00:55, Mikkel wrote: > > How do i install Debian on my scsi HD? > > Normally you do this

Debian-based UnitedLinux

2003-01-27 Thread guevenbay
Dear Debian Users, I'm planning to deploy a UnitedLinux version based on Debian. What does that mean? You get a distribution with your favourite package manager and installer that includes all the software (packages) (and not more) that is listed in the UnitedLinux standard. You will be able to d

Re: error on root filesystem DEBIAN WON'T BOOT URGENT

2003-01-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:24:53AM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: > /dev/hdb1 UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY > (i.e., without -a or -p options) > > fsck failed. Please repair manually and reboot. Please > note that the root file system is currently mounted > read-only. To remount it read-

lm-sensors

2003-01-27 Thread mess-mate
Hi all, Sorry to post this message twice.. I'm unable to get lm-sensors working. MB asus P4T533-R with P4. Installed lm-sensors-source, compiled, patched the kernel and reinstalled the kernel (2.4.20) inclusif i2c. Setted-up the kernel with all in modules. Sensors-detect detect nothing. I2c-detect

Re: error on root filesystem DEBIAN WON'T BOOT URGENT

2003-01-27 Thread Kent West
Joris Huizer wrote: Hello everybody I've got a big problem now: First, I had a weird warning about a change in memory while nothing should have changed - I did nothing special to cause such a thing... Anyway, then the probs go on: When I try to boot I get an error message when the check for th

Debian-based UnitedLinux

2003-01-27 Thread debian parisc
I'm planning to deploy a UnitedLinux version based on Debian. What does that mean? You get a distribution with your favourite package manager and >installer that includes all the software (packages) (and not more) that is listed in the UnitedLinux standard. don't you have to apply to some stand

Re: `apt-get update` going 'E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room'

2003-01-27 Thread tallison
> > Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >>Would it do that only on the "stable" box w/ only 32 MB RAM, I wouldn't >>wonder, >> but it's doing that also on a 256 MB "unstable" one. >> >>The error msg is exactly the same on both: >> >>..-

adding a printer on Open Office.

2003-01-27 Thread Gilberto Garcia Jr.
Hey guys,   What I have to do to add a printer (hp 840 c) in Open Office? The kde text editor (Kate) recognizes the printer without any problem, but I couldn´t install it at OO.     any help are welcome.   []´s Iced Sun

Cdrecord and audio cd

2003-01-27 Thread Sridhar M.A.
A friend of mine gave me an audio cd which was burnt in a studio after some editing, etc. He wanted to make a couple of copies. I could not rip it using cdparanoia as linux refused to sense the cd. I suspected the studio which might have used some win s/w to write it, thus making it unreadable unde

PGP Signatures

2003-01-27 Thread debian parisc
Friends, forgive me for my ignorance, but I see a lot of emails on this list with PGP signatures. Exactly what purpose does it serve having PGP as part of your signature? They just look like a string of characters that could have been made up to me. It maybe because I receive most of the email

Re: scsi HD install Problem

2003-01-27 Thread Yuhanes Tjandra
Mikkel schrieb: I got a Adaptec 29160 , and my problem is that i can't see my scsi HD ( only my IDE HD). Have you tried to type "vanilla" at the boot parameter? Yuhanes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: `apt-get update` going 'E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room'

2003-01-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:30:39AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wouldn't it make sense to make this entry in apt.conf a default > installation? Kind of like a WISH_LIST item... It's already been filed, I think, but it would be much more sensible for apt to do the right thing and not need wei

SOLVED :-) Re: error on root filesystem DEBIAN WON'T BOOT

2003-01-27 Thread Joris Huizer
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joris Huizer wrote: > > >Hello everybody > > > >I've got a big problem now: > > > >First, I had a weird warning about a change in > memory > >while nothing should have changed - I did nothing > >special to cause such a thing... Anyway, then the > >probs

Re: scsi HD install Problem

2003-01-27 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 12:55:03AM +0100, Mikkel wrote: > Hi > > How do i install Debian on my scsi HD? It should be straightforward. The installation kernels seem to support most SCSI interface cards, so the installer will recognise your SCSI drive. When you get to "Partition a hard disk" you ca

Re: `apt-get update` going "E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

2003-01-27 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:13:26 +0100, "Benedict Verheyen" writes: >Search the debian mailing list archives. It's asked about every other day. >write this APT::Cache-Limit 1000; into /etc/apt/apt.conf Thanks all, now it works again. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer |

[newbie] kernel-2.4.18 module mis-install

2003-01-27 Thread Jonathan Brandmeyer
My system is a PIII, with woody 3.0_r0. I am installing the nvidia kernel driver for a M64 card. It went like this: Installed the stock kernel-image-2.4.18-i686 debian package, with dselect. Installed and unpacked kernel-source-2.4.18, with dselect and tar. Downloaded and unpacked nvidia-kernel-s

device never checked

2003-01-27 Thread Joris Huizer
I recently added a (kind of big) partition on /dev/hdb3 (where /tmp lives) to the /etc/fstab file so it's mounted. But I think it's never checked for errors or anything. How can I make Debian check it like it does for other partitions -ofcourse the root on /dev/hdb1, and /home on /dev/hdb5 and /us

Re: PGP Signatures

2003-01-27 Thread Tom Badran
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 2:51 pm, debian parisc wrote: > It maybe because I receive most of the emails from this list in windows95 > (I'm at work), that they have no significance. If you are using pgp you can verify the authenticity of the message - i.e. it comes from who the 'from' line says, rathe

Re: PGP Signatures

2003-01-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:51:39PM +, debian parisc wrote: > Friends, > > forgive me for my ignorance, but I see a lot of emails on this list with > PGP signatures. Exactly what purpose does it serve having PGP as part of > your signature? They just look like a string of characters that coul

Re: Some package questions

2003-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 05:58, Joakim Hove wrote: > Hello Debian Masters, > > I have just switched RedHat -> Debian, and so far I must say I am *very > pleased* with the conversion, mostly due to the packaging, I never > really got allong with RPM. However I still do have some (small ?) > questions

Re: Mailman problems

2003-01-27 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:03:58AM -0900, Andy wrote: | Can anyone else comment about Mailman working with an Exim MTA? mailman works well with any MTA, though, if you use the traditional approach of manually maintaining /etc/aliases. exim works very well and isn't hard to configure. In additio

Re: Which driver for a VIA AC97 Chip?

2003-01-27 Thread David Z Maze
"Andrew M. Lindley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a new motherboard with a VIA AC97 chip for sound, I can't get the > via82cxxx_audio driver to load for it. I've read around on the internet > but they all seem to refer to PCI string 0x1106:3058 whereas (as you > can see) lspci gives 0x1106:

where is the cyrus2 imap backport for woody?

2003-01-27 Thread Marcus Schopen
Hi, does anyone know what happend to the cyrus2 imap backports for woody? URL http://people.debian.org/~hmh/packages/woody is broken. Cheers, Marcus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

booting ,different configurations

2003-01-27 Thread Caoilte O'Connor
Hi, I've got several services installed on my laptop that I don't always use (db+webserver for example). What would be the best way of configuring my system such that I can choose an option on my grub boot menu for which services I want started? I've tried looking at rc.d etc man pages, but fin

Re: Fwd: getting postfix + sasl to work

2003-01-27 Thread Rupa Schomaker
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > this has got to be chroot related, since postfix's smtpd runs in > a chroot in /var/spool/postfix on Debian. > > dman, what's your master.cf file look like in terms of the chroot > column? wait, why are you using postfix anyway? aren't you the exim > g

Re: Thinkpad T30?

2003-01-27 Thread Bill Wohler
"Mark L. Kahnt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 04:43, arief_mulya wrote: >> Which would be better? Woody or Sarge? I ran woody on my Thinkpad T20 just fine, so I'd use the one that you're more comfortable with. It's possible, however, that the T30 requires drivers that

Re: SOLVED :-) Re: error on root filesystem DEBIAN WON'T BOOT

2003-01-27 Thread Kent West
Joris Huizer wrote: First, I had a weird warning about a change in memory while nothing should have changed - I did nothing special to cause such a thing... Anyway, then the probs go on: When I try to boot I get an error message: checking root system... fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) /dev/hdb1

Re: Memory usage on debian

2003-01-27 Thread Hans Wilmer
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 05:05:22PM -0500, Jason McCarty wrote: > > This would make a negative number of memory usage shortly after > > starting the X server :) > > Doh! Wouldn't that be cool though :) ja :) Start many X Servers to get unlimited amounts of memory for free! > > > That doesn't mea

Re: PGP Signatures

2003-01-27 Thread Seneca
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:51:39PM +, debian parisc wrote: > forgive me for my ignorance, but I see a lot of emails on this list with > PGP signatures. Exactly what purpose does it serve having PGP as part of > your signature? They just look like a string of characters that could have > been

HANUT SHEL PATENTIM

2003-01-27 Thread HIDUSHIM
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Gimp Print Problem

2003-01-27 Thread Thomas H. George,,,
Epson Stylus Color 860 on /dev/usblp0 installed with CUPS+GIMP-print_v4.2.2-pre2. Print Test Page prints a page with color hexagon but no test. From a command line escputil -s -u -r /dev/usblp0 returns printer status information. From a command line lp printtest results in request id is lp-81

Re: fonts in tables

2003-01-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:23:56PM +0100, Robert Land wrote: > Thank you very much for your assistance Emma. > I hoped not to use style sheets because the w3m > version I am using does not seem to support CSS - > so I tried something in between - and hoped > for the best. Better get used to style

Re: fluxbox settings get lost

2003-01-27 Thread csj
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 01:22:32 -0800 (PST), Joris Huizer wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I've got a small question now: Each time I boot Debian > the settings of fluxbox are gone (the background style > is set to a gray one) > > Is this a bug or do I have to change something ? Just wondering: do

Re: cdrecord and BIG DISKS - Might help someone

2003-01-27 Thread csj
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:28:16 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:34:17AM +, Pigeon wrote: > > cdrecord -v -speed=32 dev=x,y,z -dao -isosize filename.raw > > The hitch was the instruction to cdrecord to write the disc in > DAO mode. Many many recorders cannot deal with th

OpenOffice 1.0.2 font ugliness

2003-01-27 Thread Matt Price
Hi folks, just upgraded to OpenOffice 1.0.2, and the fonts are _exceedingly_ ugly, despite the fact that I installed the x-ttcidfont-conf as suggested by the openoffice package, and up dated the FontPath settings in the XServer. I remember having fixed this problem in the past somehow, but can't

freshly-upgraded kernel 2.4.20 -- went like a dream

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
X-uptime: 10:47:50 up 19:59, 1 user, load average: 0.08 what a delight it is to work under the debian umbrella. i'll get lulled into complacency if you folks keep this up. it was such a seamless upgrade i'm thinking of not waiting 180 days next time. :) after all, it's good to fsk those file

Returned mail... am i relaying? aaugh!

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
does this [see attachment] indicate that some spammer has found a way to get me to relay his mail? aaugh! this looks bad. i have serensoft.com running in my basement on a woody (and freshly-upgraded 2.4.20-k6 kernel) and i allow pop3 and smtp connections for my serensoft mail users. passwords are

Re: Problems running Gnome

2003-01-27 Thread Riccardo Gusso
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 14:44, Riccardo Gusso wrote: > > I solved the problem related to the message error above installing > gnome-control-center package, but I still don't have the panel. I have > looked in the wen and asked in several mailing lists, but at the moment > I haven't found a solution

Re: Which driver for a VIA AC97 Chip?

2003-01-27 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Andrew M. Lindley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 27 January 2003, 11:41 AM +): > I have a new motherboard with a VIA AC97 chip for sound, I can't get the > via82cxxx_audio driver to load for it. I've read around on the internet > but they all seem to refer to PCI string 0x1106:3058 w

Debian 3.0r_0 setup - lots of questions

2003-01-27 Thread sonali
Hi I setup Debian Woody 2 days back. I'll just detail my system: Celeron 633Mhz, Intel i810E motherboard with integrated AGP/sound, 384M RAM I installed the base system from the Debian 3.0r_0 CD and installed X-windows, and lots of other packages via apt-get from stable. Now, I am behind a http

Re: adding a printer on Open Office.

2003-01-27 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Gilberto Garcia Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 27 January 2003, 12:53 PM -0200): > Hey guys, > > What I have to do to add a printer (hp 840 c) in Open Office? The kde text > editor (Kate) recognizes the printer without any problem, but I couldn´t > install it at OO. As root, run the

Problem with AbiWord in Woody

2003-01-27 Thread Paul E Condon
I'm trying to make AbiWord work on my system. I am not attempting anything that is unusual, just install from the Debian web site using dselect. After I turn off the warning message about fonts, according to instruction, I see a warning message "Could not load the dictionary for the en-US langua

Re: diskspace error in /tmp

2003-01-27 Thread Matt Price
well, as everyone pointed out, df was the utility I needed. Thank you for helping me in my ignorance... in fact, I had stupidly placed a large directory full of mp3's on the root partition, hence the problem. sorry to be so stupid. andthanks as usual! matt On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 11:50:43PM +0

moving Woody /usr partition

2003-01-27 Thread john gennard
I've just bought a 40gig IDE hard drive which I want to put as /dev/hdb on a spare box, replacing a 4.3 gig drive there at the moment. I installed Woody whilst leaving Potato on this box and I've only now realised I did a sloppy job. /dev/hda contains all of Woody except /usr which I put on hdb (

Re: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap ???

2003-01-27 Thread Dave Selby
Ive converted my debian from ext2 to ext3 .. no problems. Do I need to do the same to my swap partition, is there any advantage ?? Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: External serial modem advice ?

2003-01-27 Thread Dave Selby
On Sunday 26 January 2003 1:56 pm, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 12:50:33AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 07:36:17AM +, Dave Selby wrote: > > > mmm coffee ... so you thing it does have a use ? > > > > Yup. Wedge it under a door and it'll keep the door open. >

alsa driver configuration

2003-01-27 Thread Mark Whaite
hello all. I am trying to configure alsa drivers on an unstable box. I compiled them with make-kpkg without a problem and the deb installed. Following instructions on the web I added a file alsa to /etc/modutils... which debconf prompted and moved to /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 and linked back. I

Re: XPDF can't find fonts

2003-01-27 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:58:36AM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: > Hello everybody, > > Sorry for double posting but it seems nobody has > answered on this yet. > > > When I try to read a pdf using xpdf it opens but it > shows junk. I get these messages: > > Error: Couldn't create FreeType font fr

Re: kernel-2.4.18 module mis-install

2003-01-27 Thread David Z Maze
"Jonathan Brandmeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Installed the stock kernel-image-2.4.18-i686 debian package, with dselect. > Installed and unpacked kernel-source-2.4.18, with dselect and tar. > Downloaded and unpacked nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-glx-source, with > apt-get and tar. > Built n

Good way to run Windows apps on Debian 3.0?

2003-01-27 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
Is Wine a decent choice for executing scientific and tax-assistance windows application programs on Debian 3.0? If so, how does the winapp recognize ext2fs? I've read the relevant docs that come with Wine, but they are a bit ambiguous for my purposes. (I would prefer to run Windows applications

Re: fluxbox settings get lost

2003-01-27 Thread Joris Huizer
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 01:22:32 -0800 (PST), > Joris Huizer wrote: > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > I've got a small question now: Each time I boot > Debian > > the settings of fluxbox are gone (the background > style > > is set to a gray one) > > > > Is this a bug o

RE: devfs newbie questions about mounting

2003-01-27 Thread Narins, Josh
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 04:05:52PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote: > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 15:32, Dave W wrote: > > > What I _did_ try was > > > > > > mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom > > > > > > and that still fails. I still have scsi emulation and the > like setup so > > > I guess perhaps at least THA

partition table incorrect/ fdisk messed up?

2003-01-27 Thread Matt Price
Hi everyone, in the course of fixing another problem (thanks for the help everyone) I discovered something odd on my system. My (currently oly) hard drive is an 80-gig maxtor. here's the partition table: sudo fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set t

Re: booting ,different configurations

2003-01-27 Thread David Z Maze
"Caoilte O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got several services installed on my laptop that I don't always use > (db+webserver for example). > > What would be the best way of configuring my system such that I can > choose an option on my grub boot menu for which services I want > starte

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