Where to store iptables script

By the help of http://iptables-script.dk/ I have created the script below. Where should I store it? And does it look ok? Thanks, Jacob #!/bin/sh # Disable forwarding echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward # load some modules (if needed) modprobe ip_nat_ftp modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp # Flush iptables

Kernel compilation question

I have been trying to compile a custom kernel the last few days, and I noticed a phenomenon that's new to me. it seems that the first 'make menuconfig' uses /boot/config-2.6.8-1-k7 (the config for my currently running kernel) to get its defaults. Howcome? (Is it related to '.config support' being

Re: why not anaconda installer

Kent West wrote: belahcene abdelkader wrote: --- Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:22:09PM -0700, belahcene abdelkader wrote: I don't understand yet why debian doesn't use the anaconda as installer. It is very easy for installation ! Easy is s

Re: why not anaconda installer

Brian Nelson wrote: is there any reason ? or is there a new installer in project In addition to the reasons listed in Ken's post, I don't think anaconda integrates particularly well with Debian. On the contrary, it's been done and I suspect the workforce was two people of whom one was pa

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Re: alternative to cdrecord?

Brian Pack wrote: With the old kernel, a user could potentially wipe a drives firmware. which actually happend with a release of Mandrake Linux and some brand I won't name coz I don't recall its name of CD-ROM. The manufactorer misused one of the standard SCSI commands:-) -- Cheers John -- sp

Re: domain name of debian

"domainname" will display it. "domainname my.domain" will set it. Question is, what does this mean. I would like email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be delivered to the user mailbox. If I do this with an exim4 "mail" command (I had routers set), this may work. If I send such email through "outsid

Re: Scrolling in console

/usr/bin/most mess-mate On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:43:42 -0500 Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am wondering if there is a way to scroll to the >right in a console? When I open mutt I cannot read >the entire subject header on the email - it trails >off the screen. Is there a way to re

Re: ppp problems

On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:52, Haldor Riddering wrote: > cannot do dns lookups, surf, ping anything else. > what am I doing wrong? how can I fix it? Red Faction wrote: > Sounds like resolve.conf issue. Look into /etc/resolve.conf and add name > servers there if not listed or not assigned by dhcp. T

Re: domain name of debian

Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: NIS domain name may be in /etc/defaultdomain (to my surprise). More usually, it's in /etc/yp.conf It's _never_ in /etc/yp.conf - always in /etc/defaultdomain. The name is an inheritance from Sun, they invented NIS and on Solaris the NIS domainname is stored i

Re: Getting disk labels

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:02:00PM -0400, Tong wrote: > Hi, > > I used to use e2label to get disk labels. But now I also have reiserfs > disk, and e2label won't work on reiserfs disks. > > What is the generic way to get disk labels? I don't think there is a generic way. Labels are filesystem

Re: configuration of nsswitch.conf ignored by system

Hi Thomas, On Mo, 2004-08-23 at 18:59 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote: > > I've the problem that on all debian systems (Woody, Sid) it > > seems that some configuration changes of the nsswitch.conf > > are ignored by the system. > See #160596 and those merged with it. As I am not the "over-geek" I have

Re: attempt to access beyond end of device

steve downes wrote: on Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:38:59AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:13:52PM +0100, steve downes wrote: I keep getting the message below:- attempt to access beyond end of device> 03:02 rw=0 want=1898676924, limit 4883760 I get it when I open the /et

Re: Software RAID using Sarge Installer

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 08:50:34PM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:50:34 -0500 > From: John Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Software RAID using Sarge Installer > > Would someone help me, preferably off-list if the question's too simple, > know

Re: attempt to access beyond end of device

> >etc > > > >Ran fsck maually & it found thousands of inode faults on the back end > >of the disk. It now reboots & the fault has cleared but so has a lot > >of software. Looks like a re-install. Fortunately it's a data free > >machine except for a server backup. > > > >Thanks for your help > > >

Re: configuration of nsswitch.conf ignored by system

Hi On Di, 2004-08-24 at 09:47 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote: > The Debian maintainers seem to regard it as a feature of glibc > rather than as a bug. [...] > They regard it as a feature, so the behavior probably will > not be changed. How can it be a feature when I make some configuration to nsswitch

Re: Debian and KDE33

John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Kevin Mark wrote: > >>'Woody' aka the current stable, is the official supported version of >> debian -- it is the only one with security updates. >> > > Sarge also has official security updates. Where please? Because here it says: http://www.debi

Re: enable bonding

Sorry, by Googling I found some options. Is it correct below? No, dmesg said this: tg3.c:v2.9 (March 8, 2004) eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95704A6) rev 2002 PHY(5704)] (PCIX:133MHz:64-bit) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:0f:20:7a:ca:1f eth1: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95704A6) rev 2002 PHY(5704)] (PCIX:133MHz:64-

Using SuSE9.1 software to upgrade X?

Title: Using SuSE9.1 software to upgrade X? Hi all, I got SuSE 9.1 professional edition and aliened some of its GUI packages to produce .deb packages. These packages were specifically X-related since I wanted a better GUI than that provided by woody 3.0r2. This most especially applies to gno

Re: release change

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 08:54:14PM +0200, Kaiser, Hans wrote: Hi Hans, the what is "in" testing and unstable will always change. Also, the code name of stable and testing will change. the code name of unstable will always be sid. whenold current testing unstable

Re: configuration of nsswitch.conf ignored by system

On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 09:43, Matthias Eichler wrote: > - I read that right that its not a nscd-bug or something > but a bug in the glibc which doesnt handle the nsswitch.conf > the correct way? The Debian maintainers seem to regard it as a feature of glibc rather than as a bug. > - The bug

Noisy arpwatch

Platform: Intel Pentium M, debian sarge (testing/unstable), arpwatch 2.1a11-6.3 After my last "apt-get dist-upgrade", arpwatch has gotten very noisy. It keeps sending me emails about every matchine it sees on the LAN. At first it was kind of interesting. Right now, I would rat

Re: why not anaconda installer

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:22:09PM -0700, belahcene abdelkader wrote: > I don't understand yet why debian doesn't use the > anaconda as > installer. It is very easy for installation ! > I just tried the new version sarge, it is still > complicate for new user > !!! > is there any reason ? or

Re: why not anaconda installer

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 03:27:48PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Brian Nelson wrote: > > >>is there any reason ? or is there a new installer in > >>project > >> > >> > > > >In addition to the reasons listed in Ken's post, I don't think anaconda > >integrates particularly well with Debian.

Re: System & Hardware clocks

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 08:50:28PM +0200, Lourens Steenkamp wrote: > Lourens replying to P V Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try chrony. > > "It consists of a pair of programs : > `chronyd'. This is a daemon which runs in background on the system. > It obtains measurements (e.g. via the net

Re: Debian and KDE33

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:40:11AM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote: > John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Kevin Mark wrote: > > > >>'Woody' aka the current stable, is the official supported version of > >> debian -- it is the only one with security updates. > >> > > > > Sarge also has off

Re: Noisy arpwatch

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:55:59 +0200 Steinar Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Platform: Intel Pentium M, > debian sarge (testing/unstable), > arpwatch 2.1a11-6.3 > > After my last "apt-get dist-upgrade", arpwatch has gotten very noisy. > It keeps sending me emails about every m

Re: Debian and KDE33

Josef Oswald wrote: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kevin Mark wrote: 'Woody' aka the current stable, is the official supported version of debian -- it is the only one with security updates. Sarge also has official security updates. Where please? Because here it s

minicom+setserial

hi all, i inserted a two PCI serial port card into a debian machine i used dpkg-reconfigure setserial and chose autoserial when i check #setserial -g /dev/ttyS? i set tthe ttyS2&ttyS3 manually as setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A port 0x02e8 irq 3 setserial /dev/ttyS2 uart 16550A port 0x03e8 irq 4

Re: Debian and KDE33

Josef Oswald wrote: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kevin Mark wrote: 'Woody' aka the current stable, is the official supported version of debian -- it is the only one with security updates. Sarge also has official security updates. Where please? Because here it s

Re: attempt to access beyond end of device

steve downes wrote: etc Ran fsck maually & it found thousands of inode faults on the back end of the disk. It now reboots & the fault has cleared but so has a lot of software. Looks like a re-install. Fortunately it's a data free machine except for a server backup. Thanks for your help I'd g

Re: Apache2 binary mod_perl for Woody?

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 08:16:55AM -0700, Gururajan Ramachandran wrote: > Hello, > > Where can I download binary mod_perl for Apache2 built for Woody? I > checked backports.org but came up empty. What is apt-get's sources.list > sequence to download this module? I downloaded Apache2 from backport

Re: Mouse works with X but breaks as a left-handed... [SOLVED]

Kent West wrote: > ... > gpm is the console mouse driver (for using your mouse outside of X). I > _think_ kernel 2.6 may have moved the mouse input device to > /dev/input/mice, which is smart enough to share the device between > multiple mice/mice-driven apps. But before that, if you had gpm and X

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Re: Debian and KDE33

Josef Oswald wrote: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kevin Mark wrote: 'Woody' aka the current stable, is the official supported version of debian -- it is the only one with security updates. Sarge also has official security updates. Where please? Because here it s

Re: Debian and KDE33

I suppose: deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main contrib non-free but it's not really in use right now. Packages that are currently frozen would probably get security updates either through there or testing-proposed-updates, but I wouldn't put faith in that until sarge is officially

removed /media/cdrom0

hi, i have this problem using debian sarge: every time i boot i found broken links /cdrom and /media/cdrom, because of removed /media/cdrom0. if i create it manually, after reboot it is removed again. why?? lukas http://www.pobox.sk/ - najvacsi slovensky fr

Re: Apt-get error with package diff

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why Well, maybe you could copy the error in your email? Provide information about your system (is it woody/stable sarge/nearly-stable ??) and such ? Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Orderly dismount at shutdown?

Now that I have my multi-partition file system up and running: One of the partitions (mounted /usr/share) does not dismount in an orderly manner on shutdown. I get messages like: Illegal seek ...hdb6 not mounted ... File system is OK on restart. (The first time, I needed ext3 journal recov

EsounD by alsa

Hello Free World!I am quite new to all of the Linux stuff but learning fast, so don't be scaredto respond in way's I 'might not understand', I'll figure it out ;-).I have recently made my own Debian Kernel (now running nice 'n smooth...) anddecided to go with ALSA - I used the original 2.2.2

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Re: alternative to cdrecord?

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:31:31 +0800, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Pack wrote: > > >With the old > >kernel, a user could potentially wipe a drives firmware. > > > > > > > which actually happend with a release of Mandrake Linux and some brand I > won't name coz I don't recall i

Re: domain name of debian

Shu Hung (Koala) asked the simple question: > where does the domain name of a debain stored? > is there anyway to change it? The "domain name" of the local host is the part of its fully qualified domain name (FQDN) that follows the first dot. The FQDN of the local host is its canonical host name

Linux with projectors

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Re: IP accounting software

Am 2004-08-24 11:53:11, schrieb Ritesh Raj Sarraf: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > It just seems to be a reporting tool. > What I was wanting was to control connectivity to a user on the basis of > bandwidth. I am wanting to sell services to my customer in terms of > bandwidt

Re: Technical differences

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 03:46:04PM +1200, Joshua Lowe wrote: > Hey there, > > Im currently studying the UNIX and LINUX Operating systems at Uni. Ive been given an > assignment and my mission is to find out technical / operational differences between > UNIX as an operating system and Linux. Such

ncurses with sarge

Howdy.. I recently installed sarge (Testing) Debian installation, where I have been setting things up as required. I am trying to compile a applications, where with ./configure I get an error that it requires ncurses. I tried "apt-get install ncurses" and was told it was obsolete and not used a

Re: Technical differences

Kevin Mark wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 03:46:04PM +1200, Joshua Lowe wrote: Hey there, Im currently studying the UNIX and LINUX Operating systems at Uni. Ive been given an assignment and my mission is to find out technical / operational differences between UNIX as an operating system and Li

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

Wim De Smet wrote: It was LG. The model was an IDE cdrom drive that wasn't supposed to implement the command in question. I think it was the flush command which is apparently only used by cd-r(w) drives. The drive implemented this as "flush firmware". pretty funny story if you think of it. :-) N

Re: Scrolling in console

On 2004-08-23, Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am wondering if there is a way to scroll to the > right in a console? When I open mutt I cannot read > the entire subject header on the email - it trails > off the screen. Is there a way to recapture the > rest of this subject line?

Re: ncurses with sarge

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:11:07PM +0930, Stef VK5HSX wrote: > Howdy.. I recently installed sarge (Testing) Debian installation, where I > have been setting things up as required. I am trying to compile a > applications, where with ./configure I get an error that it requires ncurses. > I tried "

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Re: Motherboard recommendation?

Michael Rumpf wrote: > Hi, > > I'm about to buy a new motherboard. Can anyone recommend a board that is > known to work well with free software drivers. I just don't want to buy > another board and find myself disabling most of the features as they > don't work under Linux. I don't have a recomme

Re: OT: Which tool, and how, to get partial string from file?i

Wendell Cochran wrote: > ... > Then I ran across Stan Kelly-Bootle's _Understanding UNIX_ (2e 1994 > Sybex) & instantly felt right at home with his way of putting > things. His book pried the first brick out of the Unix sidewalk; > then Unix seemed easy, or at least logical. What a great writer

Re: Kernel compilation question

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:21:59AM +0200, Magnus Therning wrote: > Howcome? (Is it related to '.config support' being compiled into the > standard Debian kernels?) > How do prevent it from happening? (I unmounted /boot, but that that's > less than elegant.) You copy whatever config you want to /pa

Re: removed /media/cdrom0

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:26:37AM +0200, Luk?? Lalinsk? wrote: > hi, > i have this problem using debian sarge: every time i boot i found > broken links /cdrom and /media/cdrom, because of > removed /media/cdrom0. if i create it manually, after reboot it is > removed again. why?? remove the 'di

Re: ncurses with sarge

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:11:07PM +0930, Stef VK5HSX wrote: > Howdy.. I recently installed sarge (Testing) Debian installation, where I > have been setting things up as required. I am trying to compile a > applications, where with ./configure I get an error that it requires ncurses. > I tried "

Re: Software RAID using Sarge Installer

John Fleming wrote: > Would someone help me, preferably off-list if the question's too simple, > know exactly what choices to make using the new Sarge installer and RAID 1 > for mirroring? During the partitioning, there is a chance to set up RAID 1, > but I don't fully understand exactly what part

apt-get and distro aliases

Reading recent threads, I plan to install Sarge and change apt sources to name-based, i.e. to "Sarge" rather than "testing". My understanding is that when Sarge becomes "stable", I will stay with Sarge and be able to get security updates. I am now running unstable. I just tried an update using "

dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

Hi folks, What is the canonical method for determining to which package an installed file belongs? dpkg -S seems to be the right *sort* of thing, but doesn't always work: enoch:/share/download # dpkg -S /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf enoch:/share/download #

Re: Linux with projectors

On 24 Aug 2004, Vijaya S wrote: > hi , > can anyone guide me how to setup a linux machine when connected to > projectors? > As far as I know this is not a Linux issue. I use my laptop regularly with projectors (my own and other people's). I just plug the lead into the external monitor socket and

building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

Hi, I was trying to find a US vendor for debian non-free CDs . Looks like there were only 2, cheapbytes.com and linux-cd.com. However neither have non-free woody CDs listed on their web page. I am unable to get debian-cd to work or find jigdo files for the non-free cd images. Could you please he

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:44:33PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > Hi folks, > > What is the canonical method for determining to which package an > installed file belongs? dpkg -S seems to be the right *sort* of thing, > but doesn't always work: > > enoch:/share/download # dpkg -S /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/

Re: apt-get and distro aliases

John Fleming wrote: > Reading recent threads, I plan to install Sarge and change apt sources to > name-based, i.e. to "Sarge" rather than "testing". My understanding is that > when Sarge becomes "stable", I will stay with Sarge and be able to get > security updates. > > I am now running unstable.

Re: attempt to access beyond end of device

> >> > > > >Yes, I was wondering what to do like that. Any recommends? > > > >The same hard disc is dual booting win98 quite happily. > > > >Steve > > > > > > > > > > There's memtest86 which very quickly persuaded me to some ECC > sdram. I was wondering why testing was to, well, testing. > Sma

Re: Debian Install

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 23 August 2004 06:47, Stef VK5HSX wrote: > Greetings.. > > For those who have found installing Debian difficult in the past, well I > recently downloaded the new Debian Installer (sarge-i366-businesscard.iso) > and used it today to inst

Re: apt-get and distro aliases

Hello John Fleming (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Reading recent threads, I plan to install Sarge and change apt sources > to name-based, i.e. to "Sarge" rather than "testing". My > understanding is that when Sarge becomes "stable", I will stay with > Sarge and be able to get security updates.

Zend Optimizer for Debian

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Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:35:21PM -0400, Daniel B. wrote: > However, even ignoring that wider definition of shell with which > you might not agree, traditional shells are still involved when > you log in via a display manager. If you open xterm windows, > they're running traditional shell subp

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

Hello Paul Gear (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > What is the canonical method for determining to which package an > installed file belongs? dpkg -S seems to be the right *sort* of > thing, but doesn't always work: > > enoch:/share/download # dpkg -S /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf > debconf: /etc/a

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

Thomas Adam wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:44:33PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > >>Hi folks, >> >>What is the canonical method for determining to which package an >>installed file belongs? dpkg -S seems to be the right *sort* of thing, >>but doesn't always work: >> >>enoch:/share/download # dpkg

Re: dpkg-reconfigure

Sometime ago, you wrote: > Hi, > > How do I find the list of packages reconfigurable with dpkg-reconfigure? > > Craig Jackson The 'configure-debian' package is probably what you're after. -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in the arse." -- Morrissey.

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:11:33PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > It's doing *exactly* what you asked of it. Remember that dpkg -S will only > work for files that were *in* a package initially and not ones that were > *created*. /etc/apt/sources.list is created by apt-setup from 'base-config', > but d

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:28:09PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > Is it fairly common, then, that packages only create their config files, > and don't include them in the package originally. I can see times when Of course it is. There are *hundreds* of files that are created in this manner, usually

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:49:57AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: > Geez. Try answering the question, not insulting the guy. The dpkg > man page is unclear on what -S does: I wasn't insulting anybody. The *words* were there, only to place emphasis on the fundamental differences in operation. >

Exiting every KDE program shows the crash handler

Hi all, Reinstalled Debian last Friday, and upgraded to testing, and installed KDE, and it worked fine until today, every time I exit any KDE application, I get the KDE crash handler, for example if I load up the calculator, and I exit it, I get: The application unknown (kcalc) crashed and caused t

/dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted

When I do a su - sysadm on one server with Woody I get the error message in the subject line. That happens only when su to sysadm is being used. Apart from the error message everything seems work normally: 14:40:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/exim4$ sudo su - sysadm /dev/pts/0: Operation not permi

Re: /dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:43:19PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > When I do a su - sysadm on one server with Woody I get the error > message in the subject line. That happens only when su to sysadm is > being used. Hmm, try adding the user to the 'tty' group. -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly

Re: Combining images?

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:59:04PM +, Adam Funk wrote: > I was certainly glad to discover ImageMagick after I started using a > digital camera: the command line is the easiest way to rotate 30 > JPGs 90 degrees to the left! You might want to check out jpegtran, which can apply lossless transf

Well documented [was Re: nvidia drivers]

On Tuesday 24 Aug 2004 00:17, Tom Allison wrote: > I was able to install by doing: > apt-get kernel-headers... > and then running the NVIDIA package they provide on their website. > > I don't know, but the kernel-source may be necessary, but I doubt it. I > have it installed, that's why I mention

Re: building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, B Thomas wrote: > Hi, > I was trying to find a US vendor for debian non-free CDs . Looks like > there were only 2, cheapbytes.com and linux-cd.com. However neither have > non-free woody CDs listed on their web page. > > I am unable to get debian-cd to work or find jigdo file

Re: Zend Optimizer for Debian

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Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

Thomas Adam writes: > As I have said, if the file was created by an application, then it > clearly cannot belong to a package. The question was about files created by the maintainer scripts. Just off the top of my head I see no reason why these files could not be included in the package empty and

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:54:41PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:49:57AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: > > dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ... > > Search for a filename from installed packages. > > How is this unclear, exactly? It

Re: Debian Install

On Tuesday 24 August 2004 21:51, Michael Satterwhite shared with us the following: > On Monday 23 August 2004 06:47, Stef VK5HSX wrote: > > Greetings.. > > > > For those who have found installing Debian difficult in the past, well I > > recently downloaded the new Debian Installer > > (sarge-i

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:23:16AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Thomas Adam writes: > > As I have said, if the file was created by an application, then it > > clearly cannot belong to a package. > > The question was about files created by the maintainer scripts. Was it now? I don't believe so, alt

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:24:45AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:54:41PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:49:57AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: > > > > dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ... > > > Search for a file

Re: ncurses with sarge

On Tuesday 24 August 2004 20:57, Thomas Adam shared with us the following: > If you're compiling you want '-dev' packages, in your case, specifically > 'libncurses5-dev'. > > -- Thomas Adam Thanks for that .. I did apt-get install libncurses5-dev and it went and did what was required.. much appre

Re: /dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted

Hello Thomas, Thanks for your reply. On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:01:12PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:43:19PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > When I do a su - sysadm on one server with Woody I get the error > > message in the subject line. That happens only when su to sysa

Re: apt-get and distro aliases

Andreas Janssen wrote: > ... > >>I am now running unstable. I just tried an update using "unstable" >>and there was nothing new available. Then I changed sources.list to >>"sid" and it retrieved 3217 kB. However, when I ran upgrade, nothing >>was upgraded. Can anyone explain this behavior? T

How do I mount /dev/sdax at boot?

Hi Y'all, I must have had a brainfart, but my SATA disk won't mount at boot. I just upgraded to a 2.6.8 kernel (I cook my own), and as axpected my SATA disk went from hde to sda, no surprises there. So I changed my entry in fstab from /dev/hde6 to /dev/sda6. So, now it looks like this: /dev/sda6

Re^2: installation of 3c509 module from Woody diskette.

Ref. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Readers of debian-user, At 2004-08-14 20:12:56 -0300 Stephen Cormier wrote, "I would say get the bf2.4 floppy images. I have an older machine here with the same network card in it and the install went fine, besides you end up with a 2.4 kernel instead of a 2.2." Thanks

Re: Well documented [was Re: nvidia drivers]

Guest, Simon wrote: > ... > It's all well documented what you have to do. Once you realise that the best > documentation for knowing how to use packages in Debian is often to be found > in /usr/share/doc/, everything becomes straightforward. > (Thanks to those fine chaps, the Debian developers

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

Jason Rennie wrote: > ... > Geez. Try answering the question, not insulting the guy. Don't worry - i'm used to it on this list by now... :-) -- Paul -- Did you know? Email addresses can be forged easily. This message is signed with GNU Privacy Guard

How to suspend x86 via apm as non-root user?

Hello folks, Each time I try to suspend my x86 `sid` workstation as a non-root user via the command apm -s I receive this error message: apm: Operation not permitted Permissions on /dev/apm_bios are crw-rw-rw- (0666). Any suggestions on how to fix this? Maybe chmod +s /usr/bin/apm? Seem

Re: apt-get and distro aliases

Paul Gear wrote: Apt downloaded the package list. Because you changed the source name from unstable to sid, apt assumed this had to be done because the local list for the "new" source was missing. Sorry - i gave slightly misleading info in my post. I actually ended up with additional packages

Re: apt-get and distro aliases

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 06:37:12AM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > Reading recent threads, I plan to install Sarge and change apt sources to > name-based, i.e. to "Sarge" rather than "testing". My understanding is that > when Sarge becomes "stable", I will stay with Sarge and be able to get > securit

Problem ejecting cdrom after dist-upgrade

Hi, I have just done an 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. Now the 'eject' fails to eject the cdrom and gives the error: eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device My drive is an ide cdrw and I am using the ide-scsi module. In my /dev directory, 'cdrom' is a symbolic link to 'cdrom0'

Re: Debian Install

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 24 August 2004 08:27, Stef VK5HSX wrote: > On Tuesday 24 August 2004 21:51, Michael Satterwhite shared with us the > > following: > > On Monday 23 August 2004 06:47, Stef VK5HSX wrote: > > > Greetings.. > > > > > > For those who have found

Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

Thomas Adam wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:24:45AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:54:41PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:49:57AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ... Search

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