Re: Just my opinion
All this reminds me of my printer & Ethernet card woes during the weekend. I decided that I was tired of using Linux with very limited multimedia capabilities. It seemed to reinforce the notion my Windows friends have that Linus is for servers not workstations. I bought a SoundBlaster PCI128 card and to get that to work I had to upgrade from 2.0.36 which was working perfectly for months to 2.2.10. I downloaded the sources and compiled the kernel. I rebooted and everything seemed to work fine, but I noticed that eth0 kept on complaining. After connecting my laptop to the hub I realized that the Ethernet card in the Linux system was unhappy. Not long afterwards I saw that I couldn't print either. The Ethernet card problem was easily solved. A reboot to Windows showed that Windows had somehow told it to use the wrong I/O address, even though PnP is turned off. The printer was more tricky. It worked fine under Windows. After messing around with cables documentation and stuff I decided to strace the daemon. I saw it try to talk to lp1 instead of lp0. I looked at /etc/printcap and realized that I had lp1 in there. I read some more and saw that the lp implementation has been changed quite a bit from the 2.0 to 2.2. If I had lp0 in /etc/printcap none of this would have happened. What's my point - getting a Linux system to work perfectly requires patience and a lot of RTFM. This is unlike Windows where some (but not all) things will work with minimal user interaction. But the time I have spent making Linux work always pays off as it continues working with no problems. Till I touch it again ... Now I am going home to figure out why IP forwarding has stopped working with 2.2. jmb >The whole point is that things can work just fine. It does take a little >patience and there's lots to learn. > >When it comes to documentation there is alot available and not just >online. The Debian Users Guide is a must and there are many other books >available too. Also, the Debain user help is great. People from this list >have spent much time helping me out with little snags here and there. >When you have troubles just ask. That is what this list is for. > >>>My printer works fine. My modem works fine. The documentation has >>>always been right on and the installation is a breeze. >>> >>Doug-- Run out and buy a Lotto ticket. Lady luck has the hots for >>you! :-) --- Max
preventing weak passwords
hello all, im really sick of almost having to remind my users to use non-dictionary passwords. we provide a web based interface to change their passwords and so the checking done by executing /usr/bin/passwd is not implemented. im thinking of "dictionary cracking" my users passwords so that i can narrow down on those only on those whos passwords need fixing, that is, only those whose passwords can be "dictionary cracked". does anyone know of an application that can do what i want ? TIA, Chad A. Adlawan System/Network Admin Pixelia Multimedia Co. Cebu City Philippines
Re: dhcp and dual-homed filtering host
> "Jens" == Jens B Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jens> I have a similar setup. You just need to tell dhcpd which Jens> ethernet interface you want to serve up IPs for. This can be Jens> done by editing /etc/init.d/dhcpd. Here's the changes I made: You should also be able to do this by putting IFACE=eth1 in /etc/dhcpc/config -- Laurent Martelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ethernet card probs
I try to install the 3c59X and it just crashes!well it freezes. I have the 3com etherlink XL what should I do? ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: D-Link
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 02:16:27PM -0400, Peter Iannarelli wrote: > Hello all: > > NIC card question . > > Does anyone know if the D-link DFE-530TX NIC > is supported ? > > Peter Someone has already told you this needs the via-rhine module, but I thought I'd note suse runs a hardware database which I have found infinitely useful. www.suse.com... click on your region... click on "hardware database". This is where I get all my information about what drivers are for what network cards. HTH -Dano
Re: D-Link
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Peter Iannarelli wrote: > Hello all: > > NIC card question . > > Does anyone know if the D-link DFE-530TX NIC > is supported ? VIA-Rhine driver. I have 12 machines with these in which are dual boot NT/Linux. So far we havn't run much stuff on them in Linux mode, but in NT mode, we run some stuff on 2 banks of 6 machines, hosted by the users workstation which pumps data to all 6 slaves at a total rate out of the users worksation of about 1.8MB/sec. (all over 100Mb switched ethernet). So far so good under NT, but as soon as the boffins get the code going under Linux then we'll see if these cards make any difference. Gordon
Re: I need help
Ricardo "Domínguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi my name is Ricardo Dominguez Ezquerro, and i work in Anahuac Universityin > Mexico City, but i have 2 problems, the first one: > > I need install Linux at Sparcstation 4 but in all pages exist the sofware > for PC, but for Sparc nothing. > > The second one: > > In the Sparc exist a linux version 4.2, but when a try to log to the > computer, never never never finish the load of linux, i think the posible > solution in reinstall, but i dont know. > > Thanks a lot > > Ricardo Dominguez Ezquerro > > Pd Sorry for my English The best source of Debian help is the mailing list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have forwarded you message to this list. [To the list: Please send responses to Ricardo "Domínguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to me.] -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USAPGP Key ID: A8E40EB9
Re: Enter mail, end with a single ".".
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:47:06 +1000 (EST), Jiri Baum wrote: >> I think you don't get the point. >> >> He is trying to empty sendmail's queue, i.e. send pending messages to the >> receiver-MTA. > >So he is. My mistake. > >Why is the sending MTA attempting to send a blank message, then? (If that's >what it's trying to do?) May be an idea to check in its spool directory >whether the relevant message-ID is corrupt in some way. As I said, this need not be the case. It could simply be that the connection times out, and that the receiver-SMTP therefore still expects something from the sender-SMTP. >> A typical dialog looks like this: >> >> helo foobar > >Shouldn't that be "helo my.host.com" ? Well, sure, I was just giving an example. I don't have the specs (RFC) handy, but I think you should give your domain, not your hostname. -- Sign the EU petition against SPAM: L I N U X .~. http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/The Choice /V\ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Fax
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > Hi, > > How is it possible that you can't > fax in linux with a class 1 fax modem > Using mgetty+sendfax. As far as I understand the mgetty-documentation, mgetty cannot use class 1 fax modems. > > Does anybody know a way to send a fax > in linux with a class 1 fax modem I use efax and it is working very well. However, I remember having trouble after upgrading to slink and solved the problem by compiling the package from potato/main/source. Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5
Re: Enter mail, end with a single ".".
Hello,
> >Rolf Edlund:
> >> Sometimes when trying to send mail, I get these message (sendmail -q -v):
...
Jiri Baum:
> >3) you do know that this is a server, and that user-friendly mail
> >programs exist, don't you?
Ralf G. R. Bergs:
> I think you don't get the point.
>
> He is trying to empty sendmail's queue, i.e. send pending messages to the
> receiver-MTA.
So he is. My mistake.
Why is the sending MTA attempting to send a blank message, then? (If that's
what it's trying to do?) May be an idea to check in its spool directory
whether the relevant message-ID is corrupt in some way.
> The above quoted message ("Enter mail") is a message that the receiver-MTA
> issues during the SMTP dialog. Obviously something went wrong, like the
> connection timed out.
>
> A typical dialog looks like this:
>
> helo foobar
Shouldn't that be "helo my.host.com" ?
> mail from<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> rcpt to:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> data
>
> .
> quit
>
> The above message ("Enter mail") is being issued by the receiver-MTA after
> the "data" command has been issued.
Yup.
The variant "sock it to me sock it to me end with ." is rare.
Jiri
--
Jiri Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently
quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
Re: Bind
Subject: Bind Date: Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 05:00:21PM -0400 In reply to:Brian Schramm Quoting Brian Schramm([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am using one machine to run Debian 2.1. I do not have a network but I want > bind to handle caching of DNS inquires. I am doing this so I can use the > sendmail genericstable and virtualtable and convert my addresses to the ones I > want to have everyone use for replys. > > My problem is now if I am not connected to the net, everything stops when I > send a message. I have not changed my sendmail configuration yet to vurtual > hosting so I cannot see where that is the problem. > > I installed the bind package with no forwarding so it is in caching setup. > > Thanks for all the help. I *think* I understand your query so will relate what I just did. I set up cachinf nameserver by following the DNS-Howto (/usr/doc/HOWTO/) and had the same problem. If I wasn't on the 'net DNS was verrry slow. Down towards the end of the howto someone had sent in a fix and it worked for me. The reason the server slowed down was the it was checking /var/named/root.hints and not finding a næme server. The fix is to use ip-up.d & ip-down.d to move a dummy root.hints file (containing nothing, really) to root.hints when off the 'net and the real root.hints back when you are on the 'net. I *hope* that is also your problem. HTH, YMMV, HAND -- Computers are like air-conditioners: both stop working, if you open windows. ___ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Netatalk
I have a home LAN with a MacOS client that I'd like to give file and print access on onea of my Linux machines using Netatalk. The default configuration does not appear to provide for setting a Zone and the like. So, how would I go about using Netatalk on a Slink/kernel 2.0.37 machine to create a "Shadowstar" zone, then add user home directories and the printers to that zone for Mac access?
Re: Fax
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 06:33:50PM +0200, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > Hi, > > How is it possible that you can't > fax in linux with a class 1 fax modem > Using mgetty+sendfax. > > Does anybody know a way to send a fax > in linux with a class 1 fax modem I have never tried mgetty+sendfax, but hylafax (you need both the client and server packages) works fine with class 1 fax modems. I also tried efax, but couldn't get it to work (probably because of modem incompatibility). Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: netscape packages
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 06:25:57PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > The netscape-smotif-ver packages depend on both No both but any of them :-)^ > communicator-smotif-ver and navigator-smotif-ver. Why would I want > to install both? -- |. ICQ : 25529539 || |\ | | | \ / AIM : linhax |___ | | \| |__| / \ IRC nick : linhax Sami Dalouche : [EMAIL PROTECTED]DHIS : pingoo.dhis.org
Re: Just my opinion
Subject: Re: Just my opinion Date: Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 07:06:45PM -0500 In reply to:Brian Servis Quoting Brian Servis([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > *- On 6 Jul, Ed Cogburn wrote about "Re: Just my opinion" > > Ipswitch wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Brad wrote: > >> > >> > > the documentation is incomplete, out of date, or simply wrong, > >> > > >> > You have a bit of a point there. Some of the HOWTOs are rather old and > >> > inaccurate, mostly because they were written a few years ago and there've > >> > been many advances since then. Most of the manpages on the other hand are > >> > relatively up-to-date, and many of the more complicated packages even > >> > come > >> > with examples (look in /usr/doc/[packagename]). > >> > >> The GNU manpages are really bad. Most just tell you that you shouldn't use > >> them - use info instead. Yuck! > > > > > > Yes, I don't know why GNU chose to do this to the community. It > > seems everyone at GNU uses (X)emacs, since emacs reads info stuff > > but they never considered the rest of us who might prefer another > > editor that doesn't support info. The stand alone info reader > > they provide as an afterthought is truly horrible. However, there > > is a replacement (finally!) called 'pinfo'. It has not reached > > v1.0 yet, so it should still be considered 'beta', but it works > > very well for me. It is colorized, allows the use of the arrow > > keys in an intuitive way, and can show both info *and* man pages > > (it checks for an info file first, if not found it will look for a > > man page). The info-like node linking ability works on properly > > written man pages too (hilighted references to other programs > > become a link in pinfo). > > > > > > There is also info2www that works very well. Install dwww and info2www > and you have a fairly basic documentation reading mechanism. > Thanks Brian! With those 2 and ncsa, a 45 second download, and tkinfo is history. A much better solution to my problem! Wayne > -- > Brian > - > Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis > - > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? (Yep/Nope) ___ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Thanks
Subject: Re: Thanks Date: Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 04:46:15PM +0200 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Max, > > IMO your problem with the installation CD´s can have one of two causes : > > 1. There is something in your already installed linux that prevents the > install from > running again. This should easily be solved by formating the partitions you > are > installing to during setup ( = create new filesystem on partition ). > 2. Your CD set or CD drive is physically damaged. Do you have access to an > other > computer with CD? Can you look at your installation CDs there? > > Oh, and as to your modem problem : Which kernel are you using? The /dev/ttyx > becomes > obsolete with the 2.2.x series, replaced by /dev/cuax. Could this be your > problem? Sorry but that is backwards. 2.2.x kernels *no longer use* /dev/cuax. The /dev/cuax devices were deprecated in the 2.1.x kernels. 2.2.x kernels use /dev/ttySx now. > > Hang on in there! I always say : Linux makes the easy things a tad more > difficult, > but it makes the hard things easier and the impossible things possible, at > least > once in a while :-) > > cheerio > Jerry > > -- > And now for something completly different... > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Don't hit the keys so hard, it hurts. ___ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Managing a hybrid slink/potato Debian installation
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 10:43:39AM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: > I don't know but it's a bad idea ! > Wmaker, X11amp, gnome & wine depends on glibc2.1. So, if you install one of > these packages, you'll get the libc6_2.1 package. In other words, if you > have the glibc2.1, you can upgrade to potato. It's as unstable as a slink > with glibc2.1. Partial upgrades work fine - you'll end up running glibc2.1, but virtually all glibc2.0 applications will work with it. There are a few exceptions, mostly in non-free apps. I ran a system like this for quite some time without any hassle. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpLH66LKBxZs.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 1. There is something in your already installed linux that prevents the > install from > running again. This should easily be solved by formating the partitions you > are > installing to during setup ( = create new filesystem on partition Definitely doublecheck this. As you mentioned, Max, if you don't leave enough space on the partition where /usr ends up being located, you'll have big problems. So if your /dev/hda5 (was it?) is not formatted and mounted as /usr (if that's what you wanted) then /usr will end up in your root partition. > > Oh, and as to your modem problem : Which kernel are you using? The /dev/ttyx > becomes > obsolete with the 2.2.x series, replaced by /dev/cuax. Could this > be your problem? I'm not entirely sure that this is a possibility: I'm using the 2.2.x series with all /dev/ttyS* devices, no /dev/cua* devices. Jesse -- Jesse Jacobsen, Pastor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Grace Lutheran Church (ELS) http://www.jvlnet.com/~jjacobsen/ Madison, Wisconsin GnuPG public key ID: 2E3EBF13
Mutt & PGP & Debian User Mailinglist
P. van Tilburg writes: > 1) I use mutt to read the debian-user-digest. It lists all attachments >nicely in one mail. But how do I reply to a message. I can go in the >attachment-list and save the mail I want to reply to, but that isn't >very handy either ;) You can use the "view attachment" command, bound to v by default (I think). Then you can see each attachment individually, and I think you can reply to them individually too. The other option is to use something like procmail to chop the digest email into its constituent messages. Then when you view the mail folder in mutt, you can also get a threaded view of those messages. Here's a ~/.procmailrc that uses the "formail" program to burst any digests, then puts the messages into separate mail folders based on what the headers look like. You can tell Mutt where your mail folders are located, then start it up with "mutt -y" to get an initial listing of all the folders (ie. debian-devel, debian-user, mbox in this case). And when you're done with one folder, you can switch to the others with the "c" command. MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail/ DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from :0: * ^X-Mailing-List:.*debian-devel | formail -ds >>debian-devel :0: * ^X-Mailing-List:.*debian-user | formail -ds >>debian-user If you use fetchmail to download your mail, you can tell it to hand your messages straight to procmail for processing with a line like this: mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" Rumor has it that Exim will also do some of the things procmail can do. But I'm not using Exim. > 2) I know nothing about PGP, but I want to try it and installed pgp5i from >potato. As earlier mentioned on the list, pgp5.0 is composed of seperate >programs: Sorry, can't help you there... I'm trying to stick with gnupg if possible. Jesse -- Jesse Jacobsen, Pastor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Grace Lutheran Church (ELS) http://www.jvlnet.com/~jjacobsen/ Madison, Wisconsin GnuPG public key ID: 2E3EBF13
Re: email acknowledging/confirmation
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 10:13:38AM +0200, Pere Camps wrote: > > That is not a standard e-mail feature. There are a VERY FEW Microsoft-ish > > e-mail clients that have a "Request return receipt" feature, but that ONLY > > works when the receiving mail client supports that feature as well, and > > has it enabled. > That's why I was asking. Too bad. :( Some Unix M[TD]As support delivery notification (I believe Sendmail is among them) but that's not very standard either. If you only need to generate the header, then with most sane MUAs that's no problem - just obtain a message with the appropriate option set and figure out which headers you need to generate. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgptLcrrftmlz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Exim troubles
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 08:01:29PM -0800, Ben Lutgens wrote: > > What upgrade? From which version to which? > The latest in unstable The configuration file format has changed a bit since 2.x (the version in Slink). The automatic script should handle it without any problems (it worked for me), but you probably ought to give it a once over. Check that there aren't any error messages resulting from reading the config file, use -bt to test that the right thing is happening. If you are using one of the standard configs, rerunning eximconfig should do the job. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is his username at our ISP. And since exim thinks my box > is called mosquitonet.com it looks only on my server for a username of foxx, > finds none and pukes. Have you got mosquitonet.com in local_domains or anything? Your machine looks like it's trying to accept all mail for mosquitonet.com, which is wrong. If you must use your mosquitonet address locally, do it using rewriting rules. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpey0a3vJyOi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Huge hard disk...how to partition
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > My idea was to partition as follows: > > #1 ext2 /boot containing only the boot image ~ 100mb I'd recommend putting all of / except for /usr, /var, and /home (and any other nonstandard /dir) here. 100M should be fine for that; my system has that setup (with /tmp symlinked /var/tmp) and is only using ~18M on /. > #2 ntfs or vfat 4-5gb for windows > #3 swap (128 -256mb) does 2.X support max swap size > 128mb now? If you have a new version of mkswap and a 2.2 kernel, the limit seems to be 2G... Read the kernel docs and the mkswap manpage for more info. > #4 ext2 / rest of the disk (mount entire system here after image loads, > then mount /boot) Make partitions for /usr, /home, and /var as i mentioned above. You could also make /usr/local a separate partition. You could also create extra partitions or leave space unpartitioned for future use. > Will this work? (I don't know if NT needs that the system partition be > the FIRST partition) Don't know about NT either... > This is necessary to get the boot partition completly under 1024 > cylinder limit. As has been mentioned, that limit _may_ not apply. See those messages for more info, since i don't know much about that ;)
Re: KDE : why not in Debian?
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 16:46:45 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Probably because Debian doesn't want to force KDE on people who like GNOME. Definitely not. The whole of the X environment (with the exception of xlib6g), is optional, let alone any particular applications or desktop environments like GNOME running on top of X. Ray -- Cyberspace, a final frontier. These are the voyages of my messages, on a lightspeed mission to explore strange new systems and to boldly go where no data has gone before.
Re: CD-RW drives and Linux (IDE/IDE quirks)
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 12:28:59PM +0200, Wouter Hanegraaff wrote: > On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 05:07:47PM -0400, Alec Smith wrote: > > The cheapest option would be the IDE/IDE combo. Would an IDE CD-RW be > > easily used in Debian? Also, which drives are recommended? I'm more > > interested in burning CD-R discs than the ReWrite capabilities. > > With the right kernel options, as mentioned before, an IDE CD-RW works > perfectly. I have a IDE/IDE setup with an a-open cd reader and a > Philips 3610 writer. No problems at all, except 2speed writing is nog > so fast. One problem I've run into with this setup is that certain operations (blanking CDRWs, fixating CDR or CDRW) would cause the reader (or anything else on the same controller to be come unavailable until the operation was complete. It took me quite a while to notice the problem because actually writing to the CDR didn't cause any problem and I never had problems copying CDs etc. I was under the impression that this was an issue with the Linux SCSI support (and thus IDE-SCSI as well). Has anyone else seen this sort of problem? -- Ray
Re: D-Link
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Peter Iannarelli wrote: > Does anyone know if the D-link DFE-530TX NIC > is supported ? Yes, it uses the VIA RHINE chipset, I am not very fond of it though, it gives lots of odd dmesg output :| Jason
RE: accessing the dos partition
When you use dselect, did you chose to install from a existing partition/filesystem? > -Original Message- > From: pplaw [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 3:38 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: accessing the dos partition > > hello debian community, > > i've installed the base system from the net. however, i cannot > access/mount the dos partition, which is where i've downloaded other > packages. (i've tried "dselect" and "apt-get".) > > ...any suggestions. > > thx. > > bentley taylor. > > // > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
Re: accessing the dos partition
> > hello debian community, > > i've installed the base system from the net. however, i cannot > access/mount the dos partition, which is where i've downloaded other > packages. (i've tried "dselect" and "apt-get".) > > ...any suggestions. > > thx. > > bentley taylor. Create a mount partition, say /dos Then do mount /dev/hd?? /dos where /dev/hd?? is the dos partition. >From there you can use dselect and apt. Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux. http://www.missouri.edu/~c680789 <--"Computer languages of the world" My work in progress. ---
Re: Huge hard disk...how to partition
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 07:03:27AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > My idea was to partition as follows: > > #1 ext2 /boot containing only the boot image ~ 100mb > #2 ntfs or vfat 4-5gb for windows > #3 swap (128 -256mb) does 2.X support max swap size > 128mb now? > #4 ext2 / rest of the disk (mount entire system here after image loads, > then mount /boot) You may find that with a new motherboard (possibly with a bios upgrade if its been on the shelf a while) you don't have to worry about the 1024 cylinder limit. Otherwise I've also seen some (many) recent motherboards that put that limit at around the 8GB point so putting your boot image first might not be necessary. As someone else mentioned, have a look at vmware. -- Ray
accessing the dos partition
hello debian community, i've installed the base system from the net. however, i cannot access/mount the dos partition, which is where i've downloaded other packages. (i've tried "dselect" and "apt-get".) ...any suggestions. thx. bentley taylor. //
D-Link
Hello all: NIC card question . Does anyone know if the D-link DFE-530TX NIC is supported ? Peter begin:vcard n:Iannarelli;Peter tel;fax:1+ 416 929 1056 tel;work:1+ 416 929 1885 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.GenXl.com org:GenX Internet Labs.;Operations adr:;;238a Gerrard St. East ;Toronto;Ontario;M5A 2E8;Canada version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Senior Engineer x-mozilla-cpt:;30656 fn:Peter Iannarelli end:vcard
Re: Bind
On Tue, 06 Jul 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > >> "Brian" == Brian Schramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Brian> I am using one machine to run Debian 2.1. I do not have a > Brian> network but I want bind to handle caching of DNS inquires. I > Brian> am doing this so I can use the sendmail genericstable and > Brian> virtualtable and convert my addresses to the ones I want to > Brian> have everyone use for replys. > > I don't know sendmail, but I doubt it is necessary to have a running > bind to do address rewriting. This is completely unrelated. > > Brian> My problem is now if I am not connected to the net, everything > Brian> stops when I send a message. I have not changed my sendmail > Brian> configuration yet to vurtual hosting so I cannot see where that > Brian> is the problem. > > Brian> I installed the bind package with no forwarding so it is in > Brian> caching setup. > > So where does your bind gets it's info, if you didn't specify > forwarders (= hosts to ask for entries it doesn't know = your ISP's > DNS servers)? It tries to ask the root servers. > I thought forwaders where for a local network. That is why I did not put any in. > I believe you have a misconception about the thing you want to setup > and solve. What should your bind cache, and where does it get this info > from? Where did you read about this bind <-> addressrewriting > connection? > I got this from the sendmail.org web site. It clames that you need it running in order to do vurtual hosts and address rerouting. I have tryed to do it without setting up a bind server and it totally ignores the address changes so I am adding the bind server to see if they are right. > Ciao, > Martin > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Just my opinion
Max, The whole point is that things can work just fine. It does take a little patience and there's lots to learn. When it comes to documentation there is alot available and not just online. The Debian Users Guide is a must and there are many other books available too. Also, the Debain user help is great. People from this list have spent much time helping me out with little snags here and there. When you have troubles just ask. That is what this list is for. Don't give up up on it. Just take your time and learn it. When you do get it all set up and running you'll be amazed at what it has to offer. It's a very powerful OS and it keeps getting better. Best of luck. On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 03:43:40 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 20:50:11 MST Doug Dine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >writes: >> >>My printer works fine. My modem works fine. The documentation has >>always been right on and the installation is a breeze. >> >Doug-- Run out and buy a Lotto ticket. Lady luck has the hots for >you! :-) --- Max Doug Dine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.tripod.com/debiandoug/ ___ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
Telephony Apps
Hi All, Anyone know of any telephony apps, possibility to replace an aging automated answer service? TIA Alex McCool Cadscape Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thanks
Hi Max; Yes, if you want to use /dev/hda5 as the /usr directory then you must choose to initialize "another partition" during the installation otherwise all of the files normally destined for /usr (quite a few) will be copied to /usr on the root filesystem. If you were to later initialize /dev/hda5 and then mount it on /usr all of the existing files in /usr "become hidden" and are unavailable to the system. While it is possible to copy the contents of root's /usr to the new partition first it is not even close to as trivial a proceedure as it might seem.
Re: ultra ata/66 controllers
> > I've got one of Promise's Ultra/66's running just fine here at work. We've > got it running under kernel verion 2.2.6 with a patch for the controller. > Patches against 2.2.10 are at http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma. I use a 2.0.36 kernel and would not like to upgrade to 2.2 yet. Is there a 2.0.36 or at most 2.0.37 patch somewhere? And what about the Abit Hot-Rod card? Or does these controllers work as a normal ATA/33 controller without special drivers? Robert Varga
Re: Mutt & PGP & Debian User Mailinglist
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 05:14:35PM +0200, P. van Tilburg wrote: > > Hi all! > > I am sometime on this list now, and I have some questions. > > 1) I use mutt to read the debian-user-digest. It lists all attachments >nicely in one mail. But how do I reply to a message. I can go in the >attachment-list and save the mail I want to reply to, but that isn't >very handy either ;) No ideas there. > 2) I know nothing about PGP, but I want to try it and installed pgp5i from >potato. As earlier mentioned on the list, pgp5.0 is composed of seperate >programs: > > source(/2):~$ dpkg -L pgp5i > > /usr/bin > /usr/bin/pgp5 > /usr/bin/pgpe > /usr/bin/pgps > /usr/bin/pgpv > /usr/bin/pgpk > good. > ** I added to /etc/Muttrc: > > set pgp_v5="/usr/bin/pgp5" don't do that. use: set pgp_v5="/usr/bin/pgp" I know, I know, /usr/bin/pgp doesn't exist. Don't worry. It should never run /usr/bin/pgp. It will only run pgpe, pgps, pgpv, and pgpk (actually, not pgpk). If you tell it pgp5, it will look for pgp5e, pgp5s, etc. and they do not exist. > set pgp_v5_language="mutt" > set pgp_v5_pubring="~/.pgp/pubring.pkr" > set pgp_v5_secring="~/.pgp/sekring.pkr" fine. > ** But I still get the following message from mutt while reading: > > [-- PGP output follows (current time: Wed Jul 7 16:55:09 1999) --] > sh: /usr/bin/pgp: No such file or directory > [-- End of PGP output --] > > [-- The following data is PGP/MIME signed --] > > ** So I symlinked /usr/bin/pgp5 to /usr/bin/pgp, but then I get: > you correctly determined that it's looking for /usr/bin/pgp, but I suspect that it is looking for version 2. Try adding this to your .muttrc: set pgp_default_version="pgp5" (and remove your symlink) > [-- PGP output follows (current time: Wed Jul 7 16:55:09 1999) --] > PGP is now invoked from different executables for different operations: > > pgpeEncrypt (including Encrypt/Sign) > pgpsSign > pgpvVerify/Decrypt > pgpkKey management > pgpoPGP 2.6.2 command-line simulator (not yet implemented) > > See each application's respective man page or the general PGP documentation > for more information. > [-- End of PGP output --] This confirms my guess. If it thought it were running pgp5, it wouldn't be trying to run pgp without and "e", "s", "v", or "k" on the end. > Sorry for the loads of output! Loads of output is good!!! This is the kind of message we LIKE here. > Thanks in advance for your help, No problem. -Michael -- Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305
Re: Why is Windows faster ?
> No flames to you:-) > My personal experience differs from yours. However, recognize that X is a > network GUI as opposed to Windowz which is an "integral" GUI. > Even on a single workstation X is running as a client/server model. > Essentially every keystroke, mouse event, screen draw action, etc. must > traverse all but about two layers of the OSI model. > So the amazing thing is that X performance is so comparible to Windoz. Don't forget that also: a) The widget set is unique (therefore takes less resources than having multiples sets running at once) and way less complete or featureful (can I say bloated without having to wear an asbestos suit? =) b) The graphic system under windows is (if I'm not completely screwed) a kernel-level implementation, whereas X is user-level. (And much more network-aware, (can I say bloated for home-users? =) as it was mentionned earlier) Also: Xanim is not made by the same guys who make the actual CODECs, which can end up to worse performance. Some CODECs under windows and Mac employ a few tens of people (on a regular basis I mean, OSS projects can actually boast hundreds of contributors in some ways =), whereas Xanim is developed by a handful (although I'm not rock-certain on that one, I *think* it's that way). Christian Lavoie [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 947212
Re: ultra ata/66 controllers
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Varga Robert wrote: > > Does anyone have some experience with ultra/ata 66 controllers? > > Do they operate under Linux, if they do, do I need to use some special > drivers to them, or they work out of the box? > > If I do need, where can I find them? > > What are the experiences with Promise Ultra/ATA 66 and with the Abit > Hot-Board controllers? > > Robert Varga > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev$ > > I've got one of Promise's Ultra/66's running just fine here at work. We've got it running under kernel verion 2.2.6 with a patch for the controller. Patches against 2.2.10 are at http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma. JDM Jason D. Michaelson | Debian GNU/ o http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |/ /_ _ _ _ __ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / | // /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ http://www.tc.umn.edu/ | ~mich0101 | ...because lockups are for convicts... Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember that there must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of the cable, one on the other end, and the goat, terminated over the SCSI chain with a silver-handled knife whilst burning *black* candles. --- Anthony DeBoer
Re: nfs-client -- Solved
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 06:42:06PM +0200, Lex Chive wrote: > On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 10:12:20AM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was upgrading my potato box and got this as the nfs-client was being set > > up. > > I also get an error message about this when I am rebooting. > > > > Here goes: > > > > Setting up nfs-client (1.4.3-2) ... > > Starting NFS client services: rpc.lockdlockdsvc: Function not implemented > > rpc.statd. > > > I got this same message, and now I cant mount nfs exports, I get the error > messages: > > kill_fasync: bad magic number in fasync_struct! > nfs: server anoat not responding, still trying > > and it locks out, I have to kill the server. > > I dont use nfs often so I have no clue about what the problem could be. I know > that nfs worked earlier. > > Anyone can help? > > -Lex Okay I reinstalled nfs-server and I recompiled the kernel and now it works fine. I assume it was a bug in the nfs-server package. Weird tho. -Lex pgpxVSrTnAgSB.pgp Description: PGP signature
ultra ata/66 controllers
Does anyone have some experience with ultra/ata 66 controllers? Do they operate under Linux, if they do, do I need to use some special drivers to them, or they work out of the box? If I do need, where can I find them? What are the experiences with Promise Ultra/ATA 66 and with the Abit Hot-Board controllers? Robert Varga
Re: Why is Windows faster ?
No flames to you:-) My personal experience differs from yours. However, recognize that X is a network GUI as opposed to Windowz which is an "integral" GUI. Even on a single workstation X is running as a client/server model. Essentially every keystroke, mouse event, screen draw action, etc. must traverse all but about two layers of the OSI model. So the amazing thing is that X performance is so comparible to Windoz. On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 02:10:59PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: > I've searched a lot but can't find why is windows faster concerning the > graphics. > > First, I'm sure, it's for the drivers : windows has optimised drivers and > my ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4MB under Linux isn't as good as a poor old S3v 1 > or 2 Mb. > BTW, if anyone has found how to configure X so that the ATI driver is > really accelerated, I'm really interessed. > > But, I tried with an S3 GX AGP, which seems to be supported well (Aren't > the S3 the better supported ?) and I think always that X isn't as fluid as > Windoze. > Opening windows, dialogs under gnome, KDE or something else doesn't give > the same impress that under Windows. > And before answering 'Ah ! I don't think that. My X is as fluid as > Windows or even better on my P233 + 48MB', please try rebooting under Windows. > Spend an half hour under X and the same time under Windows opening Windows, > dialogs, apps... and report me what you think. > Try seeing films under Xanim and under Windows Media Player and you will > maybe see the difference. > > Please don't flame me, I just want to know if it's normal, if it will be > arranged or if it's just a configuration I didn't made. > -- > |. ICQ : 25529539 > || |\ | | | \ / AIM : linhax > |___ | | \| |__| / \ IRC nick : linhax > Sami Dalouche : [EMAIL PROTECTED]DHIS : pingoo.dhis.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: debian-user split
*- On 7 Jul, Jonathan Sharp wrote about "Re: debian-user split" > On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > > I thought I should add my comments to this subject. I can appreciate that > a newbie list is not disirable since it would be newbies leading newbies, > but at the moment there is so much activity that I don't have time to read > the 100 odd articles that come to this list per day. If I'm away for a > few days then it's just way too much. This means that I probably would't > get down to answering many newbie questions since I'm being very heavy > handed on the delete key after only reading the subject. I'm not going to > offer any opinion either way, but I think I'm going to have to unsubscribe > and try the digest list, since I just don't have time. Now to add my > opinion: after a year and a half of use I finally got round to reading > most of the instructions for trn. Now I've got the hang of kill files, > I'd prefer to see more people use the news groups instead. Since I'm new > to these lists, is there a big feeling for mail groups instead of news > group? > I'll answer both your concerns with one common statement. 1) Use the list archives if the list is overwhelming. It is searchable and you can view it in several different index formats. 2) Use the list archives to find the newsgroup vs. maillist topic which has been discussed many times before. The general consensus is no to newsgroups. -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: nfs-client
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 10:12:20AM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote: > Hi, > > I was upgrading my potato box and got this as the nfs-client was being set up. > I also get an error message about this when I am rebooting. > > Here goes: > > Setting up nfs-client (1.4.3-2) ... > Starting NFS client services: rpc.lockdlockdsvc: Function not implemented > rpc.statd. > I got this same message, and now I cant mount nfs exports, I get the error messages: kill_fasync: bad magic number in fasync_struct! nfs: server anoat not responding, still trying and it locks out, I have to kill the server. I dont use nfs often so I have no clue about what the problem could be. I know that nfs worked earlier. Anyone can help? -Lex pgpD1Bv60asqZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks
On 7 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Oh, and as to your modem problem : Which kernel are you using? The > /dev/ttyx becomes obsolete with the 2.2.x series, replaced by /dev/cuax. This is exactly reversed. The /dev/cuax devices are obsolete. You should always use the /dev/ttySx devices. See, eg., "http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/net/9605.1/0068.html"; Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735[EMAIL PROTECTED] "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do you blow your whole leg off." - Bjarne Stroustrop
Adding a second Nic
Is the proper way to add a second nic to a debian 2.1 system by adding it to the files in /etc/modutils ? In /etc/modutils/modconf I have the following: alias eth0 3c90x alias eth1 eepro options eepro io=0x300 irq=5 I have a 3com905b PCI and a ISA intel EtherExpress pro The 3com card loads up fine but for the Intel card gets a error that resources are busy? Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax
Hi, How is it possible that you can't fax in linux with a class 1 fax modem Using mgetty+sendfax. Does anybody know a way to send a fax in linux with a class 1 fax modem Cuno
Re: Managing a hybrid slink/potato Debian installation
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 07:19:02PM +0200, Enrico Zini wrote: > Is there a way to say apt that the system should be slink except for some > packages (eg. wmaker, x11amp, gnome, wine) that should come from potato, so > that I can safely issue an apt-get upgrade without being asked to download > 63.1Mb of packages? I don't know but it's a bad idea ! Wmaker, X11amp, gnome & wine depends on glibc2.1. So, if you install one of these packages, you'll get the libc6_2.1 package. In other words, if you have the glibc2.1, you can upgrade to potato. It's as unstable as a slink with glibc2.1. Can any1 tell us more ? -- |. ICQ : 25529539 || |\ | | | \ / AIM : linhax |___ | | \| |__| / \ IRC nick : linhax Sami Dalouche : [EMAIL PROTECTED]DHIS : pingoo.dhis.org
BUG ??
In the debian installation, it asks if we prefer having the time in GMT or in LOCAL format. But There is a confusion. GMT is used instead of UTC. Here is the difference : GMT is based on the earth rotation, so it's not regular. UTC is the universal time and is very precise. see http://opdaf1.obspm.fr/www/lexique.html and http://opdaf1.obspm.fr/ to have more infos (sorry, french links) the UTC time IS THE reference but the GMT acronym is used in 99% of the cases to say UTC. So, wouldn't it be better to use UTC in the install and in the /etc/default/rcS file (And maybe some others...) -- |. ICQ : 25529539 || |\ | | | \ / AIM : linhax |___ | | \| |__| / \ IRC nick : linhax Sami Dalouche : [EMAIL PROTECTED]DHIS : pingoo.dhis.org
Re: debian-user split
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Brian Servis wrote: I thought I should add my comments to this subject. I can appreciate that a newbie list is not disirable since it would be newbies leading newbies, but at the moment there is so much activity that I don't have time to read the 100 odd articles that come to this list per day. If I'm away for a few days then it's just way too much. This means that I probably would't get down to answering many newbie questions since I'm being very heavy handed on the delete key after only reading the subject. I'm not going to offer any opinion either way, but I think I'm going to have to unsubscribe and try the digest list, since I just don't have time. Now to add my opinion: after a year and a half of use I finally got round to reading most of the instructions for trn. Now I've got the hang of kill files, I'd prefer to see more people use the news groups instead. Since I'm new to these lists, is there a big feeling for mail groups instead of news group? Anyway I'll shut up now. Jon. > *- On 30 Jun, richard wrote about "debian-user split" > > [DOUBLE SPACE TEXT CLEANED TO SINGLE SPACE] > > I had this thought the other day when I was looking over some archived > > deban-user stuff. Two thoughts actually. I know that there are an awful > > lot of questions that crop up time and time again. These aren't directly > > related to the Debian-FAQ but crop up enough that maybe there should be > > something like a debian-user-FAQ, kinda like the Linux-FAQ but tailored > > more towards Debian GNU/Linux. > > Check out all the links under the User Documentation > page on Debian's site, http://www.debian.org/doc/. > > > > > Secondly a while someone commented about the number of users new to > > Linux and using debian as their first version (I think it was posted on > > debian-devel in march sometime.) Anyway, the thought was was that maybe > > there should be a new debian list, something like debian-newbie. That > > way people would hopefully think about joining the newbiew list, moving > > to the user list once they have a better understanding of debian GNU/Linux. > > For instance, I was thinking that the sort of questions on debian-newbie > > would be along the lines of; how do I compile a kernel? Why doesn't X work? > > Does debian support my soundcard? HELP! > > > > And debian-user could be used for questions like; my ip-masquerading appears > > to be broken, I've tried ..., I've upgraded X to patato and now my systems > > broken..., I'm looking for ... > > > > You get the idea. If I'm being completely stupid here then please say so > > nicely. I'm just throwing a thought I had to the group. Comments would > > be most welcome. > > This topic has been disucussed MANY times in the past. Dig through the > archives. Basically you don't want a newbie only list because then it > would be newbies helping newbies, yikes! For there to be any useful > advice on the newbie list then more advanced users would have to read > that list as well, then you are back to having a more general list > again. It is better for a newbie to lurk on a more general list and > learn from the other advice that is going on, even if it doesn't > directly relate to a current problem that you may have. If you think > you have a newbie question, chances are that it may have already been > answered before, check the archives. > > -- > Brian > - > Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis > - > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > __ Jonathan Sharp http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~jonathan/home.html Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick. UK.
WINS server
I have network configuration like this Net1--10.14.200.0/24 -[Router]---Net2--10.14.4.0/24 | | | | | -> 10.14.4.1 >10.14.200.202 I set up Router using Debian Linux with samba is active. I want My router be a WINS Server and Domain Master Browser. So.. I configure my smb.conf like this wins support = yes interfaces = 10.14.200.202/24 10.14.4.1/24 os level = 37 domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes And then I configure wins server in Windows at Net2 to IP Address 10.14.4.1. then I kill -HUP . After that.. My Windows at Net2 still can't browse Windows at Net1. Why ? Is my configuration wrong ? or Is there something wrong ?
Re: Samba 2.0x on Slink
*- On 7 Jul, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote about "Samba 2.0x on Slink" > > Hi, > > I need Samba 2.0.x on my Slink system. Do you know some URL where > I can get debs for it? > If not, can I compile the source from potato in a slink system? > Some problem with this? Will it fail? > Thanks, > Install http://www.debian.org/~jgg/apt_0.3.11.1_i386.deb and add a line like the following to your apt source.list file: deb-src http://debian.midco.net/debian potato main Make sure you have dpkg-dev installed. Then execute the following in a directory of your choice. apt-get update; apt-get --compile source samba-common samba smbfsx If all goes well and you have the appropiate -dev packages installed for the headers then you will end up with samba-common samba and smbfsx packages built for your system. -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Mutt & PGP & Debian User Mailinglist
Hi all! I am sometime on this list now, and I have some questions. 1) I use mutt to read the debian-user-digest. It lists all attachments nicely in one mail. But how do I reply to a message. I can go in the attachment-list and save the mail I want to reply to, but that isn't very handy either ;) 2) I know nothing about PGP, but I want to try it and installed pgp5i from potato. As earlier mentioned on the list, pgp5.0 is composed of seperate programs: source(/2):~$ dpkg -L pgp5i /usr/bin /usr/bin/pgp5 /usr/bin/pgpe /usr/bin/pgps /usr/bin/pgpv /usr/bin/pgpk ** I added to /etc/Muttrc: set pgp_v5="/usr/bin/pgp5" set pgp_v5_language="mutt" set pgp_v5_pubring="~/.pgp/pubring.pkr" set pgp_v5_secring="~/.pgp/sekring.pkr" ** But I still get the following message from mutt while reading: [-- PGP output follows (current time: Wed Jul 7 16:55:09 1999) --] sh: /usr/bin/pgp: No such file or directory [-- End of PGP output --] [-- The following data is PGP/MIME signed --] ** So I symlinked /usr/bin/pgp5 to /usr/bin/pgp, but then I get: [-- PGP output follows (current time: Wed Jul 7 16:55:09 1999) --] PGP is now invoked from different executables for different operations: pgpeEncrypt (including Encrypt/Sign) pgpsSign pgpvVerify/Decrypt pgpkKey management pgpoPGP 2.6.2 command-line simulator (not yet implemented) See each application's respective man page or the general PGP documentation for more information. [-- End of PGP output --] [-- The following data is PGP/MIME signed --] Sorry for the loads of output! Thanks in advance for your help, Paul van Tilburg ~~ Student @ | Using the Power of Linux... University of Technology | ICQ: 8678828 Eindhoven, The Netherlands | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: g++ & -lcrypt
Hi, On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Jaycee wrote: > linker, it says there are undefined references to char *crypt. > This same program compiles perfectly under gcc. > any suggestions? > char* crypt is not declared extern "C"? OK
nfs-client
Hi, I was upgrading my potato box and got this as the nfs-client was being set up. I also get an error message about this when I am rebooting. Here goes: Setting up nfs-client (1.4.3-2) ... Starting NFS client services: rpc.lockdlockdsvc: Function not implemented rpc.statd. Whar does this mean? TIA --- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe ICQ 3945810 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux --- "Clones are people two"
Setting up additional domains.
Hi, we have installed Debian slink on our web server. It has been running like a dream! Now we want to host two new domains on this server. Which files do we have to change to add the new domains, and where can I find documentation (for non Linux guru's) on how to do this on Debian? Also, do we have to reboot to make theses changes take effect? And finally, which other packages have to be re configured (exim, ftp, ssh etc...)? TIA for all help. --- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe ICQ 3945810 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux --- "Clones are people two"
Re: printing from WP8
That did it. I used just the simple Apple Laserwriter. Thanks! Bob Nielsen wrote: > > What I did was to select a PostScript driver (one of the laserwriters) > and print to lp. It works fine with magicfilter. > > Bob > > On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 12:23:19PM -0500, Kelly Corbin wrote: > > I've searched through the archives, and can't find a solution to my > > particular problem. I am running Debian potato updated everyday. I am > > printing to a network printer (HP Laserjet IIIsi) through an IP address > > using lpr and magicfilter. Netscape and others print fine, but WP8 > > doesn't. I am using the IIIsi driver and printing to lp in WP. The > > print job shows up in the queue, but it never spits out. I am thinking > > that it is because of magicfilter. Is there an option to print without > > using Magicfilter? Any ideas or tips would be helpful. Thanks. > > > > Kelly Corbin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: hardware block size on scsi cdrom
Strange, I thought the default block size for an ISO9660 filesystem was 2048. I'm not sure what this block size refers too. I'm not sure what exactly would happen if you changed it. Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: > I have a scsi cdrom (Plextor) and a scsi cdwriter (Yamaha). They both > have a jumper to set the block size to 1024 bytes or to 512 bytes. The > manuals say that for Unix 512 is the good value. > Do you have any suggestions? What does this value mean, after all? > > Pf > > -- > > --- > Pierfrancesco Caci | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://gusp.infogroup.it >ik5pvx| http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/8999 > Firenze - Italia | Office for the Complication of Otherwise Simple Affairs > Linux penny 2.2.10 #1 Tue Jun 15 21:03:12 CEST 1999 i586 unknown > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thanks
Max, IMO your problem with the installation CD´s can have one of two causes : 1. There is something in your already installed linux that prevents the install from running again. This should easily be solved by formating the partitions you are installing to during setup ( = create new filesystem on partition ). 2. Your CD set or CD drive is physically damaged. Do you have access to an other computer with CD? Can you look at your installation CDs there? Oh, and as to your modem problem : Which kernel are you using? The /dev/ttyx becomes obsolete with the 2.2.x series, replaced by /dev/cuax. Could this be your problem? Hang on in there! I always say : Linux makes the easy things a tad more difficult, but it makes the hard things easier and the impossible things possible, at least once in a while :-) cheerio Jerry -- And now for something completly different...
Re: dhcp and dual-homed filtering host
I have a similar setup. You just need to tell dhcpd which ethernet interface
you want
to serve up IPs for. This can be done by editing /etc/init.d/dhcpd. Here's the
changes
I made:
helios$ diff -c /etc/init.d/dhcpd~ /etc/init.d/dhcpd
*** /etc/init.d/dhcpd~ Tue Feb 25 20:05:56 1997
--- /etc/init.d/dhcpd Fri Jul 2 21:17:21 1999
***
*** 14,20
start)
if [ $run_dhcpd = 1 ]
then
! start-stop-daemon --start --verbose --exec /usr/sbin/dhcpd
# This route is required for some Operating systems to understand
# dhcp replies
route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0
--- 14,20
start)
if [ $run_dhcpd = 1 ]
then
! start-stop-daemon --start --verbose --exec /usr/sbin/dhcpd -- eth0
# This route is required for some Operating systems to understand
# dhcp replies
route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0
Marc Haber wrote:
> Hi!
>
> In a lab network, I have a dual homed Debian host that should act as a
> packet filter between the external ("untrusted") and the internal
> ("trusted") interface. The untrusted network is on eth0; the trusted
> network on eth1. The host should assign IP numbers on the trusted
> network via DHCP while not doing so on the untrusted network.
>
> The Package description for dhcp-1.0.2-0.1 says: "This package only
> supports DHCP IP assignment on one interface." So, this is fine with
> me.
>
> I proceed to install dhcp and created an /etc/dhcpd.conf with only a
> single subnet statement for the trusted network. When I try to start
> the dhcp daemon, I get the error message "No subnet declaration for
> eth0 (192.168.130.38)", the IP being the one of the external
> interface.
>
> When I add an empty subnet declaration ("subnet 192.168.131.0 netmask
> 255.255.255.0 {}") to /etc/dhcpd.conf, I get "The standard socket API
> can only support hosts with a single network interface", which is
> substantially different from the restriction the Package file
> mentions.
>
> Am I missing something? How can I get this dhcp into business?
>
> Greetings
> Marc
>
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Caller ID + mgetty
Hi, We are running small ISP. Recently I tried to get Caller ID of PPP dial-up users. As I had read from mgetty documentation the #CID=1 modem command (with nomder of rings set = 2) switch on this mode. Howevery it does not work for me, though this Acer modem support it. Where can I find more info concerning this subject. TIA, Eugene Sevinian CRD, YerPhI, 375036, Armenia URL: http://crdlx5.yerphi.am/ Phone: 374-2-344873
Re: Samba 2.0x on Slink
There is such thing in ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/ There are several parts of Samba in different packages. Probably you don't need all of them: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/samba-common_2.1.0alpha0.19990412-1_i386.deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/samba-doc_2.1.0alpha0.19990412-1_all.deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/samba_2.1.0alpha0.19990412-1_i386.deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/smbclient_2.1.0alpha0.19990412-1_i386.deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/smbfsx_2.1.0alpha0.19990412-1_i386.deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/smbwrapper_2.1.0alpha0.19990412-1_i386.deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/swat_2.1.0alpha0.19990412-1_i386.deb --Julian Stoev On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > > Hi, > > I need Samba 2.0.x on my Slink system. Do you know some URL where > I can get debs for it? > If not, can I compile the source from potato in a slink system? > Some problem with this? Will it fail? > Thanks, > > []s, > Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but > IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails" > http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: Samba 2.0x on Slink
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > > Hi, > > I need Samba 2.0.x on my Slink system. Do you know some URL where > I can get debs for it? http://www.samba.org > If not, can I compile the source from potato in a slink system? > Some problem with this? Will it fail? It compiles and installs without a hitch. Just don't try to use it if you have any NT 5 clients as it seems to cause them to BSOD. Gordon
Re: SQUID FILTER LIST SITE
Go to the squid web page (I don't remember the URL right off hand). There is a page of "Related links". On that page are links to many squid redirectors--extensions, if you will, to squid, that allow for that sort of thing. Take a look at squidGuard--that's the one I've configured (but then decided I didn't need it :-) There are many others, too. On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Thomas Cavinato wrote: > > How can I put a list of the URLs where my clients can't access and there are > these list in internet. > > thank you also for my English. > Thomas Cavinato > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > INFOLOGIC S.R.L. > http://www.infologic.it > Via Vecchia 43 > I-35127 Padova ITALY > tel/fax +39 49 8022139 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: Alternastive to using squid
Probably just IP Masquerading. There should be a HOWTO about it. On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a P200MMX with 32MB of RAM and 2 NICs that I want to use as a gateway > machine to the Internet. > > I do not need the caching, etc. that one gets with squid. What do I need to > do just to have internet access via this machine? > > Patrick > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: Huge hard disk...how to partition
*- On 7 Jul, Kenneth Scharf wrote about "Huge hard disk...how to partition" > I just got a new HD (17.2 gb) in preparation for upgrading my system to > potatoe when it is released. (I am also going to get a new DUAL PII mb > now that REAL smp is in the kernel). > > My question is how to partition the disk. I probably need to dual boot > with windows 95 or NT (probably will use NT due to SMP HW) to be able > to run some windows ap's that don't yet run under wine. > Have you looked at vmware.com? Avoid the dual boot and run NT in a virtual machine under linux. > My idea was to partition as follows: > > #1 ext2 /boot containing only the boot image ~ 100mb > #2 ntfs or vfat 4-5gb for windows > #3 swap (128 -256mb) does 2.X support max swap size > 128mb now? > #4 ext2 / rest of the disk (mount entire system here after image loads, > then mount /boot) > > Will this work? (I don't know if NT needs that the system partition be > the FIRST partition) > > This is necessary to get the boot partition completly under 1024 > cylinder limit. > You will get lots of input on this. You didn't say if you are using IDE or SCSI but if you are using IDE then I would stick your swap on another disk on your second IDE channel(ide1). If you are worried about swap you could put the primary on ide1 and then have a secondary on ide0. I would also put /home and /usr/local on separate partitions. That way if you ever need to reinstall the OS you will not loose your personal stuff. My 2bits. -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Samba 2.0x on Slink
Hi, I need Samba 2.0.x on my Slink system. Do you know some URL where I can get debs for it? If not, can I compile the source from potato in a slink system? Some problem with this? Will it fail? Thanks, []s, Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails" http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21
finding corrupted files
After some experimenting with apm to have my noisy harddisk spin down using apm -s, somehow one of my glibc6 library files was corrupted, causing programs using that library to exit with a segmentation fault. This happened in a library used by syslogd, and as a result my system would enter runlevel 3, try to start syslogd, and hang. So the good thing was that I noticed something was wrong right away... After replacing this file with the original file from the glibc6 package my system is up and running. However, there may be a lot more files corrupted due to my apm experiments. So now I need to compare the files of each installed package to the files in the corresponding .deb archive, and replace all files on my system that are different from the ones in the original deb archive. Does anyone know/have a script to do this? Wouter
Re: Netscape .debs conflict with perl5.004?
Everybody, Thanks to Bob and Brian for the help. Bob is right about the safety -- a late-night session with dselect over the weekend totally screwed up my system (which I had pointing to unstable in order to fetch some drivers I needed). I recommend removing unstable from your sources.list until Perl is fixed, or the same could happen to you! - Brian Bob Nielsen wrote: > I agree wholeheartedly. It is probably safest at this point to do > upgrades with 'apt-get upgrade' rather than with dselect. Or run > 'apt-get update' and see what packages it intends to keep back, say no, > go to dselect and put those packages on hold. > > Bob > > On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 05:55:25PM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: > > You have unstable in your sources.list file and unstable is VERY > > unstable right now with regards to perl, most likely lots of broken > > dependencies. Perl is being transitioned from 5.004 to 5.005 which is > > not as small of a change as it may appear from the version numbers. Read > > the debian-devel archives for the details. Basically if you are using > > any thing in unstable that needs perl then expect major problems for a > > while until everything settles down. It's called unstable for a reason. > > > > Brian
Re: Alternastive to using squid
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 12:35:49PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a P200MMX with 32MB of RAM and 2 NICs that I want to use as a gateway > machine to the Internet. > > I do not need the caching, etc. that one gets with squid. What do I need to > do just to have internet access via this machine? A proxy server is probably not for you in that case. Have you looked at IP masquerading? Take a look at the IP-Masquerade mini-HOWTO. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: email acknowledging/confirmation
Pere Camps wrote: > > Hi! > > Can somebody point me to the place where an standard for > automatically acknowledging/confirming email (that is, I want to know if > my email has been read by the receiver) is -it there exists one-? > > I'll be also be very grateful if you point me to software that > supports it and its also supported by debian. > But please don't send them that way to the mailing list! I've seen some folks who do that and I get an annoying dialog box popping up, asking me if I want to send a receipt! (I use Netscape Messenger on Windows95. Yes, I like it very much, thank you.) Besides, you don't really want to get zillions of receipts, do you? ;-) - Out, damned spot! Out, spot, out! -- Shakespeare for First Grade
Perl problem
Hi, I get big problems with perl using potato and apt. I suppose it is due to a new version which brings conflicts. I tried a few tricks, but nothing works. I suppose other persons have the same problem as me, and had a look on the web debian-user mailing list archive but it was last updated Mon Jul 05, before the perl upgrade I think. Could someone say me how to deal with this problem ? Please, send it to my mail address since I am not on the mailing list. Thanks !
Huge hard disk...how to partition
I just got a new HD (17.2 gb) in preparation for upgrading my system to potatoe when it is released. (I am also going to get a new DUAL PII mb now that REAL smp is in the kernel). My question is how to partition the disk. I probably need to dual boot with windows 95 or NT (probably will use NT due to SMP HW) to be able to run some windows ap's that don't yet run under wine. My idea was to partition as follows: #1 ext2 /boot containing only the boot image ~ 100mb #2 ntfs or vfat 4-5gb for windows #3 swap (128 -256mb) does 2.X support max swap size > 128mb now? #4 ext2 / rest of the disk (mount entire system here after image loads, then mount /boot) Will this work? (I don't know if NT needs that the system partition be the FIRST partition) This is necessary to get the boot partition completly under 1024 cylinder limit. === Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
on Compaq FORTRAN: help to put pressure
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.os.linux.alpha as well. Below is a response I received from the Compaq code developers at University of New Hampshire who are working on the port of the FORTRAN/C compilers to Linux Alpha. For my particular applications, I will need to be able to utilize the floating point compiler options. Otherwise, pprobably man-years of effort would be required to code around the floating-point overflows, etc., "built-in" to the very-large application. Although this is the best option, I do not have the time and/or money to do that now. I would imagine there are lots of Linux Alpha folks with similar issues. Speed is nice to have, but for porting large, legacy FORTRAN code, you also need these floating point options. Note other Unix compilers, such as AIX xlf, IRIX f77, etc., also have floating-point options such as these. Also, note that g77 on the Intel platform allows for these floating-point occurances by default. Also, the -mieee option with g77 on the Alpha allows for *SOME*, but not all, of these options, but greatly reduces the efficiency of the Alpha chip in doing so. According to the response below, the problem is within Linux, and not their compilers. Could some of the Linux Alpha developers possibly get involved and help? Are these developers the best that can be obtained to solve this problem? It is certainly out of my league! ___ Hello, Thanks for the question. To answer your question, compaq is still looking into the problem of handling floating point exception. It is because linux does not have a robust floating point exception handler compared to UNIX. Compaq is as of now in no position to promise any other support than -fpe0 and -fpe3 options. The README file that is installed also says th same. Anshul Chadda University of New HampshireA -- Name = James D. Freels Email = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brief Problem Description = nonsupported Architecture = all Operating System = Linux Compiler Information = fort Libraries Used = n/a Other Information = It is this restriction that really causes the problems: Please note that CFAL does not contain certain features that are available in DIGITAL Fortran 90 on Tru64 UNIX Alpha: ~ floating-point exception handling levels 1, 2, and 4 and "-check underflow" are not supported Problem Category = Compiler Installation Detailed Description = I have a FORTRAN application used under DEC-Unix 4.0B that I currently run. It requires the FORTRAN -fpe1 option (and similar options or by default on other computer / OSs ). Without this capability, I cannot even start to beta test the new compiler (for what I need!) When will this capability be offered? --
Re: Alternastive to using squid
Patrick Kirk wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a P200MMX with 32MB of RAM and 2 NICs that I want to use as a gateway > machine to the Internet. > > I do not need the caching, etc. that one gets with squid. What do I need to > do just to have internet access via this machine? > > Patrick > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null If you only have one IP address, and you want to give full access. You only need to read the "IP-masquerade" in the /usr/HOWTO/mini. Angel -- Ángel Parra Cerrada Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sloooooow apache
Any Apache geniuses have an idea about this; I want to create a strictly limited access web server, available only to selected IP addresses. >From the Apache documentation I understood that you could allow specific IP addresses using the 'allow from' line. So I changed the access.conf file from order allow,deny allow from all to deny from all allow from 141.245.104.215 allow from 141.245.104.225 ... 28 more IP addresses. For a total of 30 allow from lines. Now the problem is that in the former case Apache flies but everyone who knows the URL can view the server and in the latter case, if you're not on the list you don't get in but Apache is a dog to run. It can take upwards of two minutes to load the index page! Now even with my naive understanding of Apache this seems a tad slow. Recommendations please, what am I doing wrong to make it run SO slow? What is the best way to limit access to 30 non-consecutive IP addresses? Any suggestions at all? Thanks.
Re: Exim, Pine, and smtp-server
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Jor-el wrote: Hi, I use exim as the MTA and the relay_domains option is not set (commented out). When the smtp-server parameter is configured in pine to be that for the machine running the MTA, I get an error whenever I send mail to non-local addresses. The error says that the administrator has set up the MTA so that relaying mail for anything other than non-local domains is prohibited. However, when the smtp-server parameter is not set in pine, I can send mail just fine. Is this expected behaviour or a bug in pine? Expected... Due to your configuration, when pine makes a connection to port 25 (smtp), your machines does not recognize it as local. If you configure an smtp-server, pine will attempt to make a direct connection to the server to send the e-mail, otherwise (no smtp server) it will submit it through /usr/lib/sendmail. I tested this with my default install of exim and received the same response when configuring the smtp-server option. I have been running without it configured for over a year and have not had any other problems. Dennis -- Dennis Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Adminstrator College of Engineering, MSU
RE: Configuring two networks with the same interface card
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 2:26 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Configuring two networks with the same interface card > It has nothing to do with this, but I have the same error when my > ISP's DHCP server faultly changes my IP address. The only solution I > have found so far is to reboot my machine (which makes me think that > the problem is on my side, not on my ISP's). > > Any explanation ? > I have found that my problem was in starting ip-masquerade during boot time. /etc/ipmasq calculates firewalling policy rules leaving network interface alias unusable. I have added -d switch to ipmasq call in /etc/ipmasq to disable rules calculating and found that all works fine. There is another question. Sourcing the files in /etc/ipmasq/rules cause the alias name eth0:0 to be changed ( ? ) to eth0_0 which is unknown. As a result anything is rejected on eth0:0. Do I actually need to modify ( write new ) rules in /etc/ipmasq/rules ?
Re: SQUID FILTER LIST SITE
Hello Thomas, > How can I put a list of the URLs where my clients can't access and there are > these list in internet. I'm administering a Squid proxy for my company, and I'm using such a deny-list. Here are the relevant lines from my squid.conf file : - acl adultsites dstdomain "/opt/squid/etc/adultsites.incl" acl gambling dstdomain "/opt/squid/etc/olcasinos.incl" [...] # Try to filter out adult sites and on-line gambling http_access deny adultsites http_access deny gambling - The format of those .incl files (the .incl is not mandatory, just my choice) is just lines of text such as : - www.2hardcore.com www.69city.com www.69cyberline.com www.absolutecybersex.com - (just avoid the leading "http://"; and cut any trailing "/"). Regarding the "adult" sites, I originally found a skeleton for such a list on the web, but it was far from complete (such list never is, I fear). But if that's what you want to block, I'd be glad to send you my own list (contains 185 sites - not all of them, but still a good start). Should you be interested (or should you have additional questions), please let me know. Hope this helps. Ph. A. -- //\\ \\// ///\\\ SCITEX /*-*/ /* Scitex Europe, S.A. | Philippe Andersson */ /* Dreve Richelle, 161, E-F,| PC & Network Specialist */ /* 1410 WATERLOO| [EMAIL PROTECTED]*/ /* BELGIUM | +32-2-352.25.93 Fax: +32-2-352.25.84 */ /*-*/
Exim, Pine, and smtp-server
Hi, I use exim as the MTA and the relay_domains option is not set (commented out). When the smtp-server parameter is configured in pine to be that for the machine running the MTA, I get an error whenever I send mail to non-local addresses. The error says that the administrator has set up the MTA so that relaying mail for anything other than non-local domains is prohibited. However, when the smtp-server parameter is not set in pine, I can send mail just fine. Is this expected behaviour or a bug in pine? TIA, Jor-el
Re: Alternastive to using squid
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a P200MMX with 32MB of RAM and 2 NICs that I want to use as a gateway > machine to the Internet. > > I do not need the caching, etc. that one gets with squid. What do I need to > do just to have internet access via this machine? Take a look at IP-Masquerade HOWTO. It allows you connect an internal LAN to Internet with only one valid IP (e.g. that you got from your ISP). I had a similar setup: a Linux box w/ 3 NIC's, one of which has a valid IP and about 35 machines (any OS) on the other two (with 192.168.x.x IP). All Internet conections appears as been originated from the Linux machine. It's only a P100 w/ 32 MB and it did a nice job for this. HTH. []s, Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails" http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21
SQUID FILTER LIST SITE
How can I put a list of the URLs where my clients can't access and there are these list in internet. thank you also for my English. Thomas Cavinato [EMAIL PROTECTED] INFOLOGIC S.R.L. http://www.infologic.it Via Vecchia 43 I-35127 Padova ITALY tel/fax +39 49 8022139
Re: Alternastive to using squid
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 12:35:49PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > I do not need the caching, etc. that one gets with squid. What do I need to > do just to have internet access via this machine? Take a look at tinyproxy... It should do what you're after (it's just a proxy, no caching). Or you could try something like junkbuster, which is also a proxy, but has the ability to filter stuff from sites (such as advertisements). If you want to do more than just HTTP, you might want to look into IP masquerading, which will let you do (almost) everything as if the machine were connected directly to the internet... -- Matthew Gregan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where is klogd instructed to dump the ring buffer into syslog?
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 18:59:44 GMT, you wrote: >It looks like klogd on startup reads everything that is already in the >kernel ring buffer and dumps it off to syslog before going to its >normal operation mode. Okay, now a different question. I see that not all boot messages are written into syslog. I am missing, for example, fsck's output from the initial file system checks. Where are they going on Debian? Greetings Marc -- -- !! No courtesy copies, please !! - Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
Alternastive to using squid
Hi all, I have a P200MMX with 32MB of RAM and 2 NICs that I want to use as a gateway machine to the Internet. I do not need the caching, etc. that one gets with squid. What do I need to do just to have internet access via this machine? Patrick
Unable to start X11 - XF86Config FILE
Once again, thank you! Before showing you the content of my config file, i should tell you that my monitor is rather "conflituous", meaning that, although in it's manual it says it's SVGA compatible, under windows for instance, it simply won't run on a 800x600 definition or anything above that. So i've got it set on windows for a 640x480 definition, wich is pretty much the only setting on wich it will run. On linux: if i run xvidtune after i "successfully" ??? set XF86Setup, and i browse trough it's modes, if i try the 1024x768 or the 320x240 or 320x200 i can't see a damend thing. So, why are these modes in my config file??? Another thing, that i~incidently didn't mentioned yesterday - before the message Fatal server error: Could not open default font 'fixed' it shows another message "failed to set default font path" followed by all the paths "FontPath" in the config file. One other thing (not related to X11): when ever i Ctrl+Alt+Del and reboot linux there's no problem. If i reset the machine or turn it off, on rebooting a message shows: /dev/hdd4 was not cleanly unmounted.Check forced, and then the sistem stops for about five minutes before linux stars.Is there any command i should run to shut down the computer? So, now the file: Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc : unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi : unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi : unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" EndSection Section "Keyboard" Protocol "Standard" Xkbrules "xfree86" Xkbmodel "pc102" Xkblayout "pt" EndSection Section "Pointer" Protocol "Microsoft" Device "/dev/ttyS0" Baudrate "1200" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "PrimaryMonitor" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 31.5, 35.5 Vert Refresh 60,70, 87 Modeline "1024x768" 44.90 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 interlace Modeline "640x480" 25.18 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 Modeline "640x400" 25.18 640 664 760 800 400 409 411 450 Modeline "320x240" 12.59 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 doublescan Modeline "320x200" 12.59 320 336 384 400 200 204 205 225 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Primary Card" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "S3 86C325 (generic)" EndSection Section "Screen" Drive "Accel" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection Section "Screen" Driver "VGA2" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Driver "VGA16" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Driver "SVGA" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200" EndSubSection EndSection
Re: CD-RW drives and Linux
On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 05:07:47PM -0400, Alec Smith wrote: > The cheapest option would be the IDE/IDE combo. Would an IDE CD-RW be > easily used in Debian? Also, which drives are recommended? I'm more > interested in burning CD-R discs than the ReWrite capabilities. With the right kernel options, as mentioned before, an IDE CD-RW works perfectly. I have a IDE/IDE setup with an a-open cd reader and a Philips 3610 writer. No problems at all, except 2speed writing is nog so fast. The ideal setup depends on what your intentions are. For copying audio cd's, I think scsi might be better if you want to copy audio cd's on the fly, but that might not be so important... As cdrw discs are now only twice as expensive as cdr discs, I think the cdrw option is very useful. I use it for backups, for example. I'm working on a script for creating (compilation) audio cd's. By now it sort of works (a whole lot better than the windows software that was shipped with my Philips drive, but that's not too hard :-) I'll try to put it on the web this week and I'll post a link. Wouter
Re: email acknowledging/confirmation
On 07-Jul-99 Pere Camps wrote: > Jonathan, > >> That is not a standard e-mail feature. There are a VERY FEW >> Microsoft-ish >> e-mail clients that have a "Request return receipt" feature, but that >> ONLY >> works when the receiving mail client supports that feature as well, >> and >> has it enabled. > > That's why I was asking. Too bad. :( > >> In other words, it'll happen maybe once in a blue moon. > > I'll resort to the usual method: first line of the message -> I > want an ack!!! ;) Best way -- person-to-person! But, if you think you'll ever need the automated version, XFMail can do this (both request and give acknowledgement of receipt or of opening or of both), automatically or after user confirmation (according to how you configure it). Ted. E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 07-Jul-99 Time: 10:33:35 -- XFMail --
Re: Netscape and X resources
Matthew Gregan wrote: > > Hi everyone. > > Does anybody know where I can find a list of the X resources that Netscape > (4.61) supports? I've had a good look around and come up with nothing (except > one .Xdefaults file which doesn't do what I want). > > Specifically, I'd like to change the font Netscape uses for it's toolbars. If > anyone has a link or an example .Xdefaults, let me know. > > Thanks. > -- > Matthew Gregan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Look in /usr/lib/netscape/Netscape.ad (At least this is true for V4.5) Heinrich -- Heinrich Rebehn University of Bremen Physics / Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Department of Telecommunications - E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone : +49/421/218-4664 Fax :-3341
Re: Configuring two networks with the same interface card
> "Vadim" == Vadim Solonovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Vadim> Hi ! Vadim> I want to set up my Debian to work with two ip addresses on Vadim> different networks with one ethernet card. Asuming two Vadim> different physical networks 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.1.0 : [...] Vadim> Ping 192.168.0.10 is OK. Vadim> # ping 192.168.1.10 ping : sendto: Operation not permitted Vadim> ping : wrote: 192.168.1.10 64 chars, ret = -1 It has nothing to do with this, but I have the same error when my ISP's DHCP server faultly changes my IP address. The only solution I have found so far is to reboot my machine (which makes me think that the problem is on my side, not on my ISP's). Any explanation ? -- Laurent Martelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The vexed 2-CD problem...
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 03:47:20AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > Now as to the abovementioned 'vexed problem,' since I'm the resident Debian > advocate where I hang out, has any progress been made on the two-cd thing? Do > they work now? I tried it a while back and it seemed to work but I think the method you described is less likely to cause trouble. FWIW the first CD should contain everything needed by any of the canned installs (basic, workstation, server, etc.) so I can't think of a good reason to use multi-cd for an initial install. -- Ray
Re: Thanks
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 03:04:45AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > To all-- I have 2 Linux books, and before I even began I downloaded and > printed the the users guide, GNU Installation guide, and the Debian > Tutorial. Maybe I'm just slow. My guess is that maybe you're just trying to absorb a bit too much all at once. For the moment I'd put aside everything but the Debian Install Guide. Once you get the system back on it's feet you can move on to other things. :-( I got my Debian GNU Linux 2.1 CD's > from Linux Central. The first CD does the base installation, and the > second contains the modules for the initial dselect. Halfway thru > dselect, you have to change back to CD #1. (There's no prompt on that; > you're just supposed to figure it out.) The next time you install you might want to just do the "Basic" install (I think that's what it's called, it's 35MB or so). That way you won't have to wait for hundreds of packages to install and you can always go back into dselect later and add stuff. > Also, I don't think my bios (Trident TVGA Bios C3.01) was equipped > for PnP in the first place. At least I can't find anything about PnP in > the "setup" CMOS listing. (I assume that's where one goes to alter the > BIOS.)? My modem isn't a Winmodem; it's a Diamond Supra 288i SP. I know that modem can be made to work. If it is a PnP modem (reguardless of your machine's bios) then you will want to use the ISA PnP tools to initialize it. One thing that seemed a bit odd is that you say your modem is on com2 but most PCs come with built in serial ports at com1 and com2 so an internal modem usually has to be at com3 or com4 unless you disable the built in ports first. What is the output if you run: /etc/rc.boot/0setserial? -- Ray
my arrow keys kill shells?!
This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Joakim Svensson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Be sure to reply to that address. Hi all, When I use the tab-key, escape-key or any of the arrow-keys I kill my shells in X11. And I logout if not in X11. Could anyone point me to what logfiles etc I can check on my system. Or to any other information (man-pages, HOWTO etc) that is of relevance. This happened after a dist-upgrade to potato from slink. I am still running on an old 2.0.36 (I think!) kernel. Regards JS Geocrawler.com - The Knowledge Archive
Configuring two networks with the same interface card
Hi ! I want to set up my Debian to work with two ip addresses on different networks with one ethernet card. Asuming two different physical networks 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.1.0 : # insmod ip_alias.o # ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 # ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 # route add -net 192.168.0.0 dev eth0 # route add -net 192.168.1.0 dev eth0:0 # route add -host 192.168.0.1 dev eth0 # route add -host 192.168.1.1 dev eth0:0 Ping 192.168.0.10 is OK. # ping 192.168.1.10 ping : sendto: Operation not permitted ping : wrote: 192.168.1.10 64 chars, ret = -1 What's wrong ?
Re: email acknowledging/confirmation
Jonathan, > That is not a standard e-mail feature. There are a VERY FEW Microsoft-ish > e-mail clients that have a "Request return receipt" feature, but that ONLY > works when the receiving mail client supports that feature as well, and > has it enabled. That's why I was asking. Too bad. :( > In other words, it'll happen maybe once in a blue moon. I'll resort to the usual method: first line of the message -> I want an ack!!! ;) -- p.
Re: Exim troubles
Ben Lutgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: => Man! Exim is really pissing me off! I just upgraded and now I can't => send mail => to any addresses at my ISP, I have to "masquerade" my box as my ISP => so mail => will get through to any addresses but if I do exim doesn't query the => "Smart => host" for the recipient name. I don't know what to do I have gone => through => exim.conf a billion times and restarted my daemons to no avail. => Anyone else => have this problem? If so did you fix it? If so how? Am I going => insane? This => stubborn bastard worked before with same conf file. Any help is => greatly => appreciated. I upgraded too and had all sorts of problems. Apparently my eximconfig file was updated automatically during installation, but there were still problems. The answer for me was to downgrade to version 2.11-4 and put that package on hold. If it works . -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux (Potato)
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Re: Thanks
>Mmm, Buy a Linux book download the debian users guide and print it. >Turn your PC off. >Go sit in a chair and relax and forget the past. >Read the users guide from A to Z and from Z to A. >Several day's or weeks later you turn your pc on. >And you will see, debian isn't that difficult. > >Oh, yeah buy new cd's > >Hang on > >Cuno > To all-- I have 2 Linux books, and before I even began I downloaded and printed the the users guide, GNU Installation guide, and the Debian Tutorial. Maybe I'm just slow. :-( I got my Debian GNU Linux 2.1 CD's from Linux Central. The first CD does the base installation, and the second contains the modules for the initial dselect. Halfway thru dselect, you have to change back to CD #1. (There's no prompt on that; you're just supposed to figure it out.) Also, I don't think my bios (Trident TVGA Bios C3.01) was equipped for PnP in the first place. At least I can't find anything about PnP in the "setup" CMOS listing. (I assume that's where one goes to alter the BIOS.)? My modem isn't a Winmodem; it's a Diamond Supra 288i SP. There's no sign of it on the Equipment HOWTO list of unsupported modems. Here is something interesting, however. One of the info pages I read said that because of problems with multiport boards, my version of Slink configures only ttyS0 and ttyS1 unless you edit 0setserial to do otherwise. Maybe my modem would be detected if I set up all four ports. Anyway, thanks to Cuno for the tip on the ./0setserial command. I'll try it when I get some time. Finally, I think I may have the answer to my installation problem. (Thanks to Jesse). I have hda2 (root), hda3 (swap) and hda5, with the first two being primary partitions and the third an extended partition. Maybe I need to deviate from the default installation sequence in order to fully initialize hda5. This would make sure that I have /usr mounted on that partition. Without that mount-point, maybe the installer finds no place to put the base system files extracted from the CD-ROM-- hence the file error. ??? I'll find out. Later-- Max ___ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
XBanner on remote display?
Hi all, I have just set up xappeal (the DOS program that change PC into X-terminal) on friend's computer and he can now log-in into my Debian 2.1 box in graphical mode. There is only one problem -- on my console xdm login screen looks nice thanks to XBanner, while his screen is just plain (like xdm alone, without XBanner). Is it possible to change this? Thanks for any suggestions! -- Tad
Re: Enter mail, end with a single ".".
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 16:12:59 +1000 (EST), Jiri Baum wrote:
>Rolf Edlund:
>> Sometimes when trying to send mail, I get these message (sendmail -q -v):
>>
>> 354 Enter mail, end with a single ".".
>> >>> .
>>
>> And it just sits there, doing nothing ?
[...]
>3) you do know that this is a server, and that user-friendly mail programs
>exist, don't you?
I think you don't get the point.
He is trying to empty sendmail's queue, i.e. send pending messages to the
receiver-MTA.
The above quoted message ("Enter mail") is a message that the receiver-MTA
issues during the SMTP dialog. Obviously something went wrong, like the
connection timed out.
A typical dialog looks like this:
helo foobar
mail from<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
rcpt to:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
data
.
quit
The above message ("Enter mail") is being issued by the receiver-MTA after
the "data" command has been issued.
HTH.
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