Re: neovim and less

2019-11-04 Thread R Ransbottom
just happier--if I'm happier maybe I am--no that's just stupid. Ha! Thanks for the suggestions. rir On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 02:01:01PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2019 at 02:27:19PM -0400, R Ransbottom wrote: > > Issuing a ex command like > > > >

neovim and less

2019-11-02 Thread R Ransbottom
Hi all, Neovim and/or less are not performing as I would like in one regard: when invoked from nvim ex prompt the pager goes directly to the end of input. Thanks for any help. Details: Issuing a ex command like :! perldoc -f close or :! cat some_file | less brings me directly to the

exim4 using remote_smtp not smarthost

2005-12-09 Thread R Ransbottom
I run configure-debian to set up my little mailserver and everything looks fine; but still may mail does not go to my smarthost. Since I am on a dynamic IP this is a problem with some remote hosts. Otherwise mail works fine. In my /var/log/exim4/mainlog I am getting things like "T=remote_smtp" a

Re: Where is CPU/Mem Usage Applet in sarge

2005-11-10 Thread R Ransbottom
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 04:49:32PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: > R Ransbottom wrote: > > >In debian 3.0 there was a nice compact "CPU/Mem Usage Applet 1.4.0.5" > >that took very little screen space. Is it, or something much like, > >available in Sarge? > Wha

Where is CPU/Mem Usage Applet in sarge

2005-11-10 Thread R Ransbottom
In debian 3.0 there was a nice compact "CPU/Mem Usage Applet 1.4.0.5" that took very little screen space. Is it, or something much like, available in Sarge? Thanks. Be well, rir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: backup plan bare metal

2005-10-06 Thread R Ransbottom
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 12:28:15AM -0500, Rodney Richison wrote: > Would be interested in seeing what some of you use for a backup plan. > Mainly for servers. > Tar? > Easy/quick way to restore bare metal? Some of the replies you have gotten seem to miss the point of "bare metal recovery"; which

grub and swapping out drive

2005-08-02 Thread R Ransbottom
I want to install grub to (hd1) so that it is ready to be used as (hd0). I have Debian 3.1r0a up. On /dev/hda2 (hd0,1) is my root. On /dev/sda2 (hd1,1) is a cloned root. I want to remove the IDE disk at /dev/hda and boot from /dev/sda2 which will then be (hd0,1). I have no floppy drive. By

cfengine2 Beginner problems.

2005-08-01 Thread R Ransbottom
Hi. I'm trying to set up two Debian Sarge machines as my playground for cfengine. My initial goal is to have a simple edit of my /etc/motd files. I have gotten this working only on one host--the policy server (PS) serves itself. I feel uncertain about the location of files on my PS. There are r

Sarge install 82801 ICH5 SATA and ide-cdrom?

2005-07-10 Thread R Ransbottom
I am trying to get Sarge linux26 installed but seem to have driver problems with SATA versus PATA. In completely naive mode there are no drivers found for the cdrom. I found a tip on-line suggesting that I manually load these drivers: piix, ide-generic, and ide-cd before ata-piix gets loaded by

Re: VIA C3 or Eden ESP 5000

2004-05-17 Thread R Ransbottom
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 08:44:58AM -0700, tjm3 wrote: > Has anyone installed and run Debian on a system with either one of these VIA > processors, the C3 or the Eden ESP 5000? And did you have any problems? Success on Via C3 Shuttle FV25 mini-ITX boxes. I did have a problem with the BIOS and bu

Help with move to CUPS

2003-12-03 Thread R Ransbottom
I starting to do an upgrade on a small network of debian systems. Moving from 1.3 to 3.0. It seems like time to replace lpr with CUPS. I am having a problem getting a handle on CUPS. Oh, I have set up single systems with attached printers without problems. I have never seen any setup of network

Re: Paranoid Admin: Keystroke Logger for Debian

2003-10-03 Thread R Ransbottom
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 04:20:33PM -0700, ListDude1 wrote: > Hey all, I was just wondering if there is a keystroke logger avaialble for > Debian.very secure >do not trust > chrooting >

Re: Any users of mondoarchive on debian boxes?

2003-09-30 Thread R Ransbottom
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 07:23:13AM +0200, Tobias Reckhard wrote: > R Ransbottom wrote: > >I tried mondoarchive. I ran into a snag were root > >could not be found. I bailed out because it seems > Hugo appears to be working heavily on DVD support at the moment. I'd >

Re: Any users of mondoarchive on debian boxes?

2003-09-29 Thread R Ransbottom
I tried mondoarchive. I ran into a snag were root could not be found. I bailed out because it seems that intermediate iso images are required. Given that I plan to use dvd+rw's for backup this did not appeal. So instead: find, cpio, growisofs, and a tomsrtbt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

X problems with unstable

2003-08-31 Thread R Ransbottom
In installing xserver-common (4.2.1-10) on unstable I get a note: Note: not updating /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config; file does not exist. This is followed by xserver-xfree86 (4.2.1-10) noting: Note: not updating /etc/X11/X; file does not exist. Note: not updating /etc/X11/XF86Config-4; file does not exi

Re: Any project for turning linux into a hd video recorder?

2003-08-30 Thread R Ransbottom
In installing xserver-common (4.2.1-10) on unstable I get a note: Note: not updating /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config; file does not exist. This is followed by xserver-xfree86 (4.2.1-10) noting: Note: not updating /etc/X11/X; file does not exist. Note: not updating /etc/X11/XF86Config-4; file does not ex

Re: LILO ! framebuffer

2003-08-25 Thread R Ransbottom
> > Paul M Foster (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > On boot, I'm getting the framebuffer, with the little colored Tux in > > > the upper lefthand corner of the screen. I don't want that, I want Had the same problem and the same difficulty finding the answer: In lilo.conf append="video=vga16:off

Re: Hard Drive Going - Need a good backup utility

2003-08-12 Thread R Ransbottom
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 09:47:32PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > if the disk is dying ... doing a full disk backup will probably > kill it completely just as easily as it could keep going a few more > reads/write > mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/hdc1 > tar cvf - /dev/hda1 | ( cd /mnt/hdc1 ; tar xvfp - ) > syn

dselect apt-get coordination

2003-07-31 Thread R Ransbottom
How do you coordinate apt-get and dselect so that they "want" the same packages? If I understand the apt-get man page running "apt-get dselect-upgrade" will set up the system per the setting last made using dselect. Correct? How do you the inverse? That is how do you alter the dselect database

Re: Anti Open Source Psyops / "Mind Tweakers"? (they'll never believe we're really aliens dept)

2003-06-02 Thread R Ransbottom
Hush, Karl, hush. Please! We are in hiding. If you keep making noise you will be the one we use for a suicide-diversion "mission" when they get close enough. Quietly now: Are you prepared to make that sacrifice? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: How to make DNS and DHCP server play nice?

2003-05-30 Thread R Ransbottom
> This is great! I put in a wishlist to have dnsmasq read the dhcp > lease file out of the box. Then dnsmasq will really be plug and > play. Since only one dhcp server should exist on a segment it is a bad idea to have such a package work without, at least, forcing the user to set it up. -

Re: Using VIA C3 and Woody?

2003-02-03 Thread R Ransbottom
> Bill Moseley wrote: > >I want to build a very quiet and stable machine. Anyone using a VIA C3 > >based system with Woody? If so, what motherboard are you using? Any > >hardware issues? I'm using Shuttle FV25 Spacewalker boards w/o problems. I've never really gotten into the Microsoft world s

Re: Easiest Nameserver

2003-01-16 Thread R Ransbottom
On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 11:08:52PM -0800, Curtis Spencer wrote: > I want to set up DNS on my system so I can have my domain names point to > it. > What is a good way to do this? Is there an easy way? I am running the > current unstable distribution. Is there something I can apt-get easily? dn

framebuffer sizing again

2003-01-15 Thread R Ransbottom
I am trying to set the console screen size to 25 x 80 on Debian 3.0. I really don't care whether I am using the framebuffer device or not. I would like an easy generic solution. One that will work on various machines. Preferably without kernel compiles and without knowledge of what video card i

Re: smtp of ISP needs passwd,how to setup exim?

2002-12-17 Thread R Ransbottom
On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 06:55:28PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 09:24:36PM +0800, Dai Yuwen wrote: > > I want to setup exim use my ISP's smtp server as a smart host. But this > > smtp server needs user name and password. How do I use exim this way? > > Thank you in advance.

Virtual packages

2002-12-15 Thread R Ransbottom
Lately I've been using apt. Using dselect to pull stuff off the net. How might I browse for virtual packages and their real counterparts? The thought of installing javascruft ^H^H^H^Hipt and such for browsers lead to this query. -- rir Live the dream. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Help! Exim & verizon.net

2002-12-12 Thread R Ransbottom
I am trying to set up a debian mail server that sees the world through incoming.verizon.net and outgoing.verizon.net. Fetchmail is set up and recieving mail fine. I have muddled through a few small setups of sendmail, smail and exim over the years. Verizon has "authenticated SMTP" which is on

VIA tv out encoder

2002-11-25 Thread R Ransbottom
I am setting up some Shuttle SV25, which are shoebox size socket-370 PC systems w/ everything on the motherboard, and taking standard components. They have a "VIA TV out encoder" on board. The chip is actually labeled: Chrontel CH7006C-T RUC 0206 MC821#A I only have a tiny clue what a video enco

Re: running rsh and ssh?

2002-11-01 Thread R Ransbottom
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 01:38:38PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > R Ransbottom wrote: > > My first concern is what to run on win98se that will handle > > ssl and provide good terminal emulation, and samba. (I don't > > know much about windows or its culture.) What to

running rsh and ssh?

2002-10-31 Thread R Ransbottom
At work we've been running a linux network for the past six years. This is a isolated network. Everything is linux except for three machines. One dual boots win98se to run a payroll program. One mostly runs in win98se to run a credit card processing program. One runs SCO to handle a

Re: Exim configuration

2002-10-23 Thread R Ransbottom
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:11:24PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > R> I send mail with exim which works except in my ISP's domain. > > R> When I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it is seen as local > R> mail to an unknown user. > > R> How should I make this work? > > My guess is

Exim configuration

2002-10-23 Thread R Ransbottom
I receive mail with fetchmail which works fine. My system receives mail as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Local mail works fine. I send mail with exim which works except in my ISP's domain. When I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it is seen as local mail to an unknown user. How should I make this work? Pref

DBD Pg problem

2001-07-06 Thread R Ransbottom
Using woody with unstable DB stuff I get the following error. What file or link am I missing? Thanks for any help. install_driver(Pg) failed: Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBD/Pg/Pg.so' for module DBD::Pg: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBD/Pg/Pg.so: undefined symbol:

Re: Linux in the company

2001-03-26 Thread R. Ransbottom
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Gregor Kaleta wrote: > Does somebody use Linux professional in the company? If yes, which > Distribution? Does Debian be used also in the professional area or is > the first election RedHat Linux? I have Debian running on every thing and have since 1.1, I think. Occasionally

Changing to MD5 shadow passwords?

2001-03-19 Thread R. Ransbottom
I would like to convert all of my Debian 2.0 and 2.2 systems to MD5 shadow passwords. If I understand the docs correctly all that needs doing is to add md5 to the apropriate lines in /etc/pam.d/passwd and /etc/pam.d/login. Is this correct? rob Live the dream.

Resetting user's gnome to initial state

2001-02-13 Thread R. Ransbottom
How do I initialize a gnome user to the state of a new user? Is there a skel directory for gnome and for enlightenment? If I delete the ~/.gnome directory will it get rebuilt? Set up another user and copy everything over? Some other approach? Thanks, rir

Official CDs to NFS tree???

2001-01-23 Thread R. Ransbottom
I have Official Debian 2.2r2 Intel Binary CDs. The 4 CDs. I'd like to install from my nfs server. What is the approach to take? Thanks, rir

Re: how to grep without changing timestamps?

2001-01-10 Thread R. Ransbottom
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > on Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 02:04:57PM -0500, Maciej Kalisiak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Is it possible to grep a ton of files without modifying their > > date/timestamps? Currently if I use grep, it changes the access time > > of all files to

Re: [slightly OT] book recomendations?

2001-01-04 Thread R. Ransbottom
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Xucaen wrote: > Hi all,, there have been some mentions of books > on the list, but nothing definitive... > can anyone recomend a good system > administration/network administration book? An addition to the other good recommendations you've received. _Unix_Backup_&_Recovery_ b

Help keeping a news spool

2000-09-08 Thread R. Ransbottom
I like to run a local news spool, but I only have newsreader access with my provider. I like to use trn or strn to read from the local spool. What is the best way to do this with Debian? Since Debian 2.0 or earlier I have been using leafnode and trn/strn with a customized Pnews script. Each D

Bug in new ext2 ??

2000-05-15 Thread R. Ransbottom
I normally use ext2 filesystems on floppies. After creating a filesystem with mke2fs from e2fsprogs 1.18-3 the program mount from e2fsprogs 1.12-4 fails to mount it with the message: EXT2-FS: 02:00: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features. Fsck from 1.12-4 would find no fault wi