Re: Gnome 2 vs. KDE

2003-06-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:07:04AM -0400, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > I am running Woody, and loading some packages I want from backports I've > found on the web. > > It seems that installing the Gnome 2 backport removes my KDE desktop. > I've even found a KDE 3.1 site, but the Gnome 2 install

Unbootable FastTrak TX2 100

2003-06-04 Thread Chad Walstrom
[[[ Please "Cc:" me, as I'm not subscribed to the list. ]]] I admit it. I'm spoiled. I have come to expect Linux setups to just "work", so when they don't I'm quite tenacious in trying to fix things. Currently, I'm trying to get an APPRO 1124i system (http://www.appro.com) to work using the Linu

Re: /bin/bash: Permission denied

2003-06-04 Thread Dan Dofton
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:32:46 +0200 "gabriel meier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> So login is possible at the moment only for root. > > >> I checked all the user rights of / /bin /bin/bash and its dependend A few ideas come to mind: Did your non-root logins ever work? When did the problem s

Re: Sawfish - keybinding funny.

2003-06-04 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 11:22:59PM +1000, Richard Heycock wrote: } On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 21:15, Gregory Seidman wrote: [...] } > How odd. I'm using sawfish from testing (i.e. sarge, i.e. version 1:1.3-2) } > with GNOME2 and it works just fine. A version or two ago they broke the } > configuration t

Re: Local copy of mails in IMAP folder?

2003-06-04 Thread Joao Pedro Clemente
> Joerg Johannes wrote: > > I use kmail/IMAP protocol to read mails for one of my accounts. Today I > > recognized that I can only read the mails when I am connected to the > > net. I see the folder contents, but the message bodies are not > > displayed. Is there a way to get a local copy of those

Re: Local copy of mails in IMAP folder?

2003-06-04 Thread Joao Pedro Clemente
> > Joerg Johannes wrote: > > > I use kmail/IMAP protocol to read mails for one of my accounts. Today I > > > recognized that I can only read the mails when I am connected to the > > > net. I see the folder contents, but the message bodies are not > > > displayed. Is there a way to get a local copy

[SOLVED] Re: Q: Pointers to configure SMTP AUTH

2003-06-04 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hi Alexander and Gregory, thanks for your help, using cram-md5 authentifacation and encrypting the transfer over ssl works now. Ciao, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DriveStatusError

2003-06-04 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 03:37, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 11:58:09PM +0200, Nicos Gollan wrote: > > hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > > Drive is dead. Expect serious problems to develop quickly fro

Re: Local copy of mails in IMAP folder?

2003-06-04 Thread Dan Dofton
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:36:52 +0200 Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to get a local copy of those mails, so that I > can read them weh I'm offline, too (and archive them on a backup CD)? I use fetchmail to dump my imap mail into my local spool via exim. I then have it lo

USB Epson scanner problem

2003-06-04 Thread Andrew Perrin
Greetings- I've been trying to move my scanner (an Epson 1640SU) from SCSI to USB in preparation for a new machine which will not have a SCSI card. I've got USB working (it mounts a USB memory stick fine) and the scanner module installed, as well as hotplug. Hotplug notices the scanner and assign

Root RAID with Debian supplied kernels?

2003-06-04 Thread Ross Vandegrift
Hello, Has anyone succeeded in making Debian boot a root RAID array with a stock kernel? I've gone through this twice now and cannot figure out how why the initrd I'm making isn't working. For now I've punted and gone back to compiling custom kernels, but I was surprised to see that goog

Re: Sawfish - keybinding funny.

2003-06-04 Thread Richard Heycock
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 23:51, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 11:22:59PM +1000, Richard Heycock wrote: > } On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 21:15, Gregory Seidman wrote: > [...] > } > How odd. I'm using sawfish from testing (i.e. sarge, i.e. version 1:1.3-2) > } > with GNOME2 and it works just

Ethernet lockup

2003-06-04 Thread David List
I have noticed a thread on this list around a week ago that dealt with the ethernet lockup with the Linux hme driver. There was a posting by Joshua Uziel that pointed to a patch to this driver. I'm new to Debian so my question may seem strange to some here, but I cannot see how to use this patch si

Problem: want x-window-system without xdm

2003-06-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I have installed x-window-system in order to use gnopernicus for gnome accessibility. But I do not want X to start at boot. I was advised to change my runlevel from 2 to 3 in my /etc/inittab but that did not solve my problem. finally I removed xdm using --ignore-dpendency=x-window-system. My instal

cron

2003-06-04 Thread kevin
How do I fix this cron: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid? Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Was Sie nicht wissen sollten

2003-06-04 Thread Marcel
Title: Was Sie nicht wissen sollten 03. Juni 2003 Es schreibt Ihnen Marcel van Bergen Mit diesen Tipps verändert sich Ihr Leben! Entdecken Sie geheimes und verborgenes http://www.spezial-informationen.de Sie werden Ihren Augen nicht trauen, was Sie hier erfahren. Es grüßt Sie freundlich Mar

Re: Sawfish - keybinding funny.

2003-06-04 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 12:52:46AM +1000, Richard Heycock wrote: } On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 23:51, Gregory Seidman wrote: } > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 11:22:59PM +1000, Richard Heycock wrote: } > } On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 21:15, Gregory Seidman wrote: [...] } > I have several shell commands bound to keys

Re: Problem: want x-window-system without xdm

2003-06-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:21:44AM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I have installed x-window-system in order to use gnopernicus for gnome > accessibility. But I do not want X to start at boot. I was advised to > change my runlevel from 2 to 3 in my /etc/inittab but that did not > solve my problem. T

Re: Local copy of mails in IMAP folder?

2003-06-04 Thread Mark Roach
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 06:36, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Hi everybody > > I use kmail/IMAP protocol to read mails for one of my accounts. Today I > recognized that I can only read the mails when I am connected to the > net. I see the folder contents, but the message bodies are not > displayed. Is t

Re: Sawfish - keybinding funny.

2003-06-04 Thread Richard Heycock
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 01:54, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 12:52:46AM +1000, Richard Heycock wrote: > } On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 23:51, Gregory Seidman wrote: > } > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 11:22:59PM +1000, Richard Heycock wrote: > } > } On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 21:15, Gregory Seidman

Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?

2003-06-04 Thread Bob Proulx
John Hasler wrote: > Deryk Barker writes: > > Actually it's mainly the hard drive manufacturers. > And the ISO. In the digital world we had this nice system of binary powers of two. But the non-digital side of life claims prior art in this area. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html I

Re: Gnome 2 vs. KDE

2003-06-04 Thread James Strandboge
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 09:07, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > It seems that installing the Gnome 2 backport removes my KDE desktop. > I've even found a KDE 3.1 site, but the Gnome 2 install threatens to > remove KDE without replacement. > Which gnome2 backport? The gnome2.2 I maintain coexists with

Re: Intel 82562ET NIC on Intel D845GEBV2

2003-06-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
ourclan wrote: Hello I am trying to install Debian using a Debian CD (just downloaded latest stable ISO) to a Intel D845GEBV2 Motherboard. This motherboard as an integrated Intel 82562ET NIC. So I try to have it install the eepro100 module, but it doesn't install. I did check and the NIC is ena

ergonomic laptop keyboard?

2003-06-04 Thread Nori Heikkinen
hello geeks, i'm about to begin work at a new job. the shop is really chill, to such a degree that everyone hangs out on couches and beanbag chairs and works on laptops. this is awesome, but for one factor -- i can't type on a laptop for longer than about 20 minutes without severe wrist pain. t

Netscape 7 or 7.01 or 7.02 in a debian package?

2003-06-04 Thread J F
Is there a trusted place to apt-get Netscape 7 or 7.01 or 7.02 in a debian package? I really like Netscape better than Mozilla since it seems to work with more websites (like flash) and has a spell checker already built in. ___ Join Excite! - http://w

Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?

2003-06-04 Thread Deryk Barker
Thus spake John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Deryk Barker writes: > > Actually it's mainly the hard drive manufacturers. > > And the ISO. > > > To them 1GB = 1,000,000,000 as you note above. > > Correct. Giga -> 10^9 = 1,000,000,000. > > > Of course, most software does the right thing and re

Re: Inserting a into sed's replacement string

2003-06-04 Thread bob parker
On Fri, 30 May 2003 17:16, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > Attempting to actually type a tab key in the place of the '\t' in the > > replacement string just has the xterm barfing and I get the same result > > if I log on in a real terminal. So does attempting to insert Ctrl-I. > > Try typing ctrl-v before

cdrecord: behaves as if not suid root when it is, sorta.

2003-06-04 Thread Chris Metzler
Hi. I've used cdrecord lots of times, but I've just recently run into an odd problem. When I use cdrecord as a non-root user, I get warning messages that are not present if I use cdrecord as root: cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler cdrecord: Permission denied. W

Re: Compiling 2.4.18-BF from apt-get source

2003-06-04 Thread Ben Kal
On 2 Jun 2003 Jesse Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 01 Jun 2003, Kevin McKinley wrote: > > That being said, then how do you then remake the kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4 > package? I could just replace the kernel image without telling dpkg, but > that doesn't seem to be a good idea. Lif

Re: More dist-upgrade problems on stable

2003-06-04 Thread Ben Kal
On 2 Jun 2003 stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency > Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree

Re: xscreensaver not starting with Gnome

2003-06-04 Thread Ben Kal
On 2 Jun 2003 Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I make xscreensaver start when I log into Gnome? Currently I have > to right click on the lock applet > Restart Daemon before I can lock my > screen. > > I have xscreensaver-gnome 3.34 with Gnome 1.4 on Woody. Then you probably

Re: Where is $MAIL set? (login process)

2003-06-04 Thread Ben Kal
In a message of 1 Jun 2003 Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This time I decided to start using xdm to manage logins. > > This caused icewm to no longer display the little mailbox icon, so it > turned out that the problem was that MAIL was not being set when logging > in with xdm. >

xdm starting, but not configured

2003-06-04 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
Is there a way to boot into a "safe-mode" instead of having xdm start? I didn't configure it properly. When it starts up I get a totally useless screen of junk. I need a way to boot the computer to the prompt instead of having xdm start. Is it possible? I tried running my install CD with "rescue"

Re: Ethernet lockup

2003-06-04 Thread David List
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, David List wrote: >I have noticed a thread on this list around a week ago that dealt with >the ethernet lockup with the Linux hme driver. .. Oops, that was on the debian-sparc list. Sorry. Best regards, David List -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?

2003-06-04 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 09:55:33PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 02:59:23 +0200 (CEST) > Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That is true only in the technical sense. I.e., the spec sheet for my > > laptop says it has a 20GB harddrive (and in 2 pt. font, at the bo

help: APT - locked

2003-06-04 Thread Guilherme Viebig
Hi all, I was remote updating my system with ssh when the connection was lost, all packages were downloaded. Now, when i try to redo apt-get upgrade, i get this message 40 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 74 not upgraded. E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock -

Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?

2003-06-04 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Deryk Barker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030603 10:38]: > Thus spake John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Deryk Barker writes: > > > Actually it's mainly the hard drive manufacturers. > > > > And the ISO. > > > > > To them 1GB = 1,000,000,000 as you note above. > > > > Correct. Giga -> 10^9 = 1,0

kdm init files and xmodmap

2003-06-04 Thread Tal Eisenberg
Hi, I bought a logitech cordless keyboard and I have been running xmodmap manualy on every startup for making the extra buttons work with X. As this is quite annoying to do everytime I want to put the xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc line on some init script that runs on X startup (I'm using KDM). The probl

Is mkboot bugged? Need another pair of eyes.

2003-06-04 Thread Chris Metzler
Hi. mkboot (part of the debianutils package) appears to be bugged to me, both in use and in looking at the code. But I've looked in BTS and in /usr/share/doc/debianutils, and have searched web, usenet, and mailing list archives, and haven't turned up anything. Since I'm almost always not the fi

Re: PPPOE / ADSL fails

2003-06-04 Thread mark
Hi All, What package contains 'adsl-start'? I couldn't find it... I too can't connect with my new PPPoE/DSL setup. Thanks, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04 Apr 2003 12:04:18 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian P. Flaherty) wrote: Both of you should try adsl-start as an alternative. I had been

Re: Apache mod-ssl HOWTOs?

2003-06-04 Thread Vineet Kumar
* ScruLoose ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030602 21:22]: > Hi everybody, > > I've got apache 1.3 installed and running pretty much "straight out of > the box", and I have mod-ssl installed but not configured yet. > On a Woody box, that is. > > I want to have regular http access to most of the stuff on m

modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread john gennard
Some months ago I bought a modem as a spare for the wife. At the time she ran W98 only. Now I've got her interested in Linux and she runs Knoppix as well as W2000. I think the original modem is starting to give trouble, so if possible I'd like to replace it with the spare, but I'm not clear exact

Re: Compiling 2.4.18-BF from apt-get source

2003-06-04 Thread David Z Maze
Ben Kal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One more tip for dealing with Debian packages of custom kernels and > other home-brewn 'Debianized' software: it is possible to maintain a > local archive of Debian packages, on your hard disk, from which you > can install packages with apt-get just like from

Re: xdm starting, but not configured

2003-06-04 Thread David Z Maze
"Emma Jane Hogbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to boot into a "safe-mode" instead of having xdm start? I > didn't configure it properly. When it starts up I get a totally useless > screen of junk. I need a way to boot the computer to the prompt instead of > having xdm start. Is it

Re: help: APT - locked

2003-06-04 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Guilherme Viebig: > Hi all, > > I was remote updating my system with ssh when the connection was lost, all > packages were downloaded. > > Now, when i try to redo apt-get upgrade, i get this message > > 40 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 74 not upgraded. > E: Cou

Re: help: APT - locked

2003-06-04 Thread David Fokkema
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 03:40:50PM -0300, Guilherme Viebig wrote: > Hi all, > > I was remote updating my system with ssh when the connection was lost, all > packages were downloaded. > > Now, when i try to redo apt-get upgrade, i get this message > > 40 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to

Re: xdm starting, but not configured

2003-06-04 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 02:11:35PM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Is there a way to boot into a "safe-mode" Don't log in as root :-) > instead of having xdm start? I > didn't configure it properly. When it starts up I get a totally useless > screen of junk. You've booted Windoze by mistake :-

what does rsync do when an input file changes?

2003-06-04 Thread Vineet Kumar
Anybody know OTTOYH how rsync would behave if an input file was changed while it was doing its thing? Does it check checksums after syncing a file? If it does, does it go back and try again if they don't match? I'm migrating some huge files over a not-too-fast link, and other users may write to t

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread Yves Delhaye
Have a look at http://www.modem-drivers.com/drivers/79/79937.htm AND http://www.modem-drivers.com/companies/247.htm But there is indeed no reference to linux! YvD john gennard wrote: Some months ago I bought a modem as a spare for the wife. At the time she ran W98 only. Now I've got her interested

How to Identify Mailing Lists

2003-06-04 Thread Jürgen A . Erhard
Hi list. [Please CC: me on list replies, I'm too far behind in ML traffic. Thank you.] I've googled every which way I can, but I didn't find it. "It" being a list of identifying markers for various mailing lists. What I'm looking for is a way to tell a mail filtering tool how to automatically s

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:17:03PM +0100, john gennard wrote: > Some months ago I bought a modem as a spare for the wife. > At the time she ran W98 only. Now I've got her interested > in Linux and she runs Knoppix as well as W2000. > > I think the original modem is starting to give trouble, so >

Resizing ReiserFS Partition

2003-06-04 Thread Aryan Ameri
Hi there: I have a big partition here (8 GB) , which uses the ReiserFS filesystem (version 3.6 if I am not mistaking) and is mounted as my /home. I want to split this partition in to two. I want to make my /home around 3 GB, and make a new 5 GB partition out of it. currently this partition has

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread John Hasler
ohn gennard writes: > The modem is an external one made by (?for) Microcomputer Research UK > Ltd, uses a serial port... You shouldn't need to do anything special. Just plug it it in place of the other one and it will probably work fine. Most (unfortunately not all, but most) external modems are

Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?

2003-06-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 09:55:33PM -0400, Kevin McKinley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 02:59:23 +0200 (CEST) > Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That is true only in the technical sense. I.e., the spec sheet for my > > laptop says it has a 20GB harddrive (and in 2

Re: Problems with fetchmail and exim

2003-06-04 Thread David Härdeman
(I'm not subscribed to the list sp forgive me for not replying to my own message properly) I recently asked for advice on how to make fetchmail + exim not choke on bogus email messages. I managed to find the answers by myself (much thanks to two different patches on the fetchmail-friends mailin

Re: Resizing ReiserFS Partition

2003-06-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 11:12:32PM +0300, Aryan Ameri ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi there: > > I have a big partition here (8 GB) , which uses the ReiserFS filesystem > (version 3.6 if I am not mistaking) and is mounted as my /home. > > I want to split this partition in to two. I want to make

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread Nico Meijer
Hi John, > Some months ago I bought a modem as a spare for the wife. Wow, impressive. No modem can replace *my* wife! ;-) > The modem is an external one made by (?for) Microcomputer > Research UK Ltd, uses a serial port and has a model No 1456 > EVS. The main chip inside the case shows:- >

Re: Where is $MAIL set? (login process)

2003-06-04 Thread Bill Moseley
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 04:54:46PM +0100, Ben Kal wrote: > The login process: > > The man pages of > - login > - xdm > - bash or tcsh or any other shell you use > are pretty clear about what happens (mostly what startup scripts they > execute) under what circumstances. Issues to be aware of are:

Re: what does rsync do when an input file changes?

2003-06-04 Thread Conrad Newton
>From Vineet Kumar on Tuesday, 2003-06-03 at 12:37:58 -0700: > Anybody know OTTOYH how rsync would behave if an input file was changed > while it was doing its thing? Does it check checksums after syncing a > file? If it does, does it go back and try again if they don't match? > I'm migrating som

Re: error from root

2003-06-04 Thread Ernst-Magne Vindal
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:46:18AM +0200, Ernst-Magne Vindal wrote: > > I keep getting this error: > > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts > > --report /etc/cron.daily > > > > /bin/sh: line 1: root: command not fou

Dlink DFE 690 TXD vs. Netgear FA511

2003-06-04 Thread Jonathan Schmitt
Hallo, I'm currently thinking about a replacement for my defective 3com Officeconnect PCMCIA Network Adapter. I've found two cards available at local stores not using a media converter, the netgear FA511 and the dlink dfe 690 txd. As the XJack connector on the 3com card was a disappointment, I w

Re: How to Identify Mailing Lists

2003-06-04 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jürgen A. Erhard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030603 13:03]: > To be usable with all filtering tools, such a procmail, mailagent, > maildrop etc, we'd need a list of headers, or specific header > contents, that various MLMs add to mails they explode. I don't think you'll have much luck with this. Your

mailman + postix Debian (sid)

2003-06-04 Thread Davi Leal
Is mailman + postix working rightly on Debian (sid)? Regards, Davi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Very slow nfs client (woody) > server (woody)

2003-06-04 Thread Mark C
Hi, I'm posting this as a last resort, as I'm now at my wits end, after several hrs googling and reading the man pages, I'm still no closer to solving this mystery. My NFS server is running stock woody (with all updates) and exporting several shares, a few for public access and one for the /home

Re: Dlink DFE 690 TXD vs. Netgear FA511

2003-06-04 Thread Mark C
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 22:28, Jonathan Schmitt wrote: > Hallo, > I'm currently thinking about a replacement for my defective 3com Officeconnect > PCMCIA Network Adapter. > I've found two cards available at local stores not using a media converter, > the netgear FA511 and the dlink dfe 690 txd. I

Re: Compiling 2.4.18-BF from apt-get source

2003-06-04 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jesse Meyer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030602 22:27]: > Well, the problem is, I need the pcmcia_cs.o module for my laptop > NIC. The only package that includes that is the > pcmcia-modules-2.4.18-bf2.4 package, which, as its name implies, > requires the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel. > > Unfortunately, the b

Re: Very slow nfs client (woody) > server (woody)

2003-06-04 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Mark C said on Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:40:13PM +0100: > I have woody running perfectly, yet it takes an age to read/write any > files from my nfs server, where as redhat is (for nfs clients anyway) > blistering fast, I have tried several wsize and rsize options, but its > still very slow, I'm curre

Re: cdrecord: behaves as if not suid root when it is, sorta.

2003-06-04 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
When cdrecord is run suid root it will work. However, it won't have access to the function setpriority() listed below. If you want to do away with those errors, you will have to run cdrecord as root (ex: sudo cdrecord) - Ryan On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 01:39:40PM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote: > > H

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread David Z Maze
john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The modem is an external one made by (?for) Microcomputer > Research UK Ltd, uses a serial port It's almost certainly compatible. (Serial modems are decades-old technology now, and don't depend at all on what's inside the box.) The big compatibility iss

Re: Very slow nfs client (woody) > server (woody)

2003-06-04 Thread Support
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 23:09, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Are you running portmap on the client and server? Yes > Are you sure that portmap knows about the NFS progs (what does pmap_dump tell > you?) It would seem so, as her is the output regarding on both the client and server: Client: # pmap_dump

About to format the hard drive for the 3rd Debian installation-helpppp

2003-06-04 Thread Hamid
Hi I guess it should be nomral to format your hard disk for the 3rd time if you are a newbie to Debian. The last BAD thing I have done is: I compiled and installed the new Qt (3.2beta1) and guess what ? KDE does not work any more. I removed and re-installed KDE3.1 with libqt-mt 3.1 but no differe

Re: Very slow nfs client (woody) > server (woody)

2003-06-04 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Support said on Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 11:40:02PM +0100: > Server: > #pmap_dump > 102 tcp111 portmapper > 102 udp111 portmapper > 132 udp 2049 nfs ^ ^ Just a guess: I have 4 of these entries... and I'm pretty sure

can't lock /var/run/crond.pid?

2003-06-04 Thread kevin
How do I fix this cron: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid? Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Very slow nfs client (woody) > server (woody)

2003-06-04 Thread Mark
doh! sorry for the last post, I sent it from the wrong address, I was checking the support email at the same time.. Anyway, I have done a bit more investigation, and it seems that I only get the slowdown if I write TO the nfs server from the client, As I copied some large binaries across to the

Re: Very slow nfs client (woody) > server (woody)

2003-06-04 Thread Mark
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 00:01, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > > Just a guess: I have 4 of these entries... and I'm pretty sure that you're > supposed to have more than one kernel NFS thread on the server. Are you using > the userspace NFS server? How would I tell that? (sorry to sound silly) I basically

Re: Local copy of mails in IMAP folder?

2003-06-04 Thread Joey Hess
Joao Pedro Clemente wrote: > > > Joerg Johannes wrote: > > > > I use kmail/IMAP protocol to read mails for one of my accounts. Today I > > > > recognized that I can only read the mails when I am connected to the > > > > net. I see the folder contents, but the message bodies are not > > > > displaye

Re: About to format the hard drive for the 3rd Debian installation-helpppp

2003-06-04 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 07:03:08PM -0400, Hamid wrote: > The last BAD thing I have done is: > I compiled and installed the new Qt (3.2beta1) and guess what ? KDE > does not work any more. Maybe I'm a little confused here, but you're suprised that install "beta" software breaks things? I'm sorry i

Re: Gnome 2 vs. KDE

2003-06-04 Thread Brian Gonzales
Damn, I thought this was going to be a Gnome v. KDE religous war thread. :) On Tuesday 03 June 2003 07:07 am, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > I am running Woody, and loading some packages I want from backports I've > found on the web. > > It seems that installing the Gnome 2 backport removes my KDE

Re: Thinkpad and Serial Port

2003-06-04 Thread Kris
Below is from the readme but I am still very new to linux. I have successfully recompiled my kernel but below eludes me what does it mean when it says use make-kpkg to make a module. Please advise If you are using Debian, install the thinkpad-base package, then install the thinkpad-source pack

Re: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid?

2003-06-04 Thread Chris Metzler
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 16:11:12 -0700 "kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do I fix this can't lock /var/run/crond.pid Well, one way that you don't fix it is by sending the same question to the list three times in less than 24 hours. Please give people who only read the mailing list once a day

Re: Gnome 2 vs. KDE

2003-06-04 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Brian Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030604 02:08]: > Damn, I thought this was going to be a Gnome v. KDE religous war thread. :) Why don't you start one? ;) Sincerely Alexander pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

odd `ps` behavior

2003-06-04 Thread Patrick Wiseman
Whenever one of the basic utilities behaves weirdly, I worry I may have been hacked, but this is on a 2-day old Debian install: ~$ ps {module_list} {module_list_R__ver_module_list} Warning: /boot/System.map-2.2.20-compact does not match kernel data. I've made no kernel changes on that system. An

Re: Gnome 2 vs. KDE

2003-06-04 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 16:07, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > I am running Woody, and loading some packages I want from backports I've > found on the web. > > It seems that installing the Gnome 2 backport removes my KDE desktop. > I've even found a KDE 3.1 site, but the Gnome 2 install threatens to

Re: PPPOE / ADSL fails

2003-06-04 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 22:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > What package contains 'adsl-start'? I couldn't find it... I think it's part of the pppoe or pptp source (not the debian package. I don't know why but it was taken out). just google for it. Bye > > I too can't connect with my n

python weaver error

2003-06-04 Thread Alfredo Valles
Hi people. I tried to install de weaver module for python from www.scipy.org. With this module you can execute c++ code in python at c speed. Anyway, it didn't work in my debian unstable. Is someone with experience with this module around? Alfredo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?

2003-06-04 Thread Richard Hector
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:47:12PM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 09:55:33PM -0400, Kevin McKinley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Actually the term for 1024^3 bytes is mebibyte, and 1024 of them is a > > gibibyte: > > > > http://kerneltrap.com/node.php?id=340&PHPSESSI

Re: xdm starting, but not configured

2003-06-04 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 14:11, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Is there a way to boot into a "safe-mode" instead of having xdm start? I > didn't configure it properly. When it starts up I get a totally useless > screen of junk. I need a way to boot the computer to the prompt instead of > having xdm start.

Re: ergonomic laptop keyboard?

2003-06-04 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 13:08, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > I would love to see a normal laptop, never in a million years. its form factor doesnt allow it. > but with a keyboard > whose two halves could pop up in the middle, and then rotate inwards > to whatever degree the user wanted, kind of like [1

Re: How to Identify Mailing Lists

2003-06-04 Thread Kevin Mark
Hi, I was parsing my last 4000 emails and these were some headers with the word 'list': 1 X-List-Processor 1 X-sparklist-type 2 X-List-Unsubscribe 2 X-Mailinglist 4 list-help 4 list-post 4 list-unsubscribe 7 X-List-Administrivia 15 Mailing-List

Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?

2003-06-04 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:56:58 +0100 Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually the term for 1024^3 bytes is mebibyte, and 1024 of them is a > > gibibyte: > > Gibidigibidibigigidigibigidibigidibibigibi > > Human language isn't amenable to standardisation. In common usage, > kilo, mega etc.

Re: About to format the hard drive for the 3rd Debian installation-helpppp

2003-06-04 Thread Hamid
Am I supposed to remove all files and links manually, 'cos Qt does not have any make unintsall or make remove ? Thanks Hamid Jamin W. Collins wrote: On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 07:03:08PM -0400, Hamid wrote: The last BAD thing I have done is: I compiled and installed the new Qt (3.2beta1) and gue

Gnome2.2 Window Manager

2003-06-04 Thread Hamid
Hi I am using ICE Windoe Manager and I am not very happy with it. What is the default window manager for Gnome2.2 ? Thanks Hamid -- Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://shopnow.netscape.com/ -

Re: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid?

2003-06-04 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 01:30:16 +0200, kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do I fix this cron: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid? > Does the file /var/run/crond.pid exist? Can you, as root, create files in /var/run? Is it possible that /var is out of space or is not mounted (if you have

Re: About to format the hard drive for the 3rd Debian installation-helpppp

2003-06-04 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:39:06PM -0400, Hamid wrote: > Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 07:03:08PM -0400, Hamid wrote: > > > > > I removed and re-installed KDE3.1 with libqt-mt 3.1 but no > > > difference. > > > > Did you completely remove the 3.2beta1 installation? > > Am I su

Re: Sending messages to tty1 after xdm exits

2003-06-04 Thread Bill Marcum
On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 19:50:09 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using xdm for logging in to my laptop. I wanted to be able to > shutdown so I added buttons to the xdm logging screen[1]. > > When the shutdown button is clicked this command is run: > > exec /sbin/shutd

ASUS P4B533

2003-06-04 Thread Bleckie
Hello to all,   I do have a hardware issue: I would like to use the ASUS P4B533 including the 5.25 " IPanel Multimedia front module extension under Debian. Does anybody have experience on how to setup and configure this module?     I appreciate your comprehensive answer very much!   Regards,

Re: About to format the hard drive for the 3rd Debianinstallation-helpppp

2003-06-04 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 19:03, Hamid wrote: > Hi > I guess it should be nomral to format your hard disk for the 3rd time if > you are a newbie to Debian. > The last BAD thing I have done is: > I compiled and installed the new Qt (3.2beta1) and guess what ? KDE does > not work any more. > I removed

Re: About to format the hard drive for the 3rd Debian installation-helpppp

2003-06-04 Thread Hamid
Yes I do, I have to do some manual removals :( Kevin Mark wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 19:03, Hamid wrote: Hi I guess it should be nomral to format your hard disk for the 3rd time if you are a newbie to Debian. The last BAD thing I have done is: I compiled and installed the new Qt (3.2beta1)

Re: xdm starting, but not configured

2003-06-04 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 04:04:47PM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Pigeon wrote: > > Don't forget Ctrl-Alt-F[1..6] to get from your garbled X screen to a > > console. > > Tried that, no dice. So i re-installed. I'm so impatient, eh? Ack, my apologies - I should have mentioned that there's a shel

Re: About to format the hard drive for the 3rd Debian installation-helpppp

2003-06-04 Thread Hamid
Thanks, I have to give it a try Jamin W. Collins wrote: On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:39:06PM -0400, Hamid wrote: Jamin W. Collins wrote: On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 07:03:08PM -0400, Hamid wrote: I removed and re-installed KDE3.1 with libqt-mt 3.1 but no difference. Did you com

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