Re: A Vi (Vim) question

2005-05-09 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/9/05, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Deboo Geek wrote: > > > On 5/8/05, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >> Hash: SHA1

Re: Dydns service

2005-05-09 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/8/05, Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 08 May 2005 11:45 am, Deboo Geek wrote: > > Anyone knowing of a dydns.org kind of cheap service? I would like to > > use my own domain yet a cheaper service, because I would need it only > > for a few minutes

Re: About boot scripts and pppoe [was Dydns service]

2005-05-10 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/10/05, Almut Behrens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:53:57PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > > > > I have configured ddclient to update dyndns and when I type ddclient > > -ip my.ip.add.ress, the address gets updated at dyndns in mintes but I > &

Re: About boot scripts and pppoe [was Dydns service]

2005-05-10 Thread Deboo ^
tion to this? Previously it never used to take long to > > get the IP address. Is there a way I can make this proicess faster? I > > use pppoe. > > > > And is there way I can execute the scripts that I have under > > /etc/rc.boot? Like the scripts under /etc/rcx.d

Re: Firefox: Selected profile is already in use

2005-05-10 Thread Deboo ^
lace in a webbrowser that runs within a > user's own unix account. But who am I to argue? ;) > > -- > Lee. > > Please send replies to the list, not to my email address. I guess that since Bill thought "personally", he also sent the email personally. ;-) I do ag

Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!

2005-05-13 Thread Deboo ^
se. Can someone help? Thnks and Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.

Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!

2005-05-13 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/13/05, Glenn English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 13:32 -0400, Deboo ^ wrote: > > > Since it's not yet formatted, I would think there must be a way to > > recover all the data still. > > I think that's right. If you know *exa

Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!

2005-05-14 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/13/05, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to Lee Braiden, > > On Friday 13 May 2005 18:32, Deboo ^ wrote: > > > Since it's not yet formatted, I would think there must be a way to > > > recover all the data still. I could install this k

Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!

2005-05-14 Thread Deboo ^
machine, but unfortunately the only way I could do so would be through > VMware which might not be entirely accurate. Thanks Jeremy. I will attempt this first on a spare hard disk as mentioned earlier. I'm installing this Knoppix on to it (save the fdisk info) and then will fdisk it and make one solaris partition as I did on the drive in question, and then try the recovery. Do I need to have another machine for this? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.

Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!

2005-05-14 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/13/05, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deboo ^ wrote: > > I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all > > partitions, created one single solaris partition. > > If you ever ran lilo on a root partition of the disk, then it probably saved >

Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!

2005-05-14 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/13/05, Angelina Carlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 02:32:16PM -0400, Marty wrote: > > Deboo ^ wrote: > > >I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all > > >partitions, created one single solaris partition. >

Strange: Linux boots off a deleted partition [Was Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!]

2005-05-15 Thread Deboo ^
this hard disk boots alright then why doesn't the other hard drive boot when the same thing (accidentally) happened to it? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.

Re: Strange: Linux boots off a deleted partition [Was Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!]

2005-05-15 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/15/05, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deboo ^ wrote: > > I did a trial on a smaller hard disk. Installed knoppix on it, > > rebooted from the hdd to test it. Rebooted again from the Live CD and > > (after taking down the Linux partition info) deleted the part

Recommended Debian book?

2005-05-16 Thread Deboo ^
What is a good book on debian for and intermediate users? Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.

Re: Recommended Debian book?

2005-05-16 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/16/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deboo ^ wrote: > > What is a good book on debian for and intermediate users? > > > > Deboo > > Intermediate in what sense? Intermediate software developer? > Intermediate kernel hacker? Intermedia

Re: Recommended Debian book?

2005-05-16 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/16/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Deboo ^: > > On 5/16/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Deboo ^ wrote: > > > > What is a good book on debian for and intermediate users? > > > > > >

Re: Recommended Debian book?

2005-05-18 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/17/05, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 11:29:32PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Deboo ^ wrote: > > > On 5/16/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Incoming from Deboo ^: > > &

Virii on linux

2005-05-18 Thread Deboo ^
ey do? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.

Re: Recommended Debian book?

2005-05-19 Thread Deboo ^
On 16 May 2005 23:45:04 -0400, Al Dykes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >What is a good book on debian for and intermediate users? > > > >Deboo > > I'm new to Debian and fi

html to pdf conversion

2005-05-23 Thread Deboo ^
Is there a html to pdf converter utility/script or any such thing available for debian? I could not find using apt search. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.

Re: html to pdf conversion

2005-05-23 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/23/05, Glenn English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 14:59 -0400, Deboo ^ wrote: > > Is there a html to pdf converter utility/script or any such thing > > available for debian? I could not find using apt search. > > Have you considered bringing u

OT: Lost partitions on sata disks

2005-05-24 Thread Deboo ^
sk is able to show the ntfs partitions. I am dumping one of the hdd partition on to the spare sata drive. But after this, is it possible to recover them using testdisk or any other such utility? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.

Unable to apt-get install gnome on Debian Woody

2004-01-01 Thread deboo
I get a lot of dependency problems reported by apt-get when I try to install gnome-core or gnome-session. Can someone tell me what do I need to do to make apt install gnome? I'm attaching the apt-get install log file alongwith. Regards, DebooReading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... S

Kernel 2.6 and module-init-tools

2004-01-01 Thread Deboo
t they can co-exist. Now what's happenning here? How do I compile and install kernel 2.6? Is there any good resources/articles about 2.6 ? Has anyone been able to install it on woody? Thanks, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

apt-get update error

2004-02-19 Thread Deboo
lists/ftp.iitm.ac.in_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. I tried deleting this file and re-running apt-get update but still the same. What am I doing wrong? The file seems to be fine if I open it with a pager/editor. Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: apt-get update error

2004-02-19 Thread Deboo
script. glibc is already installed I can see. I better wouldn't have done this mess if I would have used somebackport version of what I needed :/ Please help! Regards, Deboo -- --- He does not suffer sorrow in sorrow, who does not

Help! unable to login!

2004-02-19 Thread Deboo
script. glibc is already installed I can see. I better wouldn't have done this mess if I would have used somebackport version of what I needed :/ Please help! Regards, Deboo -- --- He does not suffer sorrow in sorrow, who does not

Help urgently needed before there's a blackout!

2004-02-19 Thread Deboo
packages.debian.org This is what I get when I try to login: -bash: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by /lib/libncurses.so.5) Please help! Thanks a lot Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Help urgently needed before there's a blackout!

2004-02-19 Thread Deboo
ould use that for booting the knoppix iso on this hard disk, then chrooting thru that knoppix in to this debian root and doing things as you said above? Seems complex but I guess I could give it a try? I'm not ready to reinstall. Thanks for the help ... I survived a quick brownout a few minutes ago. Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Deboo
I'm using debian woody. Been compiling kernels since quite many years on Slack, RH and Mandrake. It's very few times I have completely been successful booting with the compiled kernel in debian (Have used sarge too). Past few days I have been sitting just compiling and re-compiling various kernels

Problem with apt-get and gpm

2004-02-21 Thread Deboo
I was using screen, and in one of the session, apt-get installed rspfd daemon. apt-get hun while trying to start this daemon. I couldn't do anything except killing apt-get and screen. But after that I'm not able to run apt-get anymore, I get this error: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - o

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Deboo
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Kai Schindelka wrote: > > Have a look at the packages build-essential and kernel-package. > > The following works for me on a Debian stable: > > > > cd /usr/src/linux/ > > make menuconfig > > make-kpkg clean > > make-kpkg --revision --append_to_versio

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Deboo
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Kai Schindelka wrote: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:06 > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06 > > Looks like the HA driver module the boot drive is attached to is missing > in initrd. A misconfigured LILO may also be the cause. HA driver m

Re: Kernel compile blues

2004-02-21 Thread Deboo
Thanks a lot for the links above. Don't we need to compile a kernel in the generic way before using kpkg? Regards, Deboo -- --- Can someone, who causes pain to others, experience real joy? --- -- To UNSUBSCRI

Postfix needs an FQDN?

2004-02-22 Thread Deboo
directory What do I need to do for this? Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Postfix again

2004-02-22 Thread Deboo
le or directory I've configured postfix to relay mail to another smarthost. Do I really need to have a dns server for postfix to work? Because a fake domain lookup will always fail and postfix would never seem to work it seems, like this. How do I make postfix work now? Regards, Debo

Shutdown and reboot doesn't unmount partitions

2004-02-22 Thread Deboo
ow by experience, I guess it's better to have many small partitions than one big root partition. Atleast it saves the time when fscking. Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Unidentified subject!

2004-02-22 Thread Deboo
pdate-rc.d thing. Which is the file that debian uses to start things at startup other than /etc/rc.boot? Like the rc.local file in RH/Mandrake? Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mac address changing utility?

2004-02-22 Thread Deboo
p and need to access the net using the ip address of the desktop machine. If someone knows of any such utility, I'd be grateful if he/she replies to this message. Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

bdflush can't work with ext3

2004-02-22 Thread Deboo
with ext3? If no, then is reiser or any other kind of journalled FS work with bdflush? Or is there any other bdflush type utility to do this? Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Need a shell or perl script

2004-02-22 Thread Deboo
could make a dir listing of the mailboxes and send you the list so you know these are my friends and not some spam thing I am asking. Thanks and Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Cron problem?

2004-02-22 Thread Deboo
ng much is taking any cpu time. Wierd. What could it be? Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Old hdd and cdrom errors at bootup

2004-02-22 Thread Deboo
response (status = 0x0a) ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 I commented any lines in /etc/fstab about both of them but still I get them. What is causing these errors? Why is debian trying to access them or mount them at boot when they aren't there in fstab? Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Need a shell or perl script

2004-02-23 Thread Deboo
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-02-22, Deboo penned: > > but I know neither. Not that I do not want to learn, but I need help > > to get this list. Can anyone help me out by giving the commands needed > > to do this? If they think this I am asking fo

apt-get errors with rspfd - unable to either install or uninstall

2004-04-13 Thread Deboo
I have really, really, really been frustrated to the point that if I could just see the guy who made this rspf daemon package, I would just shoot him off! *laff* That said, I really need help as I have tried and tried everything I could or is possible to remove this ghost from my system but neith

HELP! apt-get errors with rspfd - unable to install/uninstall

2004-04-15 Thread Deboo
I'm re-sending this message again since I did not get any reply twice and am really stuck up with apt-get and dpkg unable to do anything with rspfd. Hope someone helps this time I have tried and tried everything I could or is possible to remove this "rspfd" ghost from my system but neither does it

Answers needed for these Debian questions

2004-04-19 Thread Deboo
Hi List! I have limited-time net connection and not very high speed one at that. So, am putting all my questions in one or two messages and sending. I hope this won't irritate others and also hope I'll get quite a few replies when I check next, in 24 hours or so. Sorry for putting all these in one

Backup Strategies for linux?

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
? What different backup strategies are there on linux and what is the best one? Is there some good website that discusses these? If someone can point me there, it would be great. Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

To mbox or not, that is the question! (fwd)

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
;t it harder to backup or carry around? Just a single mbox file is easy to carry if need be. But anyway, what's the best way to use large mailbixes? Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

wget and aptitude with ppp? (fwd)

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
How to set wget so that it can retrieve/download a list of files given to it, as soon as the ppp connection starts? How to set aptitude to download and install packages that were previously given, at start of a ppp connection? Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

offline email

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
nd as soon as a ppp connection is detected, it connects to a smarthost and sends off all the email? Or is there a way to configure postfix/exim to just accept and queue the mail and sent all later when a ppp connection is made? How to go about it? Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

ifconfig eth0:1 up, says - Cannot assign requested address

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
Second, if you see the output of ifconfig eth0 above, there ar 2293 collisions. What are these? Whatever (available) IP address I change to, I keep getting these collisions. Any help appreciated. Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

aptitude's rude behaviour with postfix

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
m and + on postfix and yet again in front of me, aptitude marks postfix to be deleted. What to do? Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Larger console fonts

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
bigger than the normal consol font? I've got an ATI Rage Pro 128 card and have framebuffer support compiled in. Anyone using bigger console fonts, I'd like to listen to their experiences. Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

ping shell script

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
How to make a script which would ping the server every few minutes to check if it's up or down and also log this status as well as time of pinging and any error messages. Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

pocket knoppix?

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
tried searching on google and on lwn.net in the linux distributions section. Regards, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wget and aptitude with ppp? (fwd)

2004-04-25 Thread Deboo
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, John Hasler wrote: > Deboo writes: > > How to set wget so that it can retrieve/download a list of files given to > > it, as soon as the ppp connection starts? > > Put a script containing a call to wget in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d. > > > How to set ap

IMAP tunnel thru http proxy - possible?

2004-05-12 Thread Deboo
this or some kind of howto or links to any such place. Much appreciated. Rgds, Deboo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Regarding new kind of debian FAQ concerning this list

2007-02-26 Thread Deboo ^
Is there someone who has taken the pain to write an FAQ of problems/working solutions from this list? If yes, please give me the link. If not, I think there should be such an FAQ too, other than the debian faq. I can try and contribute. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm sub

Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Deboo ^
Hello, I need to use linux when out of office. Is there a way to remove it once I install Debian on to a PC with Windoze (2000/XP)? It should get removed even from the OS menu. If that is possible, please explain how to go about it. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm sub

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Deboo ^
Thanks for the reply Vibhav, That worked :-) Regards, Deboo P.S.: Pls use plain text for sending mails to lists. It's easier to read and most ppl don't like html. :-) On 2/26/07, Vibhav Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Deboo ^ wrote: > Hello, >I need to use li

Re: Regarding new kind of debian FAQ concerning this list

2007-02-26 Thread Deboo ^
Thanks Chris, If I had some more time, I would make an FAQ, or atleast help in searching the archives and making one. It'll be the best thing if some of us could do this. But I'll surely contribute to the wiki. It's a nice thing. Regards, Deboo On 2/26/07, Chris Lale <[EMAIL

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Deboo ^
Because I need to burn CDs at times and as far as I have knowledge, Knoppix atleast won't let the CD out once booted. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. On 2/26/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Deboo ^
ain to the guys above who gave the Linux Puppy link and about the usb stick Linux - which distro goes in to a USB stick? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. On 2/27/07, Matthew K Poer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I gotta tell you guys, I wouldn

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-28 Thread Deboo ^
? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. Well if you have the trust and permission of the owner, go for it! I was only concerned with the possibility of not being to fix the MBR, which is what I meant by not being able to restore Windows. (note I am not questi

OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-04 Thread Deboo ^
I can get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answers and the more confident I will be. Please also post tricky and troubleshooting questions. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re[2]: OT: Linux or Cisco

2007-04-04 Thread Deboo
understand. If anyone can tell me a book that has easy to understand language for non-English readers, I'd sure try it out. Regards, Deboo Thursday, April 5, 2007, 12:09:08 AM, you wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 09:05:57AM +0530, CCNAStuff wrote: >> I already get about 4 - 5 mail

Problem mounting Ext2 CDs

2007-04-15 Thread Deboo ^
e hdd partitions are NTFS. Please give a solution someone. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to boot in to Etch if grub fails to load and deletes NTLDR?

2007-05-03 Thread Deboo ^
ll CD can only give me a basic shell and can not boot normally in to the installed basic debian system. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to boot in to Etch if grub fails to load and deletes NTLDR?

2007-05-03 Thread Deboo ^
loppy of the begone days. Is there an option I can make a "boot CD" like the boot floppy option present in RedHat/Fedora systems towards the end of installation? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to boot in to Etch if grub fails to load and deletes NTLDR?

2007-05-04 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/4/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 09:39:57AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Is there an option I can make a "boot CD" like the boot floppy option > present in RedHat/Fedora systems towards the end of installation? You can use the netin

Re: How to boot in to Etch if grub fails to load and deletes NTLDR?

2007-05-05 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/4/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 04:46:27PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: >> On 5/4/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 09:39:57AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: >

[Etch] pppoe problem - unable to ping or lookup

2007-05-05 Thread Deboo ^
t with a minimal install of Etch. There's not even the nslookup, or host commands, nor telnet. Atleast ssh exists so I tested with that. What do I do? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Etch] pppoe problem - unable to ping or lookup

2007-05-05 Thread Deboo ^
Also note that I tried pinging remote ip addresses (like google.com's and yahoo.com's) and was unable to get any response. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&

Re: [Etch] pppoe problem - unable to ping or lookup

2007-05-06 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/5/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 05:12:25PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Also note that I tried pinging remote ip addresses (like google.com's > and yahoo.com's) and was unable to get any response. is that by ip address or by n

Re: [Etch] pppoe problem - unable to ping or lookup

2007-05-06 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/7/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 07:11:34PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > On 5/5/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 05:12:25PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > >> Also note that I tri

Re: [Etch] pppoe problem - unable to ping or lookup

2007-05-07 Thread Deboo ^
installed pump but not running it on startup. Which one is better of the two? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OT] SWF to MP4 converter

2007-05-07 Thread Deboo ^
I would like to convert some swf video files to either xvid or mpeg4 avi. Is there any converter available for this in debian? Or even a non-deb file? Windows versions for one, ask $$ and then need to play and capture each file to record and convert. Too much time consuming. Regards, Deboo

francine: unable to login

2007-05-07 Thread Deboo ^
since the first time I discovered it and it's been like more than 2 years now. May be even 4. I don't know if the problem is with francine or with rungetty but if either has the problem, they shouldn't be included in stable then, isn't it? Any solution to the above problem an

Re: francine: unable to login

2007-05-07 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/8/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 08:19:15AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > There comes a neat little proggie since I think Sarge called francine > which is a console login program or wrapper displaying a nice debian > logo and promp

Re: [OT] SWF to MP4 converter

2007-05-09 Thread Deboo ^
s. Don't know if it can convert or not though. SWF to any video format is fine. Next step I could convert them all in to mp4. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

strange "?" characters all over the screen in aptitude, mc and other ncurses programs

2007-05-10 Thread Deboo ^
this has to do somethign with either whiptail or readline? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] SWF to MP4 converter

2007-05-11 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/8/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 08:05:06AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > I would like to convert some swf video files to either xvid or mpeg4 > avi. Is there any converter available for this in debian? Or even a > non-deb file? Windo

Re: How do yo u install minimal X with fluxbox on Etch?

2007-05-11 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/11/07, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:42:31PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Even though I do not need to install X on my new Etch console system, > I would like to know how do you install X, is there some new way. > > How to install a minimal X

How do yo u install minimal X with fluxbox on Etch?

2007-05-11 Thread Deboo ^
Even though I do not need to install X on my new Etch console system, I would like to know how do you install X, is there some new way. How to install a minimal X so that if I need to run some remove X apps, I can, with ssh. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed t

Best Debian packages

2007-05-11 Thread Deboo ^
Is there a list of best (most used) packages in debian? Another list of all console packages in debian? I see Etch has 21 CDs ... how many have the source and how many have packages? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: How do yo u install minimal X with fluxbox on Etch?

2007-05-11 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/11/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:56:41PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > On 5/11/07, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:42:31PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > >> Even though I do not need to in

Re: Best Debian packages

2007-05-11 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/12/07, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 07:10:36AM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 04:15:45PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > > Is there a list of best (most used) packages in debian? > > > > Another list of all

Re: Best Debian packages

2007-05-12 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/12/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 07:32:36AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > How do you list all the available packaes with apt-get? aptitude in interactive mode has several ways of listing packages. > And all the packages for the console?

[OT] Working news server

2007-05-13 Thread Deboo ^
ecent number of ngs and also allows posting and is free to use? Searching newsbot reveals either unknown or no posting allowed. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Best Debian packages

2007-05-13 Thread Deboo ^
aptitude as far as I know [0], but if it does, you an easily fix this by just cancelling all the removals (e.g. with "keep-all" or pressing ":" on the group of autoremoved packages). Thanks, that worked but can/will I need to do it again and again? Regards, Deboo -- Please

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Deboo ^
an option to mirror dirs either way and will only update the files which have changed. Try it out, you'll love it. Another cool console ftp client which uses arrow keys to browse is cftp. Try this out too, tho this is not for backing up. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Deboo ^
put image of this? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.

Security Breach: A zero byte file created in my home directory

2007-05-14 Thread Deboo ^
now as I am posting this, that file is GONE. I did not delete it. Even with the firewall, someone is in my computer? What do I need to do? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Security Breach: A zero byte file created in my home directory

2007-05-15 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/15/07, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2007-05-15 11:35:03 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > I saw today that there's a zero byte file in my hoem dir with the name > "Brendan" created yesterday but I couldn't search whp created it or > what was the c

xterm fonts

2007-05-15 Thread Deboo ^
Also how to use the dektop icons that DSL is able to use with fluxbox? I already installed fbdesk but it seems of no use at all or is it buggy? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

Re: xterm fonts

2007-05-15 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/16/07, cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Deboo ^ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I installed a minimal X sysetm with fluxbox and xterm and two other > terminal emulators: eterm and mrxvt. But all three of them give very > small fonts. WIth xterm, I was able to get a reaso

Re: Security Breach: A zero byte file created in my home directory

2007-05-15 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/16/07, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2007-05-16 02:54:06 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > On 5/15/07, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 2007-05-15 11:35:03 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: >> > I saw today that there's a zero byte file in my h

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Deboo ^
, should it? It will j ust overwrite the mbr. Is it really needed to do that dd command before installing W2K? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Solved] Re: xterm fonts

2007-05-16 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/16/07, Michael V. De Palatis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You should run xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults to reload the file. However, some intricacies can be involved if the program name launched from the menu is not `xterm`. Thanks for this. It worked but the only thing I played a bit with differe

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