Re: software raid

2003-12-15 Thread Lucas Albers
> > hi ya lucas > > collection of um > http://www.1U-Raid5.net > > "good sw raid" is already part of the linux kernel.. > you dont need anything else ... other than to turn on the raid options in the kernel and create your raid config files > > > minimum testing process.. > http://www.

Fatal server error

2003-12-15 Thread Gruessle
I get this Fatal server error: no screens found Trying to start startx Thank you -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ide DMA on Intel 865PE

2003-12-15 Thread Dobai-Pataky Balint
On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 19:41, Rune Maagensen wrote: > > Ok, thanks, but is there a performance penalty from running normal DMA compared to > UDMA, I know both the disk and chipset is capable? my systems widthout DMA have a transfer speed about 2M/s, with DMA about 7M/s, with ata100 about 25M/s.

Redhat to Debian conversion

2003-12-15 Thread Gruessle
I am new to Linux and for 2 1/2 days I been trying to install Debian. Well I have the very basics installed but that is really all I got. Now I have Redhat and that is easy to install. Somewhere I read that it is posible to convert a Redhat install to Debian. I am wondering if that is maybe eas

Re: mach_apicdef.h: No such file or directory

2003-12-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 02:05:53PM +0530, Rajkumar S ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all > > I am trying to compile samhain on a woody/testing machine. The machine > is a woody machine with testing lines in sources.list. The kernel > installed is > > Linux agni 2.4.18-k6 #1 Sun Apr 14 12:43:

Re: Sid login problem (delay)... PAM or something else?

2003-12-15 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 11:46:13AM -0500, Joe Potter wrote: > Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > > I noted on my Dec. 10 dist-upgrade of Sid that logging off of a virtual > > terminal had a large delay introduced (minutes, it seems). An error > > msg. is spit out after a bit: ... > Same problem here. We

Re: Next On The Checklist - VNC

2003-12-15 Thread Nate Duehr
On Sunday 14 December 2003 11:38 pm, Scarletdown wrote: > On 14 Dec 2003 at 23:14, Nate Duehr wrote: > > On Sunday 14 December 2003 10:56 pm, Scarletdown wrote: > > > Oh, and after looking at everything I posted above here, I am now > > > wondering... Since the lines added to /etc/inetd.conf call

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

2003-12-15 Thread Lucas Albers
Debian is harder to setup then redhat. I've used both. Just stay with redhat, you'll really appreciate debian after you've been doing things for awhile. At first the Debian way will seem stupid. Then some day you'll go aha, I see why they do it this way. I think Debian rocks, but the hard part for

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

2003-12-15 Thread Nate Duehr
On Monday 15 December 2003 12:55 am, Lucas Albers wrote: > Wish I could figure out how to install discover within the installer, so I > don't have the pry the case open to see what network card it has. That's a simple one... boot a Knoppix live CD - see what it detects, and if it's right, use th

RE: Redhat to Debian conversion

2003-12-15 Thread Gruessle
I am not sure if we are on the same page. The apt is installed and working - but I can't get any further then that. here is one of my problems: Fatal server error: no screens found This happents when I try to start startx > -Original Message---

Re: How to Esc?

2003-12-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/12/03 13:07), Gruessle wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:07:27 -0800 > Subject: How to Esc? > > > In the install > I am in "Testing up sources ..." and get connection timed out > > How can I esc from thet without reboot? Ctl-C

Re: Fatal server error

2003-12-15 Thread Tim Connors
"Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:34:16 -0800: > > > I get this > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > Trying to start startx > > Thank you That's OK. Um, thank me for what exactly? Oh, BTW - you might want to investigate the "New message" function of you

Re: Fatal server error

2003-12-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Gruessle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I get this > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > Trying to start startx If you want to ask a question on the list, please write a new mail from scratch instead of answering to an existing message. If you want help, you must supply the nec

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

2003-12-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Gruessle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am new to Linux and for 2 1/2 days I been trying to install Debian. > Well I have the very basics installed but that is really all I got. > > Now I have Redhat and that is easy to install. > Somewhere I read that it is posible to convert a Redhat i

postgresql and domain sockets

2003-12-15 Thread Monique Y. Herman
What have I missed? ( postgresql 7.3.4-9 on unstable ) I just installed this package. When I try to do, well, anything, it says: psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/p

Re: kernel expolit. is 2.4.18-bf2.4 affected?

2003-12-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 06:33:39PM +1300, Paul William ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > Is the stock woody 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel affected by the kernel exploit > that was used to attack the debian.org servers? If it is affected then > what kernel is safe? *All* 2.4 installation kernels pre

Re: kernel expolit. is 2.4.18-bf2.4 affected?

2003-12-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Paul William (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Is the stock woody 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel affected by the kernel exploit > that was used to attack the debian.org servers? If it is affected then > what kernel is safe? 2.2.20 kernels are safe from that exploit. However, there are updated packages a

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-15 Thread Adam
On Sunday 14 December 2003 21:50, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > Am So, den 14.12.2003 schrieb Adam um 12:57: >> On Saturday 13 December 2003 09:50, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: >> > There's nothing wrong with fetching mail >> > - immediately after every dial in >> > - every 10 minutes when being onli

Re: Can't install mythtv on unstable

2003-12-15 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 01:15:48PM -0500, stan wrote: > But when I do an "apt-get install mythtv\*" I get an error about not > finding the package for libmyth-0.11 > > What can I do to fix this? Communicate with whoever administers whatever unofficial package archive you're using and get them to

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-15 Thread Adam
On Sunday 14 December 2003 21:40, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > Running and maintaining a mailserver is a difficult job. Configuring a mailserver to route mail outward from a firewalled LAN is not difficult. > Incorrect > configured mailservers can cause a lot of problems to others. That's tr

GPM for mouse

2003-12-15 Thread Gruessle
Where can I find gpm (Setting Up Mouse) I have not figured out how to find stuff jet. I know about dselect - but can't find anything I am looking for in there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

2003-12-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/12/03 00:19), Gruessle wrote: > To: Lucas Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:19:00 -0800 > Subject: RE: Redhat to Debian conversion > > > I am not sure if we are on the same page. > The apt is installed and wo

Re: Next On The Checklist - VNC

2003-12-15 Thread Scarletdown
On 15 Dec 2003 at 0:47, Nate Duehr wrote: > No, I believe you should be using Xvnc :x -- single digit. Look up how VNC > assigns port numbers to their "server numbers". > > This post from long ago from the VNC site should be useful... > > http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2001-April/02

Re: GPM for mouse

2003-12-15 Thread Scarletdown
On 15 Dec 2003 at 0:46, Gruessle wrote: > > Where can I find gpm (Setting Up Mouse) > > I have not figured out how to find stuff jet. > I know about dselect - but can't find anything I am looking for in there. apt-get install gpm should do the trick. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Proxy and Firewall Recommendations?

2003-12-15 Thread Scarletdown
I'm about to embark on my next project, getting a Debian system set up as a proxy and firewall. This is going to be the system that my roommate will be connecting to as his gateway to the Internet. He is running Windows-98SE, and the system that he is currently connecting through (the same one

email client

2003-12-15 Thread Gruessle
I have some problems and what I have learned so far is that I need to send you guys more info so you can help me. First think I should do I guess is setup an email client on the Debian box otherwise I will have to type all the errors in to my email. How do I do that and which email client is e

Re: Local mails are not delivered

2003-12-15 Thread Uwe Pross
Hallo NG, Mark Schouten schrieb am 08.12.03 17:30: > Which mailserver are you using? First I used sendmail and have istalled exim now (sendmail is uninstalled). I use the init script under /etc/init.d/exim. When I start this script it simply hangs. I try to post my config soon. Uwe -- ,_,

Re: GPM for mouse

2003-12-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Gruessle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Where can I find gpm (Setting Up Mouse) > > I have not figured out how to find stuff jet. > I know about dselect - but can't find anything I am looking for in > there. Then don't use dselect for now. There are frontends for package management that a

Re: postgresql and domain sockets

2003-12-15 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:01:26 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > What have I missed? > > ( postgresql 7.3.4-9 on unstable ) postgresql-client 7.3.4-9 as well? > I just installed this package. When I try to do, well, anything, it > says: > > psql: could not connect to server: No such file or

(pdf,ps,dvi) -->> (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread Antonio Rodr
I am trying to convert some pure text pdf file of a spanish text to doc for a friend, (he needs to annotate it) but I can't find the rut. I've tried several ways, but I am stucked either way at the same spot: 1. pstptext, open with abiword, save as doc. 2. open pdf with xpdf, highlight text and m

Re: email client

2003-12-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:17:40AM -0800, Gruessle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I have some problems and what I have learned so far is that I need to > send you guys more info so you can help me. ...and wrap your mail at 72 characters. > First think I should do I guess is setup an email clien

Re: Linux is not for consumers!

2003-12-15 Thread John L. Fjellstad
s. keeling wrote: > Often, that's excellent advice! What's wrong with it? You don't always know which FM to read. I find it really easy to know which FM to look up when I know a topic very well. It's much harder to know which FM to read when I'm not even sure what the problem is. -- John L.

Re: Linux is not for consumers!

2003-12-15 Thread John L. Fjellstad
Monique Y. Herman wrote: > You're right, of course, and we've all been frustrated enough at some > point to want to type something like that. I just don't think it's the > right way to go about getting help. Oh, agree it's not the right way to ask for help. I also seen it enough to know it works

FW: OTC FIRST ALERT - New Public Company of the Month

2003-12-15 Thread Mitzi Zimmerman
Symbol: PDPR Market: PK Sector: Infant-Pediatric Prosthetics BREAKING NEWS: HOUSTON, Nov 7, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pediatric Prosthetics Goes Public Through a Reverse Merger and will be trading under the symbol PDPR. BREAKING NEWS: LAKE HARMONY, PA, Nov. 13, 2003 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) --

Re: email client

2003-12-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Gruessle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I have some problems and what I have learned so far is that I need to > send you guys more info so you can help me. > > First think I should do I guess is setup an email client on the Debian > box otherwise I will have to type all the errors in to my

Re: email client

2003-12-15 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:17:40AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > I have some problems and what I have learned so far is that I need to send you guys > more info so you can help me. > > First think I should do I guess is setup an email client on the Debian box otherwise > I will have to type all th

Re: OT. Message to all computer vendors.

2003-12-15 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Whenever I call and ask I always make sure to have the salesman ask > his supervisor. Failing that, I ask to personally speak to the > supervisor. when calling on the phone, how do you know its the "supervisor" as opposed to their partner/buddy on n

Re: GPM for mouse

2003-12-15 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:46:34AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > Where can I find gpm (Setting Up Mouse) > apt-get install gpm this installs gpm apt-cache search gpm this finds things with 'gpm' in the software index apt-cache info gpm this tells you about gpm > I have not figured out how to f

Re: (pdf,ps,dvi) -->> (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:31:50AM -0500, Antonio Rodr wrote: > I am trying to convert some pure text pdf file of a spanish text to doc for a > friend, > (he needs to annotate it) but I can't find the rut. > I've tried several ways, but I am stucked either way at the same spot: > 1. pstptext, op

Re: (pdf,ps,dvi) -->> (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread Antonio Rodr
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 05:31:50 -0500 Antonio Rodr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to convert some pure text pdf file of a spanish text to > doc for a friend, (he needs to annotate it) but I can't find the rut. > I've tried several ways, but I am stucked either way at the same spot: > 1. ps

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

2003-12-15 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:55:42AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (15/12/03 00:19), Gruessle wrote: > > To: Lucas Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:19:00 -0800 > > Subject: RE: Redhat to Debian conversion > >

Language package for KDE

2003-12-15 Thread "Sébastien (Newsletters)"
Hi all, I'm installing Debian 3.0r1 on my laptop and I begin to have things working. The X is working well but KDE doesn't seem to have the French tranlation installed. Where can I get it ? Thanks for helping me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

RE: Virtual PC 5.2

2003-12-15 Thread Adelle L. Hartley
Woohoo! It works. I edited the the configuration file to use the "vesa" driver. Don't really care right now if there is a better driver available for the s3 card. Haven't got the sound working yet, but that's a subject for another day. Thankyou! > > For S3Trio chipsets > apt-get install xserve

RE: GPM for mouse

2003-12-15 Thread Gruessle
Thank you Kevin, I decided to install RedHat to get all my config info. I have problems with the mouse and the graphic card as well my network works fine I loaded Debian over ftp Once I have RedHat installed where can I get all the info I need to install Debian. Someone was saying something ab

Re: (pdf,ps,dvi) -->> (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:31:50 -0500, Antonio Rodr wrote: > I am trying to convert some pure text pdf file of a spanish text to doc > for a friend, > Well, in both cases the problem is the existence of accented letters and > other non english characters in the text. With "catdvi" you have con

GFS (or openGFS) on woody?

2003-12-15 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
Hi I have a custommer that's interested in GFS (or openGFS) on Debian, and I was wondering if someone have implemented this on debian in a large production environment. thanx -- Haim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Need install help -mig from RedHat to Debian

2003-12-15 Thread Gruessle
Hi, I hat problems installing my mouse, video card and monitor with Debian So what I did is I installed RedHat and got the config for those: Monitor: DDC Probed Monitor = Compac V70 Horizontal (30-69) Vertical (50-125) Video Card: RIVA TNT2 with 4MB or NIVDIA RIVA TNT2 (Generic) with 4MB Mou

shell prompt for xwindows

2003-12-15 Thread Gruessle
What is the shell prompt for xwindows? Gruessle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux is not for consumers!

2003-12-15 Thread Burkhard Woelfel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 14 December 2003 22:05, jerry garcia wrote: > On Thursday 11 December 2003 12:26 pm, David Baron wrote: > > I would like to go over to Linux for everything except music production > > (since there is no appropriate software yet). > > I also a

Re: shell prompt for xwindows

2003-12-15 Thread Jonathan Wheelhouse
Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > What is the shell prompt for xwindows? I'm not sure exactly what you mean. You could always start an xterm (or one of the other packages that provide x-terminal-emulator) from within X; that will give you shell. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: shell prompt for xwindows

2003-12-15 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 04:51:34AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > > What is the shell prompt for xwindows? Run xterm, rxvt, wterm, eterm, kterm or other xshells. (See your KDE/Gnome or other menu in X11). Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universi

Re: Grub problems

2003-12-15 Thread Anita Lewis
On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:27:04 -0600, Damon L. Chesser wrote: >> > Not at all! I will try something like that to be able to boot Debain. > As of now I have no way to boot the Debian install. since lilo did not > write to the drive. In fact, the installer, might not have correctly > written (and

Re: Need install help -mig from RedHat to Debian

2003-12-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 04:35:43 -0800 "Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, Hello, > > I hat problems installing my mouse, video card and monitor with Debian > > So what I did is I installed RedHat and got the config for those: > > Monitor: > DDC Probed Monitor = Compac V70 > Horizont

Re: Language package for KDE

2003-12-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello "Sébastien (Newsletters)" (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I'm installing Debian 3.0r1 on my laptop and I begin to have things > working. The X is working well but KDE doesn't seem to have the French > tranlation installed. Where can I get it ? apt-get install kde-i18n-fr The package is on

Re: kernel expolit. is 2.4.18-bf2.4 affected?

2003-12-15 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:36:30AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 06:33:39PM +1300, Paul William ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is the stock woody 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel affected by the kernel exploit > > that was used to attack the debian.org servers? If it i

Re: Need install help -mig from RedHat to Debian

2003-12-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Gruessle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I hat problems installing my mouse, video card and monitor with Debian > > So what I did is I installed RedHat and got the config for those: > > Monitor: > DDC Probed Monitor = Compac V70 > Horizontal (30-69) > Vertical (50-125) > > Video Card: > R

Galeon 1.3.10 on sid (ppc)

2003-12-15 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi I've just ugraded from sarge to sid and using aptitude. I tried to install galeon. However, aptitude reported errors and so I tried to remove it using aptitude, dpkg -P, and apt-get remove. All of these produce the following error: dpkg: error processing galeon (--purge): Package is in a ve

i810_audio problem

2003-12-15 Thread Johann Spies
My manager bought me a new Desktop for the office. With XFree4.3 (from experimental) I could get my X11 to work. But so far I had no success with my sound. I am using the 2.4.23 kernel. This is the message from dmesg: Intel 810 + AC97 Audio, version 0.24, 14:44:17 Dec 11 2003 i810_audio: Pure MM

Re: yet another NVIDIA problem (4496)

2003-12-15 Thread donw
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 06:03:03PM -0600, Stewart Jenkins wrote: > On Saturday 13 December 2003 02:05, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > That is the crap driver I'm talking about. BTW, you can get it easier > > with apt...the nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx packages are it. > > > > Interesting. I had l

XFree86 with i810 onboard graphics (Newbie)

2003-12-15 Thread Allan Cairns
Hi, Sorry if this is repeating a topic you've seen a dozen times before but I'm having real trouble starting X on my old celery 400 with the Intel i810 onboard graphics chip. I installed Debian Woody fresh and selected the i810 chip from the list. I also went conservative with my monitor setti

lilo.conf

2003-12-15 Thread Gavin Seddon
Hi, I use lilo as my boot-loader and I need to add an "append" statement to it in order for my ide cdrw to work. Additionally, there is a SCSI tape drive on the system. Will someone pls tell me the correct line required? Gavin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: My Debian box can't connect Internet

2003-12-15 Thread Robert Storey
Dear Stephen, It's very odd that you can't change this file as root. The only thing I know of that would cause this is if the immutable flag is set. The way to find out is with the lsattr command: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc> lsattr resolv.conf s---c resolv.conf As you don't see an "i" th

Re: disabling inetd

2003-12-15 Thread Rick Weinbender
Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Initech ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031212 13:42]: > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:20:42PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote: > > > I've heard that the inetd process is not very secure. > > That's not necessarily true. What is "not very secure" is running any > service you don't need

Re: Debian installation trouble on server

2003-12-15 Thread ads
On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 06:10:07 +0100, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >..2 basic ways: install Knoppix, edit /etc/apt/sources.list, then >' apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade ', or, if you have 2 cd's >or disk space, either use the 'tohd=/dev/your-disk", then eject the >knoppix cd and put i

Re: My Debian box can't connect Internet

2003-12-15 Thread Alexei Chetroi
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:44:33PM +0100, Robert Storey wrote: > It's very odd that you can't change this file as root. The only thing I > know of that would cause this is if the immutable flag is set. The way > to find out is with the lsattr command: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc> lsattr resolv.co

Debian down at present?

2003-12-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
I haven't been able to get to www.debian.org today or to ping it either. Is it down at present? Not another compromise I hope... Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]|| http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptica

Re: Debian down at present?

2003-12-15 Thread Debian User
I just tried the site and CAN get to it. At Monday, 15 December 2003, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I haven't been able to get to www.debian.org today or to ping it either. >Is it down at present? Not another compromise I hope... > >Anthony > >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]|| http:/

Re: Debian down at present?

2003-12-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:23:38PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I haven't been able to get to www.debian.org today or to ping it either. > Is it down at present? Not another compromise I hope... Works for me, and I haven't heard anything about downtime. You're probably just suffering some loca

Correct place for networking commands in Debian?

2003-12-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
To set up my ADSL router I have to do: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up route add default gw 192.168.1.2 eth0 Where is the correct Debian place to put these - /etc/network/interfaces perhaps, or should they go in rc.local? Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]|| http://www.a

Re: changing roots on: dpkg -i

2003-12-15 Thread David Z Maze
Rob Benton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to install the xfree86 packages with the /opt directory as > root. I've tried using --instdir but the install fails on the > pre/postinst scripts. Is there an easy way to do this without having to > build my own package? No. In general, dpkg'

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2003-12-15 Thread George Adams
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Note for woody epson 1250 users, was: xsane on woody

2003-12-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi list! I am setting up *Backstreet Ruby* the multi-seat Linux option on woody. Had to recompile X 4.3.0: works great... Have a problem with xsane. On woody it's version 0.84-2. When doing any scanning the colors look extremely weird, sort of like a color negative. Googli

Jabberd segfault

2003-12-15 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I just upgraded my kernel to 2.4.23 (standard from kernel.org) and everything is working great except for jabberd. After the system restart, it will no longer starts and just segfaults. $ /etc/init.d/jabber start Starting jabberd: Is all I get, and if I try to start it manually, I get: $ /usr/

Re: eject won't work any more

2003-12-15 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Diumenge 14 Desembre 2003 22:21, en H. S. va escriure: > Given the above ownership of scd0, the user should also belong to the > "cdrecording" group. So either try adding this group to the user's > groups, or try changing the ownership of the scd0 g

Partition NTFS

2003-12-15 Thread "Sébastien (Newsletters)"
Bjr, j'ai créé une partition NTFS sur mon système (avec FDISK pas de problème) et j'ai ensuite créé un système de fichiers avec mkntfs. Tout s'est bien passé, j'arrive à le monter mais je ne peux pas écrire de données dessus, bien que monté en rw. Des idées ??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-15 Thread J N
Kenward: Did Dell have the information down to the chipsets that were used? I have yet to find that information... perhaps it's as simple as "all the chipsets that were used at Dell were made at Dell", but I haven't seen that statement made yet, so I didn't know for sure... For example, the ker

Re: Correct place for networking commands in Debian?

2003-12-15 Thread André Carezia
Anthony Campbell wrote: To set up my ADSL router I have to do: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up route add default gw 192.168.1.2 eth0 Where is the correct Debian place to put these - /etc/network/interfaces perhaps, or should they go in rc.local? Add this to /etc/network/interfac

Re: Correct place for networking commands in Debian?

2003-12-15 Thread Antony Gelberg
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:34:27PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > To set up my ADSL router I have to do: > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up > route add default gw 192.168.1.2 eth0 > > > Where is the correct Debian place to put these - /etc/network/interfaces > perhaps, or

iBCS emulator for Unix binaries

2003-12-15 Thread Chavdar Videff
Dear List, For testing purposes I am trying to run binaries compiled for SCO OpenServer by using the iBCS emulator said to support this. However I find certain difficulties in compiling the iBCS itself. What I first did was install the ibcs-base and ibcs-source-2.2 on Debian Woody. It tur

Fwd: iBCS emulator for Unix binaries

2003-12-15 Thread Chavdar Videff
Concerning my previous post, I forgot to mention that somewhere I read that running the iBCS module can be achieved against 2.4 kernel as well, apart from 2.2 kernels. Thanks again for your help Chavdar Videff --- Begin Message --- Dear List, For testing purposes I am trying to run binaries co

Re: Correct place for networking commands in Debian?

2003-12-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 Dec 2003, Andr? Carezia wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > >To set up my ADSL router I have to do: > > > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up > > route add default gw 192.168.1.2 eth0 > > > > > >Where is the correct Debian place to put these - /etc/network/interfaces > >perhap

Re: eject won't work any more

2003-12-15 Thread H. S.
Joan Tur wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Diumenge 14 Desembre 2003 22:21, en H. S. va escriure: Given the above ownership of scd0, the user should also belong to the "cdrecording" group. So either try adding this group to the user's groups, or try changing the ownership of

Re: yet another NVIDIA problem (4496)

2003-12-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 06:03:03PM -0600, Stewart Jenkins wrote: On Saturday 13 December 2003 02:05, Paul Johnson wrote: That is the crap driver I'm talking about. BTW, you can get it easier with apt...the nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx packages are it. Interesting. I h

Re: lilo.conf

2003-12-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya gavin On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Gavin Seddon wrote: > Hi, > I use lilo as my boot-loader and I need to add an "append" statement to it in > order for my ide cdrw to work. Additionally, there is a SCSI tape drive on > the system. Will someone pls tell me the correct line required? vi /etc/l

RE: XFree86 with i810 onboard graphics (Newbie)

2003-12-15 Thread Ricky Taylor
When you started the install did you use bf24 to use the 2.4 Kernel? I had the same issues at home on my i810 until I used that command to start the install. -Original Message- From: Allan Cairns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subje

Can't install Debian on HDD w/Promise controller card

2003-12-15 Thread George Adams
I'm sure this must be a FAQ, but I can't seem to find anything helpful googling for the answer. I'm trying to install Debian woody (3.0r2) onto a new hard drive (WD1800JB, 180Gig Western Digital) in a new computer. It is the only hard drive in the machine, and the only other IDE device is DVD+R dr

Debian installation issue

2003-12-15 Thread Sreelal Chandrasenan
One of the Pentium 4 box, when I instaled the Debian linux, I got nano_1.0.6_2_i386.deb corrupt error and I am unable to proceed further with installation. I tried multiple times and I could not succeed. I could install debian on other Pentium3 systems using the same CD without any problem. E

Re: Correct place for networking commands in Debian?

2003-12-15 Thread Antony Gelberg
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:01:35PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > At present mine reads: > > > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > # The loopback interface > # automatically added when upgrading > auto lo eth0 > iface lo inet loopback > address 127.

Re: postgresql and domain sockets

2003-12-15 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 at 10:23 GMT, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) penned: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:01:26 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> What have I missed? >> >> ( postgresql 7.3.4-9 on unstable ) > > postgresql-client 7.3.4-9 as well? Yes, sir! >> I just installed this package. When I try to do,

Re: Correct place for networking commands in Debian?

2003-12-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Anthony Campbell wrote: To set up my ADSL router I have to do: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up route add default gw 192.168.1.2 eth0 Where is the correct Debian place to put these - /etc/network/interfaces perhaps, or should they go in rc.local? correct Anthony --

Re: changing roots on: dpkg -i

2003-12-15 Thread Rob Benton
On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 09:50, David Z Maze wrote: > Rob Benton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to install the xfree86 packages with the /opt directory as > > root. I've tried using --instdir but the install fails on the > > pre/postinst scripts. Is there an easy way to do this withou

Re: PDF spec (Was: Re: ooh! debian jewelry)

2003-12-15 Thread Terry Hancock
On Sunday 14 December 2003 07:31 pm, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 at 15:54 GMT, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) penned: > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 14:08:21 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > >> Hrm, I could have sworn that PDF was a spec published by Adobe and > >> freely usable, but google s

FW: PDF spec (Was: Re: ooh! debian jewelry)

2003-12-15 Thread Sreelal Chandrasenan
-Original Message- From: Terry Hancock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:27 AM To: debian users Subject: Re: PDF spec (Was: Re: ooh! debian jewelry) On Sunday 14 December 2003 07:31 pm, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 at 15:54 GMT, J.H.M. Dassen

FW: changing roots on: dpkg -i

2003-12-15 Thread Sreelal Chandrasenan
-Original Message- From: Rob Benton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:00 AM To: David Z Maze Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: changing roots on: dpkg -i On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 09:50, David Z Maze wrote: > Rob Benton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm tryin

FW: Correct place for networking commands in Debian?

2003-12-15 Thread Sreelal Chandrasenan
-Original Message- From: Jerome BENOIT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 7:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Correct place for networking commands in Debian? Anthony Campbell wrote: > To set up my ADSL router I have to do: > > if

FW: Debian installation issue

2003-12-15 Thread Sreelal Chandrasenan
-Original Message- From: Sreelal Chandrasenan Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Debian installation issue One of the Pentium 4 box, when I instaled the Debian linux, I got nano_1.0.6_2_i386.deb corrupt error and I am unable to proceed further with

FW: postgresql and domain sockets

2003-12-15 Thread Sreelal Chandrasenan
-Original Message- From: Monique Y. Herman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: postgresql and domain sockets On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 at 10:23 GMT, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) penned: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:01:26 -0700, Monique Y

FW: Can't install Debian on HDD w/Promise controller card

2003-12-15 Thread Sreelal Chandrasenan
-Original Message- From: George Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Can't install Debian on HDD w/Promise controller card I'm sure this must be a FAQ, but I can't seem to find anything helpful googling for the answer. I

FW: XFree86 with i810 onboard graphics (Newbie)

2003-12-15 Thread Sreelal Chandrasenan
-Original Message- From: Ricky Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:06 AM To: 'Allan Cairns'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: XFree86 with i810 onboard graphics (Newbie) When you started the install did you use bf24 to use the 2.4 Kernel? I had the same issu

FW: lilo.conf

2003-12-15 Thread Sreelal Chandrasenan
-Original Message- From: Alvin Oga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:02 AM To: Gavin Seddon Cc: debian list Subject: Re: lilo.conf hi ya gavin On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Gavin Seddon wrote: > Hi, > I use lilo as my boot-loader and I need to add an "append" stateme

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