Re: Linux and IPR

es to fight the case in > court? What SCO does is patently illegal and reeks of the worst things corporate greed can muster, yet they still go unpunished. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mail login

ive diagnosis on this given that there's not much administrator-related information supplied. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Trying to install alien made wxPython .deb package.

structor is included in unstable, so it's just: apt-get install boa-constructor -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)

;d also need to set the DISPLAY variable to the host you'd output the display (works just fine with my Oracle installation on headless chickens as compared to using xhost+ ...) -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux on HardDrive

do I need > to do to the hard drive to get Linux to boot up on it, when I put it > back in the original computer? > > I have formatted the hard disk, but I need to set it up so that it will > boot. How do I do that? Install a bootloader on that hard disk's MBR. I recommend g

Re: Buying new PC-Intel or AMD

ulp. Not to mention it runs much cooler than the LGA775-based setups Intel currently has. The best thing is - no matter what you choose - Debian's still there for that machine :) -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &

Re: debian architectures

you mean we will have a debian sarge for Itanium processors ?! Looks like it. As long as there would be users for that architecture who'd be willing to maintain then it'll live even through EOLs (like the Alpha EV chips) -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSC

Re: [OT] local-only webserver for web app. thttpd or ??

e with not much sophisticated configs, I find boa to be sufficient - it's lightweight, and the packaged boa just works out of the box. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DFSG-free replacement of DJBDNS ?

IND, Maradns and PowerDNS which can publish authoritative records, as well as caching. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Burning Fedora CD's

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 00:20:40 -0500, Shawn McCuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do I have to do to get cd burning enabled on my system? The burning > programs arent detecting that I even have a burnerwhat should I do? Can you post a copy of the output of dmesg? -- Paolo Al

Re: Dual Xeon Kernel?

4bit extensions from AMD for their EM64T architecture. So the Xeon Nocona is still AMD64 architecture (deep down). Architecturally, AMD's original implementation (from chip to mobo) is superior compared to the current Xeon Nocona, but that's another story. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [

Re: Dual Xeon Kernel?

should you choose that kernel, your userland should also go 64bit (aka go debian-amd64) -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT? hypertread on or off for SMP kernel

orithms that work normally in traditional SMP systems. In your case, however, it would seem that most of your processes are CPU-bound - in which case enabling SMT/HyperThreading would be very beneficial. IBM developerworks has this dated study but might be beneficial nonetheless: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-htl -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Knoppix & Swap

matically mount it everytime your machine boots up, e.g.: /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DHCP Mac address

etails. > Prefferably the MAC address I place in a seperate file. I'm not sure if this is supported by the default dhcpd.conf, although you can whip up a script that would generate the appropriate dhcpd.conf given a file containing the MAC addresses as input. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMA

Re: Woody XFS file system support

knoppix.net>. Knoppix comes with both 2.4 and 2.6 > kernels, so I assume it supports xfs. Knoppix has been XFS-capable for a long time already (first seen it in release 3.0, although it might've been earlier). -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: FAT32 (was: dual-OS system)

fully received, > particularly the first. > That's weird... I could mount my USB flash drives (which uses vfat as its filesystem) using the stock debian kernels. Older-world MS Windows installations do use vfat as well. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dist-upgrade

ropriate lines to /etc/apt/sources.list for the debian mirror you want to connect to, eg. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free then apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade HTH -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Woody on Compaq Prolinea 575

debian installs on them were painless. You could also try bootstrapping by getting its hard disk and installing debian on it from another machine. If it still fails when you return the disk to the original machine then your hardware's flakey already. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROT

Re: Alternative X and graphic drivers. HOWTO ?

"AGPMode" "4" Option "EnablePageFlip""1" Option "AGPFastWrite" "1" Option "HWCursor" "1" Option "DDCMode&

Re: How can I force a PCMCIA network card to have a specific interface name?

ets assigned eth0, which > conflicts with the built in NIC. I want to force it to be wlan0. Check out ifrename. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: S3 Vision964-Graficcard: Installation of Xfree 3.3.6 on Sarge

works on your hardware, but XFree86 4.x and the X.Org X server do not, the Debian Project could use your help in getting the more modern X server code to support your hardware. The best place to start is with a bug report!" -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sarge and IBM z800

On 5/6/05, Marek Rudziak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > It is possible to install Debian sarge on IBM z800 ? > If yes, did you have any documentation? It should be able to, as the z800 can run the S390 port of Linux. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NT ACL support

CL or NT ACL. Afaik samba is compiled against libacl, which is POSIX ACL support for Linux. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RealPlayer

On 5/8/05, hja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This there a Debian package for Realplayer? If not, what is the best > equivalent? Yes. Check out Christian Marillat's repository: deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is 64MB enough?

rcial > grade). I'll definitely need to run a browser and an email client. The > ability to run (Star/Open)Office would be nice. in that case you'd need more memory. 256MB is cheap these days. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compiling debian stock kernel with badram (Was: Re: Broken part of ram -- 100% broken?)

ules.dep not > found", and then "Kernel panic: attempted to kill init". > > What am I doing wrong? You forgot the --initrd flag. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: is Sarge much slower than Woody on old hardware?

ew kernel. That being said, the 2.6 kernels do have better support for desktops that it's got good performance even on older hardware. The bad news is it does this at the expense of being bigger in size compared to a 2.2 kernel. Yet again, YMMV. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SATA HDD compatibility

ard disk brand and capacity and it didn't exhibit any problems. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Move from i386 to ia64?

7;d need to reinstall the OS. > Can I upgrade the kernel without upgrading the userspace apps? If you'd run in 64 bit mode - No. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Probably a stupid question but...

-> visit amd64.debian.net. Once sarge gets released, the amd64 architecture would be merged into Debian and would be officially included in Etch (the next stable release). -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: u.s. robotics 2210 wi-fi driver recommendation

use the windows drivers together with ndiswrapper -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wireless help

this one) for the sarge kernel, as well as install the ndiswrapper package. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Apache/PHP problems since Sarge

/ - Prompted for file download > (content type x-httpd-php) > > DirectoryIndex is set to index.php. The module > configuration looks correct. No problems whatsoever. Try flushing your browser cache and try again. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how many bugs in 3.1r0?

priority for fixing for a release (although they do get fixed later) -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lvm2 disk replacement

hy 'pvscan' say free space is zero? > why i can't move data? > how can i solve the problem? > > don't say add another disk to the server. i had added 10 disks to it and > there is no space to plug even one. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: usbmount only mounts pendrive as "root:root"?

t; they do. > > So, is there a simple way to get the same behavior from Fedora in > Sarge? Add your user account to the plugdev group -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian on an ECS RS480-M mother board.

ic engine) > Audio: Realtek ALC655 6-Channel audio CODEC These days you'd be stuck with VESA graphics if you'd run Linux on the RS480-M line, as the Radeon X300 onboard graphics controller is not yet supported in Linux. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: big trouble in upgrading from Debian 3.0 to 3.1

't use dselect for distribution upgrades. Use apt-get directly, e.g. apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Evolution / Novell

the difference between > the two? Does Novell's version have more, up to date, and better > features? Is Novell offering their version for free? Somebody set me > straight... =) Maybe versions. Nothing else. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AMD Sampron Processor

e the link. Let me download it. I am very interested to > use it. Woody is the old stable distro. You most definitely would want Sarge as it has support for modern hardware (the AMD Sempron is just a 32-bit only version of the AMD64 processor, and is entirely x86 compatible) -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian on xSeries (x266)?

gt; -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dselect problem

I can't remember what happened before the problem happened, but here's the summary of the problem: dselect (as well as dpkg) won't install or remove any packages. when i try to install or remove any package, an error message "...libgnomeui32 - device not configured." dselect then retries the en

ppp, modconf and module problem on 2.4.x kernel and other questions

Hello! I'm running potato with the 2.4.8-ac5 kernel (make-kpkg'd from the official source). My problems are the following: * I configured ppp, vfat, sound, etc as modules. On a regular terminal (customized to runlevel 2), the modules are loaded automatically. But everytime I boot to runlevel 3

Re: cfdisk

Anthony Campbell wrote: >What would you say are the advantages (and disadvantages) of reiserfs? > >-- For one, reiserfs is damn fast on small files, and has a VERY FAST delete rate. there are some problems on reiserfs 3.x with NFS, and since it deletes very fast (it uses fast-balanced trees a

VMware related configuration

How do I configure the kernel to enable VMware to compile and load its module? What are the necessary kernel configs (such as what should be compiled as modules/ in the kernel) to enable VMware to work? I'm currently using an AMD Duron 700 PC with the kernel 2.4.8-ac6 (debianized from source), G

gshutdown and the trash can thingy in GNOME

Hello! Some few questions if you don't mind: 1.)Have always been wondering how to make the trash can thingy in GNOME in the first place. I'm currently using Potato with GNOME and XFree86 3.3.6. How do I make that thing (like the Recycle Bin in auggghh... Windoze?) work? It would sure help

Re: 2.4.9 ppp woes

Matt Chatterley wrote: >However, when I run PPPD (I've applied the PPPoATM patches, and compiled = >a patched version of PPPD 2.4.0), it complains that PPP_GENERIC is not = >installed in my kernel. It is. I've selected, infact, every single PPP = >option (as a test), and have tried both with them

Re: automatically get the server up

Umum Wijoyo wrote: > >Hi! >I'd like to ask why my Debian server, on a power-down or black-out, >always requests for root to do an fsck etc. >Is there any way I can automatically get the server up and running again? >Is this a good solution? Or is it better off having root >to do a manual fsck

Re: Sharing files between Linux & Windows machines on LAN

Steve Dondley wrote: >Hi, >What is the easiest way to share files between the two computers? Is it >possible over the LAN >created with the router? What software do I need to accomplish this? > >My gratitude: >Thanks! Have you ever tried Samba? It has a very straight-forward help file and co

Re: lock-up when rebooting 2.5.1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I successfully compiled the 2.5.1 kernel. But, now when rebooting >it locks up at > >kHTTPd: Management daemon stopped > You can unload the module now > > >Any clues hos to figure out why it's locking up? Err... yo

Re: Ncurses on PCs

cuong tran wrote: >Hi, > > >I am taking C++ and Data Structures courses at San Francisco State and >most of my programs use ncurses. I understand that ncurses is a package >of functions in the UNIX library for use in C and C++ programs. Is there >any way I can download these funtions and use them

Re: Antivirus for Sendmail

Nick Furman wrote: >Hi there, > > Does anyone know of a decent product for Sendmail that will scan >emails for viruses? Is a virus scanner even a good idea to try an >implement? I haven't read much on them, but my employer has been >bothering me about it for some time now. Any products t

Re: help!!!!!!!

. Our colleague Linux users would even point you to the appropriate manual to read for more info regarding any problem you have. You should start installing now to begin with... then you post or ask. Your post is quite vague. Perhaps a more detailed description to do would help us here in the mailing list help you. Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com

Re: Re: help!!!!!!!

Olivier Crouzet wrote: >And do not confuse open-source software with free software! > >I would rather have a look at http://www.fsf.org than at opensource.org. I'll be more careful next time as you got me on that :) Actually, the FSF's definitions are good reading, especially when they define

Re: ttyS1

back >in the first machine? man MAKEDEV Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com

Re: Where can I find KDE2 Debian packages ?

ian packages which you can apt-get via the web. If you don't have the bandwidth, there are benevolent entities that make unofficial Debian CD sources that include KDE2. I know this for I just bought some CD's from a friend of mine who burned som

Re: Debian issue's and problems

omfortable with Debian.Some say that Debian is not for beginners - - well that's so if your a beginner without the patience and determination needed when you learn something new. You're not one, right? Say, how about specifying the causes? How do we reproduce your problems? Any useful hints you ca

Re: Re: Don't replace manpages_1.46-1_all.deb (for SPARC)

ed an error code (1) >> venus:~# > >x86 as well. > >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D126392 Quick workaround (though not recommended) is to open manpages_1.46-1_all.deb, then remove the ld.so.8.gz file inside. I did that when I dist-upgraded my Athlon box to Sid today. Merry Christmas! Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com

VMware problem -- need help!!!

I still can't make VMware 2.0.4 work in debian potato with the 2.4.8-ac6 kernel. What should i do? i tried re-running the install script but it would just output that the setup program cannot build the vmware module. i checked the website and followed the instructions to recompile the kernel wit

Re: How can I get my sound card working

=?iso-8859-1?q?fouad=20HENNI?= wrote: >I installed debian/GNU Linux (potato) on my PC and I >have no idea on how to get my sound card working. >Please Help. First, know the specs of your sound card. Then if you have the source of your kernel, check the documentation for your sound card (usually

Re: modem not detected

=?iso-8859-1?q?fouad=20HENNI?= wrote: >Hello, >I installed Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato) on my PC but >when I tried to configure my internet connexion (by >wvdial) my modem was not detected. >I have an internal Motorola SM56 internal modem. >I noticed that 'wvdial' tried to detect the modem only

XFS with GRUB???

Has anyone tried using GRUB to boot linux with an XFS root partition? I'm using GRUB from potato. I tried to use it but it can't detect the filesystem. I'm sure that I've set it correctly - where do I find GRUB that can load an XFS root partition? Paolo Falcone

Debian & Progeny Debian?

I'm scouting for a Linux distro for a complete newbie who I think will be interested in Linux. RedHat or Mandrake might be easy to install, but the mere fact that they ship with a broken compiler that breaks almost anything is not too comforting (I started with RedHat, and I can't forget the fir

some questions

1.) I partitioned my disk in this scheme: / - 80 MB XFS, /home - 2GB reiserfs, /var - 1 GB XFS, /usr - 1GB XFS. I prepared another 1 GB XFS partition supposedly to migrate /tmp, but everytime I login as a normal user the system can't create temporary files. It works fine with root. I need a big TE

Re: Re: xserver-S3

There's a work-around in XF86 3.3.x, for I'm also using S3 Trio 3D/2x in one of our workstations running potato. I used xserver-VGA16 to configure it via XF86Setup, then defaulted to xserver-SVGA to run X at 800x600, 32bpp, probed 4MB video ram (anything higher makes the mouse pointer look like

Re: Debian newbie questions

>1. Cannot boot without the boot disk. >I'm using the same partitions that I used successfully >with Mandrake. hda1 is windows, hda2 is the swap, hda3 >is Linux. I installed lilo as the boot loader in the >hda3 partition. > >When I restart, System Commander only gives me the >options for Windows or

sound problems

Hi! I'm having problems with running the multimedia packages in potato, particularly the audio programs (I have XMMS and RealPlayer 8 to name a few). I'm using the CMI8330 sound card. I followed the readme file for CMI8330, compiling sound and sb as modules, then loading them via modprobe sb.

Re: Linux Expo on the Philippines

I can refer you to the Philippine Linux Users' group, since I'm also a member there. We have a sizeable amount of developers using GNU/Linux in the Philippines, particularly in the academe, medical profession as well as in ISPs. I'll post another reply once PLUG confirms. Paolo

Re: kernel compile

Check for any faulty hardware. Signal 11 is usually prompted when there's faulty hardware onboard. Paolo Falcone pink panther wrote: >Hi, > >I compiled a new kernel for my potato (thanks fro the help about as86). >During the compilation I got an error which contained : signal11. > >My first q

running dot matrix printers in Linux

Hello: I've checked the printer compatibility list, and most printers that are listed are either inkjet or laser printers. Is there any way to print using dot matrix printers? I still have an old Epson LX-300 printer on my desk - would appreciate if it would work in Linux. I also have an HP Deskje

Re: what's the proper size of the root directory

Yuwen Dai wrote: >I'm new to Debian but not new to Linux. My question is > >what's the proper size of the '/' directory? I'd recommend at least 80 MB in / (can hold the compilers, necessary programs plus some temporary space) for the initial install. Then migrate the other partitions (/home, /t

Re: moving to reiserfs/libc6

Gerald Richter wrote: >Problem is, that I have to upgrade the libc6 for reiserfsprogs to >operate -I guess- because the dependencies say so. The reiserfsprogs >did >install properly though, just with the remark about a newer libc6 >version required... Are you using potato with 2.4.x? I encounte

Re: Debian From Scratch?

rms46@vlsm.org wrote: >Is there any documentation on how to make a small system? >What is the size of the smallest known working Debian system? >Is it oke if just deleting the existing packages? I once installed a bare-bones debian by just installing the base packages and not inserting any o

Re: Compiling the kernel

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Could those in the know of things , please outline how you would compile a >kernel >(the steps) on a RedHat 7.0 system ? Recently checked the user's manual on RH7.0 - doesn't mention custom- compiling the kernel. I believe it's the traditional style (make dep, make {me

Re: How do you format a floppy on Linux ?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >My floppy shows (on Linux) as having a bad FAT partition , and therefore , >Linux >will not read from the floppy . > >What commands and what flags do I use on Linux to format the floppy (into >whichever >fs type I wish , say, FAT or ext2 ) ? you can use mformat if you

Re: kernel 2.4.10 and linus vs ac VM?

Randolph S. Kahle wrote: >Can someone help me understand if I should move to the new VM or just >wait for this to all get sorted out? What is being done for the next >release of Debian? (I'm running 2.2r3 with Adrian Bunk's 2.4 packages). If you're running a production server running 2.4.x kerne

Re: Motorola SM56 PCI modem question

hardware (no need for software emulation of significant hardware functions of a modem) thus it won't be an added burden to your processor. Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com

Re: Can I use a 2.4 kernel with Debian?

an Bunk's unofficial packages for 2.4 kernels. Note that Debian doesn't endorse the use of 2.4 kernels with Potato, but generally, it's just alright (I use Potato myself with 2.4 kernels, some backported packages from official/ unofficial maintainers, as well as make my own debs of most recent software). Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com

Re: j2sdk

workaround would work as it worked for me (Potato r4, Mozilla 0.9.7, Java2 SDK 1.3.1, Ximian GNOME 1.4). Good luck. Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com

Re: The right way to power off a computer as non-root

Thomas Deselaers wrote: >Hello, > >I use my computer as a workstation and thus I think it would be a good idea >to be able to switch it of as user without being root. >I had two ideas of making this possible. The one is to make it sudo-able and >the other is to put the executable into a special g

Re: [OT] Open Portable Document Format?

Simonyi Andras wrote: >Hi, > >(sorry for asking this here, but I'm curious about the opinions/infos) > >In the good old times I advocated using pdf against other proprietary >document-formats, because it is more-or less really portable (similar >look everywhere), the viewer is accessible on most

Gnome PGP and xterm questions

term or a gnome-terminal. Pressing HOME or END doesn't go to the appropriate positions and just issues a beep. It still works with an Eterm, though. Any workarounds on these minor problems? Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com

Re: i386-none not in remapping table

/cpp i386-linux-gcc -> /usr/bin/gcc i386-linux-ld -> /usr/bin/ld i386-linux-nm -> /usr/bin/nm i386-linux-objcopy -> /usr/bin/objcopy There's ought to be a better way. I noticed that it prefixes i386-linux- to the command. Where can I change the configs of dpkg or whatever causes this so that i386-linux- would not be prefixed to the command? please help on this! Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com

Re: Starting gnome by default?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi! > >Well, i fixed my X problems, and i was happily browsing/using my newly >installed Ximian Gnome... alas, when i rebooted, it again overrided >everything, left me at a graphical login prompt again (argh!), and after >logging it, it leaves me at a simple afterstep

Re: Gnome & GDM - root login?

Michael Dickey wrote: >Seems a silly question, but... >Just installed Gnome & GDM on my son's computer along with a lot of the >Debian-junior packages. Now I find that I cannot login as root - I always get >the message "The system administrator is not allowed to login from this >screen" I can

Re: Debian and Redhat on the same PC

dx, I'll just reverse the order I'll answer your questions. >And how do you make/allocate partitions for both of them without >stepping on each other? Easy. Just make a separate partitions for RHL and Debian. Be it primary or logical whatever. Your call. Fortunately, you can make them share the

Re: Re: i386-none not in remapping table

Addendum: Note you need to append the --arch=i386 to compile the kernel the Debian way. Sorry for not using postfix notation. Paolo Falcone Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > >David Raeker-Jordan wrote: >

Re: libssl09 for postgresql_7.1.3 ??

On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 03:57, Petre Daniel wrote: > well,i need the postgres above 7 and i got the unofficial cds from > ftp.fsn.hu and i cant install the postgresql 7 packages cause they need > libssl09 which i was unable to find whatsoever neither on 1,2,3 or the > extra 2 cds.. > how can i searc

Re: Netscape

Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote: > I have been trying to apt-get install netscape with no luck. My >sources.list is using us.debian.org. Can someone point me in the >right direction? What Netscape version are you trying to install? 4.xx? try apt-get install navigator or apt-get install communicator 6

Re: Potato and ext3

Calyth wrote: >I remember that converting to ext3 requires to have the drive to be >umounted before you can convert. On my laptop, I was lazy and I only >have one partition for linux (the root partition). If so, then wouldn't >I need to use a boot disk to convert ext3? can someone help? converti

Re: Debian Vs RedHat

I forgot where in my mailbox was the original post, but anyway I'll reply. I like the Debian GNU/Linux distribution better than RedHat's for all the good things it all has. Won't say screw RedHat the Co., however. Thankful for them for doing much of the pioneering work for the community (and mayb

Re: Re: Debian Vs RedHat

Alec wrote: >On Thursday 10 January 2002 06:19 pm, martin f krafft wrote: >> also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.10.1834 +0100]: >> > Does the RPM build process have an equivalent of dpkg-shlibdeps? >> >> only since recently... but in general, RPM and DEB are really >> functiona

Re: Is anyone using woody in a production environment?

john wrote: >Hello everyone! > >We have come to a point where we would like to use some software that is >currently in woody on a production server that is currently running >potato. Like what software? Maybe some Debian maintainer has made some unofficial debs for these software? Make some effo

XFree 4.1 for Potato questions

Just recently installed XFree 4.1 debs for Potato (using C.P. Botha's unofficial debs). Some questions: * After installing the unofficial debs, I didn't get the /etc/X11/X file. Is it a config file or a directory, or a symlink to /usr/bin/X11/XFree (which also didn't exist after the install). What

Re: XFree 4.1 for Potato questions

Today, I wrote : >Just recently installed XFree 4.1 debs for Potato (using C.P. Botha's >unofficial debs). Some questions: >* After installing the unofficial debs, I didn't get the /etc/X11/X file. Is >it a config file or a directory, or a symlink to /usr/bin/X11/XFree (which also >didn't exist

Re: Upgrading Potato, Kernel and installing KDE

Jatin Golani wrote: >Hello, > >I sent this mail earlier to this list, however it's >gone unanswered so far. I'd like to upgrade my Potato >system. I'd like to know the following: I think this was answered (though not directly) if you'll observe the recent threads that flew in this mailing list.

Re: [OT] sorcerer and debian-bsd

jeff wrote: >hey peoples... > >just a little heads up... > >there's a new kid on the block...and he certainly deserves your >attention...even if you're just a casual h4><0r/Luser like me... > >http://sorcerer.wox.org/ > >very nice distro...still needs some ironing...but thus far, VERY cool in >

Re: General Update Hints Potato->Woody

let go really... Using branches other than stable risks you of some decreased stability. But judging on the mood of the'mailing list, it really looks like Woody is somehow safe enough for server use. Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.edsamail.com

Re: Need help XFree86

rver and try using the vesa drivers. Or try having XFree probe sane settings for your video card by: XFree86 -configure as the root user. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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