Merging workstation and server systems

2005-06-27 Thread VSJ
Hi, I've a small home network, with an old server system, running Woody and WWW/mail/proxy/NFS/Samba/NIS services. This system is up 24/7. I also have another old system, acting as a workstation, currently running Etch and physically located next to the server system. This system is also up 24/7.

Re: Merging workstation and server systems

2005-06-27 Thread VSJ
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why not just run sarge for everything? > So then why the need to run etch packages > for logged in users? No one knows how long it will take before etch becomes stable. I don't want to run old software for workstation desktop users (sarge will be ancient in three years

lockd: cannot unmonitor

2004-10-08 Thread VSJ
Hi, I've an NFS client running an up-to-date Debian sid, kernel 2.4.27 (not vanilla, but supplied by Debian). If someone tries to shut down this machine, the machine doesn't power-off! These are the last fews messages printed to the console: 1 lockd_down: lockd failed to exit, clearing pid 2 fl

Re: lockd: cannot unmonitor

2004-10-09 Thread VSJ
Hi Bernd, it's not a diskless client (only the Home directories and an MP3/Video share are mounted from the server). Your suggestion to remove the -i flag seems to work partially: the lockd errors are gone, but the computer still doesn't power off after printing the Power Down line to the screen,

Re: lockd: cannot unmonitor

2004-10-09 Thread VSJ
VSJ wrote: > # CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set I've set this to 'yes' and now the PC shuts down completely on 'halt', the problem has been fixed! Stanley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Blackdown

2004-11-09 Thread VSJ
Pedro M (Morphix User) wrote: > I cannot apt-get blackdown JRE. The program says: report the problem to > solve it. I do so. > > I want to download and install this wonderfull environment now. > > Regards. Blackdown isn't wonderfull at all: - Debian packages outdated - Java doesn't work in Fire

Re: Blackdown

2004-11-10 Thread VSJ
Pedro M (Morphix User) wrote: > So we would find a single step package that would install Java in Debian > and in the browsers at the same time. > > Where can I find it (easy for neophyte, this is one single apt-get > install package). > I've made some Java .deb packages, which can easily be in

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" does not saves the new XF86Config-4 in /etc/X11

2004-02-06 Thread VSJ
J.S.Sahambi wrote: > I have Debian/unstable on my machine which I recently installed. The > problem is that whenever I try to configure X with > > "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" > > everything is ok, only at the end of the configuration the new > XF86Config-4 is not overwritten in /etc/X11/

Re: restrict users from seeing each other

2004-02-06 Thread VSJ
Kevin Coyner wrote: > > I've got a server that was set up a while ago. During that setup, it > asked whether user accounts should be able to see each other's > /home/useracct directories. At that time I answered yes (o.k. to see > everyone's directories) as it didn't matter. > I don't know wh

F-prot update cron script fails

2004-02-07 Thread VSJ
Dear List, I'm using F-Prot antivirus on my Woody 3.0r2 box to scan incoming and outgoing e-mail using amavis. F-Prot has been installed using f-prot-installer from sid. The installation went fine and F-Prot works like a charm. I'd like to update my virus-definitions twice a day, and I'd like to

[Repost] F-prot update cron script fails

2004-02-11 Thread VSJ
(This is a repost. My previous messages seemed to be ignored. My apoligies if reposts are considered bad mailinglist-behaviour). Dear List, I'm using F-Prot antivirus on my Woody 3.0r2 box to scan incoming and outgoing e-mail using amavis. F-Prot has been installed using f-prot-installer from sid

Re: Re[2]: [Repost] F-prot update cron script fails

2004-02-21 Thread VSJ
Edward J. Shornock wrote: > Oops...I was wrong > > > [snip cron file] Hi Edward, I've copied your cron script, replacing the existing /etc/cron.d/f-prot-installer, but I still get the following messages by e-mail at 4:27 and 16:27: Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> root if [ -x /usr/li

Re: Howto "nvidia-kernel-source" ?

2004-04-11 Thread VSJ
Emil Hägerlund wrote: > Hi, I have run into nvidia trubbles! > > It seems like the package 'nvidia-kernel-src' has > changed to 'nvidia-kernel-source'. > How do I build this new one? As detailed as you can please. > untar the nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz file: $ cd /usr/src $ tar zxf nvidia-ker

Re: Howto "nvidia-kernel-source" ?

2004-04-12 Thread VSJ
Emil Hägerlund wrote: > Hi and thanks for all your replies. > > Though many different bids on what I should do! > > VSJ, do the debian nvidia packages work with 2.6.3-1-k7? > I don't use precompiled kernels, I use the Debian kernel-source packages to compile my own kern

Mathematica scroll problem

2006-02-19 Thread VSJ
Hi, I've a problem with the Mathematica 5.2 FrontEnd under Debian sid (completely up-to-date): When I load a large Notebook (i.e., large enough to have an enabled vertical scrollbar) or Help topic, and I scroll down and then up, the window contents become unreadable/trashed. The only way to remedy

Re: C++ ABI change in sight?

2005-07-29 Thread VSJ
[KS] wrote: > (and they will be probably straight to > 3.4.1). > Straight to 3.4.2 would be even better ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt repository for my intranet

2005-07-04 Thread VSJ
Israel Garcia wrote: > List, I have 14 debian sarge on my intranet, and, they have access > internet trough a http proxy server. I would like to make a mirror > repository inside my network, How can I do this? > Does anybody has any script to do this? > Use a proxy such as apt-cacher or apt-prox